The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-28
SECTION THREE.
POLITICS IN HAWAII--RACE QUESTION REAL ISSUE

ONOLULU-The political situation
In Hawaii is a complex story.
with numerous ramifcations.
When the wrinkles are pressed out of
II the substance seems to be merely d
lineup between the native and the
white man Race prejudice is what
makes the axle grind
After Hawaii had been admitted TO
the Union as "A territory, the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties prepared
10 organize their tickets for the first
election. and the leaders of each looked
forward to batting their platforms and
Turing the native vote But the willy
native. who is very much in the ma
JofIty. said Nay, kind SiTs- We VIII
nave +OUr own ticket" So the Home
Rulers entered the field. When the
race was run sou couldn't see the white
PARTIES for dust The native SON
slogan was "a winner all along the
line
According to the organic act the leg
lStature was To- consist of Il house of
JhlTty Representatives and fifteen SEN
atoTS- In the first contest the Home
Rulers captured tWeuty-eight seats i'm
sne house and nine I'm the senate.
They also elected the delegate 10
noted Wilcox, "A half white revolution
airy leader who had been tried for
treason on one occasion. and hauled
upon the Goals a second time for try
ING to detEroue the queen He was a
tall Edunt son Of "a Connecticut sea
captain, who Inherited such love of
HEhtlHg that he seemed not to be hay
lnE good time unless ne was in
trouble. Wilcox was SO fond of a
scrap that ne didn't care which side
he WAS on so long aS ID WAS a COnten-
ton and he was i'm it, He kept every
body ia hot water until me died.
The Native Son" Slogan.
He was "a wise authority who said
that IL takes a. level head To stand
prosperity. The kanaka politicians.
composing the Home Rule party. be
came flushed with their success and
ended by taking the bit in their teeth
and running away They served no.
Jice on the few lonesome white men
I'm the Legislature that they might as
We'll sing low because the native
son contingent proposed to run
things to its own liking. The newt
able followed and they got to quarrel
ing among themselves. They consumed
the entire 100 days of the session in
their wrauEiinE- They did $50 coo worth
of talking at public expense. and the
whole thing was So ridiculous that the
popularity % the Home Rule cause be
san at once to waue
They only passed about twenty minor
acts, when at least loo important meas
uTeS should have. been decided upon.
One Of the humorous features of this
uever-to- be-forgotteU session was a
lengthy debate over whether the Ii
cense for female dogs should be fixed at
81 or g.. As a result of this nousensicaI
waste o. time IT WAS dubbed the lady
dog legislature
The principal issue Of this first
campaign as outlined by Wilcox and
promulgated by his lieuteuants. was a
stirring up of race hatred But one
of the characteristics of the kanaka
Is that he is q poor hater- He can not
hold a gTUdge Ions at a time This
fact. together with the loss Of pres
tiEe resulting from Home Rulers in
their failure TO accomplish satisfaC-
tory legislation. gave the Republicans
the victory In the second election.
Whitewashed Republicans.
However. when q count of noses was
taken il was found that the Republican
majority consisted of converts from
the ranks OF the opposition They had
merely a lot of whitewashed talent
which was Republican in name. but