The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-10-16
DEMOCRATS ORATt
At THE OPERA HOUSE
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do that which shall be- for the good @
the native and the foreign. born,
II am Democrat because my reading
my experience, BECAUSE the admIniHtra
ton OF Grover Cleveland have all, mad
me one, II n for you liawalians, to de
lcide for yourselves whether you 20 wilt
the Republican party or with the Demo
cratic party. ] have decided to Rn wit
the Democratic party. n you follow m
! shall he very glad. The Democrats hav
certainly shown you that they have n
feeling against you or against your chiefs
lThey have placed at the head of thei
ticket the ALL. Kawananakoa. can fee
for myself that ! am proud OF his being a
the head of the ticket upon which 1 hol,
Ia position.
IF you wish the success OF the tickle
you must work for It, You just all striv,
to see that that ticket Is in the hands o
as many of your countrymen as possible
want to say to you again that while
stand with the Democratic party I am no
one whit less the friend of the Independ
lents. tNot sound of applause met thl!
lstatement)
| Il thank you for the manner in which
Iyou have received me. 1t makes my hear
GLAD to see that the Hawaians before you
on the stage tonight are equally repre-
senting the ticket. Applause)
| >. w. Spencer spoke in Hawaiian.
CAMARA WAS MIXED.
| J. NJ. Camara, on the Representatiy.
ticket for the Fourth District, was the
next speaker. Camara's tongue got mix
ed up sadly with the Republican. and
De mocratic parties, and when he was al
the height of his oratory he shouted that
he would support the Republican platform
and the Democrats on the stage looked
worried. The Major attempted to cover
up his break by explaining how 1t happen
Ell and passed on to other mistakes. lie
said:
1T does me honor to answer to my
name to make few remarks to you, be-
cause / feel 1t to be my duty to announce
what principles stand ON here in order
to secure votes of the Democratic party of
the Fourth District
Il wish in the first place to state to
you that l am entirely in favor of the
Republican party"-(The Republicans in
the back of the house applauded him to
the echo)-"I mean the Democratic party
said the Republican party because have
attended 30 many of their meetings that
II has been upon my mind when l have
listened to the amusing statements they
make. One of them Is that they advance
the cause of the Republicans and a Re-
publican form of government in the Unit
ed States and gave US free franchise
and then ask everybody to become Re-
publcans. You will remember however.
that they wanted to place property
Qualification on our votes in order to vote
for Senators, but 1t was with the help of
a few Democrats that that was knocked
out. l wish further to state that my
principles shall be to oppose the increase
of Territorial taxation. They wish to
bring info the t,tr hi
make 1t retrospective and want to increase
item to such an extent that when we do
(Camara stopped to
scratch his head and some one shouted,
It's In your pocket!' "Out with itv'
shouted another, and some one whispered
from the stage, "city government'D
yes, city government. they will require
taxes to run the city, that many of you
VIII be taxed so heavily that you will not
be able to stand It,
Il have been accused of being a Repre-
on the Democratic ticket simply
be- ause was Portuguese. / brand 1t as
a falsehood and lie. / am Representa-
tive of the Fourth District and shall rep
resent all races alike. 1t seems hard for
me to speak to such an audience, because
am not given to making speeches, and,
Furthermore, English is not my native
tongue. l want to tell you that have
joined the Democratic party because I see
trodden down and l wish to do all / can
for them and the Hawaiians
Ihey have clause in the Republican
platform that no one shall be employed
on public works unless they are bona fide
citizens of this Territory. That clause
simply tries to knock out every man who
through his misfortune Is not able to
read and write in the English and Ha-
waiian languages, and not in position to
become citizen. There are in this City
many who cannot become citizens, not
through their fault, but they throw that
IN their faces and say, you cannot have
job because you are not a citizen or J
voter | want you TO understand that
Sam Parker is one of the principal own
ers of the Metropolitan Meat Market and
Is therefore for trusts why should you
send such man to Congress. He will
Keep prices of meat up on you; II you do !
so you cannot live. You are paying more
oday than before, but your wages are not /
any higher"
FRANK Harvey was the next speaker !
The gestures were all that the reporters
and these were interpreted as
meaning TO catch flies or votes.
MACFARLANE WAS PATHETIC.
Il. C. Macfarlane was next introduced.
lie said:
I'm the limited time allotted to me this
Vening cannot be expected to more than
'efore us. don't see that we need more
ran touch upon national issues at this
ime. We have vital questions concern
ng us which will demand our immediate
ttention and will call forth the best ener-
les of our best men and VIII take their
line and patience to shape the future
curse of the Territory of Hawaii.
IT Is not to be denied that the Hawaii
ms sooner or later win take an impor-
ant part In our political affairs. When
he time comes for them to choose be-
wcen the two great parties II requires no
rephetic foresight to see them ranged In
ht ranks OF the Democratic party. In
ne light of past events 1t is to be expect
1 when II was tho Republican party that
obbed them of their national independ-
nee and stamped out their national ex-
'tence.
II do not wish. my friends. to reopen
Id wounds, nor do wish to revive the
OF those happenings OF the old
avs. The die is cast and every native
hawaiian must be made to understand
nat there can be no hone Of rastorati !