The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-10
HOME RULE
WILL WAIT
No Candidate Will
Be Chosen Just
Now.
MEETING GIVEN
UP TO ORATORY
Discussion Of Candidates for 9TH
District Nomination Ends
Without Result.

When some one casually remarked al
the meeting of the Home Rulers last
evening that there had been no call is
sued for a special election in the
acted as a deterrent and the matter of
nomination for a successor to the late
A. F. Gilfllan went over without ac-
ton.
In fact, there was not even any ac-
ton taken upon the recent nomination
of Jonah Kalanianaole, for although
the nominee was present and seems
to be of exactly the same opinion as to
evening that he had not offered his
declination. There was brought up,
however the matter Of a candidate by
a member of the committee, and the
discussion was long and warm. There
were a number of names mentioned
but when all was said and the meeting
over the members unitedly declared
that there had been no definite action.
1t was assumed by everyone that
there would have to be made another
selection than Prince Cupid, and the
canvassing of the field for a man was
lively. To detract from the interest,
however. was the expression of some of
the members of the Legislature present
that there was no use of making the
fight, as there would be no extra ses-
sion and the only use of a fight was to
hola the organization together.
The most of the time of the meeting
was consumed In reports of commit
tees. The committee having in charge
the mass meeting reported that there
had been made an attempt to have the
leading men of the Territory appear
and speak, and that the selection of
speakers had been made after long
list of replies had been received. The
was described as a successful
one, and the resolutions which were
passed by the meeting were read in the
meeting of the committee.
After the meeting was over there
was more excitement than during the
session of that body. One knot of mem
bers of the committee with a copy of
the paper of Mrs. Robert w. Wilcox,
were engaged in earnest conversation
as to a publication there which was
reproduced in the Advertiser Of yester
day morning. In the paragraph the pa
per said the Pain street car system
would be kept in operation until the
next Legislature, and that then a fran
chise would be given to Pain for an
electric road. This was criticised by
some of the members as a reflection
upon the party and an act of arrogat- |
ing to the paper the right of making
the platform of the party for the next
election. There was some heated dis
eussion over this point, and once Mrs. |
Wilcox entered into the discussion with !
dignity.
There was a warm controversy too over |
the matter of another candidate for the |
egis ature, there being a discussion |
among the young men of the committee ,
as TO the selection which may be made. !
nth may remove from the Fifth Dis
rct into the Fourth that he should be
for the place, and that it would
serve to bring IN several elements of
strength. Mr. Emmeluth was was not
present, but it is known that he has no
such intention in making the change of
MS residence, but is simply getting near
r. 10 his business
Mrs Wilcox added to the incident OF
he evening by a warm attack upon the
Advertiser. Despite the fact that on TWO
,ecasions it was said that the letter
which contained the information that
" .lcox alone had any pull with the
administration, was printed in the Home
2uIa. the fact that the name Of Mrs.
wilcox was mentioned in the discussion
If the Home Rule affairs and in connec-
ion with the letter. has gwen r-se to the
rilion in the minds of some, that the
etter was addressed to her, and that she
gave 1t out for publication. This Ms
Wilcox denied with an emphatic dignity
quite in keeping with her position. She
lverred that she never gave away any
contained in letter from
Ter husband, and the letter in regard
o his statements as to politics was one
written to David Kalauokalani. and
printed in the Home Rula. She was
greatly out, aged by the failure to cor
'ect the impression gained by her friends
md threatened reprisals upon men and
paper