Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-09
ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
REPUBLICANS HOLD A
BIG MASS MEETING
Best Speakers Of Party Air Their
Views Stewart Sends Some
Hot Shot Natives ES-
pOuSe Cause,

BY far the most enthusiastic Repub-
lican meeting of the whole campai On
was held in Emma Square last night.
At conservative estimate, there we're
at least five hundred people present
Among the number was large show
ing Of Home Rulers. including David
Kanuha. Home Rule senator.
The square was surrounded by
torches and the band stand where the
speakers were, was brilliantly lighted
with incandescent lamps.
II was close to o'clock before the
evenings program was started, band
Of native musicians playing a selec.
ton of Hawaiian music.
a. G.. VI. Robertson. chairman OF the
meeting, after announcing the purpose
Of the gathering, introduced Judge A.
n. Kepoikai of Maui. The judge re-
ferred to the Home Rule party as being
one which was dwelling on the past
and not looking toward the future well
fare Of the Islands. lie pointed out
the advantages which all Hawaiiaus
would gain by becoming staunch sup
porters OF the Republican party.
The Home Rule party would never Un
recognized. Even Delegate Wilcox had
found II necessary to tack on the wort
Republican" to Home Rule" WheU
he returned from Washington. -uis
was the only way he could possibly Sc
cure any benefits for the people OF Ha-
wall.
Judge Kepoikai called on all HaTa-
iians to vote the Republican ticket It
had been asked what good the Repu5-
licans had done. Here was one thing
The Republicans had been the only
ones to push the fire claims matter and
from within the body Of the principal
Republican business men of the city
was to be sent forth a mani. G. Pratt
to put the matter before the Federal
authorities.
The next speaker was r. MCCaats
Stewart and for good sound reasoning.
no better speech has been made on the
stump here since the changed Couji-
lions.
The Home ule-Democratic Coudi-
date came in for severe arraignmeut
although the speaker never for one tu-
slant INDUCED in personalities. He
said that n"eIer was a man who could
not, If olCc,i1, occupy a seat In the
| lUi : In tttH. tintr TNpai.r M nj
nothing other than throwing lTiy
votes.
Even should the German candidate
of the Home ule-DemoCratic COlleC-
tlOn OF voters succeed in getting iutO
the Legislature he would be in most
on one side the voice OF the Democrats
and on the other, the voice Of the Home
Rulers and would in fact. become mix
ed in his dates as to which was his
mother.
Mr.. Stewart, like Mr.. Robertson In
his Introductory remarks. dealt the pa
per which tried to hatch up faction
al fight, a very severe blow. and said In
loud voice that the time had come for
Cementing together of all the forces
to fight the common enemy.
The speaker dwelt also on the acCu-
5ation made that the Republican party
was the party which drew the color
line. There were certainly a few IN
the party who drew the color line but
they were so few that they did not
count at all. When such men as BlId-
win would clasp the hand of KepoiklI
in all earnestness and Robertson would
confer with Wilson on party issues and
work side by side, there was not muCh
danger of color line being drawn.
The remarks of Mr.. Stewart we're
very ably translated by w. J. C0elhO.
VIM. Aylett, Kekauoha, John c.
Lane and John Mana were the native
speakers and as In the case OF the great
majority of Hawaiians. their ora oIy
was most excellent. Mr.. Lane Gwsit
somewhat on Senator Kalauokaiaui,
stating that he was leading the natives
to the poor house. Mr.. Aylett told OF
what the Home Rulers had not done IN
the Legislature and John Mana, one OF
the former staunch supporters Of the
Home Rule party, told Of how he had
been disguised by the failure OF this
party to fulfill SINCE one CT ita
pledges. The speech of Kekauoha was
full of fire. lie too had been a Home
Ruler once but he had seen no beAehis
as the outcome Of the work % that
party.
w. w, Harris was loudly applauGcd
when he took the stand. He spoke Ct
the Republican party as representing
good government and good leglsln-
ton.
The last speaker was James Simms.
one of the Democrats who Is against
the action taken by certain clique of
his party, was the last speake' OF the
evening.