The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-30

'oi III the splendid address he bas
"Iade tonight. He has told Won all
about Mr. Mckinley. saw ,,o;A....
I1'S@ ~, l thlhk mister is the greatest
'itle an American citizen can possess
oetter than the title of the Office =
iieid. l was requested to saw a po,a
VI Mf. Mckinley, of my personal 90 |
d"alhtance with him. I cannot COZ,
'hat my relations have been of an =,
innate nature. Many years apo er,.
50" MN at Chicago at the Republican
convention which nominated Harriso,,
lof the first time for the Presfdeno,,
II seems that the Ohio delegation 80
| "hlch Mckinley was a member o.,,o
pledsed for John Sherman for A.
| nomination. Some of them ala
want Mr.. Sherman nominated al
enough believed and still believe
ne was a great and good man So,,a
Vi the delegates conceived the idea of
Sotlhs Tor Mckinley and he came +o
hle upon the platform and said. cWon,+
YOU let me speak and say the de1ae.
'ioh IS out OF order?' l said, Mr. Nc
thAihh So said, Don't
get up and he went back to his seat
ne arose there, and 1 did not know
"hat he was going to say He said
"hlle appreciate the compliment Of
my fellow citizens, 1 am the friend of
John Sherman and want to sea bi,,
nominated. Anything 1 can do to See
MN nominated 1 will do.
Mr Mckinley could have got the
nomination for President that dav.
F Ihere Is no doubt about that. He re-
: IuSeu 10 take it under a sense of an
obligation that he had undertaken to
l stand by John sherman, and he did
, You know his fate.
Il Mr Mckinley was a short. stout
"eli-built man. His head was set
Sqoarely upon broad shoulders. He
mad the nearest classical features of
any man L ever saw. except possibly
EDWIN Booth. l know of no America,
, statesman who had such mastery fea-
t'ires as Mckinley. 1 remember when
ne was chairman of the ways and
means committee to have seen hi,n 90
; out and speak to the newspaper hoys
ana ushers to encourage them tina.
they might be better boys and men.
lie always spoke pleasantly. I heard
him speak many times, and I never
+ saw him make but one gesture. and
lhat was to raise both hands as if to
say, 1 am addressing my people Ia
appealed to the reason of the peopla.
He was assassinated because he
was President of this Republic. You
ana L are the ones that are the cause
OF his assassination, entirely because
, he was our President. He was pur-
/ dered because he was the representa-
| tive of great nation. Yet we perri-
IN this great land of ours, permit men
TO meet and discuss the question of
l dlsposing of the lives, liberty and
property of their fellow citizens. We
permit public journals to speak OF
men with view of inspiring poor. ig-
horant men to assassinate them. Thai
Is the reason for it.
= The time has come when the Deo-
, pie nave got to unite and say their
a rulers snail live, so far as the hand
! OF the assassin is concerned. They
shall not be assassinated. The an.
: archist who raises his hand against
the ruler shall die as ne ought TO
, mink OF man like Mckinley on TIE
- day of his assassination, going to Bur
3 falo, addressing thousands of his fe;-
, low citizens, and then as he is through
: shaking hands with his fellow nitfzans
: ana TINS man shoots him down. twice
and he would have shot him a thir;
time but for the interference of the
= offlcers. There is no safety in Ameri.
= can citizenship in American law: nc
! security by the constitution of the
ohlted states to any man if we permit
, an assassin to murder our ruler The
: time has come, and I am amazed IN
> all that is said, that no remedy is vet
! offered. The American citizens must
! rise as one man, and no matter what
ms name may be, or from whatsoe-re,
nation he may come from, and free the
: land from these men who would as.
: sassInate the rulers of our land These
! men come to our ports and immediate.
9 ! ly start up society with the rec
flag of anarchy side by side with the
: starry flag of the Union. Think OF
= that flag that has been carried from
= yorktown to Appomatox, across the
seas in glory and triumph, think OF
. that being lowered to the red flag ot
: anarchy. Think of us who voted foi
. | Mckinley, or if we did not in these
! Islands we wanted to; think of us be.
, ing afraid that somebody will kill the
= President because he is the President
,, Ard yet this is a great republic This
is a nation that is proud of its heri.
: tage. Why, my friends. the time has
, | come when the voice of wisdom anC
:. ! the voice of freedom and of law an6
l decency, must be heard. The time has
come when the Americans must unite
; to protect the American rulers or
! American soil The time has come
i when we will avenge, not by the cruel.
ty of unjust law. when we will avenge
the death of the great rulers first
Lincoln, then Garfield. and now Nc
: Kinley. Who knows but what already
our Mr.. Roosevelt may have been at
: tackled. We do not know, we are sc
, many thousands of miles away from
l the Mainland and the seat of govern
ment.
Il wish to thank you for the honor
conferred upon me tonight, and to ex-
press to you my hope and prayer that