The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-03
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ways, interesting the crowd from the
start and eliciting frequent commenda-
tory Interruptions. He said, in part:
Il have, as our chairman says, seen
forms of Territorial government and,
as in Wyoming, hope to see in Hawaii
a good form of Territorial government
lead up to Statehood.
Politics is always more or less of a
selfish proposition. We vote for what
we think will be the best, not only
for the country but for our own ends.
This is, 1 believe, as I have said be-
fore, the most important election that
Hawaii has ever seen and we all want
to be sure that in voting we are serv-
ing the best ends of good government.
1.-THE Supreme Court has declared me
a lawyer, my picture as seen by you
in the Advertiser, declares me a plain
one. Therefore 1 will talk to you as a
plain lawyer this evening. Hawaii, in
distinction to other territories, has the
proud distinction of appointing as Gov
ernor only a man who is a resident of
the Territory and is also the first Ter |
ritory where the President has eXer- |
cised his prerogative and appointed for |
Federal Judge man who is resident. |
I am glad I got my job two years ago
as if I were to try for it now and not
be a resident I am afraid I should still
be hunting for job.
TT was the Republican government
who, in Congress made the laws of this
Territory good law without the sane
ton of Congress as is the frequent case
elsewhere"
How about Wyoming?" cueried a
voice.
wyoming returned the speaker,
was wise and knew what to look out
for and Hawaii copying her wisdom,
can attain her distinction as State
with full powers of statehood. The
present Republican form of government
is showering good things upon the ma
ton. Let us get in line and stay under
the spout while the good things are
| f1owip..
This election will be followed in a
| few weeks by a session of Congress
J and bills will come up relating to Ha-
waii important to our welfare. Let
us imagine what will happen if, as 1
trust and believe will not happen, but
if, this election went Home Rule.
i "a bill on Hawaii comes up. A
down East Senator, what we used to
call in Wyoming a 'coppercenter' asks
another How about those people down
there?' He is told they went Home
Rule and asks what the Home Rule
party is. what it's organization and
principles are? He is told that no one
ever heard of any principles connected
with the Home Rule party and that
as to organization, not a member of
the party had any vote in the nominal
tons of their county officers. You can
imagine what the down East Senator
and his associates would do to the bill. -
Mr. Breckons here challenged any
Home Ruler to state that the rank and
file had anything to do with the NOM
ination Of John Wise or any other Ct
the appointees on that ticket.
!, Comparing the candidates of the
? two parties in bunches,' continued the
speaker, reminds me of Bill Nye's
story of the country grocer who had
two boxes of eggs in his store. One
was labeled Eggs the other Good
, Eggs. So the Home Rule nominees
= are candidates. the Republicans good
= candidates 1, for instance, knew Mr..
Caypless, the candidate for attorney, as
!. an attorney in Colorado and Wyoming.
: L have not, am sorry to say, known
4 him as an attorney in Hawaii. His
living, and he has made a good one
. has apparently been made by politics
t Now which do you want, Mr.. Rawlins
t who makes his living by the practice
f of law and the study of law books an6
= who will bring that practice and thai
study to bear on county matters, or
man who will judge issues from a po
litical standpoint?
Now as to taxes, 1 claim to know
something about them and Mr.. Pratt
;. has better knowledge of tax law thar
a any layman and great many lawyer.
+ whom l have known. have not trav.
= eled through your cemeteries put
4 haYe yet to see anywhere the tomb
= stone of a man who paid his take.
s without kicking. Now this Office last.
8 but for a year and our friend Iaukea
S if he studied night and day to acqLir,
n even rudimentary knowledge of tn.
e intricacfes of taxation law would ex
h haust his term of office before he hac
# got well started.
V AS to supervisors, trust the mer
s who have been trusted with big bust
e ness interests. They have handled
= them properly, they will handle your:
: in the same manner. do not per
= sonally know all your candidates bu
rest content in the knowledge that the,