The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-25
STRAIGHT VOTING.

| on the other tickets so I shall vote for
some of them" Certain candidates Of
the Siamese Twins are making their
campaign. knowing that they have no
hope of election unless they can secure
sufficient Republican votes to place
them in the Legislature, while the re-
/ mainder of the men on the ticket which
| they grace are left at home. 1t is only
| fair TO those who at this time con-
template scratching their tickets TO
and thinking men, for Weighing the
whole situation, will certainly see that
the interests involved in this fight. de-
mand straightforward voting.
! The Republicans stand pledged to a
platform which safeguards the rights of
every citizen of the Territory. and if
elected cannot fail to carry out their
promises to the people. Give to this
| community a Republican administra-
| ton and the results will be seen even
| before the legislature sits. The return
| of confidence will be immediate and
| the people themselves will begin to reap
| the benefits at once That this is the
case seems to be beyond question, for
the converse is proved by the lack of
confidence which followed the actions of
Home Rule Legislature. The moneyed
man of the United States to whose in
vestments every man in the islands
looks for the greater future of our in
| dustries, knows that all around him is
prosperity, coming under a Republican
administration and staying because of
the very belief in the principles of the
party in power, which insures its return
at the fall elections.
But what do those same men who
are looking for good things to buy
and promote know of Home Ruleism?
They are the men who own the ships
which should be running into this har-
Dor. They are the men whose money
will make possible a revival in the es-
tates which have languished for lack
of development. What then do they
know of the opposition to Republican
ism in these islands? First they know
that during the last session of the Leg
islature a bill was introduced placing
an export tax of $40 a ton on sugar.
They know that such a tax would Grip
pie the industry, perhaps beyond re-
pair. Then learning that Home Ruleism
has again triumphed will they not feel
that to invest money in Hawaii viii be
its security
They know that the campaign of the
Home Rule party is made on lines of
race and business prejudice, that the
Home Rulers are appealing to their fol-
lowers on the grounds of opposition to
the material interests of the Territory.
ment. feel safe to place money in the
country where the legislative power is
avowedly opposed to the protection of
the vested rights? VIII the man who
has an investment to make weigh the
personality of the men elected. Rather
will he not look to the fact that he is
stump. as the only excuse for it's ex-
istence, the turning over of the system
which brought great prosperity. lasting
until in an evil moment the people plac
ed it in the power of the Home Rulers
to block the wheels of trade and prog
ress?
Looking fairly in the face of the sit
uation is it not fact that the success
Of the Republican party will mean the
return of the confidence OF the people
of the mainland, and of the men who
are capable of employing labor here, I'M
the stability of our institutions? Should
not these considerations weigh above
the selfish ones of casting a vote for a
personal frienda 1t would appear that
if ever a straight vote was needed the
coming election was the time for it's
casting. The presence of misfit
which for sake of less than fifteen per
cent Of the offices gave its consent that
! two members of the party should accept
nominations on a platform which en-
dorses a Republican administration,
does not change the situation in the
least. The election of a ticket with
Wilcox at its head must be considered
Home Rule victory, and now as never
before, the material interests of the
country demand that the United States
know that Hawaii is no longer reaction
airy but progressive.
What if in personal opinion opposed
to that of majority of the Republican
conventions, there is one man on the
misfit ticket who is better fitted for the
Legislature than his neighbor on the
| Republican ticket. Should not the PEG
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