The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-09-27
GRAND OLD MAN
UP FOR SENATE
David KaIauokalanL Ali Of Home
Rulers, Is a Can
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The Home Rulers gathered yesterday
in force at Motley Han, near Nuuanu
avenue, to hold their county and dis
triet convention, and in spite of the
fact that It has been stated with more
or less degree of assurance that the
Home Rule party was defunct, there
was such gathering as might well
give the lie to any such assertion.
OF course, there were probably some
Democrats and Republicans present for
the sake of taking observations of what
was going on, hut these were not to be
segregated from the rest except by the
few who are in on "the k6ow' and
have the happy faculty of telling a
Home Ruler from a Democrat and of
telling either one of those named from
Republican on sight.
That the Home Rulers took their con
vention seriously goes without saying,
for they have been taking Home Rulism
seriously ever since Bob Wilcox, still
referred to as the martyr of Home
Rulism, implanted in the breasts of Ha.
waiians the principles of party which
somehow still manages to exist, in spite
of the eloquence of one Link McCaId-
less, who sometimes boasts, Democrat
as he is, that he has the Hawaiian votes
and in spite of the great advance of
the Republican policies under the pa
triotie and sentimental guidance of
Kuhio, as both head of the Republican
party as far as many Hawaiians are
concerned, and as, in addition, and what
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and therefore gets the votes of the Ha-
waiian voters, whether they are Repub-
lican for the sake of Republicanism or
are voting for Kuhio for the reason
that he is a chieftain of their race.
There is one feature of a Home Rule
gathering and that is that there is al
the attendants are Home Rulers or not.
A big crowd means music and lots Of
political talk
Perhaps the most notable feature of
the county and district convention of
yesterday was the fact that not sin.
gle Democratic or Republican candi-
date was endorsed. Heretofore the
Home Rulers have endorsed certain of
the nominees of the Democrats and
Home Rule parties, but yesterdays
convention did nothing of the kind,
and Wien the ''grand old man" of the
Home Rule party was seen last night,
to wit: David Kalauokalani, the father
of the Republican city clerk, he de.
clared emphatically that the Home
Rule convention was an individual af.
fair, as Home Rule per Sc, and not for
any endorsements.
Many nominations were left in the
hands of the county committee of the
Home Rule party, namely the sheriff,
the deputy sheriff, the clerk, the treas
urer and the rest of the county officers
except the supervisors.
Perhaps there may, in the commit
tees choice of candidates for the of
of Democratic and Republican nomina-
tions; for example, it is not unlikely
that the Home Rule party viii endorse
the Republican nominations of Kalau-
okalani, Jr., for city clerk; Bicknell
for auditor and Shingle for treasurer
Senators chosen yesterday by the
Home Rulers were: David Kalauoka.
lani, Sr., for long term; William White
for short term; William Mossman, Jr.,
for long term; Peter Kealakai Honua,
for long term.
Fof the house of representatives: G,
M. Reone, from Eva; Kulueamaka,
from Laie; w, X. Kaleihuia, Honolulu;
II. Z. *. Malulani, Honolulu; d. AHA,
Honolulu; and A. P. Paoo, Honolulu.
The above named are all from the
fifth district. From the fourth district
those chosen We're: A. j. Kipi, D. Ma
huahia, Henry Meheula, and three to
be selected by the county committee of
the Home Rule party.
The three supervisors named yester-
day were Moses Kamalani, John Poe
and S. L. Paleiholani, the four Others
to be selected by the county committee,
the Home Rulers as convention either
having great confidence in their county
committee or not having any other
names available to suggest to run
against those men already selected by
the Democratic and Republican parties.
The convention opened at ten 'clock
yesterday morning and adjourned sine
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