The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-07
there was much applause. He said in

there was much applause. He said in
part:
Every citizen OF this Territory
knows that to make this country hap
Ply and prosperous we must have good
government and just legislation. The
Republican platform is the platform OF
Il party which believes in and stands
for good government, and everybody
should vote the Republican ticket.
The Home Rule party could have
passed the loan bill at the last session
of the Legislature if they had really
wanted to. But il failed 10 do so. What
is the result? Everybody is suffering
the consequences today, especially the
working man. The Home Rulers have
failed to keep faith.
]. NJ. Sims said he had been a Demo-
orat and had come out against Dreier
because the latter employed japanese
and other alien labor.
Lorrin Andrews said that the Home
Rule party had broken faith with the
voters and could not be trusted to do
anything else in the future. He con-
tinued:
The Home Rule party calls itself
the Home Rule Republican party. and
it co-operates with the Democratic
party. Is that sincere? If they pre-
tend to lean toward the Republican
party. why don't they join forces
with the Republican party, instead of
calling themselves Republicans while
they join forces with the Democrats?
Then again. can we believe the Home
Rulers now. after they have proved
themselves insincere after the last cleo
tion?"
The meeting was closed by Represen-
tative Jonah Kumulae. who spoke point
eddy of the duty of the people to them
selves which could be best served by
a vote for Harris.
HOME RULERS GATHER.
The Home Rulers opened their cam
paign at the Fish Market Saturday af-
ternoOn at o'clock, choosing that time
because the market generally has
large number of shoppers at that hour.
Kaulia started the campaign with his
old cry of XIII the snakes" and
speeches were made by PaIua Kaulia,
John Wise, Puiki, Poepoe and others.
Dreier formed the principal topic OF
all the speeches. Palua wanted the
people to vote for Dreier, but naively
said: Don't ask who Dreier is or what
his principles are. II is entirely unnec-
essary. He is a candidate of the Home
Rule party on the Home Rule platform.
That is all that is necessary. Don't let
yourselves be inveighed by the devil
when you go to the polls on the ninth"
KauIia thought with Dreier in the
Legislature the Hawaiians could all
live without work. He said: 1T was
the Republicans who defeated my bill
which provided for the licensing of
gambling What was the result? They
have thereby deprived many man Of
his livelihood and ruined many of the
natives Before this native man
could go down with 80 cents or so and
after gambling for little while he
could come here to the Fish Market
and buy lots of good things. The Re-
publican party and Dole, as the head
of the party. are responsible for that"
John Wise spoke as a man who had
shaken the hand of. Roosevelt. He
said: Republicans are trying to take
away from you Your rights. Their
work is that of a snake. l tell you
the day is coming when We viii dictate
to those Republicans what we want
done because we are going to win out
in the end
Puiki wanted the Hawaiians to stand
firm against possible bribery on the
part of the Republicans, and Poepoe
said: II am not a Home Ruler, and not
a Republican. nor a Democrat" He
failed to specify what his political lean
ings were and no one was inquisitive.
He asked the people to vote for Dreier
because he represented the sugar plan
tiers. The Home Rulers have six or sew
Ell meetings scheduled for this evening.