The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-12

letter received by him from Dele
ate Kuhio Kalanianaole, in which
,uhio gives the following statement
( how he made President Taft do as
luhio demanded
Here / am in the wildfire, try
ing my best to carry us to vic
tory over those in Hawaii who
are opposed to us, and the poor
ones who are being squeezed in
our land.
Doubtless report has reached
you to the effect that the Presi-
dent has agreed to send man
there to thoroughly investigate
the charges which l brought
against the Governor. The Presi-
dent did not agree to comply with
my request willingly, because of
the immense power Of those who
are behind him; but through my
untiring efforts he finally agreed
to send a man there to make
thorough investigation. 1t is evil
dent that the reason why the
President granted my request
was because I stated openly to
him that IF you do not do what's
just by making a thorough inves-
tigation of my charges, then l
will take the matter up in Con
gress, which will authorize the
sending of a commissioner to in
vestigate my charges thoroughly"
The President knows that there
are important charges which
should receive careful investiga-
ton, and he is also afraid that
the Congress might take the step
to make its own investigation of
them, and rather than leave
Congress do it he agreed to send
man there to find out whether
my charges are true or not.
kuhio goes on to direct his cores.
oondent about taking steps to control
he Hawaiian delegation to the Re
publican national convention, so as tc
serve first of all Kuhios own purpose.
my individual aloha" as he puts i
saying in part:
Bear in mind, though, that this
man is not only coming there to
investigate my charges, but he is
going to feel the pulse of the six
delegates whom our Territorial
convention will send here.
Which side will those delegates
side in with? Are they in favor
of the Governors side, which is
jeopardizing our hope, or are they
on our side and with our dear
people?
In my judgment, it seems that
the President is doubtful of his
nomination, because of the names
OF Roosevelt, La Toilette and
Cummins, and, besides, it is nee
essary for him to have the six
delegates from Hawaii in order
that he may get the nomination
for President But if we could
get those six delegates, then well
be all right; our rights in our own
land will be recognized
My friend, | urge you to en-
tighten our Hawaiian people in
this matter. It is evident that the
Portuguese, too, will stand with
us in this fight, because of their
interest in this matter, l would
like to get the support of our peo-
pie in this matter, not only for my
individual aloha, but for the ben
eft of those who are living in
their native land.
would like to be one of the
delegates to the national conven-
ton if l could get the support of
the Territorial convention.
Here is another thing that l
would like to mention: 1t is not
proper to instruct the delegates
to the national convention to
pledge themselves for any par
ticular Presidential candidate.
They should go there with free
hands.
1t is proper for you and all the
rest of the people to work hard
in this matter. 1t is best for all
the Hawaiians who have pride
and love dignity to stand to-
gether firmly and forget the past.
In order that they may have the
right to vote for candidates to the
| Territorial convention it is best
for you to advise the people tc
| register as soon as possible.
Perhaps some of the people
} might say that Il am not a Re
p publican" that q belong to tn,
3 other political party" but this il
l not the time to talk about II
Q There is no question but tina
= President Taft wishes to get tn
/ support of the six delegates iron
/ Hawaii. Are we going to lose on