The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-09
TREASON IN The CAMP.

The existence Of a conspiracy tC
crush the Republican party in the mex
Territorial elections is proven by ex'
tracts from the two daily Journals
which use a Republican disguise fol
their Home Rule politics. The hide
pendent Home Rule party, 1t should be
said. in preface, occasionally tacks or
the name Republican 10 its other titles
but it is in all respects antI-Amerlcan
and anti Republican. Its choice of a
| Republican domino was naively or
knavely explained when its leader said
! that the Home Rulers merely called
| themselves by the title OF the party-in-
power for the sake OF helping Delegate
Wilcox get appropriations They were
TO be Home Rule and anti-Republican
here. but ostensibly Republican at
/ Washington Their object was to crush.
| II possible. the Americans who over
threw their monarchy, secure the re-
moval Of Mr.. Dole and get the entire
lcontrol of this group for the friends Of
/ the discarded throne.
Two daily journals which claim 10
represent the Republican organization
are playing into the hands of these
buccaneers at every stage Of the game.
For instance. the Home Rulers pro-
posed. if possible. to get the white
workingmen to join them, ana the Ad-
vertiser at once pointed out that be-
tween the lazy, venal and fatuous
Home Ruler and the progressive and
honest American workingman is no
point of political or industrial contact.
Nor is there. The two classes are as
wide apart as are the outer lines Of the
zones they come from. Nevertheless the
Home Rulers themselves are not trying
harder to bring about this inexcusable
union than are the two journals which
pretend to stand for the party which
the union is designed to overcome at
the polls. AS witness:
workingmen of Honolulu are an intel
igent and sensible class of men and they
have a memory long enough to recall the
nice things the Advertiser had to say OF
them because they signed the petitions
supporting Judge Humphreys when he
was so malic!ously attacked by Thurs
toms bar association. AS the working
mems opinion of Judge Humphreys CO.
incided with that of President Roosevelt
and Attorney General Knox, there is lit
tie prospect that they will be influenced
by the threats or suggestions CT the off,
ciaI organ in it's support of retrogressive
Territorial policies and one man power
Bulletin.
It would be necessary 10 apologize to
our readers for reprinting so vealy a
paragraph, save for the desire it ex-
presses that the workingmen shall not
be influenced enough to keep out of the |
ranks of the Home Rule party by the |
Suggestions" or threats of this ''or- |
gan" And yet the paper in question |
pretends to be Republican.
The other paper the Republican, So
called, proves it's lack of right to bear |
the name by publishing the following:
AS a very large percentage of the /
members Of the labor unions of this /
city are Hawaiians or part Hawaiians, it |
s hardly to be presumed that these men l
will refuse to cooperate with a polit!-
al party whose membership Is largely
of Hawaiians.
There are a good many workingmen In
Honolulu who were here in 1889 when
Lorrin A Thurston was swept into pow
n and office by the reform party. The
main strength OF the reform party was |
ne laboring men OF this city and they
we'll remember how Thurston denounced
Chinese immigration and then sold ouI |
he workingmen. These men propose 10 |
Use their ballots next fall TO place the |
party where 1t can do the
east possible harm.
In other words, both these alleged Re-
publican papers want to add voting re-
fruits to the ranks of the opposition
'arty In the confessed hope of embar-
assing the Republican Territorial adj
which was established
Iere by President Mckinley. These are
he kinds OF party organs the Home
rulers have staked out in the Republic
n camp. This is the teachery which
eeks not only to make Republicanism
tut Amerlcanism the victim of abor-
ginal public thieves.
Is it any wonder now that the Pres
dent of the United States understands
he situation here, he does not spare
words of Indignation and contempt for
he traitors who are stabbng Repub-
canism in the house of It's friends. j.,