Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-26
The Home Rule Party Becomes
Republican,
WORK OF DELEGATE WILCOX
For Some Time 10 Has Reen Divided
Into Two Fac lions. Missionary
aud Anti-uissionary.

Honolulu, T. H., April 49, via san
Francisco, April 26.-[Correspondence Of
the Associated Press 1.-The proposal
which Delegate Wilcox brought back
from Washington that the native Home
Rule party become Republican. has
aroused great political activity and is
being very much discussed In political
circles. II Is stated that the plan was
proposed to Wilcox by Senator Culom
and that the President showed interest
in the conversion Of the natives Of
Hawaii to Repubicanism.
The result of the proposal and It's
Endorsement by majority Of the native
party leaders Is that both the parties
affected are more or less split over 1t
The Republican party has for some time
been divided into the elements known
as missionary and i-missionary, and
II is with the latter, or antl-adminis.
tration Republicans, that the Home
Rulers may combine locally. At pres
ent they have taken action which they
think unites them with the national
Republican party but not with the
party organization in Hawaii. The OPP
position of the eX-queen TO any plan
looking to reconciliation between
the natives and the old Republican
leaders whom she regards as her enc
niles and were annexation leaders Is
said to have had powerful effect in
causing the Home Rulers to carefully
turn Republican In such way that
they would not be committed to sup
port Of the present Republican organ
ization In Hawaii.
In the steps they have taken so far
the natives have refused TO drop their
name OF Independent Home Rulers and
have only added Republican to that
name.
A complete turn down Of all the nomi-
nations sent TO the legislature by Gov
Dole is threatened. The Independents
have been holding caucuses on the sub
ject and they would like to turn down
ali the men the governor named and
who are now holders Of the offices for
which the executive renominates them
The Home Rulers have list Of their
pNt VI men Nliull ihNS Nphlh INT ~
see in office. Under the organic act
the governor may leave the offices un-
filed till the legislature adjourns and
then appoint his own choices.
Delegate Wilcox has come out in OPP
position to the idea Of trying 20 turn
down the appointments. He has ad-
vlsed the other party leaders not 10
take such action, but many of them re-
ject his advice
DR.. Sun Vat Sen, the exiled Chinese
revoutionist, arrived in Honolulu last
night on the steamship Nippon Maru,
Or. Sun was born in Hawaii and gradu-
ated from Oahu college, lie was the
leading spirit In the attempted revolu-
tionary coup d'etat at Canton In a.
since which time he has been an exile
from China with a price on his head
His views of the Chinese situation and
Of the Bow Wongs or reform society
which is said TO have nearly 10000
members In Hawaii, will bea bomb
shell to many local Chinese who have
been led to join the organization and
support II,
Or Sun says that the Bow Wong Wul
is useless and will end an Intellectual
career amid internal discussions that
have already begun. Already some
of the millionaire members in Singa-
pore have withdrawn their support
from Kang Yu Wei, and members are
asking what there is to show for the
millions that have ben subscribed to
the society,
The revolutionary party has the real
strength Of the reform and progressive
element in China. according to DR.
sun. Its membership extends through
out China in secret societies that are
waiting their chance. Instead Of
striking for the return Of the Emperor
Kwong Hsu TO power and trying to In
duce him to Issue again the reform
edicts that are supposed to have caused
his reinforcement the revolutionary
party wants absolute abolition Of the