The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-10-26

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!. he nros N the furnaces Ntfe bnHFcfl
lmrn were idle. the great chat b., huustH
Ivtfo oyefrroWdod.
TWO years later II will BE- ro,n tttt a
lchanrc was coming, nrU instpnr - chant.
ling Lead Kindly Light the people icgul
Ito slng. THE Morning Light Il breaking
for the nomination OF william Mckinley
for the Presidency had beet announced
and the hearts OF the people were opened
anew 10 the coming again of prosp 'rily.
! and now after four wears ~ Republ.
can administration instead u chanting
Lead, Kindly Light the people nre sing
ing the battle hymn of tho Republic.
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Coming CT the
Glory OF the Loud
l. WHAT NE SAW HIMSELF.
~ want to tell you few things q r,y
fosn knowledge. things that observed Ia
the dark days Ct the Cleveland admins
/ traton, and when this country ", nj
through four years OF trial AMI travail
made n trip from Chicago to the ccu;cr -
the State of Ohio in December iSl2, AMI
everywhere In the Buckeye State Ehcre
once had been beehives Of industry. the
streets of the towns were filed w.,h Idle
men. Fnw stacks were belchlnE forth
the fires of Industry And so II continued
for four yours In Chicago ait'r the
Worlds Fair when the heavy winter come
on, 1t was my duty to 20 to the police sta
tons In company with newspape" men 20
write up the great number of mon here
seekiig place TO sleep al night ont from
the cold, and to write up something Of
that great army of the unemployed.
THE CONDITIONS TODAY.
What are the conditions ioday?" The
speaker then went into an exhaustive
treatment of the condition the .;Gcat
rfilway systems of the United states dur
Ing the Cleveland administration, vnen
many of them went into the hands II re-
covers and men were DISCHARGED by the
hundreds. During the administration of
Mckinley the railroads had received an
Impetus for betterment. There were l.ss
railroads in the hands of the receivers.
All had felt the wave of prosperity. Those
which wished to build and extend iheir
lines were unable to do so on account Of
the lack of rails. The Union Pacific. in
order to handle the great amount of traf-
fic which rolled over the system. needed
n double and even a triple Sc: OF racks.
hut rails could not be gottsr. In every
city signs were hanging out, len Want
Cd and they could rot be found. The
speaker recalled the great CoXey army
movement in which men gathered from
all parts OF the United States and march
ed to Washington behind General Jacob
CoXey. This was because the men were
idle. Coxey armies were not heard CT at
the present time. Coxey hing III at pres
ent owns a farm near Mt. Ve-non, OhtA.
which produced sand Tor casting. lie has
become prosperous and has made ~ much
money that he Ia to build =, big casting
establishment to cost s250,0G0 cid employ
800 men,"
PRIDE OF CITIZENSHIP
Mr.. Gill went into the tiEan2iul status
OF the country under Cleveland. When the
great bond issue was made. JnIer the
Mckinley administration NJ bonds had
been issued in a time of peace. rs it not
better to be n lender of money than a
borrower? l want to say few words to
the Hawaians. Every man born in The
United States Is proud of the State or
Territory of his birth. The New Yorker !,
Is proud to call himself as lie travels |
over the United States a son Of the I'm
pre- State. If from Pennsylvania, 40 Is
proud of he fact he is from the State
that claims as one of its sons, Hancock.
Like myself. an Ohoan Is proud of ills
State because 1t gave to the nation
Grant. Garfield. and Mckinley. Cap
plause.) The Hawaiian is proud of his
country. But there Is something Erea-er
than being resident of Few York or
Ohio or Hawaii even. and that Is to Re
citizen of the United States. ZAP
plausc) When you go to a foreign Coun-
try you do not say you are New Yorker
or n Buckeye from Ohio or f,om Hawaii.
but you say. I am an American citizen
iApplause.) Every Hawaiian tho goes to
the polls on the 9th OF Novem Der can say
with the poet Whittier, ON this lay he
greatest Is not greater than +, nor the
highest more high; today king of men
am T." (Applause)
CAPTAIN BAKER ELOQUENT.
The trio of soldier boys frcm the ;rans-
pctr Grant sang. two of them wearing the
Fed Cross upon their sleeves, whila The
other appeared in the blue shirt, famous
az the fighting blouse OF the American
soldier. Their first selection was q greet
success and they modesty responded to
an enthusiastic encore.
Captain Baker of the United States
transport Grant. and formerly state
Senator in the Pennsylvania Legislature,
was next introduced by Chairman N"u-
mann. He was the special guest OF Sam
uel Parker and received an ovation as
he stepped forward to address ,hc audi
cree. He said:
"a few years ago In reading speech ,
delivered in Congress l was made to be-
lieve that from what the speaker said
these Islands We're inhabited by cnnni-
balls. but I can say that l have nowhere
seen more Intelligent audience than the
one which am addressing tonight. ZAP
plause.)
II do not Intend to speak upon your To-
cal issues, for / do not knew anything
about them but II there was ever a time
In these Islands when men VINO have the
elective franchise should vote The Repub-
lean ticket. 1t Is now. (Appluuscl There I
Is but one party in the United States that ,
IS familiar TO you all and that - the Ke-
publican party. There are but two par &
ties in Congress-the Republicans ard
The Democrats. There is no Independent
party in Congress. let me assure ynu
The people OF the United States {
D. which you are now part have said
10 you to come into the Union, nd you
zane, That flag. the Stars aud Stripes, g
as placed over your Islands and will /
never be hauled Down [tpplausel That I
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