The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-04
The Hawaiian Election.

From the Washington Star.
The election result in Hawaii vas no
surprise. in that 1t was victory of the
natives over the wh--rs. but rather It
was gratifying in that this victory was
not so pronounced as many OF the Ha-
waiizn leaders feared. At one time
they apprehended that Wilcox leading
the radical native party. would sweep
the islands His actual plurality on e
sam Parker, the republican candidate
or congressional delegate, was So out
Of a total vote OF 1853. Prince Dayid's
vote as candidate Of the democrats
was surprisingly small. being only l.
i6S. Il was the hope OF the republi-
cans that Dayid's candidacy wouii
serve to draw native votes away from
Wilcox, though il was not expected
that even this movement would pre-
vent Wilcox's election. Ii may later
prove that many of the conservative
natives at the end preferred Parker 20
Wilcox or David. seeing the vicious
character of the independent move
ment and hoping to check it by voting
outright for the republican candidate
The choice OF Wilcox is deplorable.
in that il reveals that the natives are
susceptible to his bad influence and
that they are not yet fully reconciled
TO the annexation of the islands. The
real evil of the election is found in the
legislative results, which. however, are
not as bad as was feared few weeks
ago. In the senate the native indepen-
dents have eight seats the republicans
seven and the democrats one. Thus,
should the two latter parties unite
| they would have tie against the VIII
COX strength and might force the con-
| frmation of Governor Dole's appoint
ments. which the independents have
promised to oppose. In the house there
will be nine republicans ana six demo-
Gratis against fourteen independents,
making possible a combination which
will leave the independents one vote
snort.
Should the Independent program be
! carried out in both houses, through
| the failure of the two minority parties
| to unite. the result would be to hold
! Hawaii in Stagnation for two years,
when another election will occur. This
would be accomplished by the rejec-
| ton of nominations, the refusal OF ap-
preparations and the-ignoring OF legis-
| lative proposals intended to advance
| the insular interests. The progress
| siveness in Hawaii and the friends OF
| the territory on the mainland hope
| that this program will be negatived
/ either through the coalition suggest I'd
| or through the weakening of the vii
| COX strength, and that meanwhile con
gress. in the light of this experience
| will pass an amendatory law restrict
ing the suffrage in such manner as Il
exclude the more ignorant. less re
| sponsible classes of natives. who are
now subject to the bad influence Of
| such men as Wilcox and are prone tC
believe foolish tales about the prob
| able restoration of the queen. VIII
cox's appearance in the house of rep
| resentatives as delegate will doubtless
hasten such an enactment, and it is
well that the republicans have agreed
in view of the election results, TO send
Sam Parker here as representative
even though he was defeated for dele
gate.
One sad showing of the election is
that the natives are in some cases as
vet unreconciled to the passing of the
monarchy. Their ignorant prejudiceS
and fears have evidently been worked
upon by demagogues like Wilcox, ant
they have been led to the polls. un
thinking, regardless of the future, in
tent only upon recording their dislike
tor the white men who have striven fol
so many years to save them from the
evils of their surroundings. TO rescde
them from the corruption of their rul
ers and to elevate them to a plane Of
civilization and intelligence.