The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-26
WEST POINT cADntSnIp.


The Independent chooses 10 thinl
THAT the warning RiNen BY this pnpei
lto the young Hawaiian whom Dtltkht'
lWiir.x has named for West Point wai
inspired by some aversion to color tn,
Assumption " wholly EratuitOus. unl5
lone color line has been drawn in t1ii
lamar, and that one IN against whit,
lfiaWaIianR, Delegate WILCOX desiring
perhaps naturally enough, 10 set Ia,
nrst West Point prize for one ~ his
Town race. lie failed iu the case ri
Joseph Aoa, as the Advertiser said he
would and he viii probably keep on
falling until he gives the best students
lin the Hawaiian schools "a chance "a
compete for the scholarship, taking the
Had among them all, assuming his phys
Heal characteristics. To be- right. who
shows that he has the best education.
II that boy II Of native blood well aud
good. No fault can be found and the
Advertiser will be the last paper to
try and find any.
Wilcox, In making his appointments
does not care for scholarship-he is
looking for color. He OF all men ought
/ to know how much scholarship counts
Moreno said, he went abroad under the
patronage OF the King, TO get into any
military school where the standards
equal or approach those OF West Point.
He tried Germany and was promptly
turned down; and then he went else
where veinly seeking a foothold until
he got into one of the slipshod schools
OF Italy-the place where warriors
were trained to b dashed out Of Abys-
sinnia in after years by the Negus
Menelek, aud out of Hawaiian gas
tanks by the missionaries Forgetting
all this. however, he tries to send young
men to West Point, simply because
they are native Hawaiians, not stop
ping to ask whether they ever won
standing in the local schools or wheth-
err they have even a remote chance of
passing the strenuous examination at
the United States Military Academy,
particularly In those branches-English
and mathematician which Hawaiians
are least exact.
The Independent shows how little 1t
knows about West Point by saying that
Mr.. Richardson, If he goes there,
will have backing in the city of New
York, besides his own substance, which
neither Grant nor any American Cen
eral can boast Of" Can" Is good. see
ing how long Grant has been dead. And
why cite american Generals" who
are not candidates for West Point? The
truth is, as the Independent should
know that political or financial influ-
ence has no force except to get boy
n chance to take the West Point test
1t will not help him over the rough
places in an examination. While Cen
eral Fitzhugh Lee was representing his
country in Cuba, his son was dropped
from the rolls of the academy for weak
ness In scholarship. John A. Logan, Jr.,
afterwards a volunteer officer, was sim
ilarly dropped General Frederick d.
Grant, now volunteer officer in the
Philippines. barely saved himself at
West Point while his father was Pres
dent of the United States, graduating
at or near the foot of his class. A son
of President Hayes. IL we remember
Alright, could not enter. In fact the list
of great mems sons on the rejected roll
is long and melancholy, showing how
slight consideration influence has be-
fore the examining board.
The Independent assures us that un-
less the Advertiser has n care, young
task. With all kindness we advise him
to withdraw unless he is sure that he
knows enough to enter great univer-
sity, such as West Point is-a place
where 1t Is more difficult to get or keep
n foothold than in Yale. Harvard or