The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-23
ANII.ROOSEYELT FACTION.


licanism was shown yesterday in ar
article denouncing President Roosevelt
for sustaining in office the Republican
Governor of Hawaii whom President
Mckinley had appointed. BY all tenets
of party discipline a Republican Is
bound TO sustain the honest and delib-
crate policy of a Republican admins
tration. If he refuses, he ceases to De
a party man and his paper. If he con-
trolls one, ceases to be a party organ
both become boilers or soreheads and
must be discussed as such If regarded
as worth discussing at all.
The advent OF the anti-Roosevelt fac
ton is heralded by the Bulletin as fol-
/ lows:
| When Grover Cleveland attempted
i to restore Queen Liliuokalani to the
i throne in Hawaii. he was charged by
| the Republican party and members or
| his own party with pursuing a course
| antagonistic to American principles
and destructive of American progress
| in the then independent nation OF Ha-
wall.
Theodore Roosevelt as President of
the United States and head OF the Re
publican party, has. by his unqualined
endorsement OF Governor Dole's policy
m the Hawaiian Territory, put himself
on record as supporting an administra-
tive course as foreign to well-recog-
nized American principle and Republic
can principle in an American Territory,
as was the action OF Cleveland from
the American standpoint toward a for
mer independent government.
Theodore Roosevelt has by his action
as President. in this Hawaiian matter,
made good every imperialistic accusa-
ton ever brought against the Republi-
can party. He has endorsed and pledg-
ed his respect and hearty support" TO
oIigarchicai principles of sadministra-
ton, as opposed to the guiding senti-
ment which has hitherto controlled
the destinies OF the American Republic
since the Civil War. He has repudiat-
ed in no uncertain terms his declara-
ton made in his first message to Con-
gress, when he said the national aim
in Hawaii should be to develop the
Territory on traditional American
lines"
Theodore Roosevelt has endorsed
factionalism; he has repudiated poiiti
cal peace; he has endorsed dictatorial
rule of the people by officials; he has
repudiated steadfast recognition of
popular rights as taught and upheld
in every American State, and Territory
rs well. except it be the new posses
sions."
Theodore Roosevelt has exercised his
unquestioned official prerogative. 1t
remains to be seen whether his party
or the people will endorse such a COM
plete overthrow of American teachings
which come down to the citizens of the
present day bathed in the blood of men
who fought not for power, not for Of
flee. but for principle, for liberty and
liberal principles of government.
The Advertiser has insisted from the
first that the Bulletin group in the
anti Doia facffop carad pOthine- fo,- Pc
publicanism except as a means to a
job. In fact some of the most signifi-
cant members of that group had not
only been anti-Republicans but anti
Americans before the chance came to
steal the Republican livery to serve
their appetites in; and they have not
been above intriguing with the com
mon foe against the Republican Gov
ernor and his friends. Several of them
boosted in print that they had beaten
Henry Waterhouse, a regular Republi- |
can nominee for Senator two years
ago, because he was a Dole man; and |
shortly before they craftily insisted on I
quitting up a Dole man for the special |
election in the Fourth District, they
wrote to Washington that 1.-The Re |
publicans could not elect a constable |
so long as Dole was Governor" Mr. |
Dcle's friends saved the Fourth, but |
that only made the Bulletin people the |
more eager to rend the party-so eager.
in fact, that they rejected a plan of |
harmony, which, on the basis of exact |
and unquestioned Republican princi-
pies. would have made a united party
possible. Now, to cap the climax. they
bolt Roosevelt and affront the memory
Of Mckinley, who chose Mr.. Dole for
Governor.
Well. let them goi The Republicans
Of Hawaii can do better without them.
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