The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-10-30
BIG ISLAND
FOR PARKER
CowboyCandidateG Gains
Steadily,
WHAT H|LO PAPERS SAY
Wilcox Believed to be Losing Ground
Work Must be Done in
Kohala.

different parties are showing cons derable
activity In winning friends to their cause,
says the Herald, though up TO date there
are more converts to Republicanism than
that party has lost. Every day one or
two Of the Independent party Is coming
around to the side that will carry the
81. elton.
Hawaiians are n proud people and they
do not want to be defeated; for that rea-
son they are willing to listen to the ten
cts of the Republican party, and very
few, after a short time. are inclined to
stick to the Wilcox party. One of the
best-known Hawaiians in Hilo expressed
himself on the subject yesterday in no I'M
certain tone.
IT realize now that we can have no dis
tinct party for the Hawai!ans. Right
here In Hilo we are between the devil and
the deep sea. You may take one of our
candidates for Senator and he is as much
in evidence at Democratic meeting as
h's is with the independents, so that real
ly we don't know where he stands Take
the other and you find him standing up
our local candidates but bucking Wilcox.
l was strong Independent in the begin
ming OF the campaign, but l cannot see
benefit to us IL they were elected. An
other thing: I am satisfied that If Bob
Wilcox had been nominated on the Dem
ocratic ticket he would have been just as
strong @ Democrat as he now claims to
be an Independent. / am satisfied also
that he wants to go to Congress for what
there is In 1t for himself rather than what
h, would do for the Hawaiians. / have
taxed with white men who have been In
Washington, and they say 1t takes Il pc
culiar kind Of man to be q Congressman
and that any and every white man is not
suitable. Well. II that Is the case where
would Wilcox get off7 He may think he
Is earnest but he is not. / believe he
would simply hang out there and do moth
ting, and he would probably have Caesar
Celso Moreno for a drag. We'll, from
what l personally know of Moreno and
what I have heard of his lack of pull
with Mckinley and the Senators, I think
We would be doing as we'll to elect him
as Wilcox.
"As to Prince David, he is n fine young
fellow, but he Is not blessed with a supe-
rior quality of intelligence and the guam
tity Is not large. Besides I think liz. Is
too young; he lacks the necessary expe-
rience and, between you and me, / know
lie has no Flea of being elected: he don't
want to be as far as I can find out: ho
went into the campaign to keep "a stronger
man of the ticket He Is a persOucl
would like to see him elected.
II believe that good many of the Ia-
waiians WHO now shout for Wilcox viii
swing around for Parker when the time
comes"
Charles Campbell OF Puma Is taking
lively interest in politics during this cam
raign and he expresses himself as hope
full Of the result of the Republican ticket
In his precinct.
I'VE have 172 voters out there, the ma
jority of them, and n large majority a..
that, the finest Hawaiians N the district.
Wilcox is no stronger than David AMI
either OF them is weaker than Colonel
Sam Parker I have no doubt whatever
that Parker will carry our precinct. TIC
Republican candidates are the t;,yoriteS
there beyond all question. Tie Hawaii
ans have no love for the Democrats Iar-
l., since they have heard what they have
done in the South. They want pre- sprlity
In Puma and the best object lesson obey
could have is the development of the
Puma Sugar Company. They fully realize
that under Democratic administration
with its free sugar from all parts of tho
world. Puma district would still he enjoy
ing n monthly steamer service instead Of
getting ready to receive daily trains. Tie
plantation and the railway are potent fac
tors in our precinct in bringing he IA
Waiians to u realization of the true ben
efits to be derived from Republican adj
minstration.
I'VE need literature out there, something
that the natives may read to advantage
to themselves. 1 believe this matter Is
being looked after by the committee and
when 1t is on the ground you VIII near OF
good results. Our Hawaiians realize rhat
q Congressional Delegate without; honey
can do very little good for the Islands
and they laugh at Wil.ox's statements
that a rich man Is not wanted there. II
hn
elected he and the men who send him 10
Washington will learn soon enough how
valuable an acquisition is money"
On the other side of tho Isluni he 1ia-
waiians are going ever 10 the Republican
ranks In a manner most satisfactory 10
the party and there seems no doubt that
the ticket Will carry almost without
break Holstein and Paris ara acceptable
u Hawaiians and haoles alike and there
is no doubt OF their election In November.
in Kohala little missionary work VIII
have to be done, and the Republican COM
mittee IL at work. SO far rs can be learn
ed the objection to the candidates OF the
party is on purely personal Sr 'unds ana
there il no doubt II can be rect'hei III
time. Here In Hilo everything IL entire'
ly satisfactory TO the committee and there
Is little doubt that the Republican ticket
will carry at the polls.
Some dissatisfaction il felt In Olna ut
the failure OF the Government to estaD-
fish a separate precinct and some OF the
voters will decline to lose days Work IN
coming 20 the polls, II Ii said that aprli6a-
zion was made for establishing IA separate
polling place, but that the Government
did not respond
WHAT PARKER WILL DO,
one of the nrst things sap'uel Parker
viii work for after he becomes Dele
gate 10 Congress win be improvements 10
the haTbor OF liilo, says ne iierald
Whether the improvements VIII take the
form of A breakwAteT or an Inland har-
bor reached by canal, remains 10 be
seen Tho question Of a breakS ater mas
hsen discussed by the aniholllles az
Washington ana has had their flyorable
eonalderation-ihat Of canal end hhrhef
was Investigated many yenrl hso ahe
abandoned on account Of the elpense' pll
m the interval Improved machinery haa
hsen put into use 81 that obstacles sNleh
Existed yeers sgo shfn lne plan MAS hl9l