The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-10-02

THE senate, ~ The strategic hey :,
the legislative situation inuss be kepi
IN rOod hands Property owners cat
afpfd 20 luss much rather than that
and for their own welfare they need
:, 10 bend ail their enafaies 60 prevent ths
upper House from passing into the
predatory hands ~ the irresponsible
classes. Out of many good candidates
equally good, pcrhaps-lt IL their
/ plain duty 10 pick out those who are
easiest 90 elect and unite the fun con-
sefvative vote upon them.
The Republicans OF oahu have put
forward three coed citizens for the
Senate MessrS. Lane. Dowsett and
Bishop. The latter have been running
for some time now and nothing has
been urged against them which is worth
moments notice Even the enemy.
In the heat OF very warm campaign,
has no word OF criticism for the lives,
characters or intent OF these three men.
They stand unassalled and unassail
able. 1t IL plain that, II elected, they
will do their best for the Territory. So
much Is candidly said by both Demo-
Gratis and Home Rulers.
The only thing that suggests thei
defeat is the appearance of two reputa
ble-but no more reputable-business
men in the field against them. These
gentlemen, Mr.. Cecil Brown and Mr.
Gilbert j. Waller, are counting on get
ting a good many Republican votes. To
the extent that their expectations are
realized the chances of all three Repub-
lican nominees will be reduced. But
will Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Waller gain
anything by running? Will they be
elected? One cannot say for sure, but
the chances are that they will not. The
Democrats are hardly numerous; any
gain from the Republican ranks does
not promise a majority in spite of the
fact that it may endanger the election
of the Republican ticket. What is most
to be anticipated Is that Brown and
Waller against Lane, Dowsett and
Bishop will 50 split up the responsible |
vote as to leave the way open to the |
plurality election of Home Rule candi-
dates.
That is the danger-a Senate in which
the Home Rulers would hold the bal
ance of power; in which they would |
blockade legislation and extend the ses-
sion to the uttermost limit in which
they would check the returning pros
perity of Hawaii and involve the name
of the Territory in scandal.
Even such an alternative would not
frighten the Advertiser If the Repub-
lican nominees for the Senate were like |
some of the Republican candidates for
the House-men who are Republicans
only for votes and Home Rulers after
Na a1n tod fn,. lie,
Between out-and-out Home Rulers who
steal in the name of their own party
and disguised Home Rulers who steal
in the name of the Republican party
we prefer the former. But there is no
such contingency in the Senatorial can
vass The election of Lane, Dowsett
and Bishop would "be true to the seed"
We would get the crop we had planted.
Hence there is no excuse for people
whose ideas of good government Lane,
Dowsett and Bishop represent with
drawing support from them and throw
ing their votes to men who are no better
and whose normal chance of election
is much less. Such politics play into
Home Rule hands and against the vital
interests of the Territory.
One of the best things that could
happen to Hawaii at this juncture
would be the withdrawal of Messrs.
Brown and Waller so as to save the
Senate to the conservative interests
which they themselves have at heart,
and concentration of the vote of all
good citizens upon the best men on the
Republican and Democratic, House
tickets. This arrangement would let in
more Democrats than the Democratic
vote itself could elect and ought to give
us strong and influential Oahu dele
cation and a reputable Legislature.