Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-26
NATIVES ARE ACTIVE.
Attempt to Establish New Party in
 Honolulu.

Honolulu, April 19, via San Francis co. April 26.-The proposal which Del egate Wilcox brought back from Wash ington that the native home rule party become republican, has aroused great political activity and is being very much discussed in political circles. IT is stated that the plan was proposeu to Wilcox by Senator Cullom and that the president showed interest in the conversion of the natives of Hawaii to republicanism.
 The result of the proposal and its endorsem ent by a majority of the na- tive party leaders is that both parties affected are more or less split over it. The republican party has for some time been divided into the elements known as missionary and anti-mission- ary, and it is with, the latter, or anti administration republicans that the home rulers may combine locally. At rpesent they have taken action which they think unites them with the party organization in Hawaii. The opposi- ton of the ex-queen to any plan look ing to q reconciliation between the na- tives and the old republican leaders, whom she regards as her enemies and were annexation leaders, is said to have a powerful effect in causing the home rulers to carefully turn republi- can in such a way that they would not be committed to support the pres ent republican organization in Ha- waii.
 Tn 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 nominations sent to the legislature by Governor Dole is threatened. The in- dependents have been holding eau cuses on the subject and they would like to turn down all the men the gov ernor Eamed and who are now holders of the offices for which the executive renomjnates them. The home rulers have a list of their own of men whom they would like to see in office. Un- der the organic act the governor may leave tEe offices unified until the leg islature adjourns and then appoint his own choices.
 Delegate Wilcox has come out in op- position to the idea of trying to turn down the appointments. He has ad- vised the other party leaders not to take such action, but many of them reject his advice.
 Dr Sun Yat Sen, the exiled Chinese reyolutionist, arrived in Honolulu last night on the steamship Nippon MarTl. Dr Sun was born in Hawaii and grad uated at Oahu college. He was the leading spirit in the attempted reyolu- tiOnary coup d'etat at Canton in '94. Since that time has been an exile from Canton with 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 be a bomb shell to many local Chinese who have been led to join the organization and support 1t.
 Dr Sun says that the Bow Wong Wui is useless and will end an inef- fetcuaa career amid internal dissen- sions that have already begun. Al ready some of the millionaire mem- bers in Singapore have withdrawn their support from Kang FuSWef and members are asking what there is to show for the millions that have been subscribed to the society.
 The revolutionary party has the real strength of the reform and progressive element in China, according to Dr Sun. It's membership extends throughout China in secret societies that are wait ing their chance. Instead of striking for the return of the Emperor Kwang Hsu to power and trying to induce him to issue the reform edicts that are SUD- posed to have caused his dethrone- ment, the revolutionary party wants absolute abolition of the Manchu dynasty and the establishment of re- publican form of government in China.