Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-27

publicans OF the territory TO prevent
Hawaii from being deprived of repre-
ssntation in the national Republican
conventions. have attracted some at
tention from national leaders. and I'M
lauestionaDly Hawaii will be given a
hearing before final action is taken.
/ .Kuhio wrote TO two or three sena-
tors influential In the counsels OF the
party. His letter to one of them, dated
January Z, 1914, was as follows:
January Z, 1914.
My Dear Senator:
I note from the public press the
Republican national committee has de-
cided that in future conventions OF
the party, Hawaii shall be entitled to
hut two delegates, and that these del
egates shall have no right TO vote.
! can not gather exactly from the
reports before me whether this sec.
tion is final or merely tentative. i
final, I presume We must bow, anu
devote our endeavoTs to secure some
change in the future. If tentative, l
sincerely hope you will use your best
lendeavors to secure for Hawaii more
than is proposed to be given. That
you may have at hand some reasons
| for supporting us and our claims,
should you determineNto do so, ! sub
nit for your consideration the follow
ing:
The successful conduct of the indus
tries of Hawaii, and the prosperity OF
| its people. are dependent largely on
the adoption of the principles OF the
Republican party. Protection, proper
tionately, means as much, IL not more,
to us as to any other community IN
| the United States. True, we have
little actual suffering amongst our
people, but that is the result OF our
| climate rather than Of any real pros
perity. AS a matter of fact, Hawaii
has already suffered more from Demo
cratic acknowledgement and iReompe.
tency than can be calculated. Indus.
tries which a year ago were prosper
Gus are now struggling for existence.
Receiverships and bankruptcies loom
| up before us.
DO not by this understand me to say
that we are going to lie down and
quit. No matter what happens, our
people will struggle along and do the
best they can. and quit only when they
ARE compelled to do So
You can at once see from this con-
ldition Of affairs, what our feelings are
towards the Republican party We
| feel that we are part and parcel OF
1T; that its success means our success;
that its defeat means our defeat. We
believe we should not only have part
| In its counsels, but a voice in deter
mining who its STANDARD bearers shall
lbe. and what shall be its policies.
It is true, indeed, that in Congress
"a delegate from a territory may only
| be heard, but can not vote. But mel
lther logically nor Justly should such a
Irule apply in a national convention OF
1.-THE Republican party. In the enact
ment of laws the theory of a union oil
states each entitled to representation
according to its population is follow
led. The territories are not consid
ered at all in the scheme They are
mot members Of the union In consti.
itutional sense. Not so, however, with
the Republican party. Republicans in
Hawaii are as much members of that
party, that union as is your own good
self Are we not entitled
equally with you to representation!
And shall we not equally be heard,
and vote? To deprive us of this equal
iity on the theory that a delegate in
Congress may not vote. is to say that
the national Republican party is
made up of the Republican party of
the states. exercising '.plenary pow
iers. over the Republican party of our
TERRITORY. AS matter of fact. as you
luo doubt wei know, the refusal to
g.va the territory a vote in Congress
has never been carried to ;ha extent
of refusing a Republican delegate to
Congress from a territory the right to
participate and vote on all matters
concerning the organization Of the
lhouse by the Republican party. 1 have
always been invited into party eau.
lcuses Of Republican members of Con-
1 gress and always have had the right
/ to vote.
And senator, may / suggest some
thing of a practical nature? / do not
know exactly what the records will
show, but will venture to assert that
the Republican party of Hawaii has
for years been treated as entitled to
and has received proportionately equal
representation with any of the states,
when calls for contributions have been
made. Likewise do assert, with some
ldegree of confidence, that such calls
have been honored to as great an ex-
tent as have those of the states. OF
course do not wish to be understood
as claiming that this should amount
/ to a purchase of our right to repre-.
j sentation. cite the call on us only as
an example that the party here is a
member. not subject of the national
party-the response to the call ais an
ILLUSTRATION of our own pride in being
thus treated.
i Should the above arguments in IA.
vor of our rights not appeal to YOU
as being sound. may make an appeal
to you from sympathetic standpoint
hope and believe that in our next
campaign we win win out here: that
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