The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-27
EMPLOYERS AND
EMPLOYEES ONE
CHAIRMAN CRABBE POINTS OUT
WHY ALL BUSINESS INTERESTS
MUST SUPPORT TICKET.

Business men in Honolulu will, in
my judgment" said Chairman Crlbbe,
vote for Prince Kuhio and the Repub-
lican candidates for the Senate and
House. This will be the general trend
of the business vote. Men with iuan-
cial interests at stake whether employ
ers or employees, must decide against a
repetition of such territorial legislation
as was experienced nearly two years
ago and the lack of legislation that has
been experienced through the inarition
and incompetency of our present Dele
gate to Congress, r. w. Wilcox.
Up to the present time this Terri
tory of the United States has received
no financial aid from the Federal gov
eminent When business men realized,
to the extent that they were forced to
action, the absolute need for national
Legislation on behalf of this Territory,
they were compelled to select somebody
from among themselves and send him
to Washington at their own expense.
Even now arrangements are being
made to undertake similar individual
work during the short session of Con-
gress that will begin next December.
With a Republican Delegate from Ha-
wall, working in harmony with a Re-
publican administration and Republic
can congressman, the need for such
WOIR would not exist.
Wise local legislation is equally i'm
perative as contributory to National
aid. Foolish expenditures, injudicious
taxation, and jesting with law making
in this Territory become Immediately
and directly harmful to every citizen.
To avoid any possible conflict of in
/ terests a Republican Delegate to Con-
gress should be supported by a Repub-
! lican legislature at home. Then both
can work in the utmost harmony. The
hands of the Delegate can be strength
ened by the endorsements of our local
| Legislators who are right at home and
who, necessarily, know our needs inn
mediately that they arise. \ straight
/ Republican ticket vote is essential if
= we are to secure the best results for
the Territory, for its progress and for
/ it's people.
Il recollect reading an interview
with one of the leaders of the Democra-
tic party in this city, in which the
statement was made that Democrats
and Republicans could no more mix
than oil and water. Col. Cornwell, to
whom the remark was attributed, must
have forgotten the depth and intensity
of the harmony that existed in 1896
and again in 1900, between the two
great parties when business prosperity
and business interests were threaten
ed by the unwise financial legislation
promulgated by William j. Bryan. For
months the leaders of the two parties
worked together directing battles that
TWICE resulted in the defeat of the eff
forts made to minimize the gold stan
dard of commerce.
In the same way business interes- !
should be united in Hawaii. What
ever threatens anyone of the various
enterprises, here, will, directly or indi-
rectly, menace the prosperity of others
This Territory of the United States
stands alone in this respect. In Other
sections of the country there are diver
sifed interests some of which will al
ways prosper. Here, activity in trade
and commerce, whether wholesale OIL
retail, is dependent upon it's one staple
If this is checked In its prosperity
then we all suffer-Democrats, Home
Rulers and Republicans alike. For
this reason the Republican party, with
confidence, solicits the support of all
doubtful and independent voters foI
the straight Republican ticket"