Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-26

Thousands
Parker Rail. Last Night Was the Biggest and
Most Enthusiasts Vet neutrality-suspicious.
Candidate Given Tremendous Ovatior---
Many Republicans In E'arade---AbIe Expo
sitior of Republican Principles.

fairs. Today railroads that were in the
hands of receivers then were taxed to
their utmost capacity to handle the
enormous business offering. They
could not even get the steel rails and
rolling stock ordered for increasing
their capacity by donbletIacking the
lines, so crowded were the steel works
and foundries of the country with work
and not enough mechanics to do 1t. He
recalled the famous Coxey army's
march to Washington. Did they hear
anything about Coxey marches now?
Coxey himself was farmer and had
been selling sand to the foundries OF
Mount Vernon. Indiana, so that he was
now so prosperous that he was build
ing casting works Of his own to cost
| S25O,000. The results Of the Wilson
tariff bill were sketched, and mention
was made of Clevelands necessity of
issuing bonds to save the gold reserve.
| Statistics of the financial prosperity
under Mckinley were given by way of
contrast, and the speaker concluded
with few words to native Hawaii. rs.
They had a right to feel proud that
they were Hawaiians. In the United
States, however, men we're not named
by their localities but as American
citizens, and Hawaiians on going to
the polls on November should feel
| proud Of being American citizens, the
equal of the highest in the Nation. Mr..
Gill was well received thu oughout and
took his seat amidst laundering APP
plause.
A quartet from the 2lst Regiment
was here introduced and won enthu-
, siastic applause, having to respond to
an encore.
Welcome Captain Baker Of Penn
too sylvania, former Sena-
1uest. tor, was gracefully intro
duced by the chairman. A few years
ago, the unexpected guest said, his
reading of papers opposed to Hawaiian
annexation gave the impression that
these Islands were peopled bv canni-
balls. Now, looking from shat platform,
he could say that not more ints,li-
gent-looking audience could be gatle"-
ed In any part of the United States.
There were two parties in Congress,
the Republican and the Democratic
there was no Independent party in
Congress. He had been in Cuba, Por-
To Rico and the Philippines. but In none
of them had he seen so prosperous and
intelligent a people as those OF the Ha-
waiian Islands. They should send as
their representative to Congress that
able man, Samuel Parker.
Sam's Certainly they could
Good not send a better look
LOOKS ing man as Delegate.
From what party could they expect the
improvement of their harbors and 9TH
err public works? The Republican par
ty was the only one committed to do
those things for Hawaii The Demo-
cratic party was on record against
doing anything for these Islands. Cap
tain Baker caused a roa: of laughter
by saying he wasn't to blame for being
white. Referring to the recognition by
foreign experts of the improved me'h.
DDS Of army trans )crt ,tiIn If the
United STATES, he wen, OH to character
ize the Democrats party as anti mis-,
that AID eve.ythiug--.i. seemed as II
they hal taken in al the aun.irs to
form a larty. Be"omiag autobiosra-
phical the speaker iOll OF his haylng
been a ;eaCher aud i solu.er, and fru;n
heing TIC latter had sue coded 10 the
commdpi Of the lirrst ships ON the
ocean. Concluding 4 speech that car-
tured the audience by its graceful and
genial style, Captain Baker hoped when
he returned the people woull have III.
1t In his power TO congratulate rhe
Honorable Samuel Parker. As a finish
he said Kansas hIvins had two good
crops would go Republican.
Youno John Lane was intro
Hope OF duced as q son of the soil
hawaii and member of an hon
orable family. Mr.. Lane spoke first in
Hawaiian, chiefly combining himself to
an appeal for votes to Sam. Parker.
The frequent rounds of applause at
tested his effective reach to the hearts
or his countrymen. He Sdjured them
to be true to the Republican party, not
in talk but in deed. II all in that meet
Ing stood to their colors the victory of
the Republican party would be assured
He concluded by saying in English that
he was a convert to the Republican
party, and was proud to stand on the
Republican platform. The vile treat
ment TIE Democrats accorded to peo-
pie of dark color was one Of the rea-
sons why he supported the Republican
party. Mr.. Lanes excellent English
delivery and diction proved that he
wants no odds from anybody In any
assembly anywhere, with this language
as the medium, for setting forth intel
ligent views, not only intelligently and
coherently, but with marked grace and
power.
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