The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-06
THE HOME RULERS SCRAP
ARE AT 1T NOW LIKE CATS AND
DOGS.
Beckley Turned Down as Delegate And
Emmeluth is observation-disclosures
Jumps the Party-Samuel Parker.

They cry peace when there is no !
peace" in the Home Rule ranks. Every |
I measure proposed in the party is as
sailed from some quarter, and there is |
a chatter and scramble. Senator White !
! opposes Wilcox; Wilcox opposes White !
Beckley thinks there has been under |
J handed business; Emmeluth is trying
] to bring peace and can't Kalauokalani
has hold one minute and loses it the
Enext; Kanuha has retired in disgust,
| while DR.. Russell has jumped the party
/ altogether and will go over to the
! Republicans.
Mr. Speaker, Inconsistency, thy
name is the Home Rule party of Ha-
/ wall" said Representative Monsarrat
recently on the floor of the house, when
! he discovered some of the members of
| the party turning few of their justly
! famed mental Somersaults. Just how
| MOnsarrat would express himself if he
! was in Honolulu now trying to find out
! what the party's position and what it
4 intends to do must be left to imagina-
4 ton. The Home Rulers may have
plans that they intend to carry out,
but if they have the plans are skillfully
] hidden from some of their own leaders,
and have prospect of going by the
| board in even quicker time than did the
| famous scheme of legislation that was
1 born in six weeks of party caucusses
! before the Legislature met.
| 1t is no easy thing now to find out
4 what is the real thing in the way of a
/ Home Ruler There are Home Rulers
\ and Home Rulers, and more besides,
| and as shown by the votes before the
: Legislature adjourned, no one crowd
can cling together enough to d. any
J thing. The Home RulerS who want TO
] cut right and left into the appropria-
tlons with the idea that by so doing
Y fthey "get back at Dole" are the ones
] that have stayed by the banner all
| through, but they are long in talk and
short in votes and have been repeatedly
| downed by votes in the Legislature.
There is another lot of Home Rulers
who want to legislate, and they are
ready to work more or less with the
Republicans. They want to tackle the
appropriation bill and get through the
work it requires and are even scheming
to get loan bill through under another
name. 1t is thought by some that the
loan act can be re-drafted so that it
can come under the head of appropria-
tions which the legislature is to consi-
der, and legal talent is now at work
on the plan to draft new bill to take
the place of the loan bill The men,
bers realize that whether they get even
with Dole or not their constituents Will
have kicks coming if no funds are pro-
Vided for road and bridge and other
improvements and all are ready to
hustle for such funds, each for his own
: district.
On the matter of doing other business
than considering appropriations, the
Home Rulers also differ An effort will
be made to induce the legislature to
take up other bills, on the ground that
it has right to do so, but it is thought
that majority agree that they have no
right to do so, under the call issued by
Dole.
} Representative Robertson of the Re-
publican side was inclined to doubt the
practicability of the plan to pass any
bill that would take the place of a
loan bill. "An appropriation bill is a
bill for spending money and not for
, providing it," he said, land l doubt
whether any loan bill could be passed
under the provisions of the organic act
regarding the special session for appro-
priation bills. / have not looked the
matter up specially but an inclined to
doubt that such action can be taken"
There is much feeling over the treat
ment of Beckley on Saturday. 1t had
been arranged that he should go to San
Francisco to present the anti-Dole re-
solutions to the President At O'Clock
he was visited and told that he must
get away by the Coptic, sailing in two
hours. At the same time the resolu-
tions and mysterious lot of . other
, papers were pressed into his hands.
: ! Beckley asked what the additional pa
! pers were but was told to look wise
: and say nothing; simply hand the pa
pers to the President.
Il will do nothing of the kind" re-
piled the young man from MolOkai. 81
4 ! must know the contents of every docu-
: ment ! bear from here to San Fran
cisco. 1t looks to me that there has
been some underhanded business going
on in this matter, and l do not like it.
If 1t Is not satisfactory for me to look
= over the papers, then you can select an
= other delegate"
1t was the intention of Wilcox and
! Beckley to take simply the anti-Dole
resolution to San Francisco, and to
! make no recommendation in regard tc
? a successor to Governor Dole. 1t is
understood on good authority that the
mysterious package" contained a re-
: commendation to the President to ap,
? point Sam Parker to the office. The
Home Rulers knew that Beckley was
opposed to any such move, so did no
e let him in on the secret.
! At the late Saturday caucus Beckley
was turned down and new names wer,
considered. Kalauokalani wanted t
go. He was opposed for the reason tina
he does not speak English fin entity. JohI
Emmeluth was then fixed upon. Tn,
J. member from Honolulu said he woul,
s like to 60
This morning Emmeluth stated tina
he would not go to San Francisco, Civ
ing as a reason the special session o
the legislature.
He stated that he would like to hav
= gone and taken part in the presenta
u tion of the Home Rule resolution I,
! President Mckinley. but that he didn'
= want to leave when there was so mucl
: important business coming before tn
~ house
/, Emmeluth stated that he understoo
,s that Beckley was going to San Fran
,e cisco on the Mariposa.
II street caucus about noon decide,
II on Beckley and 1t is said the forma
caucus this afternOn will ratify tina
- decision.