The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-28

PEELED to live by his wits soon gets into
mischief a good many of them are
supported by women servants in white
families. They have a song which de-
scrbes the situation acknowledgement
with the true plantation accent the
governor sang these lines
1T amt no use to work so hard,
Baby, ah! b by oh!
1t amt no use to work so hard
Baby ah! Baby oh!
Use got woman in the white folks
yard,
Baby, ah! Baby, oh!
What is the outlook for the demo-
cratic party?" l asked.
The only hope of the democratic
party is i'm sticking to democratic prin-
ciples," remarked the governor SEN
tentiously, For myself, l am an adj
mirer of Mr. Bryan. | heartily endorse
and still adhere to the platform of 1896
and 1900, although the increase in the
worlds supply Of gold has relieved the
financial situation and has made the
demand for silver money less pressing
for the time being.
pose?"
Il think the south at the next ma
tional convention should demand a de-
claration from the democratic party in
favor of the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment and of adding another a
mendment to the Constitution in it's
place, giving each state the authority
to regulate suffrage. That is absolutely
| necessary for the peace and prosper
! ity of the south, for the harmony OF
! the two races, and for the fulillment
of the commercial and industrial pos
! sibiities of this section. The subject
| has not been much discussed, but we
are going to make it an issue; for all
! other questions pale into insigniicance
as far as the south is concerned. L
would gladly surrender our representa-
! ton i'm Congress; / would rather have
three members of the House and two
| senators without negro suffrage than
have four senators and sixteen repre-
sentatives with it, / believe i'm protect
ing the negro in the performance of all
the legitimate duties of life and in the
pursuit of happiness; but the white
man has never allowed him to share in
the authority of government, and he
never will. And he will never concede
the equality of the two races i'm any
particular.
"Thomas Jefferson took the same,
position as 1 do so did Abraham Lin
clon. Both recognized the physical diff
ferences which render it impossible
for the two races to live in equality.
one must be superior and the other in
ferior; there can be no alternative and
the sooner we decide permanently
which race it is to be the better it will
be for all concerned"
"Have you modified your views ABOUT
President ROOSEVELT" 1 asked.
with all my heart / wish him well
and am willing to overlook his peculia-
rites and idiosyncracies. l am not
hostile to Roosevelt; ! should like to
be friends with him, 1 have come to
the conclu on that he did not realize
what he was doing when he committed
that violence upon public sentiment
by dining with Booker Washington and
forcing negro officials upon an unwill-
ing people. / have come to the cOnclu-
sion that he wG- acting honestly, OF
perhaps under mistaken or malicious
advice. And I am sure he would moi
do such a thing again. I am certain he
would not no it If he realized the ef'
ect that such incidents have upon the
} depraved negroes of the south. NJ
one decries lynching more than Pre-
= sident Roosevelt, and yet the partisan