The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-29
PRINCE KUHIO AROOSES
HIS PEOPLES ENTHUSIASM

to the people since he became their So
called leader? Nothing He led the
people in many rebellions and failed,
yes. failed utterly. In 1895 he led some
Hawaiians and myself to fight against
the Republic of Hawaii and the cense-
quence was that myself and many other
Hawaiians were imprisoned Wilcox
says don't send kid, (myself) to Con-
gress, because he has no education.
was educated abroad ands travelled
abroad and gained experience Wilcox
was also educated abroad but what has
he done? He led the people astray,
many were imprisoned and some were
killed. Did I do that ? No. Aloha"
Other speakers were Carlos Long, L.
l.. McCandless, Frank Andrade; who
spoke in English. Hawaiian and Por-
tuguese. and S. F. Chillingworth.
IRoNwoRkERs CHEER PRINCE.
Ironworkers. to the number of several
hundred, cheered Prince Kuhio until the
great machine shop at the Honolulu
Iron Works rang with the shouts of
approval. 1t was the noon meeting of
the Republican district committee, and
the effect upon the skilled workmen
of the shops was to arouse such en-
thusiasm that a most hopeful view of
the situation there is now taken by the
members of the committee who have
been keeping in touch with affairs of
the district.
When the machines had stopped and
the more than one hundred men in the
shop had eaten a hasty meal, Robert
n. Boyd called the meeting to order
and introduced Prince Kuhio as the
speaker of the day. The Prince made
himself at home at once among the
workers, and talked for nearly the en-
tire remaining three quarters of an
hour to the men who seated about on
the great pieces of machinery which
cover the floor, and which are swing
ing in the lathes, listened with eager
ness. The Prince began with an ex-
PLANTATION of the attitude of the Home
Rule party to the people and the fact
that there is not a man in the ranks
who may even lift his voice, but instead
they must follow where Wilcox leads
without being permitted to question.
Turning to the campaign of oppro-
brium which is being waged he said il
was in very bad taste for Wilcox to
throw mud at haoles as his own father
was a man from the United States anS
one highly respected in the community.
This was indicative of the lengths to
which a man would go in his search for
votes, that he would blacken the race
from which he sprung. Again he said
there were no other Hawaiians in Con-
gress, but Wilcox, and it was impossi-
BILE that such tactics will make for him
friends who will assist in passing bills
for the good of the Territory of Ha-
wall.
There are but two parties in the
United States, he declared, and it
stands to reason that a man who seeks
to secure legislation from among a
Congress made up of nearly five hun
dred men, must have friends, and these
must be found in the ranks of the
party to which the member himself be-
longs. Speaking in English to the for
eigners present he said that he would
not attempt to talk of the ethics of
party lines to those who had been MEM
bers of the great parties in the United
States but he would appeal to them to
weigh we'll the conditions and then de-
eide whether or not it was wise to sup
pose that more good would result from
the sending to Washington of a MEM
Der of the dominant party. He said
he would not attempt to say that he
could do everything that was neces-
sary, but his life had been one full of
trying and he would rive to the task
the best effort, and would endeavor
honestly to do all that was proper for
the Territory and the people.
w. c. Roe interrupted the Prince to
call for cheers for him at one state
ment which was most apropos, and
when the leader concluded there were
cheers from every side. There was
only one man who left the shop during
the speaking ana he announced to sew
eral in passing that he was a Home
Ruler and could not listen any longer
or he might not remain one.
RIVER MEN LISTEN.
Immediately upon the conclusion of
the meeting at the Iron Works prince
Kuhio and others drove to River and
Beretania street and there found more
than a hundred men waiting to greet
them Prince Kuhio was the principal
speaker and he went at his work in
the same energetic way that he began
his days labors. He said that he did
not want to try and carry men by SEN
timent alone but wanted them to reason
and weigh carefully all the conditions
which obtain at the present time and
to see what they must do for the best
good of the Territory and themselves.
He pointed to the do nothing policy
of\the Home Rulers and said that they
had betrayed the people and it was now
| the duty of the citizens to give
| chance to the Republicans who have
offered Straightforward platform and
who will carry out ali the plans for
which they have worked. There was a
great deal of enthusiasm shown for the
Prince and ha was cheered repeatedly