The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-03
HOME RULERS.

beyond in. members OF their own
party, or of those who are wishful of
Rmliatng with that party the Home
Rulers viii have their so-called mass
meeting TO themselves in the Drill Shed, |
so far as speakers are concerned. At
such a meeting there viii of course be |
others who go out Of curiosity, who |
wish to estimate the numbers present |
and who want to value the quality of |
the oratory put up. But the meeting |
will not be a non-political meeting, i'll
will be distinctly a Home Rule meet
ing.
The position of the Home Rulers is
very anomalous one. Under the guild I
ance of Delegate Wilcox they have
tackled on the word Republican to their
name, and very frequently forget to
Use it, Their Republicanism is
mere phrase and they have no idea
whatever of the differences between the
70 Republicans and the Democrats, real .
differences Of policy for which men are
willing to strive and work, year after
year, and session after session. To the
Home Ruler American politics simply |
represent the struggle between the ms
and the outs. 1t does not enter the
average Home Rulers head that the
victory Of the Democrats might alter
the whole commercial policy of the !
United States, and thus affect this
Territory very seriously.
If the Home Ruler has any leaning
II a side in American politics it is real
ly towards the Democrats, not because
of any allegiance to Democratic prin-
ciples but because Grover Cleveland
when president made an effort to re-
store the ex-Queen The Home Rule
party, is really the Royalist party. AS
time goes on the principles of that
party will gradually be swept aside in
the march of progress, but it should be
clearly understood by politicians that
the Home Rule party is sui gene
ris in the United States of this day,
and may be Iikened to the dyed in
wool old Tory party of the United
States in the days of the War of indie
pendence. 1t may call itself Home
Rule Republican today, because it,
hopes to get something by adopting a
Republican cloak to cover it's Royalst
rags, and Delegate Wilcox has incul-
Gated that except through the Repub-
lican nothing can be obtained in Con-
gress. He gives most moving picture
in the New Years issue of the p. G. A
of how he tried to get his mileage
through a Democratic friend, and fail
ed while with Republican at his side,
he drew his wad at once That picture
was told long ago in the Home Rule
circles and had its effect in tagging the
name Republican to the party
But if the Republicans were to lose
their hold, has any one any idea that
the Home Rulers would remain Home |
Rule Republicans, By no means. With
Democrats on top they would at once |
become Home Rule Democrats. The |
Republican party need not look for true
party allegiance from the Home Rulers
such as it would get from the true Re-
publcans of the Islands, who are either
Republicans of long years standing, or
are Republicans from conviction and
thorough belief in Republican CONNER
cial and political policy and ideals.
The meeting Of tomorrow will be in
teresting in that we, shall be able to
see whether the younger element which
has been 50 much spqken.of of late will
develop itself and show more conser-
vative policy than has hitherto been
expressed by Home Rulers The reports
OF the evening meetings have not given
one reason to think that there will be II
much change, still there may be-
There is one main advantage about /
our political meetings here. They are /
essentially orderly. We have never had I
what might be called rowdy political
meetings which end in blows and some
times in shooting scrapes The conduct
of tomorrOw's meeting will no doubt be
of like character to all former meetings.
No one who has the curiosity to hear
what the speakers will have to say {
need stay away, and any strangers in
our midst will find it quite interesting
to see an Hawaiian political meeting
AS a meeting to express the opinion
of all parties.the meeting will Of course
prove a failure. However honest some
of the Home Rulers may have been, l.
there were those in the background
who had prepared a trap AS one of
our astute politicians said yesterday,
there was one set Of men which set and
baited the trap, and there was another
set Of men who had nothing to do with