The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-03
AN ARMY OF
TORCHMEN
IN COLUMN
Republicans Turn
Out BY the
Mass.

The biggest torch light procession
ever seen in Honolulu paraded the
streets of the city last evening. Head
ed by the Government band, more than
two thousand torches held by stalwart
Republican voters, danced along the
main streets, lighting up the buildings
while the bearers evinced their enthu-
siasm in vigorous shouts for the Grand
Old Party.
The torch bearers filed out of the
Capitol grounds at seven thirty and
marching ten abreast the head of the
procession passed along King street
and turned into Fort before the last
marchers had passed the Capitol gate
The Concordia band split the process
sion and an Illuminated banner bear
ing various legends such as THE Re-
publican Party is the Workingmans
Party" and evincing the loyalty of
various business institutions was car
ried in the midst.
The illuminants included hambeau
torches which burst every now and
then into spouts of flame while the
bearers and the unlocking populace
cheered. 1t was a great demonstra-
tion worthy of a much larger city than
Honolulu and undoubtedly imbued Re-
Spublicans with fresh confidence whilst
Anany Home Rulers were strongly i'm
pressed by the solid phalanx of Re-
publican voters and followed the pro-
"a IT,,
and led the way to the oratory prepared
at Palace Square.
AS the procession reached Palace
Square, the torchmen filed up the
broad triangle of roadway, facing Eva
towards a temporary platform erected
for the speakers. They were speedily
hemmed in by the general crowd which
spread to the ratings of the CAPITOL
grounds and wrestled for vantage oosi-
tions on neighboring fences.
The scene was an impressive one, the
light of two thousand torches, rising
and falling as the bearers shifted posi-
tion, illuminating fully three thousand
upturned and attentive faces. The
torches died out later on, but the light
of the moon was ample to reveal the
absorption Of the entire audience in the
proceedings.
ROBERTSON CHAIRMAN.
A. G.. NJ. Robertson took the chair
and made strong opening speech in
which be likened the Republicans to
an army of voters, with the nominees
for the weapons and votes for their
ammunition, exhorting them to use all
their weapons. all their forces by vot-
ing the straight Republican ticket,
,ierh ,inh IlA
enemy might gain an advantage. The
chairman introduced Assistant District
Attorney ]. J. Dunno as the first
speaker.
MR.. DUNES SPEECH.
NJ. Dunno prefaced his remarks with
The statement that this occasion
drought out his first political soeech.
HE had refrained hitherto from the
consciousness that there were others
better equipped with knowledge of To-
cal affairs, but he was constrained TO
talk in the belief that it was the duty
of every citizen to say all that he could
in behalf of good government
In sound phrase he outlined the pro-
posed changed into municipal govern
ment, the old order changing, giving
place to new and strongly advocated
the necessity OU eiSItliS bAiSN
petent public servants rather than men
who were looking for office in the hght
of a private snap. 1.-THE people, said
the speaker "are in the position OF
heads of a great mercantile proposition
Judging prospective employees ana
should take tried and trustworthy ap-
plicants rather than raw and unframed
servants. The Republican party ard
its methods" he concluded, has Civ
en- all that is best TO this common
wealth, all of it's greatest advantages
all of its stepping stones to American
territorialism and statehood"
THE CABLE FAKE.
Mr. Robertson referred to the at
ternted cable fake and the endeavor
TO trick the Hawaiian voter and nitro
duced w. C. Achi as an exponent OF the
fact that the Hawaiian vote was still
with the Republican party. Achi spoke
briefly in English and more lengthiiy III
Hawaiian emphasizing the point that
IA form of government capable of bring
Shg prosperity to eighty-five millions
OF people on the mainland was certainly
capable of looking after the interests
of 1900 here.
MR.. DOUTHITT'S REMARKS.
United States Commissioner E. A.
Douthitt spoke in eloquent phrase OF
the approaching birth of a new govern