The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-29
DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION
FUNNY REvoLUTIoNIST WILL
cox NAY BECOME DELE
GATE TO CONGRESS.
Opinion by Governor Dole Which
Doesn't Stamp Him as
Kindly View
Of Natives.

Edwin NJ. Norris, the Philadelphia
! newspaper man who spent six or eight
weeks in Hawaii. in q letter dated
Honolulu, July 31st, publishes a some
what interesting comment in the Phila-
delphia Press on Hawaii's effort at
learning the political art The follow
ing are the salient features of the let
| ter:
briefly. the political situation is this:
| The white population of Hawaii is al
ready divided between republicans aud
democrats. on strictly party issues, JUS
as in the States. The republicans are
safely in the majority. Both parties
are definitely organized. with central
committees and the interesting party
and partisan details of the good old
American political system. But the
third party" of which you have heard.
is not the non-essential thing you have
grown accustomed to in the States. The
| third party in Hawaii is just now the
paramount problem Of Hawaiian poll
| tics.
When the two national parties were
organized here two months ago. 1t was
the general expectation that the native
population would naturally follow the
white leaders. That expectation has
not been realized. On the contrary, the
natives are showing a decided liking
TO a party Of their own. This is the
home rule" or the independent" or
the native" party-whatever you
please in name. If thoroughly organ
lied, the Hawaiian people are still nu-
merous enough to Outvote either the
republican or democratic whites,
though probably not strong enough to
defeat the entire white population
combined.
This native party is still in the max
ing. Governor Dole believes it will
fail He told me that there is no COM
petent leader who can organize the
third party into compact and har-
monious body. Other conservative
tiiC poPdiSSAPa
say that when the time for serious
business arrives the natives will lean
upon the whites, just as they have done
for a hundred years. For Hawaii has
been ruled by the white man ever since
Kamehameha l.. the great king. united
the islands under one government in
1895. Though a black sovereign sat
upon the throne, white men directed
affairs of state under the monarchy
almost as completely before as after
the revolution of 1898 And whatever
the color or language or lineage OF the
majority of the legislature, the white
man will continue to rule Hawaii. So
the substantial business man Of Ha-
wall will tell you.
The Chinese will have vote Of about
500. but il this vote proves a factor it
will be favorable to the whites, and is.
therefore. no menace to white rule.
Now, the native vote is decreasing
factor The Kanaka is dying. The
civilizing process has not been an un-
mitigated blessing to him. With the
white mans higher attributes have
come the white mans sins. and the |
seeds of immortality have fallen upon a
soil that yields a bountiful harvest OF
disease and death.
But the Hawaiian race. apparently
doomed to extinction. will continue a |
potent factor in the Territory Of Ha-
wall for some years. That would be |
clearly illustrated IL it should happen |
that a man with Hawaiian blood in his |
veins should be the first to sit in the |
congress OF the United States as the |
delegate-at-large of the people of the |
Territory of Hawaii Which is not an
proposition by any means.
Strangely enough, that first congress |
sional delegate OF the Territory Of Ha-
wall may be a man who was literally |
laughed out Of the Republic OF Hawaii |
five years ago. Robert ". Wilcox. the
leader OF the notorious Wilcox insur- |
rection in 1895. has returned to Hawaii |
and>is actually campaigning the islands |
in the hope OF going back to Washing |
ton as Hawaii's first delegate-at-iarge. |
The Wilcox rebellion is a joke in |
Hawaiian history not Incompatible TO |
the Jameson raid in South Africa |
Aiming to re-establish the e1-queen on
the throne Of the Kamehamehas. its |
popgun explosion scarcely reached the
ears Of the republic But Wilcox is
back. and In the absence Of better |
leader that portion Of the native popu |
iation that has been waiting for an OPP
to show its disapproval Gf
the course OF the revolutionists OF sc |
is giving him q hearing and may give
him its vote
Meantime neither the republicans
nor the democrats have settled On =
for delegate to congress- o.
more importance to the
Of the new Territory is the
problem Of the complexion OF the forth
coming legislature.
The nrst law-making body Of the
Territory Of Hawaii win have before it |
business OF the first signifi-
canoe. Under the republic cities |
and towns In the islands had /
no corporate existence The CEN
trail government It Honolulu made and |
executed the laws for the entire groun-
Nov. under the American system. the
people expect that greatest freedom |
Of the Individual consistent with pc
Iitical stability. which = the glory Of