Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-14
Republicans At
PEARL CITY
By the Hundreds

were cries of moi" MOI" He then
took up the question of the effect the
transfer of the Settlement to the Fed
eral Government would have The lep-
ers from the Mainland and the Philip.
pines would be sent here and after a |
years time they would become voters.
What would happen? Their numbers |
would be in excess of those of the |
voters of the Territory in all other
parts and they would control the sit. |
uation.
great cry had been made by vii.
cox that proper medical treatment
was not being given the lepers and
that the only way to get this was by
giving control into the hands of the
Federal Government. The speaker
said he wished to say that the local
authorities could get men to come
here to study the leper question and
to do something for the poor unfortu-
mates of the Settlement. II would only
/ be necessary for the Legislature to act.
with reference to the rotten salmon
charge which was spreading broad.
cast. the speaker said that this could
easily be refuted by reference to the
lepers themselves. The charge was
only bait to catch votes.
Chinaman on Ticket.
| The Prince next dwelt on the mat
ter of the Home Rulers running a Chi
naman on their ticket. A Chinaman
| u,o, tba not oyareInp Of tho Amarica N,
people and yet the Home Rulers had
insisted on putting one on the ticket.
II was a direct insult to the Hawaiian
people. for 1t simply implied that, not
being able to find a native capable Of
running for the Legislature. China
man had been chosen in his stead.
The speaker next told story about
q certain negro who wished to become
white. He procured soap and a scrub
brush and began work. He scrubbed
, and scrubbed and finally died scrub
bling. With Wilcox in Washington, ev-
erybody in the Territory would be
dead before anything was accomplish
} ed for the good of the country. The
Home Rulers had been tried once and
found wanting. II was time that the
Republican party should be given a
chance to show what II could do.
Makekau Causes Merriment.
J The next speaker was Representa-
tive Makekau, one of the Home Rule
Representatives at the last Legisla-
ture. He showed up the native party
in great shape, juggled with the men
who went in as Home Rulers and then
, pulled them off the tree as barren
: fruit.
Particular reference was made to
r the unjust actions of the Home Rulers
in the House. led on by Mossman, the
2 prince of DIRECTORS to anything Repub
, lican. The representatives OF the Re
publican party were not given a sin
! gle chance. Finally one of them came
to him and asked him to introduce a
gas bill He had referred him to
: Mossman, suggesting that he use lit
tie persuasion" He himself would
Y second the measure. In few days
! Mossman said he had little bill to
e introduce and when he read II, 10 and
4 behold. it was the gas bill. The prince
+ OF directors had introduced a Repub
n licar measure.
5 Makekau dwelt on the reasons why
e the people should vote for the Prince
s He was a man among them, a true
o born son of the soil, an ali and, like
the aliis of old would work for the
e benefit of the people. In dealing will
4 the leper question, the speaker asked
n Have we not enough lepers here
without acquiring more?"
/. Throughout his whole speech of 1
o very few minutes Mr.. Makekau made
witty remarks and poked good-natureC
fun at the Home Rulers, causing grea
Il merriment. The audience was KEEP
n laughing continually.
e lsenberg Advises.
o d. p. r. lsenberg advised all pres
d, ent to vote the Republican ticket from
d top to bottom, as that was the onl.
IS way any good could be accomplishe,
Al for the Territory. The Republican
It party in the United States was alread
e laying its plans to give the countr
81 prosperity. This could be seen by tn
Is work going on at Pearl Harbor. Tn
It speaker also referred to the Leper Sci
J. Government were to get hold Of tn
n place it would be turned into an eS
e pertinent station, from whence pei
L. haps the arm or some part of the bod
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