The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-11


! The split was imminent from the
! early part of the afternoons proceed
ings and many looked to wordy war
| fare between the parties. Words there
were in plenty but all from the one side
Kalanianaole, Kanuha, Wise, Long
and the rest of the leaders of the re-
form party held themselves in res
! traint ended by Cupids speech which
rang through the hal in the followins
! sentences, addressed directly to Ka-
! lauokalani. The convention was bulb
| ping at the time but quiet soon reign
Led and the young alii waited for alb
! solute silence before delivering himself
in an impressive manner.
| AT midnight last night you extended
| to me your hand as a pledge Of faith
] and said that there was to be no more
i'll feeling. We arrived at a conclusion
| as To our differences of opinion regard
! ing the new constitution and mutually
pledged ourselves that all iii feeling
| was to be at an end between us. Now
! you bring up this trouble once more.
TO the old men l want to say that we
are proud of our old folk ana do not
wish to rob them OF any of the honors
which they have won for themselves
| by their labors.
From now on, and l say this ex-
pltcitly, | cut loose from your side
resign from the Home Rule party never
more to be connected with it. I have
| been laboring for the benefit of the
people that they may have their rights
and privileges, their power as voters,
in their own hands"
Prince Cupid states that he has final
ly severed himself from a party that
Will not give the electorate the proper
education. THE people my people, -
he said, are not being educated to
take up the duties Of American citizen
ship nor shown the privileges by the
| Home Rule party as at present gov
erned, neither are its leaders at pre-
sent capable of good faith The people
are being kept in ignorance that they
may be the easier led and are told sto-
ries of conditions which we younger
element know do not and cannot exist
but which the old folk long accustOm-
ed to chief guidance and unposted on
the modern status of affairs, believe.
! have not made any decision as to my
course"
During the noon hour yesterday an
auxiliary conference to the one held
the night night previous was held, the
caucus agreeing once more to all unite
to elect Wilcox on the understanding
that the amended constitution should
be adopted, but that as an offset, the
present officials were to be allowed to
remain in their present positions unless
cause for removal The executive
committee of thirty members was the
outcome of a charge made by Emme-
luth i'm calling for a change of bylaws
that of the sixty five members in the
former campaign, there We're never
more than thirty present and many of
them never appeared at all. The thirty
was the outcome of desire for unani-
nifty of action and power to move
quickly
The reading of the minutes was the
first thing taken up. Then Ewaliko
read the amended constitution with the
added change that the present officers
were available for office until 1904. Its
reading was frequently Interrupted.
Kaiola was the first to move its be-
ing passed over to the executive COM
mittee Palau wanted more than thirty
members, evidently fearing that all of
the many leaders" of the party would
not be able to get on the executive
cOmmitte One of the women delegates
Kalaupalaoa, spoke for the present
constitution. Mahuka thought it was
best to do nothing. Logan of Laie an
other Mormon delegate who found his
feeling too ardent to allow him to re-
main in his seat wanted to go home
to his wives" and stated somewhat
irrelevantly. that none needed the
haoles dirty money. Many others
followed and finally John Wise man
aged to catch the Chairman's eye. He
revived the agreement made between
the leaders and pointed out that there
must always be mutual concessions in
party politics. He stated that the heat
of the day previous had been cooled
but there was a spark left apparently
and that spark should be put out not
famed into a flame again, Let us be
united" he concluded land follow
our delegate to victory. I will ask the
delegate to explain to you the condi-
tons under which the agreement con-
corning the revision of the constitution
was made"
Wilcox made a speech advising the
delegates to be good and saying that
the making of a constitution was a
lengthy and serious matter. Kalauo-
kalani then followed with the serious
argument saying the breaking of the
constitution under the queens regime
was responsible for the loss of the
country.
Cries for the motion of the women
delegates to lay the constitution as
amended on the table were now heard.
Wise made another attempt to put out
the flame of discussion and Edward
Caypless offered an amendment which
was lost in the confusion. Palau at
late Kaulia and made a "snake speech
saying that the amended constitution
was offered by lot of "keikis" (kids)
and that in its folds a snake was con-
cealed. Mrs. Anakou of Laie asked
for the motion to lay aside and Kaohi
commended her saying that the con-
stitution of 1900 was good enough for
all of them and could hold water while
the new one could not. The refOrmers
meanwhile made no objections but
awaited the outcome. The motion was
then rushed through and the constitu-
ton swept aside with wave of the
chairman's hand. Prince Cupid then
made his charge and resolve and his
following left the theater and the
neighborhood of the convention.
Kalauokalani shouted, Let them go
if they want to- we do not need them
anyhow. Let us stick together. We
all have aloha for our country and have
not sullied ourselves by taking money
from the low class of people who are