The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-08
Convention Of The
Bryan Men
Tonight.
PARTY TO
MEET WEDNESDAY
David's Chiefs Deny any Interest
in the New Honolulu
Weekly.


the Democratic Territorial convention
takes pace. One would not have be-
lieved that anything SO important was
so near at hand by visit at Democrat
ic headquarters last evening. 1t was as
quiet there as q country church yard,
and just about as cheerful. Three or
four of the faithful were sitting around
trying to look busy. but none OF the
leaders was present. Nor did anyone
know anything about the delegates.
whether they had all come IN from the
various Islands, or in fact much of any
thing in a political way. There was
| a convention the next evening. they
were all pretty sure of that, but that
was all.
/ Prince David will not be present at
| this evenings convention. He is over
on Hawaii, like the busy bee improving
the shining hour, by gathering In all
the votes he can. His absence viii rob
the convention of considerable oratory.
unfortunately, and will put something
Of a damper on the whole proceedings,
for the Democrats are fond of whooping
things up when they find a man who
altar of his party love by standing as
party nominee, and they usually take
the opportunity after selecting the VIC
tim, of extracting from him few
quarts of bottled up eIoquence so that
there may be an excuse for more
lwhoopng 1t up.
But David's formal nomination will
be a very brief and cut-and-dried at
fair 1T will only take a few SECONDS
to do it all up in style. said Weii
known Democrat last evening. for 1t
lis al larranged now. you know" The
whole convention will last but the one
evening. for the delegates. what few
have come down, will return to the 9TH
Ter Islands on Tuesdays steamers
HAWAII DEMOCRAT.
The chief thing of interest In the
Democratic camp in the last two days
has been the appearance OF q weekly
sheet calling itself "The Hawaii Demo-
crat." 1t purports to be the organ or the
party for it has the Democratic ticke'
at the head of it's columns, ana II Is
III filed with good Democratic doctrine
that is almost worthy of Willy Hears'
and his organs.
But the Democratic braves repudiats
, the new paper. They will none OK it
They say it does not represent the part.
ss. officially and that they know nothing
Is: about it.
in 1--WE were as surprised as anyone II
INT town when the new paper appeared,
,ry said E. b. McClanahan last evening
ion ssWhy we even had TO send over an
si- buy ten copies of it for the headquar
lile ters at ten cents per copy 1t certaini
is not our organ, and we know nothfn
of it's backing or of its editor
Some of the delegates from Kauai
,olI .iie DeliioCa a... ,,5 ,bo r,laudjn
ply and Kinau are said to have brougF
@ic @ those from Maui and Hawaii, but the
Aei were we'll hidden last evening. IL an
arrived and they had not shown up
headquarters. nor had they notified tf
)is- central committee OF their comm
450 However, the Democrats are not Irlen
ON ened much, and they will hold litt
md convention with those that do arriv
net even though they be few.
About Bob Wilcox.
Is Wilcox the nominee of the Ind
oa.' oa.' pendent party for Congress! BOD Sa,
tau, that he is. He claims that he w;
Is nominated at the convention II e
re- Drill Shed last June, but leading mef
,.s. .ne bers of his own party say tlat IN
hey matter will not be decided until w
,on- will hold their convention IN tbs eli
pen 1t is not even certain, accoraing
q 10 reports from the other Islands In
hart Bob will have it all his own way
! ~ rs Wednesday. From reports receiv
Inc from Hawaii. Bob has not bsen co
'ugn sidered seriously in the light of ca
kua, didate there. Two conventions ma
sing been held in Hawaii by the Indeper
VIII ents of the big island. and at neitf
the one of them was Wilcox's name ms
OF toned. In Hiio on June 10th last th'
uku, vras convention at which delegat
rrlV- were present from Hamakua, Puma o
'iau- Hilo fifty-three all told. and Wico
name was not even mentioned In
ans lconvention. 1t was the same at
oo,. recent convention at Kailua. so repo
y,to from that city say. Delegates w
800 lpresert there from Kohala, kona q
q, ba Kau districts, and again Wilcox rece
= he ed the cold shoulder, for he was
,rhe lconsidered at all by the delegates.
~. So II is not unlikely that when /
l,,. .nas comes UP to get the glad hand fr
that ms suppoSesu .o,'o
mber with opPoSi'io