The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-19
MAMMOTH MASS MEETING
RECORD RALLY OF REDSHIRTED
REPUBLICANS.
Preceded by An Excellent Parade-Or-
pheum Filled to Overlooking Neces-
stating an Auxiliary Meeting.

Last night witnessed one of the
| grandest political parades and mass
meetings held in the Hawaiian Islands.
| The events were engineered by the
! Young Mems Republican club. Major
Zeigler's famous red shirt battalion
was i'm the procession and during the
march executed fancy drill movements.
! A float representing the full dinner pail
was a feature of the display.
! The crowd at the Orpheum was the
! largest ever crowded into the theatar.
! Every inch of space was occupied. 4.
! McCants Stewart A. G.. NJ. Robertson
and others addressed the overflow from
| the steps of the Chinese church oppO-
site the Orpheum.
! The mass meeting in the Orpheum
| theater was by long odds the grandest
| function yet held by the Republicans.
! To say that the house was crowded is
! to put 1t mildly, for hundreds stood in
! the doorways and outwise unable to
| obtain seats. An orchestra of the Ha-
Waiian band supplied music. Lorrin
Andrews chairman of the Young Mems
! Republican club, presided On the stage
with him were: w. II. HOogs, John
! Lane, VIM. Aylett, w. J. COelhO, G. c..
| Biting, George d. Gear, Henry Water
| house, p. l.. Weaver, L. l.. MCCandless
| George r.. Carter, T. McCants Stewart
a. Gilfllan, j. l.. Kaulukou, Charles
Wilcox and J. H. Fisher.
MI. Andrews, lIlG chairman WelCOnleu
the audience and announced that an
overflow meeting was being held on the
opposite side of the street the addresses
being delivered from the steps of the
Chinese church. Such was the case.
| Fully two hundred people were assem-
bled there, unable to get into the Or
pheum. The speeches were carried on
the same lines as those in the theater.
w. j. Coelho was the first speaker.
His address was i'm Hawaiian. He dealt
very eloquenuy with the matter of the
platform and reported on the work be-
ing done on Hawaii and Maui. He
gave a full account of the various meet
ings held also of the meetings of Demo-
Gratis and Independents and stated that
Sam Parker was the strongest candi-
date in the field and was gaining
strength daily
The celebrated Tuxedo quartette next
gave a selection. This made a great hit
and in response to an encore one of the
cleverest campaign songs of the season
was given.
G. G. Biting was the next speaker.
After an introductory address the
speaker said the Democrat was a natu-
raj born growler. Look at the condi-
ton of affairs after Grover Cleveland:
and yet this week l heard a gentleman
say that Cleveland made him Demo-
crat. After Cleveland's administration
the country was next to ruin. The Re-
publican party had to pull it out. They
now want you to vote and put your
votes in a place like this.
John Lane was the next speaker, his
address being in Hawaiian. He stated
that in the old days he was a strong
rOyalist, but new period had now been
reached Political issues are now diff
ferent from those of old days. From
this point he gave an account of the
perambulations of annexation in Con-
gress. He added that if elected he
would see that the Hawaiian flag was
preserved to the people.
George D. Gear spoke next of what
came under his observation in WASH
ingtOn while the three present candida
ties for Congress were there. He diVerg
ed here moment and eXcOriated in no
uncertain terms the Democratic speaker
of the other night who said it should
bring the blush of shame to every Ha-
waian to vote against Prince David.
The Democratic party is the party of
slavery and restricted franchise The
speaker had been through the South.
He was in Washington and declared,
and defed contradiction, that the Re
publican party gave to the Hawaiians
free suffrage. The speaker heard the
speeches against restrictions of stuff
rage and declared that every one of
them were by Republicans.
Coming to the candidates he charac-
terzed David as one of his best friends.
At the same time Sam Parker was the
only man that held his own in Wash
ington. l. of my personal knowledge,
know that Samuel Parker has frequent
ly had twelve or more Senators in his
room at a time. That in itself is a
great thing. Mr.. Parker stands well
with the President I have waited two
hours to see Mr.. Mckinley, to find that
Sam. Parker was in with the President.
| No. F.1I l,,,N -,
sporting fellow, used to ride around
Washington in an automobile, and
| that is about all.
From this point the speaker diverged
and told several funny stories.
Speaking of Robert Wilcox Mr.. Gear
declared that Colonel Little and Sam
Parker secured the franchise for the
natives and that Wilcox had nothing to
do with 1t. He here read a letter from
Celso Caesar Moreno abusing Wilcox
in most uncompromising terms. The
| following is an extract from the letter:
1T took me twenty-one years to dis
cover what l have just found out. Ro-
| bert Wilcox is hypocrisy, mendacity,
| deceit and instability personifieu. Will
cox is cunning and patient deceiver
and deceived me for tWenty-one long
| years. Wilcox has adopted all the vices
of the Hawaiians and none of their vir-
tues, Wilcox has repeatedly told me
| that the HaWaiianS We're too poor to
send money for pushing their bill be-
! fore congress, and l learned that the
Hawaiians had sent him plenty of
money which he used exclusively for
parading himself in Washington as an
Hawaiian Prince, as he did in Italy,
though l introduced him to all simply
as Mr.. Wilcox.
Mr.. Wilcox wrote mendaciously to
the Hawaiians that he was the man
VINO fought, planned and passed the
Hawaiian bill before Congress. Messrs
| Caypless, Little and all the members of
the territorial committee of the House
and senate can testify to. the contrary"
William Aylett spoke earnestly in
Hawaiian and was frequently applaud
| ed.
George R. Carter said there was but
one thought he wanted to impress. 1t
! was that this country was interested in
mainland as well as local affairs. The
duty of the country is to let the news
| go forward after November that the
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