The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-18
MAY SPLII
The PARTY
laukea Doesn't Want a
Home Rule
Delegate.

As a result of the confirmation of the
previous action of the Home Rule com
mittee in expelling Curtis Iaukea from
the Craftsmanship it is probable that
two native parties will be organized IN
Hawaii, a portion remaining with Ka-
lauokalani and Motley in the Home
Rule party, and the remainder follow
ing Iaukea, probably into the Demo-
cratic ranks.
The reason that Iaukea was thrown
out of the Home Rule party was not
SO much that he advocated fusion with
the Democrats but rather that he was
nomination for Congress this year.
Iaukea is of the opinion that it would
be harmful to Send a Home Rule dele
gate to Congress, representing neither
of the great national parties, and, if
the Home Rulers do not wish to join
in Democratic nomination, Chairman
Iaukea believes that it is best not to
make a nomination at all.
a meeting of the Home Rule commit
tee was held yesterday morning in
headquarters, at which Iaukea pre-
sided as chairman, although he left be-
fore the meeting had been concluded.
He intends, however, to protest to the
full committee against the action taken
by small minority in removing him.
Kumalae, the vice-chairman, and Not
ley. who was most active against Iau-
kea and fusion, said after the meeting
yesterday that nothing had been done,
but Iaukea has heard that the commit
tee confirmed the action previously TAX
en- in his case.
The whole trouble is this said Col.
Iaukea yesterday, that some of the old
leaders object to the stand 1 have taken
in political matters.
Il advocated fusion or coalition with
the Democratic party, and some of
these men see their leadership slipping
away if that is done. And what
makes my attitude worse in their eyes,
is that 1 have opposed a Home Rule
nomination for delegate this year,
believe the time has come when the
natives should cease to array them
selves against both great parties, in
their Home Rule part". L don't be-
lieve that a Home Ruler should be sent
to Congress, as he representative of
the Hawaiian or any other people here.
1t was all right to send a Home Ruler
the first two elections when the ma
tives were still in a class by themselves
against the white men. But now a
native party, affiliated with neither the
Democratic nor Republican party, can
be of no benefit to the Hawaiian peo-
pie or to the Territory. If the natives
wish to form one party on clearly local
issues, all well and good, but when it
comes to sending a delegate to Con-
gress, he should be either a Democrat
or a Republican. Flocking by himself
Home Ruler can do nothing, he must
belong to one of the national parties to
accomplish any good for the Islands in
Congress. 1 know some of the natives
don't like my ideas, but it is something
which must come sooner or later, and
the earlier utilization takes place with
the Democrats or with the Republican
party the better it will be for the peo-
pie of this Territory.
81 believe that the Hawaiians are be-
ginning to see that they cannot hope
to win in a party by themselves. They
have been disappointed by the last two
elections in seeing their party defeated,
and disappointment is growing on
them. 1t is only another step to affl1-
iation with one or the other party, and
many of the natives are already leav-
ing the Home Rule party. Properly,
the overtures cannot come from the
Democratic party, and the Home Rul-
ers must ask to be taken in. 1t is
probable that many of them will join
the Democrats, for naturally their SYM
pathies are with that party.
''As to the action Of the committee
in ousting me from the Craftsmanship
1 shall appeal to the whole committee.
Only sixteen or seventeen acted on the
matter, and proper notice was not serv-
ed. There are siXty-five members of
the committee on Oahu, and it requires
a vote of two-thirds of that number
to act on the question of declaring an
office vacant. When the whole COM
mittee meets I expect to be given a
hearing and to be reinstated. The
Home Rulers are getting a little dis
satisfied with their present leaders and
want a change. They see that they
have not been so successful as former
ly and hold their old leaders responsible
for the failure. 1 don't think that
Kalauokalani and Motley have nearly
as much influence as they are popular
ly credited with having, and 1 doubt if
either of them could be elected to office
on this island