The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-18
To HOLD
4 GREAT
MEETING
Home Rulers Plan
: Gathering of
Masses.
WILL MAKE 1T
NON-PARTISAN
Leaders Want to Hear What Roose.
Velt Meant by American Lines
OF Development.
VVTHAT IS Americanism?" will be
" the question to be discussed at

-
w the question to be discussed at
W the meeting which the Homo
Rulers are now contemplating. At
the session held las. evening ~
Fosters hall. the Executive Com
mittee of the party passed
resolutions looking to the holding or
what they call "non-pa~t,srn'' meet
ing. at which there will be addresses
made by men who are supposed to
know all about Americanism.
The principal theme of discussion at
the meeting, which was fairly we'll at
tended. was the portion of the message
of President Roosevelt referring TO Ha-
, waH- The sentence in the message of
the President. In Hawaii our aim must
be to develop the Territory upon tradi-
tionaI American lines.'~ furnished tAe
text for much OF the talk. 1t was decid-
ID that the party must show its appre-
citation of the reference to the Terri
tory. In the terms used. and must rati-
~ the proposed action Of the United
States. In the premises it was decided
that there must be a great meeting.
which would attract the vast body Of
the people OF the city. at which there
should be addresses made. giving inter
pretations Of the meaning the President
meant to convey in the sentence quot
ed.
This was brought out in an address
made by Prince Cupid. who said that
as the Hawaiians could not be expected
10 know just what are the traditional
American lines" their first step should
be to learn all about Americanism and I
then they should follow the path
marked out Other speakers took the
same tack and finally it was decided
that plans shoVld be made fOr the mass
rl.eetIng. which while It should be along
the lines Of the Home Rule party,
should be non-partisan as 10 speakers.
and all the people should be invited to
attend.
The resolutions placed the making OF
all arrangements in the hands Of a
committee. and Chairman Kaulia
raned on that body Prince Cupid. car
los Long. John Emmeluth and Repre-
sentative Makainai. This body viii re-
mort at a meeting OF the committee not
later than January 2nd. and the meet
ing II is expected. win he held soon
after that date. Sufficient time will be
given for the sending OF the call 20 the
members OF the party in other islands,
and II is thought that there will be a
large attendance Of the leaders. as
some Of the radicals Will surely bring
I'D the extra session propaganda. and
make that feature OF the meeting.
While there has been only such dis
cusslon as was Incidental to the ques-
ton upon the mass meeting. it Is un-
derstood TO be the plan Of the chair
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meeting one which viii be notable In
the sense that It VIII gather upon one
platform represen ia tives of all political
faiths here. men whose previous eXper-
ieuce in the States viii give them au-
thorfty from which 10 speak in an in
-tructIve manner To the native Hawaii
ans Prince Cupid said i;tst night tnat
there would be Republicans. Democrats
and Home Rule speakers. but that es-
peciaI effort would be made to have the
speakers men who would touch upo1
the lines OF development which viii be
in accord with the ideas Of the Presi-
Cent.
While this is the idea of the chair
man or the committee. there is in the
party a radical element which VIII
make an effort to turn the meeting into
= protest against the policy Of the local
government. and VIII eudeavor TO have
the resolutions introduced reflect upon
the Governor and his action as to a
special session Of the Legislature. Th'
element which Is 50 strongly in favor
or a specfal gathering Of the legislative
branch. Is in favor OF sacrificing every
thing for the enactment Of a county
pm and is thus early running counter
T. the educational plans Of the pro -
cressive element as represented by
Prince Cupid and his friends IN the