The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-04
THE MACHINE
WAS DEMOLISHED
AND REPUBLICANS
COT CONTROL
CONTINUED from rag, 3d.

ana ht luusluAu tltstuNht thAt 'v"f
us into tle lO.d. We shJuld therefore
give oui aIesianUe 80 tne hepuu'ltdi
parry and do wlat we can 20 prOmo.'
lis InteIesls. FOR these reasons na''
decIued lar my pdrt 10 be prusent mere
tonight as a RepuDlOan, AID am g,ad
to had myse.t Ia suCn good company
daughter and appauzeJ Not inc
least OF the advantages wnich anneXa'
tion has conferred upon US is the TACT
that the cd antagonism that has eX-
listed here. oloIe WILL be wiped out and
brought 10 an end. We enter tonlgnl
upon a grander scale OF politics than
ne have ever experienced before.
think we are In for perlod OF prosper
lily we have never before experienced.
Loud cries arose for T. McCants
Stewart. lac was not shy, and IN a
iye-minute speech so endeared himself
TO his audience that whenever he rose
from then on he commanded instant
attention. Stewart said:
Il did not have the slightest intima-
ton that 1 would be called upon to-
night TO come TO this platform. | am
here taken aOsoIute.y by surprise. Ii
/ take moIe tnan ten minutes time
p.ease to remember that somewhere
Whittier describes a Judge and law
yer as beings VINO possess endless
tongues When | recall the mys.erl-
GUS yel excellent influences when nave
managed the Gazing ana formation OF
this meeting, and when such public
citizen as cecil Brown presides and
when he is gwen another such rep
reSentatiye citizen 10 SIT with him as
Secretary Cradle ard when | see sucn
an array OF distinguished gentlemen
Ion Il IN - tFsl.
thought and commercial lines in the
Territory OF Hawaii (cheerlIg) | feel
like the Cd maid who had gone beyond
her forue.h year before sac received
a proposal, when called to speak.
Ever since | have been IN hawaii,
reading one paper on the one hand and
another paper on the other hand, and
then third paper that rises between
that, i have sighed for a condition OF
things when | shou d see men OF all
political parties upon the same plat
form Joined hand In hand to promote
the best Interests of Hawaii. 1 Inlnh
we are making a great start. / think
this meeting realizes this truth. Ii Is
truth that was given to the world by
that great statesman, a man whom /
shall honor 10 my dying day, DAME.
O'Connell. (Cheers.) He was asked
one day while in Catholic cemetery
to see the grave OF Catholic solder
side by side of the grave of a Protestant
soldier and he asked the taJher wac
was conducting him. How do you &C
count, Father, for the tact that here
lies body that the Church under or
binary circumstances does not give
such sepuIture? How do you ac-
count Tor the Protestant solder being
buried next to the Catholic soldier?
The Father made this remark: These
two soldiers died fighting Tor irish no
erty, ard they are buried side by side
because liberty makes brothers of US
all (Applause)
Now / have said that / think we
are making a splendid beginning in
this meeting. l think we catch the
sentiment That liberty makes brothers
of Us all. We are united TO bury our
differences, our personal differences TO
join hands and TO go marching for
ward in one united mass until We shall
see the islands of this Pacific ocean, OF
which We are citizens, a Stale in the
United States of America so that we
can also feel that we can transmit TO
our children the precious heritage CIV
en- to us by Washington, Jefferson,
Sumner and Lincoln. / would say
more, but | shall not make this audi
ence twice g.ad-tirst glad to see me
come up Oh this stage and then glad 10
see me come down again"
George A. Davis was asked to speak
by chairman Brown. He sad:
IL feel tonight since have listened |
to the splendid eloquence of the speak |
ers that have preceded me as If | was |
within the four historic walls OF Fa
neuil Hall In the city of Boston. My
friend spoke of the Constitution. bnt he
left 1t unsald as to whether II should be
in these islanus ~ ,..,-e
the country being annexed. | saiC
many times In the court house here tina
believed when the American flag wen
up here that the Constitution cam
with 1t. followed this up so ten tina
began to be considered a nuisance
Now the Constitution will come by tn
of William Mckinley, ann
that will not be questioned by tn,
court OF this Republic any longer
am proud to be upon this platform to
night. My friends, when John Adam
laid down the principles - fNo y -r''r
lean party OF federal authority and the
formation OF the National bank, they
We're laid down to continue on and on
They have been carried down from the
days OF Adams to Mckinley. say that
the prosperity we are now enjoying Is
through the Republic IN adm.
Now there is one thing | would like &
say tonight. | have told Won befo"
as ! told the Commission when here
that | represented one vote. one Re |
publican vote. and that II was not 70 |
sale. | do not believe In attacking { |
mans personality because az his per
sonal convictions. We ought to kee'
personalities ont of our discussions
There are broad issues which we ca
discuss without attacking the privat
lives of those we live with. | hone
when these political camno'~0s Hro co.
ried on, thev will not be disFraced nv |
any bitter feuds which have disgraced |
the soil of Kentucky. believe that the |
parties of this country ought to let |
personalities alone. They ought not TO |
discuss men because they have made o
mistake. We are al h"mon. ard we
will err and make mistakes. | ser mon
this platform tonight conglomer ION
which almost astonishes me. ua IN
teri. see n member Of the Court .