The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-03

lieve / speak for everybody present that
should the time ever come, and / hope it
ray not. when the principles of the party
as we understand them, are not fully
carried out, then we will administer to
(nat party the Christening it deserves.
would have ii tonight, that If there
nave been personal divisions in these ISL
lnds. l would they should be banished,
have an end to the political feuds that
nave SO long destroyed the body polite
OF these Islands in the past. / believe,
ana 1 feel that you agree with me, that
the time has come at last where we have
come to the parting of the ways. l be-
neVe we cannot long continue as we have
done, hanging on to the skirts of the
political parties without affiliating with
one or the other. 1 believe it is cowardly
70 refuse to come out in the open and
take sides with the two different parties
These Islands, my friends, cannot long
remain part Hawaiian and part Ameri-
Prolonged cheering) We must become
altogether American, and we are here.
now to take the first steps to that end
and we are going to do it by enrolling
our names with those who will have the
responsibility of conducting the Republi-
can party throughout this group We are
here for that purpose. We bind no man
who does not care to come here with US.
1here are those who will hold aloof.
They have right to do so. They will
hold aloof and Judge Us by our acts and
not by our professions. i say with all
conscientiousness that the two parties are
open and all are free to choose between
the two. If there are those among us
who are so conservative that they do not
want to move ahead, those that want to
tear down rather than to build up, there
IS party ready to receive them, and
this is not the party we are organizing
tonight. (Applause.)
We are now on the highway to the
countries OF our own in the Orient. There
is no land under the American flag which
has hal the benefits of expansion so mucn
as these Islands. 1t has transformed YOU
from being an outpost to the United
states to the very center OF the political
stronghold in this great ocean. If the
people will permit the Republican party
10 continue the work they have begun,
1t Will soon put you in telegraphic COM
OF the world. II Will build you ships TO
carry away the products of your fertile
fields, and make you free and prosperous.
A. s. Humphreys was then called on
but was missing. Someone said he
bad gone to telephone a message. A. G.
NJ. Robertson took his place and said
The Republican principles are broad
enough to suit us all, and the Repub-
lican platform is broad enough and
strong enough to hold us all. When
the NewlaDds Resolution became law.
and these Islands were made a part
and parcel of the United States, some
OF us who were born and bred here,
were placed in the position that Ad-
miral Dewey was when he could not
say which party he would choose to
elect him to the Presidency We have
the advantage Of being able to make a
selection of the party to which We wish
to belong because we have the history
OF the two great American parties to
choose between. The Republican party
Is essentially party of the people. 1t
was the Republican party that first rec
ognized the necessity of building up a
first-class Navy; it was the Republi-
can party that has used that Navy to
a good purpose and it will soon result
in making these Islands a part OF the
United States in fact In connection
with all this it seems to me that we
should join the Republican party in
return for the great things it has done
lCAnti inl,.d Rac.