The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-17
He Defeated Samuel Parker, the Re-
publican Party's Candidate, by
q Small Plurality.
NATIVES SUPPORTED WILCOX
WHOSE LIEUTENANTS PROMISED TO
RESTORE FORMER QUEEN Gill;"
Legislature i'm Control of Independ.
ents, Who Are Opposed to
United States Rule.

HONOLULU, Nov. Q, via San Francisco,
Nov. 15.-Robert w. Wilcox, the indie
PENDENT Royalist candidate, has been elect
ed Hawaiian delegate to Congress by a
small majority over Samuel Parker, tn :
Republican candidate. His strong vote
among the natives in the outside districts
carried the day against the whites and
| the intelligent native voters of the cities.
The result of the election produced much
depression among all whites, as Wilco,,
was strongly opposed by Republicans and
Democrats alike. His campaign was an
anti-white canvass. with promises on the
part of some of his campaign workers that,
if he were elected, Queen Liliuokalani
would be restored to the throne The re-
suit Of the vote shows the native bitter.
ness over annexation to be still alive.
The Republicans carried Honolulu and
the Island of Oahu for Samuel Parker by
PIG plurality. The Democratic candidate,
Prince David Kawananakoa. received only
about one-third as many votes as Parker
To-day it is reported that ex-Queen
Iilioukalani secretly threw her influence
to Wilcox There is much bitterness
against the Democrats, who hoped that
even il they did not elect their man, they
WOuiu at iedSt so OlFlue the natiVe vote
that Wilcox would be behind Parker.
The independent native party has car
ried the House of Representatives by a
large majority. They will have fourteen
members of the House. with nine Repub-
licans and six Independents and Demo-
Gratis In the Senate there will be seven
Republicans, eight Independents and one
Democrat With the Independents in con-
troll lively session is expected. as they
are against the ruling regime.
1T likely as result of the election
that Congress will be asked to establish
some limitations on the voting privilege.
Many of the whites want a property quail
fcation for voters. 1t is argued that in
voting on a simple color line many of the
natives have shown themselves unfit for
universal suffrage.
The returns. which are not quite COM
plete, show Wilcox 90 votes ahead. The
precincts TO be heard from are expected to
increase slightly this plurality Wilcox
carried every island but oahua, where
Honolulu is, with its large white popuIa-
ton, and with a majority of the educated
natives. The Island of Kauai gave more
votes to Wilcox than TO Parker and David
combined. The most encouraging feature
TO the whites of both parties is in the fact
that Wilcox's majority is so small, which
shows that very few natives were divided
upon other than race lines. If all the ma
tives had cast Wilcox votes his majority
on each of the islands would have been
much larger than it is. Probably a third
of the native population was aligned with
the American parties. and IL is thought
this proportion will increase I'm the future
II Is said that Samuel Parker will go To
Washington i'm any event, and that. though
he will have no official title he will look
after Hawaiian interests there.