The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-06


held In the Hawaiian Islands,-the Terri
tory of Hawaii-we have gathered here
Ito welcome our delegates who have just
returned from the Philadelphia conven-
Iticn. From their own lips they will tell
iyou how they were received in the United
States. 1 take pleasure in introducing to
you Colonel Samuel Parker, chairman of
THE Republican delegation. !
SAM PARKER's SPEECH.
Colonel Parker said:
Mr.. Chairman Fellow-Citizens and My
Feliow-Democrats. here before me point
ing to Prince David. w. II. Cornwell and
K. b. McClanahan. who occupied seats in
1.-THE 'bald-head" row.: On behalf of my
comrades / want to thank you for this
honor. Although our report is not ready
to bring before you this evening l will do
my best to let you know what We shave
'dcre. Just two months ago We left our
beautiful Hawaiian shores and crossed
the Pacific to attend the National Con-
vention in Philadelphia. We have done
our duty and we are not ashamed of it,
nc understanding what news has been
spI cad before you here that Mckinley is
not going to have walk-over next No
. mber. / say to the Democrats, that
just SO sure as the sun rises in the east
ana sets in the western seas Mckinley
Iwli be our next President. Our Demo-
cratic friends have beaten us by three
days and they gave out to their fellow
Democrats that Bryan will be the next
President I don't blame them. That's
what they were sent away for. Now, fell
lc"-citizens, we have delegate here
Judge Kepokai-and an alternate dele
gate-C. b. Wilson-and they will speak
10 you this evening, so please pardon me
ifor the few words / will speak to you |
will do my best, although as you all
ki CIV, and as I told President Mckinley
at Canton. I am no speaker. 1 did NUT
ten few words in the presence of the
President. When I was in Philadelphia
and heard that the Democrats had sent
a delegation to Kansas City, took inter-
est enough to study up what they were
going to do. They Gid nothing. They
went there and came back, and did not
even know what their motto meant They
do not know yet what 16 to l means. /
don't blame them. They did not even
see Bryan. / had the honor to be pre-
scented to President Mckinley, and / will
Ilet you know later what our interview
was and what an interest he took in Ha-
naiian affairs. There are some gentle
men here before me-Democrats. They
jcan, congratulate themselves that ii was
Hawaii that nominated President Nc
kinley for the next President and Gov
ernor Roosevelt for Vice President They
made IL unanimous. 1t was also son
Iof Hawaii. a Democratic delegate to the
last na!l in the coffin of the Democratic
Iparty. 1t was the 16 to l nail. Does this
same gentleman want to know what II
to means If Mckinley is elected-that s.
will buy SIG worth of fish and poi. think
1T Is just little matter of a few weeks
h until all these gentlemen will join the
Republican party. For the benefit OF
;, my Hawaiian friends here tonight, stick
!, to your Independent party if you don't
join the Republicans; but for Heavens
# sake don't join the Democrats. 1 was In
: favor of the Democratic party once wher
r. Grover Cleveland tried to restore the
a Monarchy, but when he could not do it
), ] fell away from that party. When the
= ship was sinking / was the first one to
a jump overheard and swim ashore.
i ! would like to give you my experiences
g in Philadelphia during the convention
d and would also make few remarks OF
the interview / had with President Nc
Kinley at Canton. / shall, however, leave
all that to our national committeeman
{ Mr.. II. NJ Sewall. / want to thank you
0 again, ladies and gentlemen, and also my
{, Democratic friends in the front seat, who
O are a little noisy in their attention. Will
o these few remarks 1 bid you all aloha
+ nu
t Tremendous applause followed Colone
:. Parker, and he bowed and returned to hi.
= chair.
n JoiJtTE hEfo1hAl IAIh.
n Judge A. N. Kepoikai, the next speaker
/. said:
e Fellow citizens: 1 have to thank tn,
y Republicans for this my first trip to tn,
a Mainland. Upon the floor of Progress
" Hail announced that would go to Phil
: adelphia and do my duty and there tr,
:, to nominate President Mckinley. / wa
~ enthusiastically received by the people o
d that great country. l was proud to fint
n myself amongst them and taken in han'
Is by them their equal. We We're treate,
l. right royalty, and; gentlemen, that i
enough TO say of our trip. Let me speal
TO you of politics. / wish the member
of the Independent party to join the Re
publican party. In asking the Independ
ent party to join the Republicans / mus
-, say that the latter party has given +
- you that liberal franchise of manhoo
suffrage which you never enjoyed unde
the Monarchy. 1t is that party which pu
~ YOU on the level with the richest man il
IS the country. What have the Democrat
m of Hawaii announced to you? They ar
"a pleading with you Hawaiians to join thei
party. They think they can win you owe
lo to themselves. Now my sentiments wer
us formerly with the Monarchy. You a
CO know that Colonel Parker and / wen
down with the Monarchy, but we ar
~ now proud to ride with the Republica
p party. it is the party for the Hawaiian
Ill TO JOIN. was Slad TO READ the paper
ba this evening that the Hawaiians were al
preached by the Democrats to join then
he We don't go behind the door to ask yo
he to come to us, but upon this platform W
Sc, ask you to join with us. You have tn
word of Lliuokalani. She has said the
NJ the Territory of Hawaii has been estaf
m. lished by the United States forever
F. There is no more Monarchy; no hope fo
II it. Then why join with the Democrats
n You have nothing to gain with that pal
te tv, but you have everything to gain wit
IL the Republicans. Come tonight, my fe
eli low-countrymen, and say, I'VE join tn
n Republicans" You have then the hea
ar OF the Government to dictate to and yo
6 must be heard. BY joining the Democra
T ic party, who do you have to go to I
a. amend what wrongs you may have SUI
N fered? Pettigrew may be a good man
gre some respects, but he is Democrat
m spirit. Take again the word of Liluoks
4 lani that the Monarchy has gone dow
h to rise no more and she will reign no MOI
nc over Hawaii. AS 1 see many Hawaiian
o. in this hall tonight / think it is my dut
g that 1 should speak to them in their ow
nix tongue.