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

~. put IN man who has baar 49,,
w IN the Jeaiousies of the old dava W.
want responsible man to occuny q W.
sponsioie position in this countrv n,
may De that in few short years wa
ay oe taken into the sisterhood of
osates ana be given a place at the scat
"a Ie pest government that has exist-
eu since the world began.
,,o y. Aeni, one of the several native
p,esiuehts. spoke first in Hawaii
a1 anu then In English. His English
ADDRESS was as follows:
a few days ago when | was invited
~ eome 10 this meeting, | hesitated
- ut after que consideration / believe
my uuty TO come to express nv
op pn.Vn. MY view upon the political
" a"ps.'ou IN this country is the view of
epupiican. In reviewing what was
aSy MShlnley, L believe he has
.onuucted the affairs of this country in
the best possible manner 81,
months ago when the great fire came
~ CHINATOWN, and when / was win
me council OF State, a telegram was
reSeiVed from President Mckinley and
veie'e ne mas 1t in his heart 10 helm
al the people of this country. he
Ieee u Is the duty of every Hawaiian
" see that We approve and admire ALI
sne actlons OF President Mckinley dur-
ing the last two or three years In
readlng the newspapers of this town
nnu tnls out. There are two WAYS
the newspapers express an opinion.
am sorry TO say that one of the news
papers OF this town misleads the Ha-
Walians In this government. II will
instead most Of the Hawaiians. but
not mysef. Niughter.) / believe we
should try TO educate the Hawaiians i'm
lhe proper way, because | admit for
myself and | believe for all the Ha-
"alian people, that neither nor they
STOW much about The political affairs
OF the United States 1 ask ALI Won
white people in this audience to try and
leach the Hawaiian the best methods
| really believe the Republican marty
mas done everything in its power for
these Islands, and especially for the
Hawaiians. | thank you for the honor
OF electing me as one of the vice rresi-
dents of this meeting"
Judge Kepoikai followed Mr.. Acbi
In terse. eloquent language. he stated
his position. He said:
why should | not be a Republican,
when | was approached upon my ar
rival In this City few days ago as
to what stand | might take i'm politics
l told them j was Republican, Re-
publican because | know that Repub-
llcan' Congress has given us the right
OF suffrage. / am only sorry to say
that | don't see many Hawaians here
tonight. i am glad to see that there
are newspaper reporters here, though.
that may report what / may say for
myself, and what | propose to do when
| go back to Maui. When | was asked
yesterday what | thought of the Re-
publican party, / told the man who
asked me II was to all intents a dead
party to the Hawaiians; that 1t was the
Democratic party that would take in
the Hawaiians. The Hawaiians sent
their commissioners to the United
states; these came back and misled
the Hawaiians by saying that annex
alton was dead and that restoration
would come. They are still waiting for
that. l believe 1t is best for the Ha-
waiian, people to join hand in hand
and work for the Republican party. 1t
is the party that has annexed the
country and has no doubt brought sta
biiity into this community, and in
time capital will be safely enlisted
There won't be any such things as up
setting the government, and to the
that's enough for me to say to you to-
night
Hon. Sam Parker succeeded Judge
Kepoikai. He said:
II thank you all for the honor you
have conferred upon me by asking me
to sit upon this platform as one OF the
vice presidents, but l don't thank you
for calling me to get up and make a
speech. i am not a speecnmaker, and
more especially after Kepoikai has
been up before me. If / had known
that you were going to make me talk
here | wouldn't have come at all. but
/ can say to you gentlemen tonight
that | am a worker. / am willing to
put my shoulder to the wheel and help
the cause along and will do all in my
power to assist you. (Cries OF You
ler doing that already, Sam!'D We
all know the reason why the Hawaii
ans are not here tonight. We will
have to go slow with them. We must
treat them kindly, and finally you Will
win the day. 1t was only day before
yesterday that 1 put my name to this
Republican platform, as a Republican.
! think 1t was put up job to get me
here tonight and make me make a
speech. But l thank you, Mr.. Chair
man, and all. Aloha"
Il. G. Winston handed up a resolu-
ton which was read by the secretary.
IL provided for placing organization of
the party and the planning OF cam
paign in the hands of a committee OF
twenty-one to be appointed by Chair
man Brown. IL was nicely worded and !
read trippingly on the tongue. The |
scheme suggested seemed simple. Mr.. |
Brown was to name the committee, |
press the button and they would do the /
rest.
j. III. Fisher moved for the adoption /
of the resolution. II might have been 4
adopted. But II wasn't Lorrin An |
drews didn't like it. He said so en- |
phatically and his pointed remarks |
were with L. McCants Stewards the 1
first rays of great white light that !
soon illumined the meeting and made |
pain Its realities to ALL Andrews was
not In front seat. He had taken up a |
modest position half way down the hall \
and he had to raise his voice to be heard /
by the Chairman. He said:
we have all listened with great /
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