The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-09
STICK To
The LEADER
Independents Are
Not Ready for
a Change.
WILL WAIT UNTIL.
THE SESSION ENDS
Reorganization of Their Party
Will Follow the
Closing.


reorganization of the independent
Homer Republican party will not
take place until after the Adjournment
of the extra session of the Legislature
Then the question of what is to be done
to live up to the latest addition to its
name will be considered. For the pres
lent, despite the angry sentiments voic-
ed, and the efforts of some of the mem
bers of the triplicate organization, there
will be no change in the leadership. Ka-
lauokalani, who has been at the head
and front, viii stay there, and those of
his fellow legislators who feel they
have a grievance will abide their time
until they are ready to get even.
The feeling against Kalauokalani.
which brought about the meeting of
last week, may be said to be due to the
salary-cutting INDUCED in by the Low
er House. 1t was the pleasure of the
| Independents, according to many mem
bers of the inferior branch, that there
be economy all along the line and that
the salary list should feel the edge of
the knife. In pursuance of this deter
mination, to which it is said Kalauoka-
lani was a party, the House began to
cut and slash. Up and down the list
went the Home Rulers, and in the wake
of the committeeman was a long line
| of slaughtered clerks. OF course, the
line OF department heads was not as
long, but the wounds were accordingly
as deep and the feeling as bitter.
| In the Upper House, however, there
was not so strict compliance with the
| edict to save money wherever possible.
| In fact, when the, salaries were being
considered, the upper body took occa-
sion to advance rates materially and
! to Set the mark so high as to heads OF
| departments and to leave it so low as
| to the Woodworking men, the clerks,
| that those earnest patriots or the KEEP
lresentative branch, who had worked
| hard to agree upon the cuts, were as
Igruntled They insisted that Kalauoka-
Ilani should have held his majority to-
gether and produced results more IN
| line with the pronouncement OF the
party. From this small rift grew the
parting of the brothers and the criticism
| of the leader once started there was
| no way to confine it, and it spread TO
the rank and file of the party, where
| it took deeper root. The thlrd HOUSE
which meets under the monkey pods'
found its recommendations passed as
naught. Every failure of the Home
Rulers was rehearsed, and with the rec
ord staring them in the face the heu
tenants of the party decided upon the
meeting which should pass on the mer-
its of the general officer.
! Bur the meeting was ineffective eX-
cent inasmuch as it afforded an oppor-
| tunity for the airing of the grievances
| of those who had expected great thliiSS'
MANY members of the Legislature Were
not present. They did not see the WIS
dom of a clash at this late day OF tile
session They believed in putting up
limited front until the present patele "a9
ended at least, and then they Wouiu "
ready to wash any soiled artlcles
clothing that might need cleaning
after nasticating the textile LOT VIM
there was nothing done and the cage
reforners departed without even
forming their own lines. ,o,,o-
Mon who are opposed to Kalauoka-
Iiani from the iacl IuedI sii1'
was too weak in his treatment OF Tue
matters brought up in the oeha'e -
willing to permit Republicans 10 car
through their own plans TO the SUI
sion of the Home Rule understaa ~ - .
saw they will not fight until the UNI
comes for reformation of the parry .
ison,e there are in the Home Rule rams
who will insist that the action OIL .,le
lexecutive committee in taxing 'Ilo
lrarne of Republicans" must carry
with # an obligation, and they say tIeS
win SOC that the promise is kept.
w Reckley is one of the original re
lrrb1ioane who was elected on the Home
RuIe ticket. and it is said his streris ~
| win he devoted to the carrying GU. %
1.-The nlan of bringing the Home huieI
into the Republican ranks, not IN hain n,
but fact. There are others VINO ice.
that there is necessary an alignment %
the solid elements of the IndepenoeIl'5,
With the Republicans for future gooo
government. ..,,, o.
The Peru's mail will carry fun ac-
counts of the prospective spllt TO D.
gate wilcox. He is believed TO De 'is
force behind Kalauokalani ana ms a. az,
vice or instruction will have to 90 VIII
the action of the party whichever way
tho decision NAV go. So far WILCOX
fs leader but It is said any attempt On
his nart 70 not "to be square VIII
\ the Republicans after assunllns
name will be met with open reeis'
Samuel f. Baker, now OF Los An II,
geles. is fighting to regain $50 ssad from