The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-07
where the hundreds in the procession
added their numbers to the crowds
awaiting the beginning of the ratifica-
ton meeting.
AT THE DRILL SHED.
Many Speakers Telk Republication
to q Tremendous Crowd.

| When Chairman G.. w. Smith called
the meeting to order every seat wa:
filled, and the throng stretched from
the stage back to the door, covered the
ground in front of the shed, an6
| blocked Hotel street. Conspicuous
among the audience We're ladies whose
! presence lent grace and refinement tc
the gathering and made it indeed rep
resentative of the American peop.e and
the Republican party-the party of the
home. Berger's band interspersed the
speeches with martial music. On the
stage were the vice presidents. These
as invited, were:
p. c. Jones, ]. w. Jones, C. NJ.
Cooke, C. w. Zeigler, j, b. Atherton,
]. A. Gilman, Professor Hosmer, II. e,
Cooper, j. A. McCandless, w. w. Hall,
e. o. White, Andrew Brown, j. l.. Kau-
lukou. NJ. Costa, Clarence NJ. White,
X. r. G. Wallace, j. C. Quincy, Will
liam Mulch, S. NJ. Damon, Cecil
Brown, Il. F. Lansing. George D..
Gear, Alex. Robertson, George Carter,
M. X. Nakuina, M. A. Gonsalves. Il. s.
Boyd, ]. l.. Holt, S. NJ. Kanakanui, j.
w. Keiki, Isaac Sherwood, A. S. Ma
haulu, James McInerny, s. p. Fabian,
James Davis, Paul Neumann, George
Davis, George McCloud, ]. A. Magoon,
S. NJ. Ballou, ]. ID. McVeigh, j. A.
Gonsalves, John Lane, George Smith
les, John M. Kea, Peter Naluai, Gus
Rose, Robert Parker, Charles Chilling
worth, A. NJ. Brown, j. w. Pratt. Ste
phen Mahaulu. NJ. p. Hopkins. Frank
L. Hoogs. c. l.. X. Hopkins, W. G.
Smith. e. S. Gill, ]. Nakunalae, c. II.
Rose. Smith, e. II. Naoho, James l..
Aholo, Il. b. Murray, F. j. Berry, w. A.
Henshall. Vida Thrum. Henry Giles.
Charles Crane, r. A. Dexter. Il. S. Gun
ma, W. w. Goodale, George Weight.
William Haywood, j. w. Cathcart, a.
T. Atkinson, Daniel Logan, Paul Isen-
beyg, Fred Smith, George Dennison,
n. Paxton, C. w. r. King IL. C. Aus
tin, Il. =. Dole, j. A. McCandless. Ar
chic Gi!fillan, Gerrit =. Wilder, Charles
Wight. Charles Motley Jr., II, ID. Ten
ney, Charles Anterior, w. Chung Hoon,
william Lucas, Frank Vida, William
Wagner, John Mott, j. l.. Mclean,
John McLain, Joseph Mcclure, William
Larsen. j. ii. Soper, G.. w. *. Rath-
bone. Frank Pahla, A. Ku, Il. p. Ailsue,
William Henry.
Chairman Smith in introducing the
first speaker said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Al this. first
regular Republican ratification mSetlng
held In the Hawaiian Islands-the Terri
tory OF Hawa'I-we have gathered here
to welcome our delegates who have just
returned from the Philadelphia eonyen-
ton From their own lips they viii toll
you how they were received In the United
States take pleasure In Introducing TO
you Colonel Samuel Parker, chairman OF
the Republicans delegation.
sAM PARKER's spEErH
Colonel Parker said
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Citizens ana My
Fellow Democrats, here before me (pOnt-
Ing 10 Prince David, W II, c0rnwell and
u, 49, Mechanism, who occupied seats IN
the bald head T0Rli ON behalf " my
comrades I want % thank You for this
honor Although our report II not ready
90 bring before you this evening ! Viii DO
my hesi 90 let you know Nhai We have
dfre. Just Two months ago W. Ion our
hfauilful Hawaiian shores and crossed
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