The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-01
WILL KEEP
Up CRUSADE
"A Noted Speaker Will
Assist W. c. 7. u.
HELEN COUGAR ARRIVES
Stumped the Middle and Western
States for Bryan in the
Campaign.

~ HE ranks of the temperance adVo-
Gates were swelled yesterday by
the arrival of Helen Cougar, the
prohibition advocate, whose WORK
lin that line has been a matter of pup
lie note for the last quarter OF cen
fury Mrs. Cougar is accompanied by
her husband, who is a prominent at
torney of Lafayette, Indiana. They are
making one of their annual sight-see-
ing trips, which in the present instance
will extend to New Zealand and Aus
|traIia. They will remain in Honolulu
for about three weeks and resume their
voyage for the Colonies on the down
trip Of the Sierra this month. They
will return to the United States next
May.
Mrs. Cougar is noted for her platform
loratory on the prohibition question ana
she has also keen relish for matters
political. For several years she mas
been a prominent figure in the affairs
! of the nation and has always been IN
| TIE foremost rank of public speakers.
She has always sided with the Prohlbl-
/ ton party and four years ago threw
| in her lot with the Silver party. she
stunned several of the middle states
for Bryan in 1896 When the Silver
| convention met in St Louis in july
1896, Mrs. Cougar was prominent In the
debates which resulted in the Silver
party meeting while the Populist party
Twas temporizirg over the selection o.
a running mate~for Bryan. She advo-
! Gated the selection of Sewall for the
vice presidency and made tight on
Watson, who was ultimately chosen by
the Populists for the second place on
the Democrat Silver-Populist ticket.
| An Advertiser reporter was granted
Ian interview with the distinguished ad-
1vocate of .swoman's rights yesterday at
1.-THE Hawaiian Hotel. She called the at
Itention of the reporter to the events
lof the Silver convention and said that
from that date she had been unswerv-
lingly faithful to the party of silver and
Bryan.
During the last campaign Mr.. Bryan
asked me to go on the stump for him
lin the middle and western states. l
did so and met with enthusiasm every
, where However, toward the end OF
, the campaign 1 became convinced that
Bryan was on the losing side and sc
wrote him the Saturday previous to the
, ELECTION. The money of the Republicans
was scattered broadcast in just the
very states which Bryan hoped to car
, Try and that was in itself, sufficient to
give the election to Mckinley. Fol-
seven weeks / labored for Bryan
speaking night and day.
Gin the future / do not intend to dc
so much public speaking as in the past
but will confine myself to writing more
than I have done. My purpose now is
to carry on the work Of prohibition ane
woman's suffrage, which is now assum
s ling such marvellous proportions l have
been on the public speaking rostrun
s for twenty-eight years and suppose IL
s that time 1 have done as much public
I speaking as any one woman has eve
s attempted in that time.
81 intend to remain in Honolulu AM
{ the Islands for about three weeks
I While here, If it is the desire of tn
{ w. G. T. u. and other suffrage organi
; cations that / should speak upon tn
3 |subject, I am willing to place my ser
; lvices at their disposal l shall have
3 few days in Honolulu which can BE- de
3 voted to this work. The balance of on
3 time will be spent in visiting the othe
3 IIslands-all of them if possible.
3 Yes, this is my first trip to the Pa
5 ciffc Islands. We have always trav
: Ieled in the East-Egypt, Turkey, tn
s IContinent, the Holy Land-and decide
& this time to learn more of the west
( lern world and the Pacific Islands. Ho
! lnolulu is certainly a beautiful place an
) lat times reminds me of scenes in Cair
I and Havana"