Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-26
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Hawaiians Endorse Republican Principles

Hilo. Nov. 22.-The Hilo Tribune
says: The formation of the local Ha.
waiian organization which has caused
SO many guesses anu aroused so much
curiosity has made It's purposes clear.
The preamble to its bylaws which is
set forth below gives expression to
natural emotions Of patriotism and
purpose which mark the Hawaiian
character.
adopted is Aloha Alma. The name
Hawaiian Republican Society was dis.
carded after careful consideration.
While the organization will have In.
fluence In politics 1t Is not an avOwed
political body. Its main object Is to
aid Hawaiians. II will endeavor to see
that deserving Hawaiians have profit
able employment. It will encourage
the native young men to enter the In
dustrial race with energy.
II there are Hawaiians too poor to
go to college. this society will endeav.
or to find means of sending them. Its
bylaws will permit the society to en-.
ter upon any commercial business
which may be deemed advisable
Those most active in its formation de
sire that the society mix as little as
possible in politics, though they admit
that politics cannot be excluded alto
gether. They have adopted the utter.
auces Of william Mckinley as their
chief article Of faith.
The new Aloha Alma Society Is not
resurrection of the old Aloha Alma
which was swallowed up by the Home
Rule political party. The Hilo organi.
cation is the parent of what all lead
ing Hawaiians hope will be network
OF similar societies throughout the
Islands. 1t Is their hope that these
societies will result in directing the
efforts of Hawaiians to a betterment
of their condition in business. social
and educational way. The preamble
adopted reads as follows:
Whereas, the late President McKin.
ley In his instructions to the Secre.
tary OF War to be given by that Off
cial to the Philippine Commission,
said In part: without hampering
them by too specific instructions they
should in general be enjoined to de-
vote their attention In the first In
stance to the establishment of munic
ipal government in which the natives
of the Islands, both IN the cities and
in the rural communities, shall be at
forded the opportunity to manage theil
local affairs to the fullest extent oil
which they are capable and subject
to the least degree of supervision oil
control" and.
| Whereas, we as Hawaiians highl,
appreciate the patriotic attachment
which arises from that instructive, dis
interested and undefnable feelinl
which connects the affections OF mar
with his birthplace and sustains hi.
fondness for the ancient customs ant
reverence for the ancestral tradition,
Of the past; and, .Er
Whereas, we as a people have beer
charged with inability 10 manage o.
control our civil. national or municipal
governmental affairs which for half
century we have sustained with homo
aud without Interruption.
Now, therefore. we. the members q
Aloha Alma, appreciating the necessit.
q; unity In politics as in any othe
great undertaking In this life, declar
that the principle involved In the IN
struction of the late President McKir
ley. above referred to. should be es
tended to our people without hamper
ing us by the appointment OF execr