The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-21
SENATE FIGHT AND HOME RULERS.

AFFORD to lose much rather than thai
and for their own welfare they nee
to bend all their energies to prevent tn
upper House from passing into tn
predatory hands of the irresponsible
classes Out of many good candidate
equally good, perhaps-it is thei
plain duty to pick out those who ar
easiest to elect and unite the full con
servative vote upon them.
The Republicans of Oahu have pu
forward three good 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
a moments notice. Even the enemy.
in the heat of a very warm campaign,
has no word OF criticism for the lives,
characters or intent of these three men,
They stand unassailed and unassail-
able It is plain that, if elected, they
VIII do their best for the Territory. So,
much is candidly said by both Demo-
Gratis and Home Rulers
The only thing that suggests their
defeat is the appearance of two reputa-
bie-but no more reputable-businessI
men in the field against them. These
gentlemen, Mr.. Cecil Brown and Mr..
Gilbert ]. Waller. are counting on get
ting good many Republican votes. To
the extent that their expectations are
realized the chances of all three Repub-
viii 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. Thel
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 so split up the responsible
vote as to leave the way open to the t
plurality election of Home Rule candi- '
dates.
That is the danger-a Senate in which
the Home Rulers would hold the ball
anee of power; in which they would c
blockade legislation and extend the ses-I t
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. a
Even such an alternative would not b
Brighten the Advertiser if the Repub-
llcan nominees for the Senate were like =
some of the Republican candidates for .
the House-men who are Republicans D
only Cor votes and Home Rulers after, e
they have been elected, for spoils.
Between out-and-out Home Rulers who
h
steal in the name of their own party ;;
and disguised Home Rulers who steal h
we prefer the former. But there is no II
such contingency in the Senatorial can, =
Vass The election of Lane. Dowsett ~
md Bishop would "be true to the seed. IL
We would get the crop we had planted.
Hence there is no excuse for people al
whose ideas of good government Lane, =
Dowsett and Bishop represent. with :.
irawing support from them and throw a,
ng their votes to men who are no better II
and whose normal chance of election "a
8 much less. Such politics play into =
Home Rule hands and against the vital :,
interests of the Territory &c
One Of the best things that could pl
happen 80 Hawaii at this juncture Z
would. the withdrawal of Messrs. =
Brown end Waller so as to save the, :.
Senate to the conservative interests -
which they themselves have at heart. Ell
and concentration of the vote of all u
good citizens upon the best men on the al
Republican and Democratic House :. :,
tickets. This arrangement would let in -
more Democrats than the Democratic al
vote itself could elect and ought to give al
rs a strong and influential Oahu dele m
cation and reputable Legislature. =
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