The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
A NEW PHASE.

nesday evening. The points in discus
sion were talked over late into the
night, and by a system of give and
take harmony spread her wings over
the Orpheum theater. But yesterday
afternoon the rift widened irrevocably
and the young men of the Home Rule
party retired in dignified manner, be-
cause the old wing had not kept faith
with them. Prince Cupid stated the
position of himself and his followers
in a digniied and self-contained man
ner. He said:
"At midnight last night you extended
to me your hand as a pledge of faith
and said that there was to be no more
ill feeling. We arrived at a conclusion
as to our differences Of opinion regard
ing the new constitution and mutually
pledged ourselves that all i'll feeling
was to be at an end between us. Now
you bring up this trouble once more.
To the old men ! want to say that we
are proud of our old folk ana do not
wish to rob them of any of the honors
which they have won for themselves
by their labors. ....
From now on. and I say this eX-
plicitly. ] cut loose from your side. l
resign from the Home Rule party never
more to be connected with it. ! have
been laboring for the benefit of the
people that they may have their rights
and privileges their power as VOTERS
Al DIV, C,,r,id stotos that he has final
" severed himself from a party that
will not give the electorate the proper
education. 1.-THE people, my people,
ne said, ARE not being educated to
rake IN the duties of American citizen
ship nor shown the privileges by tne
IlolllS I.u!I p", &c ieadars at nre-
SEM capable of good faith. The people
are being kept IN lshorahce ti IA ~ ~
may ps ,nlS which we Younger
element know do not and cannot exist
but which the old folk, long accusIoI IN,
ca 10 Clile me st tat'Is of affairs believe,
I have NOT made any decision as to my
course"
That such a divergence Of opinion
among the Home Rulers was likely to
take place was evident as soon as the
Home Rule party came together 1t
was pointed out by The Star that the
young Hawaiians who had mad greater
opportunities Of guaglng the queStloiiS
men who had less opportunities than
themselves. The younger HaWallahS
with the Prince at their heau were
anxious to put the convention oli
popular basis. they wanted TO prlhs
fhe Home Rule party into line with the
other parties, that IS, they wanted the
people to have a voice. and dla not
wish an oligarchy or cirque 10 uoll'li-
ate the party This was SOUND polIIicS'
and would have added strength 10 Ihe
Home Rulers.
This policy was good, but 1t ana not
suit the Delegate Just returned from
Washington. He found that when he
talked his hearers would cheer and
shout, but when the Prince talked eV-
erybOdy listened. They might not
cheer and Murray, but they took in
what was said. This made the Dele
gate Jealous, He was jealous of the
Princes position, Jealous of his wider
knowledge, Jealous Of his broader mind,
and above all jealous of his influence
over the HawaiianS. .
Senator Kalauokalani, but there can
be no doubt that he was but a puppet
in the hands of Delegate Wilcox. The
object of the latter was to discredit
The Prince and then use him as a tool,
hut the action of the Prince put an end
to these schemes. Prince Cupid is too
thorough and careful man to have
done, what he has done, hastily. IN
doubtedly he believed in the principles
of his party, and he will not lose sight
Of his countrymen and their advance
ment, but he did not propose to be a
tool and a slave of men whose superior
he was, he wanted decentralization in
local politics, and the outer districts to
have a large say as to who should run
and who should not 1t was upon this
rock that the sections split. The men