The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-30
CAMPAIGN GUNS
WERE FIRED ON
ORPHEUM STAGE
Sound Republican Doctrine at the
Meeting Of the Young Mems
Republican Club.

! the United States and its relation to
Hawaii, and made some apt SMILES
| on the political situation.
suppose two yachts were coming
down the course to engage in a race"
said he. Their tall masts, great
| spreads of canvas-they have the same
| water to sail in. they have the same
breeze to h.ow them along. All other
things being equal that yacht will win
the race which Is best handled, the
crew of which has the best organiza-
ton. The crew that more readily
obeys the commands of the officers Of
that yacht. will win the race. Here
are two vast armies met face to face
on great battlefield. That army which
Is best disciplined, Is the best organ
lied Will win the fight. That army
whose rank and file Is most obedient
Is the army that will gain the victory.
This Is no strange principle. It is
law of nature and applies with full
! force to the science of government
what we call politics. This has been
clearly demonstrated in the history of
our country. When the American
Colonies gained their independence
from the mother country they formed
confederation. That confederation
was an absolute failure why? Sim
ply because there was no one in COM
mand. Each colony represented its
own rights which made 1t impossible
for the nation to make any progress.
There was no executive that had the
power to command"
Mr.. Robertson then explained the
principles upon which the government
was founded, until he reached the point
when he said that the very nature of
our government demands the forma-
ton of great national parties through
whom and by means of which the will
of the people may be expressed.
without party organization" said
he, at would be absolutely impossible
to maintain any party worthy the
name. There must be party obedience
and fealty. The whole government Is
really government of and by the
party. Then there is the convention,
the voice of the people to which dele
gates from all the precincts are elect
ed. The voice of the convention is
the voice of the party.
1T is Ill for any man to express any
discomfort with the will of the con-
vention. 1t is his plain duty to follow
his leaders and obey their commands.
lily be the voice of the majority, and
against the majority of his fellow
members. there must be something
wrong with him.
when the Republican party places
in the field full ticket of honest and
capable men 1t is your whole duty
to support that ticket from one end
to the other If this Is done there
should be no doubt as to the result
of the election next week (applause).
ANY Republican who scratches the
ticket commits three wrongs. The
first Is to the man he scratches off the
ticket. The second Is an injury to
himself, for he does not know that
some day he may be nominated for
office and when he secures n nominal
ton there Is no doubt that he will eX-
pect the support of the whole party
and such a thing as scratching will not
be acknowledged by him as permis-
sble, and in doing the scratching him
self, he therefore cuts his own throat.
The third Is the injury to the party at
large. Can we say we have enough
votes In the Territory to be safe for
ever? No. What better argument
can We hold out to voters to come into
the fold than an honest stewardship.
Any party that gets into the habit of
scratching puts a damper upon the
invitation to outsiders to come in.
only this morning we followed to
his last resting place one of natures
noblemen-that wise and learned
judge, that wise and learned politician
NJ. M. Estee prolonged applause).
Judge Estee was a man who was n
staunch member of the Republican
party. He had his ups and downs in
political life. He had his defeats as
well as his victories. Notwithstand-
ing defeats In politics was he any less
a Republican by reason of that fact?
Did you ever hear of Judge Estee
boiling the party because he did not
get nomination? Did you ever hear
of him scratching a ticket? No. He
was too true-blue Republican to do
any treachery (applause) He was
too strong a Republican to do this. He
was straight Republican and voted
the straight Republican ticket Gap
plause). Follow in the footsteps of
Judge Estee" (applause).
JOHN LANES SPEECH.
John Lane was introduced as young
one of the foremost of the
;oung workers In the party, who, when
lie did not get the nomination from the
Republican Convention for Supervisor,
lid not leave the party; young man
Who refused an offer for nomination
IN the opposing ticket, and thereby
howed the stuff of which he was made.
II say to you fellow citizens. vote
he straight Republican ticket" said
le. with the Young Mems Republican