The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-14
TROUT TICKLING.

ship of Wilcox and KalauOkalani in
spite of their vaporings are very
frightened and very bitter. 1t is all
very well to say that it is matter Of
perfect Indifference whether the Prince
and his party leave them or not, they
can win without their aid. And then
some of them point to the last election
and state that the fact that though
Prince David was at the head of the
Democratic ticket, he did not lead it to
victory. But things are not the same in
1902 as they were in 1900. The lesson of
dhe Wilcox, Kalauokalani and Cayp-
less ascendency has been very thor
oughly learned by the voters of the
Territory, and the mistakes of the past
election are not going to be repeated
in this.
How badly scared the present Dele
gate is, and how deep his rancour
against Prince Cupid is, can easily be
judged by his actions towards the 9TH
er parties. He has sent word that he
will practically make any concessions.
il they will only help him to crush
Prince Cupid and his following. The
Delegate cares nothing for principle
but he must have revenge if he can
get it. He has been hit in his most
Vulnerable place his vanity. He can
no longer pose as holding the Hawaii
an vote in the hollow of his hand. The
feet of clay have. become patent 10 his
own party, and some of those who
were his closest political friends have
fallen away from him, or are on the
point of falling away from him.
That any one should believe any
promises that the Delegate sees fit to
make, is believing in the impossible.
Though patiently man who has gone
through life ignoring the truth. and
fabricating the most barefaced false
hoods both at home and abroad, it re-
manned for him to play false to the
members Of his own party, before they
could understand and eXecrate his per-
nay. Playing his own party and his
own friends false, no other party would
listen to him. False to one, false to
ell and 50 are the men who act as his
henchmen and lieutenants.
With regard to the Democratic party
the Delegate stands in a very peculiar
position. There Is no doubt that he in
tended to use the Democratic party as
a catspaw. He dropped the word Re
publican from Home Rule, in prepara-
ton for adding the word Democrat,
f,,rr l11l
Before his arrival from Washington
word had come forward that the Dem
ocratic trout was to be tickled, and it.
was, though nothing came of the tick
ling then any more than there is any
likelihood of success from renewed
tickling now
The manner in which Delegate Will
cox intended to treat the Democratic
party was shown when he got himself
nominated as Delegate, without any
reference to the leaders of the party
he wished to assimilate with, and his
strenuous effort, even in spite of his
pledged words, to prevent party con-
stitution being adopted which would
give the voter and not the Delegate
and his henchmen the nomination of
representatives, There was to be no
chance for the Democrats, according to |
the Delegates view, to do anything but
vote as he told them and to accept |
with thankfulness any small bone that |
he might throw them. But the back
bone of the Democratic party Is |
staunch and honorable, and it never |
would have entered into any such ar
rangement. The party has great and |
glorious traditions, and has produced |
great statesmen, and the representa-
tives here were not going to play
sucker to the Home Rule shark.
Kalauokalanis estimate of the Dem
Ocratic party was shown by the con-
temptuous way in which he spoke of
Prince Cupid and the seceders as "only
Democrats" and gave out that as the
had done without them before, they
would do without them again. To
change the old quotation one might say
in iracundia veritas," in anger the
truth comes out.
There won't be any handing over of
the Democratic party here to the De-
mocratic senator's, by Delegate Wilcox,
and a sham Home Rule Democracy.
But there will be a meeting between the
true Democrats and their senators and
the Delegates tactics will not be
spoken of with much favor. 1t is a
good thing that the Democrats have
an Organization as compactly and hon
estly put together as theirs is, for from
il the Democratic senators will learn
the truth.
The present outlook is bright for the
Republican party, The Delegate, to be
of value, must be a Republican, or
strongly allied to the Republicans, that
is our national issue. The Democrats
see this. and the Independents see it
likewise. He must be a good man,
however, and one who will work for