The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-20

VI nearly lnree nourS an audi
ence which more than half filed the
seating capacity of the orpheum on
Saturday evening listened to and
-cheered for Republican doctrines and
candidates, and laughed at and jeered
references to Wilcoxism. 1t was the
eliminating meeting of the first weeks
active campaign OF the Young Mems
Republican Club, and the result was
most gratifying to those who managed
and spoke.
After music and the calling to order
of the meeting by President Andrews
of the club, Senator George R. Carter
was presented to discuss the platform
of the Republican party. he having
been one of the men who framed the
document Senator Carter began by
referring. in words of the strongest
praise, to Roosevelt, as the man, states
man and President, showing his free
dom from influence, his championship
of the cause of the people, as shown
in his action against trusts, and his
wide knowledge of the wants and needs
of the people of the country The
planks bearing upon good roads, edu-
cation, a tax commissioner, the fire
claims, and public improvements were
laid before the people in the light in
which they were framed by the COM
mittee.
The fact that when ex-Queen Liliuo-
kalani's claim was before the Sena-
torial Commission not a single person
but urged settlement was urged as an
indirect endorsement of the Republi-
can statement on the matter of recon-
pensing her. Turning to the liquor
declaration it was shown that the
Home Rule plan for dispensaries was
impractical AS to city and county
government, Senator Carter said It
would be step in advance, and this
must be the aim of the people all the
time. That it will be a panacea for all
the ills of the perez can hardly be
expected, for the views of the people
are not fixed on any one point. IN
fact, to be successful the plan must
have back of it people who will do
more than is expected of them. In
one community, he said, he found that
the people were of the belief that they
could go on and pass appropriations as
they wished, and that Honolulu would
provide the means for the payment of
the bills The commission now at
work, he said, would have bills ready
to present as soon as the legislature
meets.
On the question of the lepers Sena-
tor Carter spoke strongly. He said
that the unfortunate were sent to Mo-
lokai for the good of those who remain,
and not for their own benefit. The
charges of Wilcox, he said, were SIM
ply amusing. He was one of the COM
mittee that went there to investigate.
1t had been charged that the board of
health made $4,000 year out of the
store. But when that came to. be in
vestigated it was seen that the goods
for that store cost, in the same year,
SIT, 1000. The store was too small to
have many thousand dollars worth of
goods in stock, and consequently the
goods must have been sold at a loss.
In fact, on inquiring prices he found
staples sold to the lepers more cheaply
than they could be bought in stores in
this city, yet they were of the best
brands.
In closing Senator Carter said there
had appeared time when the outlook
for the territory was not good, as there
seemed a chance that race prejudice
would likely make it impossible for
the people to become united. But a
young man had come to the front, and
had worked for the enlightenment of
the people and they have heard his
voice and are looking into the future
with hope. The man has a mission,
and it appears to be to uplift the peo-
pie of the islands, and wherever
Prince Kuhio goes the people flock to
hear him, and they will choose him as
their leader. He said as to the fear
of the election it was entirely to the
foreigners who think they may secure
success by splitting their tickets. He
urged every man who votes to cast a
straight ticket, so that he may have
the knowledge that he will be sending
men to the legislature who will stick
together for the right.
Jonah Kumalae, introduced as a
man who made a success of his fight
in the last legislature, spoke in Hawaii
an and was greeted by cheers all the