The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-13
WO0LLEY CRITICISES



can have all YOU want" And when
cnqulrod as 10 the sum that was avail
able for proper expenses. I was told
not TO ask any questions. but to- make
the drafts and they would be paid
But the prohibition league unanimous
~ took the stand that TO carry that
election on the usual money basis of
Hawaiian political campaigns would
be- useless and Infamous
Immediately on my return to h.
nolulu had called a mass meeting Of
natives, explained the situation fully,
assured the people of the loyal sup
port and leadership Of the delegate,
and shown them that the matter was
squarely up to the Hawaiian voters,
that was there simply to help m
any way ! could and that it was the
opportunity Of a lifetime, for the Ha-
waiian voters to indicate their quail
ity and expel an enemy that their
kings had fought from the beginning
How We Lost.
The first committee of natives that
waited on our league, was composed
mostly of ministers and wholly Christ
ian men, and they asked for $11 900
to be appropriated at once, for the
employment of runners" at two dol
lars a day, which being interpreted
meant that we should hire, say, a
hundred natives for about sixty days,
to take their regular meals and enjoy
life conversing over calabashes of
! POI, in favor of prohibition. Our ans
wer was: This is a fight for life and
thrift and decency by the Hawaiian
people, they ought not to ask pay for
1t, and we ought not to pay, save for
actual and necessary service render
ed" And right there We lost the
plebiscite. The natives had never
seen such an election or heard of one
and even the best of them could not
grasp the idea. We spent about $4,000
for literature, postage, speakers, head
quarters, ETC., and not one dollar by
way of inducement to vote with us.
The vote was roughly three to one
against us. The liquor dealers put
the most money into the most pious
and orderly districts and carried them
by the largest majorities, so thick
was the darkness of misunderstood
ing. The delegate charged us, later
with having let the election go by de
fault. We did, so far the the usua
practical bribery was concerned w,
simply saw to it that the case wa
made clear to the electorate, and lef
it there and lost, in honor, rattle
than to win in shame.
Boy Following No Circus.
While the Hawaiian conceives al
election to be nothing more than
festival of voorhees, jobs and M ct
ings, he is not really a mercenar,
CRATER. He knows only what he ma
been taught about elections, and hal
been badly taught In his education
as a voter serious patriotism has hat
no place. He has simply been a DO,
following the circus. There is NJ
doubt at all but he loves his country
better than money. If his loyalty t,
the prince and to the race had beer
challenged by the delegate on grounds
of patriotism and religion he wouIl
have been unapproachable by corrup
ton and would have moved forward
a generation on the Goth of July.
ID The plebiscite was a farce or a ira
gedy, because the prince was a child
like the rest. l do not charge him
with corruption. He is a child. Ht
holds his office for absolutely no rea
son but because he alone can carry
the Hawaiian vote, and the business
interests Of the Territory can wei
afford to pay Mr.. Mcclellan the sal.
airy of a member of Congress to at
tend to the territorial business here
Offices and Jobs.
realize that this raises unpleas
ant suggestions about Hawaiian po
litical conditions for which my owl
best friends and supporters are no
blameless, and should not shrinl
from going into it if it were necessary
But it is not necessary. l need onl!
remind you that the Territory is tn,
farthest and rudest frontier of Amer
lean politics, and political processes
are of the most elemental character
Trade not only follows the flag, bu
trade is the flag at the meeting place
Of American. prowess and PoIynesial
weakness. The strong, rich men wh'
made the Territory and dominate i
must have and will have security TO
their operations. The natives mus
have offices and jobs. And there yol
are. The natives get the Offices an,