The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-06
THE WAY TO HARMONY.

1t does not matter so much now how
the trouble began In the Republican
party of Hawaii. The facts are we'll
understood at Washington and better
understood than they were by the East
ern press and because of this the sup
porters of the Republican Territorial
administration. comprising the majority
of the white voters and eighty per cent
of the business interests, have no cause
to reopen past history. A more pres
sing question is how the difficulties may
be composed. N5
The easiest way ID for the anti Dole
Republican faction to cease its attacks
upon the Republican Territorial admin
lstration and support 1t with loyalty
and courage against the old monarch
cal party which seeks to revenge itself
upon the men who brought Hawaii into
the Union and to plumber the taxpayers
In the bargain. II that were done the
Republican party would present an I'M
broken front and the cause OF good gov
eminent would be sustained.
To suggest the retirement of the Dole
party would be to recommend course
of bad citizenship-an acquiescence in
scheme of plumber of which that party
individually speaking, would suffer only
less than the country as whole. Mr..
Dole stood for annexation from 1893 TO
1898 and he stands for clean govern
ment, economically administered, now
No scandals attach to his name nor to
that of his party; in fact both in union
are the buttresses that keep scandal
out. 1t Is clear that II they should
retire, the old narchists-probably
the most ignorant and corrupt electoral
body vested with the American fran
chise-would pretty well control island
politics. OF the minority Republican
element not man would get show
which they could deprive him of. The
Hawaiian politicians use white men
who offer their services, but rarely re-
ward them. They laud carpet baggers
even, laud them to the skies. until there
is something to divide. and then the
haole Is ignored. If there were an over
turn tomorrow the Wilcox party,
swearing Itself in as Republican for the
sake of spoils, would draw the color
line as plainly as 1t did at last year s
polling. Look at the way the Home
Rulers treated j. o. Carter, who has
fetched and carried for them so long
that he has forgotten that he is eau
casian. See how they turned down
Messrs Damon and Macfarlane. But
two men of white extraction, one OF
these married to an Hawaiian, were
chosen to the Legislature on the Home
Rule ticket and both of these are dis
gusted with the treatment they got
So what would 1t profit the anti-Dole
minority If the Dole maj Jrity should lay
down its arms and give the President
to understand that wilcox Is Hawaii
1t would not be two months before
these men would be bowling for white
mans party and begging the Dole mer
!. to come into it with their numbers ant
their cash.
There can be no party peace while
alleged Republicans in and out of office
do Home Rule politics and attack tn'
5 appointees of the President in Terri
? torial office. Nor, for that matter, car
5 there be any gain to those who engage
; in the assault. The vital truth abou
!, American politics here and elsewhere l
. that men whose prejudices lead them t
, attack conservative business interest
: ret left. Such interests in Hawaii n
r in the. nation at large are paramount
!. and so long as they call for recognitio
d a Republican President will grant II
: Only when they surrender or cease t
q make their political wants known wi
., chaos come.