Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-25
David Lawrence e Co., Ltd.
REMoXE6 70 ALEXANDER YOUNG BUILDING

| point to his references to what the r..
publican party would do for The people
and what the Home Rule party had
failed to do. he said: IF | am lying
you will see in the great book on the
Judgement Day. the fact written in
flaming letters"
Here the speaker brought the tears
TO many eyes by reference to his father
who was a staunch member Of the
Home Rule party. He said that his
parent had called him a traitor because
he had Joined the ranks OF the Repub-
| licans but he had answered back with
out fear: Father. | go forth to work
for the welfare of yourself. my mother
and my dear sisters and brothers. real
izing fully that the Republican party
is the only one that can ever do any
thing for us" As concluding argu-
ment, the young orator said: 81 am
here to tell you that the Great Repub-
lie Is controlled by the Republican par
ty; why then do you fear to place In
the hands Of the Republicans this small
bit of that great Republic"
senberg cheered
| The appearance of D. p. Il. Isenberg.
the "makua" of the natives of walalae.
was the signal for prolonged applause.
Mr.. lsenberg spoke in the English Ian
guage but when he reached a depth Of
feeling that seemed to master him
completely. he broke into Hawaiian
phrase as gracefully and as naturally
as II he had been native. His re-
marks were interpreted by Robert
Boyd.
The speaker said he had come be.
fore the people with heavy heart
He had always tried to show his love
for the inhabitants of Waialae and
he knew that there were many of them
who intended to requite that love. but.
on the other hand. there were some
who would not. Two years of hard.
ships had been gone through with on
account of the Home Rule party. and
two years more of the same kind would
be met with II that party was again
sent to the Legislature.
A few days ago a native of the dis.
tract had come to him and said: Paul,
Is II right that men from Waikiki
should be given the work on the roads
out In this locality when there are
lot of us who are only too anxious TO
secure work." The speaker said that
he had answered In the negative and
that he had gone Immediately to the
Capitol to see what could be done
However. he could do nothing. He
had no voice whatever in the matter
rSS friend who would have helped him
and the> natives of the district was on
the broad Pacific approaching the Isl.
ands but he was not yet here. He de.
fled that native to say to him that he
had not tried his best to get work for
the people of Waialae.
The speaker said that every candi.
I, date of the Republican party had
pledged himself to help the Hawaii,
ans, and they would do so. It had
been said that the Home Rulers had
done nothing In the Legislature dur.
Ing the last session. and this was q
fact. To get at the bottom of the
thing, every measure that was killed
by the Home Rule party was killed out
of sheer jealousy and nothing else.
They had promised higher wages TO
the people of the Territory. Had they
secured these higher wages? No: the
people were being paid at ven lower
rate than before.
Mr., Isenberg said he had belonged
to the Democratic party at the last
election and he was candidate of that
party. He was not ashamed of that
and had come out with clean hands
He had left the Democratic party be.
cause he had found that that party
could accomplish no good for the Ter,
ritory. He had come to the conclusion
that the Republican party was the only
logical party to belong to, for through
1t alone could good be accomplished
for the country. The President of the
United States was Republican, as
well as the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. Could there be any stron
ger argument adduced that the Repub
lican party was the proper one to AT
tiliate ones self with?
The speaker then said that he die
not blame the natives for aifiliatinl
themselves with the Home Rule party
| at the last election. for they had moi
. been given the privilege of voting for
a long time, things were altogether
new to them and they felt, and right
ly too, that 1t was about time they
themselves had something to say
about the government OF their own
country. He himself had stood by the
side of Wilcox one day when some
people were trying to prevent hin
from speaking on a street corner. anC
had egged him on, feeling as he die
that Wilcox and the Home Rule part!
were sincere In their determination L
do some good for the people of tn,
country. However, that dream had al
ben dispelled.
II had come to him that when VII
cox first arrived home he went among
the natives with pledges to the effec
that they would vote for the HON,
Rule party. At that time the, naivei
did not know what he had In minC