The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-02
DEMOCRATS DECIDE TO
BECOME HONE RULERS
Continued from page II
WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE

WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE.
At the first meeting of the Democrats
held in waverley hall on the night of
July Ia, the Democrats who last night
could not say enough good things in
favor of Wilcox, took occasion to say
all the bad things they could of him.
and said he was a dying figure in pol
itics.''
The account of the meeting, as it was
stenographicaIly reported, appeared in
the Advertiser of Tuesday morning,
July 10, as follows:
At a general meeting of Democrats
held last evening in Waverley hall, at
which Colonel C. j. Mccarthy presided,
every speaker on the floor endorsed in
the highest terms Prince Cupid for Del
egate to Congress- All admitted that
mo nominee of their own would stand
ghost of a show in. being elected, and
IN Cupid they see where they can make
hope was expressed that Prince Cupid
would stand upon an entirely independ-
ent platform, free of local issues, and
they felt certain that he would not
only be endorsed and voted for by the
Independent or progressive Hawaiians
party, but by the Democratic party,
and there was a glimmering chance
that the Republicans would stand be-
hind the young alii.
Colonel Cornwell, the Democratic Ma
tional committeeman for Hawaii, spoke
first of the opportunity which the Dem
ocratic party had to stand behind
Prince Cupid and he felt that the party
could not make a wiser move than to
place the name of Cupid at the head
of their ticket
AS for Wilcox, the Democrats gener-
ally conceded that the nomination of
Cupid meant the political death of Will
cox and Kalauokalani, and the rise of
progressive Hawaiian spirit in place
of the old BOURBON m thods practiced
by the original Home Rule party.
1 <AiAVliSi COISlSllIiS OF
Colonel Cornwell, Colonel Mccarthy,
and one Hawaiian, will be in readiness
! tc wait upon Senator Blackburn when
he arrives with the Senatorial party
and ascertain his desires as to obtain
ing general information as to condi-
tons in Hawaii. and also as to the
Democratic party here.
! Fred Terrill said that Cupid was
bound to be the leader of his race. and
Wilcox was dying figure in politics.
Charles Creighton considered Cupid the
most available man the Democrats had.
With his social attachments and gem
tlemanly manner he was sure to obtain
aid for Hawaii, even though he had no
vote in Congress. If he stands firm in
his position with the young Hawaiians
and takes kindly to a combination with
the Democrats, t meant the defeat of
| Wilcox. Kaulia's snake" would be
killed when Wilcox failed to get elected.
| Colonel Mccarthy endorsed the same
sentiments. At Washington Hawaii
had obtained nothing through Wilcox
He was there presumably to represent
Hawaii, but he represented only him
! self. He had no ability. Cupid was an
aggressive young man and had intelH-
gence. He is man who has the well
fare Of his country at heart. He is not
a self-seeker. As for the Legislature.
the best men must be voted for by the
/ Democrats.
Colonel Cornwell stated that if Cupid
ran for Congress it would be on an
independent platform. He knew this.