The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-11-13
POLL FOR PRESIDENT.
Large Meeting on Monday Evening
Dearth of Republican Speeches-Ar-
rangements for Polling.

Large Meeting on MONDAY Evening
Dearth of Republican Speeches-Ar
rangements for Polling.
In response to an announcement in The
evening paper, large crowd assembled
at the vacant store, corner OF Fort anC
Hotel streets, evening OF 9Th inst, Mr.
Graenhalgh having kindly loaned the
premises for the occasion. The Ameri
can Presidential Election Committee haC
arranged for the meeting, in order to ado
the national element OF free discussion
OF the issues to the other fun.
Mr.. w. Hall was elected chairman
and Mr.. John F. Smith secretary of the
meeting. Speeches were at once called
for by the chair.
Mr.. Oh. F. Marley, blue jacket from
the U. S. S. Brooklyn, was the first to
come forward. He made ringing speech
OF considerable length for the Democratic
party, his original eloquence and eclectic
rhetoric being frequently and loudly APP
plauded. His shipmates made enthusi-
astic demonstrations, as he claimed for
President Cleveland the credit OF giving
his country navy that was going to
equal anything in the world.
Mr.. f. Turrill, local g. A. R. veteran,
was loudly called to the front. a Republi-
can speech was evidently expected from
him, but he rather gave ''soup" to the ex-
pectation. He was present when the blue
and the gray had "shaken hands over
the bloody chasm" at AppomatoX, but
the Republican party had DISTRACTED the
reconciliation calculated from that cere-
mony, by persistently and continuously
waving the bloody shirt" The Repub-
lican party had in its long tenure OF
power become too rotten to hold together.
Not a single scandal could be fixed upon
the administration OF Cleveland, to
match anv of the many rings and frauds
of previous periods. Blaine was the real
leader OF the Republican party, Harrison
being only the imam who had grand
father"
Mr.. NJ. Laferty, the "Boanerges'' of
the Debating Society, being called forth,
said he was Democrat, but he could
not stand the rhodomontade, fanfarade,
and SO on, OF the preceding speakers.
He went on to refer to the colossal as
surance and audacity OF anybody who
could look upon that fag-the Stars and
Stripes at the head of the room-or con-
template the memory Of the martyred
Lincoln, and at the same time stand up
for the Democratic party that had tried
to wipe the star-spangled banner off the
face of the earth. 1t was the Re-
publican party that had saved liberty
and union, and its glory would be echoed
from center to circumference OF the
earth till time should be no more. "A
voice-"Waving the bloody shirtp')
eyes" said the speaker, ''the Repub-
lican party did all that before you had
shirt" cloud laughter and applause
Mr.. r. Gerke, of Kauai, having inter
rupted the first speaker, was taken for a
strong Republican and so called to the
front. He only said that he was Dem
ocrat, but one who believed that free
trade meant starvation.
Mr.. r. W. Lame who was standing
outside, was induced by persistent calls
to come to heinner margin of the crowd.
He declined making a speech or taking
an active part in the election, for reasons
that he need not mention (of course
meaning his consularships). As citi
zen of the United States, he was now of
the American party, believing it was
time Americans controlled the affairs of
their own country.
At Mr.. Graenhalgh's suggestion the
meeting elected the following officers for
the election to-day:
Mr.. w. w. Hall, Judge.
Mr.. j. H. Fisher american party,
Mr. L. C. Ables (Republican), Mr.. Laf
ferty and Mr.. Eugene E. Lee tDemocra-
tic, Inspectors.
.Messrs. ]. J. Egan, John F. Smith,
Fred. Turrill, and B. 0rdenstein, Tellers.
The meeting then adjourned with
cheering for both sides, till the opening
of the poll at 9 O'Clock this morning.
His Excellency l.. A. Thurston, Min
lister Of the Interior, has kindly allowed
the use of the Government ballot boxes
for the occasion. Mr.. Thurston was a
seemingly highly interested spectator at
the public election meeting above re-
ported.