The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-07
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Islands outside OF our dClogates who rep
resented you In their official capacity In
Philadelphia and Canton, ! beg OF you Ia
listen to me while / bear testimony to the
credit with which they acquitted them
selves. | need not tell you that your
delegates were most creditablc and rep
resentatiVe. l want to say here and now,
despite all the newspapers OF the Main
land and Hawaii have said TO the con-
trary, that Z the harmony and good FEEL
ing that existed in this delegation can
only prevail in the Republ can party mere
and no one desires II more than ] do
SUCCESS is entirely assured. My associa
tons were most intimate with the gentle
men who are here on this stage tonight.
You know them better than I, but came
to know them very well and to respect
them very much. They gave to me the
highest trust that the party in these ISL
auds can bestow. / want to tel you, de-
spite what you may have heard, that ]
accepted that trust as trust of honor,
and when ! cannot fulfill that trust to
SUR satisfaction and the RS, 1t goes back
to those who gave 1t TO me. | came to
know them perhaps better than YOU know
them now, and you VIII pardon me II
make personal sllusicns to these men.
Wilson-faituful, Industrious, persistent
was a most credtable and worthy mem
Der of the Republican party of Hawaii.
Kepoikai, conducting himself from begin
ming to end as becomes man who has
occupied judicial position in these ISL
amos with a dignity and courtesy that
You will always find associated with the
representative OF his race. We had not
a prince among our delegates much as
We would have liked to have had that
honor. That was reserved for the party
" hich nominated Bryan. We did not de-
spail of having him-not until the bitter
end-for We said that when he left Hawaii
nc rad no more idea of returning Dem
ociat than he has of why he Is a Demo-
cTat now. No; nor any more !dea of it
than Wise when he made n speech in
which he came out for 1G to l. when he
old not know even what 1t meant. We
had not a prince among our delegates
but we had n man as chairman who is
rccc gnizsd from one end OF the United
States to the other as the prince of good
fellows and prince OF men, and that man
is Colonel Samuel Parker.
Bat now, my friends, In all seriousness
II you will listen to me, 1t was an inspir-
Ing sight for the Republican party Amer
ican people love loyalty to fhe core. Here
you have three men who from beginning
10 end, from first to last, remained loyal
- the cause that they believed to be the
cause of their country, to the cause of
their dethroned sovereign But when the
Inevitable came, as IL must come in all
human affairs, they transferred their
splendid loyalty first to their new flag,
secondly TO their country, and thirdly to
thn Republican party of the United
States And all praise be given to them
for that AS Colonel Parker has said
1 will tell you OF the meeting at Canton,
where twice and three times we saw the
Pre- sident of the United States-the Pres
ident that is and the President that is
to be. Colonel Parker has said l would
tell you something of that meeting. 1t
Il. al, 1,ft H..
did not tell you himself. When we were
there with the President of the United
States your delegate said to the presi-
dent N my presence: "Mr. President the
United States, we believe, took away
our independence, but the Republican par
ty atoned in fun for that, for they have
given us manhood suffrage and n greater
control OF our own country than We ever
had before" l heard those words spoken
and they have become history. / would
like to tell You of the reception of the
chairman of your delegation by President
Mckinley. ! would like to tell you OF the
sp6 ech he addressed to the President thar
will always remain as the one speech Of
that historical occasion. | wish he would
give it to you himself. Parker standing
on chair, there addressing the multi
tSde. said: Mr.. President and Fellow
Citizens. II ] may call you such after
having been citizen only twenty-nine
days.'-D'he crowd shouted yes, you
are; hurrah for Parker!-'I don't know
why they put me on this delegation"
continued Parker except that / had not
made a speech before In my life. / am
granger and ranchcr--and so Is
Roosevelt-and so / suppose that is why
we were both nominated" The Presi-
dent asked for the political situation in
the Islands, and Parker said, I'VE have
Democrats. Republicans and an ice trust
just as Tammany has, and a beef trust
run by Democrats" Parker said to me
afterwards, what will Billy Cornwen
think Of that when he hears IT." Then
my friends. after receiving an ovation
such as / have not seen anywhere else.
ne closed his address wishing all aloha
nui. Then half n dozen women in the
crowd brought up their little children to
kiss the Colonel. 4
The Democrats on the mourner's bench
raised a laugh at the Colonels expense
Ind the audience laughed and the Colo
lel smiled his broadcast smile II was un.
,ertalu whether Mr. Sewall meant that
he mothers or the children kissed the
;Plant delegate. Mr.. sewal continues
Parker did not know what he said after
Yards and probably could not remember
my OF IL now-but / do Al the cuuvon-
ION there was nothing to match that /
lpeech OF Parker's except Wilson'S type
written address, which WAS sent around
10 every newspaper I'm the country, In
which he said the Republicans had an
The brains and tho Democrats an the
ntney. The proceedings at Philadelphia
were an inspiration TO every one. our
DEIty gathered there after thlrty-twO
years OF contradictory years ! was about
10 say, but eight years We're under
Democratic President; but there isn't
Democrat who ia proud of that admins
,ratlon, Success Is assured for our party
! notice our Democratic friends below mo
me ping their heads ana wanting 20 get
out Of the hail, -Four years aRo, as the
rtfult OF the tremendous deprt srIun which
followed the Democratic Administration,
when people We're IN despair ana an our
centep were graNtyaris
N Industry, a brilliant orator btamprdri
ihe Democratic National Convention and
placed free silver Ia lhe front az au d.
sue. Since Then times have become pros
porous John Wise said upon this plat
FORM after casting his vote Tor freo 90