The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-02
PROTECTION
FOR LABOR
Independents Against 1t
Strongly.
CUT OUT OF PLATFORM
Wilcox Party Does not Favor Intro
duction of American Work
men Here.

re printed copies Of the independent
Rome Rule party's platform in English
ana Hawaiian are out. There was
inuch discussion among some Of tho
mem bers OF the party yesterday morn
ing about section Is which reads. W.
shall encourage the importation If la
Dor into the Territory of Hawaii from,
the citizenship of the United states 4"
}. h. kaulia and others claimed that
that section was not adopted bv the
convention Of the independent not,
held In Honolulu on THURSDAY Juna :
i'VV' Ihey said that it was brought up
but it did not pass.
Leo. markham, however, claims that
II was approved at the convention.
clerk Mossman will be busy crossing
out section IL on every copy before il
Is distributed to the public. Some of
these copies have already been given
out ana II seems the natives do not an
prove that part Of the platform.
George Markham. in his argument
Yesterday, favored the section. He he
heNes that If high price laborers be i'm
ported ii would make a fair conpetf-
ton for the Hawaiians because at pres
ent the Orientals are too numerous in
the country and do most of the work of
driving carts. building houses, laborine
on the waterfronts etc.
He said that the Orientals were cbeap
laborers and could well afford 10 live
on cabbage and bowl Of rice. while a
hawaiian cannot do the same.
Markham's argument was not accept
ed, so the copies viii be distributed
minus section 13.
). h. kamakele, Of Maui, is in the
city. It VIII be remembered that Rev
kamakele was one of the independent
party's nominees for the House, but he
Is now thrown out by some action Of
the Democrats.
during an interview with a reporter
OF this paper yesterday, Mr.. Kamakele
SAID. 4 was one Of the candidates
selected by the Home Rule party to run
as Representativszfor the next Iegis-
Iature at the convention Of the Inde-
pendent party held in Wailuku. But
week ago today another convention
was held in Wailuku and my name was
thrown out altogether. Some Indepen-
dents who favored Democracy agreed
to leave me out and selected KapabI to
dll my place"
When Kamakele was asked If he vas
present at the convention. he said: 4
came down from Kula that day 10 at
tend the convention. When 1 arrived
at Watluku some Of my friends asked
me If ! had Withdrawn from the indie
pendent ticket. I answered No They
then told me that at the convention
which was held at the skating rink that
day / was not selected as one Of the
candidates
When kauakele was asked if he
would run on the Independent ticket.
anyhow, he said. 1T would not be
good for me to 90 so. That would only
split our ballots and allow the Repub-
Ilcans 10 have a better show. It is bet
ter for me 10 stay and let some Of our
Independent candidates who were re-
tanned at the last convention run"
Bob Wilcox and y. Kalauokalanf may
visit Waikiki and hustle for the hide
pendent party. 1t seems that some In
DEPENDENTS like Thos. Clark on the ISL
and Of Maui who are in favor Of the
Democratic doctrines have created
tome kind Of fusion and succeeded in
eiecting the men they wanted for the
text legislature and left some Of VIII /
oN's choice in the lurch