Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-26
CHANGE POLITICS
HAWAIIAN home RULE PARTY
TO URN A NEW LEAF.
QUALIFIED CHANGE OF HEART
Political Missionary Leaven Is Work
ing in the Native Breast-Queen Lii
Is Yet Powerful Factor-Local
Chinese Bow Wongs Wonder Where
Their Money Has Gone.
(HV Associated PreSS.)

Honolulu. April 10. via San Francisco
April 26.-The proposal which Delegate
Wilcox brought back from Washington
that the native home rule party become
republican, has aroused great political
activity and is being very much dis
cussed in political circles. 1t is stated
that the plan was proposed to Wilcox by
Senator Cullom. and that the president
showed interest in the conversion of the
natives Of Hawaii to republicanism.
The result of the proposal and its en-
dCrsement by a majority of the native
partyl leaders is that both the parties
affected are more or less split over it.
The republican party has for some time
been divided into the elements known as
missionary and anti missionary. and it
is With the latter. or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
republicans that the home rulers may
combine locally.
Queen a Powerful Factor.
AZ present they have taken action
which they think unites them with the
rational republican party. but not with
the party organization in Hawaii. The
opposition of the ex-queen to any plan
looking to a reconciliation between the
natives and the old republican leaders
whom she regards as her enemies and
powerful effect in causing the home
rulers TO carefully turn republican IN
such way that they would not be COM
mittad 20 support of the present republ-
can organization in Hawaii.
In the steps they have taken so far
the natives have refused to drop their
name IF Independent Home Rulers and
have only added republican to that
name
Turn Down Dole's Nominal lions.
complete turn down of all the nomi-
nations sent to the Legislature by Cover
nor Dole is threatened. The independ-
ents have been holding caucuses on the
subject and they would like to turn down
all the men the governor named and who
are NOW holders of the offices for which
the executive re-nomnates them. The
home rulers have list of their own
men whom they would like to see in
Office. Under the organic act the COVER
nor may leave the offices untitled till the
legislature adjourns and then appoint
his own choices.
Delegate Wilcox has come out in OPP
POSITION to the idea of trying to turn
down The appointments. He had advised
the other party leaders not TO take such
action, but many of them reject his ad-
vice.
End of the Bow Wongs.
DR.. sun Vat Sen, the exiled Chinese
revolutionst. arrived in Honolulu last
night on the steamship Nippon Maru.
DIR. Sun was born in Hawaii and grad
uated from Oahu college. He was the
leading spirit in the attempted revol,-
tionacy coup d'etat in Canton in "a
since which time he has been an exile
haa
His views Of the Chinese situation and
of the Bow Wongs, or reform society,
which is said to have nearly 10, 900 mem.
bers in Hawaii, will be a bombshell to
many local Chinese who have been led
to join the organization and support il.
DR.. sun says the Bow Wong Wui is
useless and Will end an Intellectual career
amid internal dissensons that have al
ready begun. Already some of the mil
honaire members in Singapore have
Withdrawn their support from kang Yu
Wei. and members are asking what there
Is to show for the millions that have
been subscribed to the society.
Abolish the Manchus.
The revolutionary party has the yea,
strength of the reform and progressive
element in China according to DR.. Sun
It's membership extends througho 1t
China in secret societies that are await
Ing their chance. Instead Of striking
Tor the return of the emperor, KwAn.
Hsu to power and trying to induce him
TO issue again the reform edicts that are
supposed to have caused his dethrone-
ment, the revolutionary party wants alb.
solute abolition of the Manchu dynasty
and the establishment of d republican
form Of government in China.