The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-13
HOUSING REPUBLICAN
MEETING HELD IT ull
SAMUEL PARKED NAYES A
srI111H0 ADDRESS 10
F1IKHDe on HAWAII.
Declares He IL willing 20 Give Up
Part Of His Lands for Real
HomeGteads for the
People.
SAMUEL PARKK1 HAKEs A
Especial Correspondence

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3-p. having been met some distancs
out of 0xn by committee Of citizen.
and escorted TO tie hotel From 5 o'cloci
until 80 O'Clock there was q dinner and
reception at the hotel. and at T:S0 a
torchlight procession Of more than 30
people left the hotel and marched TO the
fish market. which was already crowded
the majority being Hawaiians- Ii is e.
timated that more than one thousand
persons were present.
| James Glib, the territorial committrs
fnan, was chairman and introduced the
| speakers. Charles Blaoow, the candidate
for senator from Hamakua, was the first
speaker. and he told in plain words VIII :
| he was a republican. His remarks were
| listened TO with apparent interest by the
Hawaiians The next speaker Was NJ.
Paris, who spoke in Hawaiian and Eng
fish. Attorney George Davis of Homo
| lulu delivered strong argument in favor
of the election of Parker for delegate
and was yociferously applauded. Messrs.
Holstein and Loebenstein also spoke in
| Hawaiian and English and were well re
ceived. Chairman Glib made a fire
| speech in introducing Sam Parker, the
Mana cowboy. Sam said. after the cheer
ing had ceased:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am proud
to stand before you this evening. decla.
ing myself republican. / was proul
when / received the nomination for dele
gate to Washington. because that honor
came to me at the hands of the repuo-
lican party. | thank the republican party
for this. and when l am elected to 60 TO
Washington l will thank not only the re-
puhlicans. but the independents and the
democrats rs well. The objections to me
from some quarters is ON account of my
owning a few head of cattle: l also own
a few head of sheep. which my enemies
seen. to have overlooked in making up
the list of my faults. l tell you, my
friends. that if / had to drive off my cat
tie and sheep in cider To get votes |
"puiN iNSisi tNo ttfstt iit ttpuoi
can party has bestowed upon me- Fortu-
nately for my rival. he has no sheep.
| do not want to be personal. | want
clean politics, the sane as we have In
Honolulu. and in New York with its
'rammany Hall.
Elect Wilcox and what will he do:
He will draw his salary and when the
money is gone he will write back to ou-
poor Hawai;ans for more He was in my
district and he was busted, and fed him
and helped him to get out. loaned him
my wagon and horses. l was afraid il
l did not do it he never would get out
They say helped to overthrow the mon
archy and depose the qteen. Why shouli
1? | was the prime minister in the cabi-
net. Why would want to throw myself
out of job? If it had rested with me,
that lady whom we all respect would
he there today. l and my family have
always respected royalty. The prince has
eaten at my table. My father and M
grandfather efore me respected royalty,
and l will continue to respect it until
cross the broad river. But gentlemea
the monarchy is lead; it can never De
restored. l am republican today De
cause Relieve in the prosperity of Ha-
wall, and believe that prosperity can be
ours only by keeping the republican party
in power. 1t is the republican party
tina, has given to :he United States the
proSperity ii eujoys tOday
Il was asked in Laupahoehoe last
night. and by an Hawaiian lady at thar.
what good l could do the Hawaiians. SUP
posing | was elected. l told her l be
lieyed could do a great deal of good. and
if no good l could at least do no harm.
can help you with land laws. The
Olaa squatters say l am land grabber
Well, if am have been pretty success
full. you will all admit that When /
called on President Mckinley in Wash
ington | told him wanted to do some
thing for my country. | have over
half million acres of land on Hawaii,
and am willing to give up big portion
of it for the benefit of my people. so that
they may have homcsteads. And when
said that. gentlemen. did not mean thar
would put it on the market and sell il
to the highest bidder. as the government
has just done with the Qlaa lands, will
give up that land 80 that IL may be set
tied by actual homes.eaders. In the
other way the poor man has no chance
in the world. l have in Washington
many friends in the senate. who win help |
me always to secure appropriations OF |
money for Hawaii, and they are good re-
publican senator's, TOO.
There stands the president al the |
Kohala-Hilo railway. the representative
of company that will send more than 1
three million dollars to this country for
Is he a democrat? Not |
much He is republican. Democrats
do not send msney here for Investment.
Prince David is a friend of mine and he
is good fellow. bat be is on the wrong
side There is Gardner Wilder: be is
good fellow. bet l want I'd tell him to his
face that be Is on the wrong side. Cley2
land is democrat and be tried to restore
the queen, but did be DO il; thru NOT.
and be bad majority in hath houses +
to help him do IT, What have che demo-
Gratis ever done for Hawaifans. Aud
now let me. ask you: What more Do san
sant with the democratic party: Aloha.
Mr. Parker then addressed the Hawaii
ans IN sheir own language and was re
peatedly interrupted With cheers.
The meeting closed at 10 O'Clock with
ihree speakeEs yet on the platform.