The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-14
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
A Territorial legislature Which Will
Have Extensive Powers.
FIRST MEETING As AMERICAN BODY.
Striking Scenes Enacted al Past lesisla-
tive ASSENT les.
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NIxT GATHERING WILL re IMPORTANT on
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American Plan Of Municipal corpo-
ratious TO BE Discusscd-Land
LAWS May BE CHANGED.
FIRST MEETING As AMERICAN BODY.
KsxT GATHERING WILL RE IMPORTANT on


meet within month Tor the irst tins
IN the history OF the United States ter
ritor!al legislature whlch on Tho f1ee
OF things viii have the largest powers
ever granted to similar boig. This
will De the hrst assembling OF tie iegis
Iature Of the Territory o. Hawai-, rs an 1
American body In tho organic cei 1
creating government for The N alar %r-
Tuory the provisions o. tia. ssctioa % 7
abe revised statutes which gives sh9 (
congress power TO aunul the acts Of tie .
territorial legislature are spec acalys Is +
eepied. Vale there are certlia mlm-
bers o. the seaate wac DO not look apon
this as a surrender Of the rights OF con-
gress. others hold different views
Tie legislatnre Of the TerrH7-y Of
Eawau consists as IN the aays 10Th Of
tae monarchy ana OF Che Tepubliy az soi
ty-Aye members. III the senate or up-
per house there are aftesn members sud
in the lower branch twice mat number.
in olden times this was sufficient 10 give
20 the people Of the Islands se7c.ni 74rt
7reats in the way ~ RPeci sc..lr lts.flh-
tive performances. Tae ISLANDS aiw SO
have been STAGE for ne pfriogmany
sd kEFl4iAAA tftl-A4I 81 NlNAtfNfs 4}tt s-Aa
tne rel On of kalaku4 sni on one or tN0
occasions during taat " tne asst myn
AEch Queen &Alloukalaui, there we're
striking scenes. More thsn one advta-
iurer, nCitical soldier OF fortune
gifted with a smooth tongue Tnd a 1Tu-
Liant manner. has made as fortune On
that field. EIpedle1cy often render
st wise for he monarch 10 sccept The
services OF these tsientea, though often
times scarcely ssrlpu Gus hi ds Of psHs-
age and as q resBlt there were 81 .e1
times when corruption was openly caaTg-
Cd. sud The wel.-iincd poakels oi tf.
sugar magnates those Who by reason
OF tue reciprocity tire rs o. 1876 always
enjoyed an inside rack Ia the American
market were lg1tened By reason o.
legislation 10 which might be spphgl IRE
title o. eXpe ilent
IN those wei-remem bored Leg .A.ive
assemblies taere was clwlgs a slicng
opposition party ard .be history OF IA.
Islands ,elE no more int resting stpTiea
than OF the comhsgs between Rirg ana
cabinet where battles we're never drawn
hui wher often the victory was won
By one vote. There were reform cabi-
nets and again there we're cabinets 20
which tho word would nave conveyed no
me ihng. All OF which add q ine spice
o. life in the tropics and producei q con-
dillon very closely alhed - tRe Etrcm
Gus existence ~ the iempera,s ztLt.
Politics for more than a generation sss
been a business N tbs Hawaiiga group
and - has msny valuable dividends So
II is With this training with tbs sagssity
born OF combals WITH some az H.. hrlg,s-
est politicians who have sought livelihood
IN The paradise Of The PacHr mas i1u-
dered the native mind peculiarly sasctp
t-ele and hiss made OF TIE Arers 81
kauaka' mRn wro SHOWS how 10 h 4a-
die himself una any poli,ia cond on
cal 4 u ar u &c
der the American system n the H8waJeu
Islands, WIS a tlirco-rlng sAuw, Can.
didates We're nominated hy parties call
1nG themselves rcuup0can, 9emoerail'
and inderendent- Il WIS tas latte
which got the votes However To- 70
only did 1t elect the delegate o congress
but well 40 thirty of the Io7.yehN,
members Of the legislature. 'raase ar
divided nine in the senate and twenty
one 10 the house OF tue opposition &
the successful party tic democrats ca
muster only ono member, leaving four
teen republicans The Only place wher
the republicans were successful ln over
instance was tn the district GOVERN
the principal portion OF the city al Hon
olnlu, where tho senat0rial and assemhl
tickets went through without a breal
On the other aand on the island OF III
wall the largest OF the group, the m3.
ecutherly, the independents swept tn
board.
independent Is absolutely misnom,
when applied 10 the party which bears d
name. II is In reality Hawaiian par,
whose battle cry WAS Hawaii Tor ri
di@waiians." II was formed prlmari
about the patriotic societies which ma,
such decided struggle TO prevent {,
exilngushment OF the Hawaiian nl.i.
and which carried the fight 10 WasAinl
ton and waEed Il here during the wint
and spring OF 97-9s. These societies b;
branches on each OF the islands %
Numbered among their numbers some
she erightest men OF Hawaiian or pl
Hawaiian bleed IN the group. MANY
tnem had had Wide experience in mol
tics under previous regimes They We
al royalists, although at various tim
the most prominent ones had been foui
errayea against the monarch, This
course was only on some question,
minor import anti their love OF The a
or hereditary chieftain wac as pr1fou
perhaps when they voted last Noyemb
as al any previoue time. But thai Il
had taken on a nav phase They we
ardent royalists while they had HI
or queen. phelr personal affections
the ruler was as touching and como ,
but In most caseu seeing qhe geeat
good that had come with absorption
the American Union. ann tho range
personal power which they enloy as q
zens OF the Republic they iusis, l.
they are as good Americans as any
a Revolutionary grandslre
AZ the head, Of this Independent pt
was man who has been mn h tai.
OF rece tly. the deleeate "a csngie
Robert W. Wilcox Mr. Wilcox mas
his veins the combined 5sooI II \
England and Hawaii X was sai
from Massachusetts, who married
daughter of tribal chief on the IS
o. Aaai and foanded the family. K-a
Ing the sturdy Puritan stalk upSn
Aoorginai South sea stem. FOR 1t Is ca.
sepn that the dominating traits
nfose Inherited from geherations Of e,
living ancestry. Educated as 4 IA
ofncer 10 Italian colleges as nrof
e. his monarch. married 10 a taugh
OF the horse OF Oolonna in Italy, to
divorced and again united with a OF
cess OF the royal bfaoi al his native Ia
: doscendent or TIE speat Kaipehams
me chseftxn who united all the I'll
ana bscpne the first emperor ihro.
mnny s11Nitudes and experiences.