The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-03
FUNNY KIND or POLITICS TO-
MORROW NIGHT.
a Non-Poliucal Home Rule Meeting
and the Correspondence II Called
Forth-Cooper's Letter

Secretary Cooper is the only man
who went outside of the invitation"
said a Home Rule leader this morning.
referring to the answers received from
men invited to speak at the mass meet
ing tomorrow evening. 1t appears that
Cooper saw through the non-partisan
veil and beheld Home Rule politics
within the temple and I'm answering
the invitation to speak, he stated plain
ly the reason why. 1--WE answered him
with a letter such as he sent us" say
the Home Rulers, but so far neither
they nor Cooper is disposed to give out
the correspondence
on receipt of the carefully worded
invitation, which contained nothing to
show that the meeting was a Home
Rule meeting, Cooper replied to the
effect that he was informed by people
intimately connected with the arrange
ments that it was to be a political af-
fair, and that he was not i'm a posi-
ton to take part i'm politics Yester-
day the Home Rule committee Of ar
rangements drafted a reply, not too
cordial i'm tone, i'm which they regretted
that Mr. Cooper should have assumed
that the meeting was to be a political
one.
Cooper had just received the letter,
said to be as sharp and curt as the
committee could frame it, when seen
this morning. 81 am not at all Offend
ed" he said with a smile, adding that
he thought the correspondence should
be made public by the other side If at
ALL
Governor Dole replied giving as his
reason for not speaking the fact that
the gathering was largely for the pur-
pose of discussing his own public acts
and policy, his letter being as follows:
Honolulu, 80 December, 1901,
"NIessrs. J. KalanianaOle and Carlos A.
Long, of the Committee on Ar
rangements and Program for
Mass Meeting of Citizens Called for
January 4, 1901.
"Sirs: Your letter inviting me to seat
on the platform at such meeting and
requesting an address from me on that
occasion, has been received.
+ "As the object of the proposed meet
ing is the discussion of matters which
have relation to the official discretion
of the Territorial executive, 1 feel that
it would be of doubtful expediency for
me to take part in it's deliberations.
"I thank you for your courtesy in
affording me an opportunity which
should be glad to avail myself of under
other circumstances, and remain, very
sincerely yours,
SANFORD b. DOLE
r. McCants Stewart has signified his
acceptance of the invitation to speak,
and will probably be the only speaker,
outside of Home Rulers. AS subjects,
the invitations sent out name ratitica-
ton of Roosevelts message, especially
with regard to its remarks about Ha-
wall, and application of the traditional
American system Of Government to
these Islands, which means in the
minds of the Home Rulers city and
county government and an extra ses-
sion of the legislature
| Kaulia viii probably call the meeting
! to order, and it is said that Senator
| Kalauokalani is likely to be chosen
chairman Among the speakers will be
John Emmeuth, Prince Cupid, Abra-
ham Fernandez, Fred Beclley, John
Bush. John Wise, James Quinn, Sena-
tor Kanuha and Kanui and others.