The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-17
BOB GAINS
HIS POINT
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latter could have the Territory admit
ted without any trouble.
After making this point clear Mr..
Wilcox waXed warm and began to
score the members of the party, the
Senators and Representatives present,
for bad work in legislation. He said
that they did not stand together and
allowed themselves to be overruled In
the Legislature without the least re-
sistance even when they were largely
in the majority. He said the Senators
and Representatives were dailylng, and
not attending to business, and that
they were letting the Republicans beat
them at every turn. He said that to-
morrow the question of approving the
Governors nominations would come
up. and if the Home Rule element did
not look sharp and stand together the
Governor would get everybody into Of
flee that he wanted to. He also scor
ed the Senators and Representatives
for their lack of political diplomacy,
SAYING that they were 100 proud TO
speak to men that had elected them,
when they met them on the street. He
explained the method of accomplished
politicians at Washington, telling how
they would warmly shake hands with
the humblest small fry that might lend
them assistance. 1t was an essential
point of the art of politics TO MAINTAIN
social relations with peopie who might
be useful to them in their business.
Resuming his main subject again, the
speaker emphasized the point that, al
though the name of the party should
be changed as suggested, under no
circumstances were the members to
have anything to do with the Republi-
cans here; if they did they would be
lost. They were to keep their own
central committee, composed of sixty
five Home Rulers, and not to let SIN
gle haole Republican or Democrat into
that committee, but to preserve it just
as it is, always.
With another allusion to the eXpe-
diency of adopting the name of
leading party in Congress, Mr.. Wilcox
concluded his speech and submitted
the matter to the house. at the be-
ginning of his address he had read the
party platform, showing the members
that it permitted and advised affilia-
ton with other influential parties to
further the objects of the Home Rule
party, and this was again mentioned
before the question was voted upon
The plea of the leader was telling.
It took the house about three minutes
to vote the motion carried with a score
of thirty-one to seven. AT the outset
of the speech, when the speaker was
Keeling off a vehement succession of
vowel sounds, and when the Hawaiian
element of the audience were appar-
emily being swept towards conviction,
one of the haole members of the House
arose and interrupted the address. Il
have no doubt" said he, that the
speaker is making a very interesting
and eloquent speech, and for that very
reason ] am sure there are some of
US that would like to hear it in Eng
lish. Let the interpreter enlighten us. T"
Thenceforward the interpreter re-
vealed the subtle meaning of the VOW
els.
After the vote had been taken, the
seven who had voted against changing
the name began to debate the question.
They said that while they were ready
to trust Mr.. Wilcox, and wished to
show their faith in him, at the same
time, how were they to know but that
he was being tricked, and that they
would not get what they wanted after
all, at Washington? Maybe politicians
were fooling Mr.. Wilcox; how were
they to know?
Those who had favored the change
arose and said that they had implicit
faith in Wilcox, and that since they
were to have nothing at all to 90 with
the Republicans in Hawaii, what did
it matter whether they used the Re
publican name in Washington or not?
If it would do any good or help them
out any, by all means change the
name. 1t meant no change of purpose
or principle.
The debate waxed warm for awhile
but finally quoted down. Mr.. Wilcox
apologized to the members or the SEN
ate and Legislature for the scoring he
had given them, saying that he was
angry because they had done nothing
and seemed not to be standing togeth-
er. He hoped they would do better in
the future, and beware Of the RepubIi-
cans.