The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-10
Threatens and BroWbeats the Young
Men of the Party and Wins
His Point.
Reformers Quit in the Face of Disruption
and Agree to Changes Which Will
Bring Harmony.


There was no end of debate, al
!, amounting to nothing. and then tn
, platform went over to the Afternoon
, session for the purpose of adoption a.
. a. whole, the committee on reorganiza
!: ton promising that it would have {
report ready at that time.
} When the convention met again Jofr
Wise, for the committee, read the re-
port and platform. The report of the
committee said that the platform ap-
which the fight should be made, and
\ embodied a suggestion that there be
appointed two committees, one to frame
Legislation for submission to the next
reception committee TO meet the COM
mission of Senator's which is to make
a visit to the Islands soon, and ask
from them such rights and privileges
as may be deemed wise. The platform
with it's preamble is given below.
AS soon as the platform had been
read Wilcox took the floor and began
! to explain the difficulties in the way
OF attempting to carry through the re-
forms which are suggested in it. He
spoke at length. saying in part:
THE United States is not giving
away money for the asking, and it is
very hard to get through Congress a
bill appropriating funds for building
Custom Houses and postoffices. The
Government here holds on to the light
houses and the Federal Government
will not build more until the control
has passed to it. The United States
gets all the revenue from the Custom
House and this Territory cannot get a
, single cent of it.
1.-The law lets every state and terri
tory look out for itself. AS for new
insane asylum, that we must provide
for ourselves. If we could build a
school and provide a farm 1t might be
possible to secure an appropriation OF
$50, 900 or $35, 900 for its support. There
Is no use putting down such things for
me to work over, for it will not be pos
sibIe for me to succeed. II was impos-
office as estimated. The people of these
Islands would be fools to rebuild the
postoffice building, for it belongs TO the
Government. Look at the Rapid Tran
sit The Government has nothing to
do with that but it is trying to help
the Rapid Transit owners"
Bipikane interrupted to say that
Wilcox was at fault for not telling the
members of the party what was pos
sible and then such things would not
get into the platform. Continuing,
Wilcox said:
II worked hard for the money to-
erect the naval station at Pearl City.
1 helped TO try and get the money
put into the appropriation bill. but the
United States Government will not en-
ter into any agreement until the land
has been purchased, surveyed and made
ready for the buildings. The United
States don't give its money blindly.
but insists on everything being ready"
Here Wilcox was interrupted again by
a drunken man who finally had to be
put out, who insisted on crying out:
You'll Be elected again You'll be the !
King yet
Wise agreed that the words. refer !
ring to custom houses, postoffices, in
sane asyIums and lighthouses be strick- |
took up the explanation of his leper
settlement bill, saying in part: (
when l tried to have the Moiokai |
settlement taken under the charge of |
the Marine Hospital service of the
United States, the people over there
said that they had no lepers. I wanted
the Molokai lepers taken by the United
States, as then they would have bet
ter care and better food All this costs
money, which we do not have but the
United States is perfectly able to pay
In the whole United States there are
now said to be 500 lepers. There may
be 600 as some of them are in hiding
I tell you 1t hurt my feelings when 1
heard that the poor unfortunates on
were being fed on rotten
sinking salmon, and even that their
clothes were filthy and poor. If the
United States had the control OF the
7.slement there would be nothing of
his. Why. the reason why people
lere are fighting against this measure
5 that there would be taken out of