The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-23
CHARGES AGAINST WILCOX
HAVE KICKED UP / nUss
BUT THAT IS ABOUT ALL THEY
HAVE DONE OR WILL DO IN
WASHINGTON
Have Brought the Delegate From Ha-
waii into Preminenee-Not Likely
to Affect Hi. Standing in the Ma
sionaI House of Representatives
LFrom q Starr CORRESPONDENT. !

From a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. e.-Although
the charges that have been fled by
George David Gear of Hawaii against
the Hon Robert Wilcox. Delegate in
Congress from the Territory of Ha-
vail. kicked up a bit of muss around
the head of Mr.. Wilcox, they have
done little but to bring him into prom
inence before the country 1t is I'M
likely, from anything tina. can be
learned at this writing, that Mr.. Gear s
charges will cause the house OF Rep
resentatiyes to fire Mr.. Wilcox 1t Is
more likely that these grave charges
will be allowed to slumber peacefully
in the House committee on elections.
and Mr.. Wilcox will continue to hold
his seat in Congress
The Republican correspondent today
asked the chairman of the House COM
mittee on elections what action it was
proposed to take in view of the charges
brought against Mr. Wilcox He said
that he did not know. Wilcox is now a
member of the House He has taken
the oath of Office, and having done
that. charges filed against Lam in the
House do not come up against him and
do not affect his status unLIl they have
been brought before the House by a
member of the House. Gear is not
member of the House. haS-no standing
with the House. and has merely filed
his charges with a committee of the
House. That committee can do moth
ing in the matter until member of
rho Hnrrcn itself no aolIad mn q
charges in the House and mas had
them referred by the House to the
elections committee After that has
been done the committee may give
hearings and file a report with the
House. upon which action either GUST
ing Wilcox from his seat or sustaining
him will be taken.
But it is quite job to let such
matter as this before the house at
this time. In the first place, the per-
mission of the Speaker must be Sc
cured to bring the matter up. Mr..
Henderson, the Speaker, does not want
such things brought UP at this session,
because they consume too much time.
Then again. the principal charges are
that Wilccv svmpathized with the Fill
pinos. That is no more than three or
four members OF the senate of the
United States are doing every day.
They openly sympathize WITH the Fill
pinos and make speeches in the Sen
ate for them. OF course they do not
offer to bear arms with the insurgents
against the United States, but if they
did they would be doing no more than
they are doing now, and the bearing
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work for the Filipinos as these Sen
ators are almost daily performing in
re Senate of the United States
Wilcox himself does not seem to re-
gard the charges against him as very
serious. He says that probably he did
write the Filipino letters. as charged,
but if he did. he saws that ne was not
at the time of writing them a citizen
of the United States, nor was he. of
course. a member of the American
Congress. Mr. Gear, on the other hand,
seems to think that he has a very
complete case against Wilcox, and
SAYS that he viii have hearing before
the elections committee of the House.
The chairman of that committee. how
ever, shows no disposition TO give Mr..
Gear hearing. and today said that no
hearing had been set and that none
was contemplated.
So it seems probable that Wilcox
will still be member OF the House
when Congress adjourns, March 4th,
and if there is no extra session there
will be no opportunity to hear the case
before next December. If there is an
extra session it will be given up to
other matters. So not before next
winter are the charges likely to have
a full hearing, if they are ever heard.
E. S. L.