Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-14
DOLE''S INDICATION
Hawaiian Business; Men Are
Gratifed.
GOVERNORS ENEMIES
BEATEN FACTION ACCEPTS SIT
UATIoN WITH BADiGRACE.
Home Rulers and Democrats Trying
to Effect a Combine-Death of
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HONOLULU, r. H, April 80, 1902
The news Of President Roosevelt's hearty
Endorsement of the administration of Gov
ernor Dole was received in Hawaii ON the
22d of this month, and aroused the greatest
satisfaction in the business Community 1t
was expected that when the governor saw
the President there would be a decisive
end to the talk of Dole's removal, but the
President went farther than to merely an
nounce his decision that the governor of
Hawaii should not be removed and declared
him entitled to the respect and hearty sup
port Of the administration.
The Defeated Faction.
The people of Hawaii now regard the
Dole-removal controversy as settled, but it
is still question whether political peace is
to follow. The faction that has SO long
bombarded the departments at Washington
with charges against the governor accepts
the defeat with i'll grace. The Honolulu
newspaper that has led the fight declares
that Roosevelt has given his Endorsement
to un-American methods of government,
and has published criticisms of the Presi-
dent that would be regarded as constituting
bolt from the party anywhere else. But
the situation in Hawaii is different, and it
remains for the future to straighten out the
tangle. The anti-Dole faction has con-
trolled the territorial central committee
since the last primary election by virtue Of
open primaries, at which 1t is claimed that
home rulers and others voted members
of the republican party. The result is that
the governors enemies are able to be heard
in the party councils locally. Many of
them have assumed an attitude that indi-
Gates that, though they call themselves re-
publicans they would prefer to see an
other home rule delegate to Congress and
another home rule legislature, rather than
see Dole get the Endorsement at the polls
which majority of the white population
of the islands undoubtedly wishes to give
him.
Dickering Over Fusion.
The home rulers and the democrats are
dickering over fusion in spite of the fact
that the former call themselves home-rule
republicans. These, with the anti-DoIe wing
of the republican party, which is essentially
home rule. may form strong combination,
in view of the native vote they can COM
mand If they are successful at the polls
it will probably result in sending another
Wilcox as delegate to Congress, and for an
other term of two years the commercial
interests of the territory. when they want
to be heard in the national capital will
have to send representative of their own.
Now that the movement to remove Dole
has come to nothing, it cannot be said that
there is any issue at all of principle between
the republican factions. 1t is admittedly
useless to try again against Dole. The dis
turbng faction has 10 other issue than its
enmity for Dole, and no bait for native
votes other than its dislike of this man,
who led the revolution of 93 and did more
than any other man to bring about anneXa-
ton. Thus it has been suggested that the
factions might unite on an agreement to
drop the Dole matter, but SO far the anti
Dole people have shown no disposition to
accept such a proposition.
To Capture the Republican Party.
carry the republican primaries with home
rule votes. This is in view of the open pri-
mares, to which the missionary fac
ton is committed, and which it refuses 70
abandon. Under this rule any one may vote
at the republican primaries who wants to
enroll to do SO, as long the polls are
open. The other side wants rule that will
confine the voting to members of the party.
Without such rule the home rulers may
influence the election to such an extent
that they may capture the party ma
chinery and put home-rule men on the
republican ticket.
Death of James K. Kaulia.
The death of James K. Kaulia, native
Hawaiian, removed from Hawaiian politics
one of the founders and leaders of the home
rule party, one Of the bitterest royalist
haters of the white man in the islands. He
was a character somewhat unique in Ameri-
can politics and Of type that is disappear
ing already from Hawaii, where it only de-
veloped two years ago in the first American
election in the new territory.
Kauia was lawyer. After the revolu-
ton of '95 he was sent to prison for mis-
prison Of treason with many others. all of
whom were released when annexation was
decided upon at Washington, and some of
them before. In 1895 Kaulia became presi-
dent of the Aloha Alma. royalist society
having for its motto Hawaii for the Ha-
Waiians." This society and the KaIai Alma,
a
the home rule party just before, the election
in 1900. The party won the campaign. sent
it's nominee, r. w. Wilcox, to Washington
as delegate and got majority In the Ha-
waiian legislature, but kaulia failed of cleo
ton to the senate, being in republican dis
trict
AS campaigner Kaulia was the bitterest
of all the Hawaiian speakers. His battle
cry was Kill the snake" He would begin
many of his speeches by shouting this at
the top of his voice four or five times over,
in native, then in English.
The snake was the white nl4lf-the mis-
sionary. Kaulias speeches were constant
attack upon them, steady tanning of the
fires of race hatred. There Was mo- other
man and had seen American civilization, for
in 1896 he was one of committee tp visit
Washington and plead the cause bf the
monarchy against that of annexation But
who had taken his country. thougfiin pri-
vate Intercourse with them he showed no
such feel1ng.
How He Obtained Votes.
In the special election Just held in the
fourth district Kaulia tses. the stump, and
again his cry of xiii the snake was
heard. An extraordinary argument he
made in favor of a gambling law attracted
much attention to him, and was the subject
of much ridicule:, But his friends say that
he knew better than he talked, and talked
for votes, using his judgment as to what
would get them. 1T was the republicans
who killed my gambling law and stopped
gambling" he said. Before It was killed
native who had 35 cents or so, after gam
bling for while, could go to, the fish mar
ket and get lots of good things. Now he
must work" 4
This extraordinary bit of political econ
omy was given out at a water front mass
meeting. kaulia's associates, educated men,
graduates of the best American universities,
did not object to this sort of thing. It
might help to get votes.
How the Home Rulers Won.
1t was largely by this sort of thing that
the home rulers won their victory in 1900
r. liz.