The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-29
THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL AUGUST 90


elnct of the Fifth district. 1t came
from somewhere behind the platform
and hit the speaker on the side of The
head a moment later another egg
sped past him and Senator Kanuba
one OF Stewards supporters. was OBJ
served to make a hasty departure from
platform The fighting Seventh more
than sustained its reputation. and for
a time it appeared that serious trouh,a
was imminent.
On the platform Vida made a speech
in which ne called Charlie Clark, who
was standing by him, an embezzler of
public money, and the remarks he
made appeared to be so effective that
the crowd simply hooted down Clark
when he tried to speak. Vida also
passed the lie to Stewart on the plat
form Altogether it was one of the
hvelfest political meetings ever held
in the islands and indicates an ex-
ceedingly strenuous primary election
this afternoon and evening in the Sew
enth.
L. c. Winston was chairman of the
meeting, which began with a crowd
numbering something like five hundred
In attendance. There was little SEM
blance of order in the proceedings
Those on the platform faced a howl
Ing crowd. The gathering was most
ly Hawaiian, and what business the
precinct club actually transacted is
probably still utterly unknown to a
majority of those at the meeting. Eli
Crawford was interpreter at first, but
after things were fairly started there
was no interpreter. Eli disappeared.
One OF the features of the meeting
was the statement by McCants Stewart
that the grandfather OF King Kala-
kaua was a negro. This remark
brought forth a storm of protests and
number Of them were in imprint
able language. Vida took the platform
and declared that it was an insult to
the late monarch to make such a state
ment that any ancestor of the late
king was a Niger" and there was
a general howl against the remark of
the negro orator
The part of the meeting that was
supposed to be formal for the trans
action of business was a turmoil. Only
those very close to Chairman Winston
could make any motions so that he
could hear them. and all of these made
months so quickly that parliamentary
rules were out of the question. Ben
Fabian yelled out the first of the tick
cts to be placed in nomination. He
was on the platform and could be
easily heard. The following are the
names on the ticket he put up:
VIM. Henry, Kaka, Geo. Kaia, S. E.
~ l.
kauwila, E. c. Winston, Ben Fabian,
D. K. Kamakauahoa, Henry c. Vida
(Hale Maumau). Joseph Mcclure, Pa
ulo. Solomon Paawela, Henry Huka,
VIM. Olepau.
Immediately after Fabian placed this
ticket up the chairman heard the voice
of Charlie Clark, who stood close I'M
der the platform and named the Stew
art ticket. There were no formalities
in either case and both tickets were
declared nominated amid a general
hubbub. The Stewart ticket was as
follows:
James L. Holt. T. McCants Stewart,
J. A. Aheong, George Barker, Eli ].
Crawford, S. E. Damon, Joseph J.
Fern, VIM. B. Jones, David X Kahale-
aahu, David Kanuha, J. E. Murty.
Joseph Morse. Sam Paulo, K. r. G.
Wallace, Charles H. Clark.
After the nominations Stewart tried
to speak and made some remarks about
what he had done for Vida in the Leg
islature, whereat Vida appeared to be
much incensed and his followers were
heard shouting to him to soak the
nigger." Then Stewart, after much
shouting, got the floor long enough to
offer resolutions regarding the death
Of Judge Wilcox, the former president
Of the club, and to propose the cleo
ton of a successor. Clark nominated
J. L. Holt and there was general
yell and then Birbe nominated Vida
and there was another yell. 1t was
inally agreed that the president should
De elected at the voting today, and
chorus of motions to adjourn were rec
ognized by Chairman Winston. The
meeting came to an end with Stewart
having several resolutions
itill unoffered.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth, Dan
Renear, McDuffie and Captain Leslie
we're close to the platform and at times
t seemed that they might be needed.
Many times voices from the audience
proposed putting out the light and fin
shing up the business in the dark.
AS soon as Winston left the chair !
stewart proposed that three men from !
ach faction address the gathering and |
lie called for Vida to start. The ad- |
ress that Vida made indicated that /
stewart made a mistake in calling on |
i'm, for Vida temporarily put the 9TH
r crowd out of commission. Charlie i
lark stood near him on the platform |
While Vida said that Clark was an
mbezzier and had stolen public mon
V. Vida referred to Stewart as
arpet Dagger and said that he had
10 interest in the Hawaiians. Vida
aid that Stewart had tried to get him
D pass some measures which he could
OF support, in the last House.
Charlie Clark then tried to speak.
he crowd would not have him. He
as hooted and Kissed every time he
pened his mouth. The hard words
poken by Vida apparently had their
fleet. and Clark was faced by an an
nv and stormy audience. You are
O good" was shouted at him. de
ave it up and retired after finding
nat he could not get hearing.
Stewart tried next. Hoots, Kisses
nd bowls of derision drowned his ev-
~ effort. and he finally took 10
- .oI,ipo, bis own lung power in boot |