The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-10
u EILcOx battled for his friend Ka-
HA lauokalani right royalty yester-


w lauokalani right royalty yester-
w day. and for an hour, pouring
hot shot into the ranks of those
who are opposed 10 him, was led into
utterances which show how divided are
the wings of the Home Rule party. II
was battle for the life. and that it
was won from a larger force is due to
the fact alone that the young men, in
saffed and browbeaten,i were willing to
surrender 20 prevent a split in the
ranks.
speeches marked the last session of
the Home Rule convention yesterday
and two were remarkable One by
wilcox closed the session, and the 9TH
er was that of the newly arrived as
sisiant to WILCOX, Caypless, who could
hardly find words in which to sing the
praises OF the Delegate, in whom the
of manhood and craftsmanship. Will
cox snapped the whip above the heads.
of his delegates, threatening them. if
they insisted upon revision of the con-
stitation and throwing out of the pres
idency his friend Kalauokalani, with
dismissal of the convention and a new
party which he would call together.
Before the inpassioned utterances of
the Delegate the reformers of the party
sat mute and realizing that disruption
meant defeat, quit.
While the adjournment was put
through by KalauokaIani with several
of the reformers claiming the floor. at
a conference last night it is under
stood that the young men conceded
that there should be nothing radical
done at this time, but that their most
important changes should become ef-
fec,ive at the annual meeting in Janu-
airy. The clause of the new constitu-
tion, TO be adopted this morning, which
caused the trouble, was that which pro-
vides that the president should be
elected at this convention, TO serve for
two years. This meant the downfall of
Kalauokalani and the agreement TO let
the election go over is a concession in
the interests of harmony.
wilcox again showed the depths to
which he will go to achieve his ends,
bill. which he defended, he made the
assertion that the children of Ha-
waiians were now being inoculated with
the virus of leprosy through the vacci- !
n4Eion process, SO that the disease was
cropping out each day. He said once
put the lepers under control of the
national Government, and within ten
years there would be found medicine
which would result in cures, while at
the present time there was no adequate
care given to he unfortunates. He
characterized their food as rotten
and said his plan was fought by mis-
sionaries." whose store bills would be
affected by the loss of custom If the
United States should undertake the
provision for the sufferers.
The morning session was short, the
time being given TO the consideration
OF the platform. which in it's approved
shape was read and passed at the af-
ternoon session. It was read by sec
tiops at the morning session and it's
consideration produced some amusing
features. One old man, a delegate from
out of town. insisted that there should
be read the county bin which was pass
ed by the last Legislature. This caused
some laughter owing TO the size of the
bin which would take two days to read
before anybody. J. Kanui, the father
Of his party introduced a plank calling
for the immediate issuance of s25, ,OO0, 900
In greenbacks for the PURPOSE of car
rying through the work of the inn
which are contemplated in
the bill. and in support of his idea in :
sisted that there seemed no other way I
n which to get the cash.
George Markham wanted preamble =,
similar to the Declaration of Independ- I
snce put into the platform. but the i