The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-12
Hundreds March
In Honor of
Victory.
Party Unity and Har-
mony the Themes of
the Speakers.

~ TRIUMPHANT Republicanism re-
1oiced in its latest success last
- evening and in marching columns.
jubilant speeches and shouts OF ap-
pIause gave vitality to the feeling OF
JOY which speeded the past campaign
and welcomed the coming one.
Throughout the speeches of the repre-
sentative men there rang one note clear
and strong. unity OF party. organized
effort, progress and prosperity for the
people.
Early In the evening there began to
gather at the Opera House and in the
Judiciary building grounds the advance
guard of the hundreds who later ap-
peared in the procession. which herald
I'd through the streets the victorious
contingent of the citizenship. The men
who had won the victory. the rank and
file and the leader alike. the humblest
voter and the foremost worker as well.
shouldered each other in the throng
which allied the square and listened to
the strains OF patriotic and popular
music while waiting for the moving OF
the procession of the conquerers- There
were not less than six hundred people
about when the appearance OF Grand
Marshal w. II. Hoogs gave the signal
for the formation OF the parade.
There was no especial precinct repre-
scented In the gathering. The Fourth.
by reason of its proximity to the point
OF rendezvous. was perhaps more large
~ in evidence. but there were men
from all over the city. from other than
the district in which the fight was
made. all in line for the purpose of
showing their belief that what had been
done was a subject for congratulation.
and that Il was to- be made only the
precursor Of greater victories in the
future. After waiting for some time,
the procession was organized. and NOV
ed away over its route OF march. At
its head were the marshal and mounted
police. The band followed. and then
came the workers who had made the
victory possible.
In column marched Committeeman
Wilcox. Andrews. Wright and Kea.
Senators Crabbe. Coney. Kikaha. VIII
son Johnson. Chairman Robertson and
Daniel Logan. Representative-elect
Harris. with Territorial Chairman
Kennedy and District Chairman Gear
Oh either side. and several other party
workers. while behind them came
body OF marchers. headed by Joseph
Mendonca, carrying torches and enliv-
enIng the march with cheers. The COL
umn was not one which was marching
for effect purely. for it was made up
OF wide files. which often contained
eight and ten men. until there was
crowded into the line OF some two
blocks in length more than 400 march
ing men. while the usual small boy con-
tingent filed the space to the sidewalk
The line of march was down King to
Fort. to Hotel. to Alakea, to Emma
square. where the meeting was held.
Before the strains Of music marked
the coming OF the procession the square
was filed. There was room for the
crowd OF men to get into the circle of
the influence of the voices of the speak
ers true. but when this had been ac-
compIished there was in the historic
square a crowd which was larger than
any that has filed its spaces within
decade II was a crowd with enthusi-
asm, too. for IL began To cheer when
the men who had made the fight es-
corted the winner into the stand. and
all through the evening there were
cheers and applause whenever the
periods OF the speaker touched the pop
uIar chords OF harmony. unity and
progress
the men and women filled the bench
o. and the open space in front when
Representative 4. c.. NJ. Robertson
called for order and said that since
the last gathering in the square the
ballots had been cast and counted and
n most glorious victory recorded for the
party. The result. he said. had de-
reconstructed that the rank and file Of
the party was always ready To rise
above factional feeling and jealousy.
and nut their shoulders together for the
gIory OF the party and the success OF
its candidates. It demonstrated. also.
~ said. that there was in the Territory