The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-07
WAIT ON
ADVICE
Of CUPID
Home Rulers Are
Not Hurrying
to Change.
From Saturdays daily.)

All arrangements for the mass meet
ing Of Home Rulers at the Drillshed
this evening were concluded at the
meeting of the executive committee,
which was held last evening. 1t was a
stormy meeting while 1t lasted, and
there were number of hot speeches.
The list of speakers was not fully made
up, owing to the absence of John EN-
meluth. who has had that feature Of
the affair in charge.
copy OF the leper settlement bill
OF Wilcox was received in the mail,
and was read and given some discus
sion. There was no final statement
made and the matter will come up
later. The mass meeting affairs and
the central committee matters occupied
the entire time OF the meeting. The
committee reported the resolutions
which it was instructed to bring up,
and there was little discussion on them
as they were brief. The matter of the
speakers was left in some doubt, as
there are expected to arrive in the XII
nau several members of the party, who
will have q chance to speak II they
wish. Prince Cupid is also expected to
return.
The matter Of the reorganization of
the party was discussed at some length,
but there the same conditions arose,
and there was no decision reached, the
members Of the central committee not
forcing the fight in the absence of
Prince Cupid, who will be- expected to
have great deal to say, as he will,
according to the statements of his
friends, accept the nomination of his
party for the lower house, If for no
other purpose than to gauge the
strength Of the party in the Fourth
District. The central committee will
take up it's work regularly at once, and
push it along rapidly.
MAN TO OPPOSE CUPID.
The question of a Republican candi-
date to make the race against Cupid
is occupying the minds of many mem
bers of that party. The first consid-
Grafton is the plan for making the NOM
ination. The course proposed by some
of the leaders is to allow the nomina-
ton to be made by the committee of
the Fourth District. There are some
members OF the party who believe that
the province Of the committee in this
matter is to call district convention
to make the choice. This would bring
the nomination nearer to the people.
and would make the nominee absolute
ly the man OF the majority of the vot
ers Of the dominant party in the dis
trict.
The matter OF names of candidates Is
one which is made to fit every coterie
y.
friends yesterday, when his name was
mentioned as the probable choice of
the party in the district. that he did
not want the nomination at all This
seems to be the case with most OF the
recognized leaders of the party in the
Fourth District, and 1t may be that
man will have to be induced to re-
move from another district to make a
fight against the Home Rule nominee.
Charles b. Wilson has been named as
one who would make a strong fight for
the RepublicaD<ticket and the name of
A. v. Gear has been used as pros
pective candidate for the place. 1t Is
recognized that there must be put up
man who will unite the Republican par
ty. and that there must be made
hard fight II the nominee of the other
side ia to be beaten.
The question which is thought to be
before the leaders of the parties, is
which shall get the big end of ths
Democratic vote. At the last election
the highest Republican vote in the
Fourth District was 1885, that of the
late A. f. Gilfillan; the highest Home
Ruler, J. s Quinn, got 914; the first
Democrat, +. C. Macfarlane, got $50.
The Home Rulers affect TO believe they
will get the entire Democratic vote,
which will make it certain that they
will win. The Republicans expect to
hold their vote, and Insist that with
the showing of the Democrats at the
last election there is no reason to be-
lieve there will be any abandonment
of the field by that party. Should II
get out Of the way 1t is thought that
more than half the Democrats will 81
TO the Republican side.
1t Is expected that the Republicans at
their meeting Monday will take up this
matter and settle the mode of naming
the candidate.