Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-01
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN
SESSION
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who eats bread otherwise is violating
| Gods command God Almighty never
made a law that was not meant tOI
/ bless His creatures. What world
| this would be if every man followed
| the principles Of the Holy Bible. inI
politics and everything. If you want
TO learn financial principles. read the
! Parable Of the Talents. n you would
| be strong TO bear your own burdens.
! bear We one anOther's burdens Truth
! Justice hCnot-bring these principles
| into the Republican party The Re.
publican party was formed on these
principles.
am afraid will turn this into a ser
mon If ! Keep on. desire to say that
! want you to give mo all the truth you
eau about these Islands. don't want
you to tell Ine lie. want to know
all about the people, their conditions
and neCessitics-a the people.
Tor there IL no difference be.
people, for there Is no difference be.
tween the Anglo-SaXon and the Ha.
waiian. II you want protection for
any OF your industries, tell us. II you
want anything done for your harbors.
come and tell us. You know what the
Islands need and wo want to know II
from you. We are not here as repre-.
senting any party, faction or clique.
Tell us what you want done and We
will try and have II done.
Now ! thank you all for the great
kindness shown by everybody TO my.
self and my wife since coming to these
beautiful Islands, tApplause.)
Mr.. THuRsToN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Thurstou began speaking with
difficulty Of utterance, saying: You see
what the climate has done for my voice
and | would find It very difficult to
speak TO you today II l had the desire
am very glad indeed to meet you here
IN convention assembled, and sincere
ly hope that the action of this Conyen-
ton will be such as to command the
support Of the people of these Islands
and that your nominee may come to
there secure all that Is for your best
interests which the Congress Is ready
TO give. | am very glad TO meet tho
people here. think never looked OUT
on any fined audience upon the Main.
land than looked out on last Saturday
evening. | was glad OF the privilege
Of speaking 10 you there. would he
glad If could speak to YOU today. but
DO not think there is any chance of
making any converts in this cOnvcn
ton. Gaughtcr)
You are here to work and TO perform
duty that tho people OF your party
have charged you with, and | am here
tor the purpose of rendering you my
sincere thanks for all your kindness
and my best wishes for your success in
the convention and at the polls. !
heartily agree with what Senator Bur
ton has told you about political meth
DDS. ! never knew any COOL TO come
from a campaign carried on upon per-
sonRl grounds. You should adopt no
Iother than the highest, faircst and most
honest way. II there are no more i'm.
portant issues than those that concern
men, there IL no object In having q
party. Without the principles that
underlie the happiness aud prosperity
of the people, we might just as web
dissolve our government.
The success OF a great party depends
on the advocacy Of great principles
There Is one other thought that | ex.
pressed the other evening and that is
that politifaI yu,raga 10 amor, cI Va. ha,.-
monious action Of the different people
who compose a political party. Every
man in becoming a member OF q grca'
political organization must sufTende!
10 great oxteut his own wishes anl
prejudiCes and he ready on all occa
siOns 10 submit TO the desires and judg
ment of his party, Aud wh"r" Il is
necessary 10 have contests IA party
they should all he fought ont before III,
convention mas assembled 40 PARTY car
AFFORD to leave the hall wh"r, 4 ruuv,u
ton IL assembled without loyalty {,
the party. When your COW entlOu hal
nominated its candidates hope and
believe that its actions Till express tn,
will of the whole people. ard that yOl
Will all so out of this convention stand
ing by the principles OF you. party an,
loyalty supporting its nominees.
! thank you again for yo4r kindness
and hope that when We get return
from Hawaii we will find that the PEG
pie here have placed themselves in lin,
with the great Republican party of tn,
United states which stands for tn
progress and prosperity OF the Nation
Great applause)
Nj. kaulukou in Hawaiian eloquent
ly proposed that the convention b,
rising express its sense OF the grea
honor conferred on II by the presenc
and addresses OF the distinguish,
statesmen from the Mainland
The convention rose in body an,
gave three cheers for Messrs. Burto
and Thurston, II being l2:3O. tn
convention adjourned till . O'Clock.