The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11
CUPID LEAVES
THE CONVENTION
WILCOX FACTION BREAKS FAITH
WITH REFORMERs AND THEY
SPLIT THE PARTY.
WILCOX REELECTED FOR DELE
GATE BY HIS FOLLOWING.
Women Delegates and Impassioned old
Men Stampede the Meeting and Force
The Split.

The Home Rule convention came to
! an end yesterday afternoon Wilcox
! being re-nOmnated unanimously for
/ delegate by the elemakules or the old
| folk whom he is so fond of praising ana
has so often mentioned in his letters
| The younger element who through the
convention headed by Prince Jonah
! kalanianaOle had been working for in
| diVdual representation of the electorate
! through the establishment of precinct
! clubs and district committees, left the
convention and split the Home Rule
| party in the middle of the afternoon,
their leader in matter of fact fash
! ion charging kalauOkalani with break
/ ing his pledged word ratified by a shake
of the hand and declaring that he was
once and forever through with the
Home Rule party
After Wilcox's speech of We'd
nesday in which he threatened to clear
| the convention and choose his own de-
| legates compromise was effected be-
/ tween the Reform party and the Wilcox
! faction by which the former was to
! secure their reformed constitution and
! the latter retain their officials of the
! executive committee. This was ratified
! yesterday noon. Kalauokalani and Gu
| pid shook hands over the pledge and
agreed to work along those lines for
| the unity of the party.
| In yesterdays convention however
! the women delegates from Laie follow
! ed by several of the old men insisted on
postpOning the amended constitution
and Kalauokalani made no effort to
! stay them
Cupid then charged him with bad
! faith and left with his following. VIII
| cox made two speeches later apologize
| ing to Emmeluth for his words of the
| day before and stating that the battle
was now on and all must fight. An
| other convention was announced for
| September.
About forty went out with Prince Gu
pid. among them being John Wise,
! Carlos Long Kanuha, and Meheula.
The Home Rule convention closed
yesterday afternoon, considerably les
sened in size from the disruption which
! occurred when kalauOkalani, accused
of breaking his word allowed the agree
ment arrived at with the leaders of
the reform party to be smashed with
out protest on his part. Prince Jonah
Kalanianaole, after a dignified reserve
during the debate of old men and eN-
cited women, dramatically made
short speech charging the venerable
chairman with direct treachery and
the breaking of his word and left the
convention, followed Immediately by
forty of the delegates.
1t was a dramatic exit made without
| apparent heat after one speech OF
moderation followed by silence while
| the older element and four women
delegates were yelling, three or four at
| a time, for the abandonment of the
! new movement for an amended consti-
! tuition which it was claimed would rear
the Home Rule party on a solid foun-
dation of precinct clubs and district
committees, through which the cleo
torate could be taught the true value
of their privileges and the real equality
of all American citizens.
That Wilcox was not entirely at
ease was effectively demonstrated
| by the profuse apologies that he twice
made before the convention to Emme-
! luth the author of the proposed amend
ments to the constitution and bylaws
! which had been vigorously thrown
down. on Wednesday Wilcox de-
nOunced Emmeluth as a man who had
contributed nothing to party funds in
| the sending of a delegate and generally
villified him. Yesterday after the re-
formers had left, he twice made
apology to Emmeluth, who was not
present at the convention, apparently
afraid that the man whom he had de-
nounced as an evil to the party the
day before would also desert him.
The women seemed largely respon-
sible for feeding the flames. They con-
stantly interrupted delegate John Wise
in his speech for unity.
One Norman gentleman with wild
gesture said that he wanted to get
home to his wives and therefore could
not entertain the idea of reform or
amendments and others of the Wilcox
faction, who had asked previously for
twenty five million dollars of green
backs rose against the reform party
and clamored for revival of the
monarchy.
Evidence was freely offered that
these elemakules or old folk who put
up their money for WilcoX's first trip
as delegate and were always mention
ed affectionately i'm his mainland let-
tiers had been given some assurance
that the Queen was to be restored
again. The question has kept crop
ping up all through the convention
and Wilcox has constantly had to COM
bat it with hOneyed words and pro-
misses of crown lands and money.
The Wilcox faction is pre-eminently
composed of the older element. They
keep asking the delegate to explain
what municipal government is. George
Markham and some politicians of the
Akina, MahOe and Prendergast type
who think that Wilcox is the best man
to hang to.
The walking out it is said was not
planned beforehand and Cupid's exit
left Kanuha on his feet in indignant
protest. AS the rest of his associates