The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-29
BIG ISLAND
FOR PARKER
CowboyCandidate Gains
Steadily.
WHAT H|LO PAPERS SAY
Wilcox Believed to be Losing Ground
Work Must be Done in
Kohala.

more converts TO RepuplicdnlSHl IMAM
that party has lost. Every day one or
two of the Independent party is coming
around to the side that will carry the
elt ction.
Hawaiians are a proud people and they
do not want to be defeated; for that rea-
son they are willing to listen to the ten
cts of the Republican party, and very
few, after a short time. are inclined to
stick to the Wilcox party. One of the
best-known Hawaiians in Hilo expressed |
himself on the subject yesterday in no I'M
certain tone.
II realize now that we can have no dis |
tinct party for the Hawaiians Right |
here in Hilo we are between the devil and
the deep sea. You may take of our
candidates fer Senator and he is much
in evidence at a Democratic meeting as
h.. is with the Independents, that real
! ly We don't know where he stands. Take
the other and you find him standing up
cur local candidates but bucking Wilcox.
was a strong Independent in the begin
ming of the campaign, but / cannot see
where our candidates would be of any
benefit to if they were elected An
other thing: | am satisfied that If Bob
Wilcox had been nominated on the Dem
ocratc ticket he would have been just as
strong a Democrat he now claims to
be an Independent. | am satisfied also
that he wants to go to Congress for what
there is in it for himself rather than what
h. would do for the Hawaians | have
TAXED with white men who have been in
Washington, and they say 1t takes pc
Culiar kind of man to be a Congressman
and that any and every white man is not
suitable. Well. If that is the case where
would Wilcox get off? He may think he
is earnest. but he is not | believe he
would simply hang out there and do roth
ing, and he would probably have Caesar
iCelso Moreno for drag. Well from
what 1 personally know of Moreno and
what I have heard of his lack of pull
with Mckinley and the Senators, | think
We would be doing as we'll TO elect him
as Wilcox. a
AS to Prince David he is a fine young
fellow. but he is not blessed with a supe-
rior quality of intelligence and the guam
tity is not large. Besides ] think he is
too young; he lacks the necessary expe-
z rience and, between you and me, l know
: lie has no Flea of being elected he don t
want to be far / can find out; ne
Z went into the campaign to keep stronger
Z man off the ticket. He is a personal
friend and admirer of Sam Parker and
would like to see him elected.
Z II believe that a good many of the Ha-
( waiians who now shout for Wilcox will
swing around for Parker when the time
: comes"
= Charles Campbell of Puma is taking a
& lively interest in politics during this cam.
!. raign and he expresses himself as hope.
: full Of the result of the Republican .icke
Z In his precinct.
& We have 172 voters out there the ma
2 jOrity of them, and large majority Il
!. that, the finest Hawaiians N the district
Wilcox is no stronger than David an
y elther of them is weaker than Colonc
q sam Parker. | have no doubt Whateve
e that Parker will carry precirc Tt,
!, Re publican candidates are the tavorite
!" there beyond all question. The Hawaii
= ans have no love for the Democratic par
Il t. since they have heard what they h:,v
q, done in the South. They want prcsperit,
:. in Puma and the best object lesson The
|" could have is the development CT tn
4 Puma Sugar Company. They fully realiz
e that under a Democratic administrator
G with its free sugar from all parts Of IN
=" world, Puma district would still hc enjoy
4 ing a monthly steamer service instead .
e getting ready to receive daily trains. II
G. plantation and the railway are Potent fac
=" tors in our precinct in bringing nc IA
vaiians to a realization of the true ben
& efits to be derived from a Republican ad
& minis tration.
We need literature out there somcthin
= that the natives may read to advantas
4 to themselves. I believe this matter
Y b'lhS iuOhtu dIltI ny inc an
&. when it Is on the ground you will near c
good results. Our HawaIians realize tha
4 Congressional Delegate withoE: none
4 can do very little good for the Island
6. and they laugh at WilCoxs statement
that rich man is not wanted there
he should by any means happen to (
e elected he and the men who send him
e Washington will learn soon enough no
.. valuable an acquisition s money
~ On the other side of the Island he III
waiians are going ever to the Republca
X ranks in a manner most satisfactory
. the party and there seems no doubt n;
the ticket will carry almost without
break. Holstein and Paris are acceptab
= Il Hawaiians and haoles alike and the
is no doubt OF their election in Novembe
In Kohala a little missionar, work w
have to be done. and the Republican con
mittee is at work. So far as can be lear
ed the objection to the candida ties of 4
party is on purely personal grounds &,
there is no doubt ii can be rect.fie1
time. Here in Hilo everything is entir
ly satisfactory to the committee and the
is little doubt that the Republican tick
are will carry at the polls
for Some dissatisfaction is felt in Olaa
the failure of the Government to esta
nm lish separate precinct and some of t
EN- voters will decline to lose days work
M, coming TO the polls. 1t is said that aprliC
M ton was made for establishing a separa
polling place, but that the Goyernme
did not respond.
WHAT PARKER WILL. DO.
one of the first things Samuel Park
viii work for after he becomes a De
gate to Congress will be improvements
the harbor of Hilo, says the Hera
whether the improvements will take
form of a breakwater or an inland hf
Dor reached by canal, remains to
VIZ seen. The question of a breakYater r
been discussed by the authorities
Washington and has had their favora,
- lconsideration-that Of a onnal and hart
a Was investigated many years ago a
4 abandoned an account Of the expense. /
In the interval improved machinery /.
been put into use so that obstacles wni
eI:sted years ago when the plan was III
proposed have been swept away The .
visibility Of q canal and harbor IL uu
toned by some on the ground that .
trance to the canal would be diffcult WI
q norther was blowing at which tin