The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-25
HOME RULE
COMMENT
Washington Said
To Be Ready
To Act.
CLAIM CREDIT
FOR INVESTIGATION
W 'cox Says The Lsper Bill Will
Be Passed-Wants an
Extra Session.

The visit OF Governor Dole to Wash
D ington has served TO arouse much COM
ment in the Hawaiian newspapers. The
KuoSoa Home RuIa OF Saturday.
March END. has some sharp talk. the
Z editorial which leads being entitled.
who VIII BE Governor" 1t says:
This is the question now before the
people OF America and Hawaii mel.
/ There are n number of candidates up
| for the position and who have been
presented to the President for his con-
sideratiOn. They are as follows: Jas.
/ H. Boyd. r. w. Wilcox. @. +. Little.
! A. $ Humphreys. Sam Parker. II. II.
Baldwin, and H. T. Cooper. There
fore. the Lahui will see that there are
/ three HawaiianS and four foreigners in
the race for the governorship.
There are three political parties rep
resented in the candidates thus pre-
scented to the President; they are those
. of the Home Rulers. the Missionary
Republicans and the Anti-Missionary.
The Executive Committee OF the
Home Rulers has decided upon Dele
gate r. w. Wilcox as their candidate
for the governorship; but the question
arises. Is the Delegate eligible for the
position while he is now Delegate for
Hawaii?
We are OF the opinion that he is not
eligible until after he has served out
the term of Office to which he was elect
ed as Delegate.
Therefore, the selection of Delegate
Wilcox, by it's executive committee. as
the Home Rule candidate for the gov
ernorship, is contrary to the intents
and purposes as expressed in the Or
ganic Act of the Territory. And il is
our belief that the position of the Del
egate is under like circumstances and
conditions as those of Senator's and
Representatives. that they cannot re-
sign to accept any office in the govern
ment.
1T would be proper for the Delegate
to give the Executive Committee an
expression of his views and opinion on
this most important question, for the
benefit of the Lahui and the country
We have been informed that the Del
egate is at present perfectly contented
and will be in the present position he
holds II he fails to gain the governor
ship.
The work of the Lahui is that he
should be the candidate. but in his fall
ure to receive this high position, then
IL becomes his duty to exert his infiu-
ence in favor OF Samuel Parker.
Governor Dole will not be able 70
leave here by Sierra during the coming
week. for he has again received anoth-
er attack OF this rattle Drained gov
errors disease, a craze for the noun
tains. Waianae will furnish the rem
edy to effect cure.
Under the caption, The Republicans
Are Shaky-Its Leaders Are Demoraliz-
ed-Home Rulers Victorious" the pa
per says:
The Lahui now recognizes the force
OF the work of the Home Rulers of Ha-
wall nei. From the time Dole accepted
the Presidency of the Provisional Gov
eminent OF the Thurston faction. the
Hawaiian people never consented that
ne should occupy such position as to
b.. their king. Therefore. from then to
this day. that feeling still exists in the
breasts and hearts or the people of
this land.
And IL has also been recognized by
the I.ahui that their activity and the
results from the petitions and rcsolu-
tons passed. forwarded and presented
To the President have been beneficial.
for the wishes and requests made by
the Home Rule Aloha Alma party have
been recognized and will be carried by
the President The Republican party,
with all the money IL has at command,
will never allow his clean
hands to be soifed by any such foul,
filthy work OF these Missionaries do
The leaders OF the Missionary Re
publican party have been constantly