The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-03
WILCOX AS
The TAL.KER
NOT WORKER
Republicans Give
Pauoa Voters
Facts.
MANY SPEAKERS
SHOW CONDITIONS
Appeal to Citizens to Uphold the
Party Which Can Keep
Its Promises.

Republicanism, competent to fulfil its
promises and ready to give the people
what they need, was the theme of every
speaker who addressed a body of citi-
evening in Pauoa valley. 1t was,
despite the rainstorm, gathering of
the voters and their families which met
the delegates of the third precinct at
luau at Mana's residence, and after
feast the guests We're treated to some
of the very finest oratory.
The luau was down for the early
evening and invitations had been sent
to every one of the voters who support
ed the Republican candidates for the
Territorial and district conventions.
The meeting was arranged SO that these
representatives of the people might
meet their constituents and present TO
them the men that had been selected
and thus make report upon their
work during the various preliminary
stages of the campaign. There was
enthusiasm with which the speakers
were greeted and the feeling aroused
when the orators breathed the purest
Republicanism. showed that the hearts
of the people We're right
At great tables spread under the
pavilion were assembled the more than
four hundred guests of the evening.
And before them were spread all the
delicacies of the season and right heart
lily did they enjoy the feast. The rains
without simply added to the comfort of
those who had come, though there We're
scores who could not secure seats at the
tables and they formed human fringe
about the boards, and added to the pic
turesqueness of the scene. Tt leaved
cooked fish and flesh, with all the
accessories of the luau. were placed be-
fore the guests and they did ample and
complimentary justice to ALL 1t was
when the eating was over that Robert
N. Boyd gave the signal for the feast
of reason.
Mr., Boyd said that the delegates to
TO meet them and see and hear the
candidates who had been selected to
represent the Republican party He
spoke in feeling words of the absent
Prince who heads the ticket, and asked
that every one of the many present
support his candidacy, setting forth the
work of the Prince for the uplifting of
Hawaiians, and telling how he was
journeying about the islands that his
people might see what he aimed to ac-
complish for their good. He then took
up the candidates and named each of
them, and called the attention of the
people to what they had done in the
past and why they should be trusted
in the future to do for their good.
Paul Isenberg was the first candidate
called out to address the people, and
he was given a hearty reception. He
spoke of the fact that in introducing
him Mr.. Boyd had said that he was
the son of one who had stood by the
Hawaiian people as against annexa-
ton. He said that this was the fact,
but that his father seeing that the A
fnerican flag had come to stay was
now cne of the the strongest in favor
of the development of the country into
a strong American State. and this
could best be done by the upbuilding
of the Territory. He said that the Re
publican party had been put before the
people as the one which would take
from them the franchise which they
now possessed. He said that the Re-
publican party was one that believed
in the rights of men, and that never
had Il taken from man the right
which he had been given but rather
gave him greater freedom of action.
He referred to the action of the last
legislature of which he was a member,
that of 1898, and showed that it had
stood always for the rights of the peo
pie. looking after their food and their
well being, and said that if the Repub
Hcans were given chance they would