The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-13
A Small Crowd Listens to Several
Speeches by Local Party
Leaders.
The General Plan of Local Campaign Forecast
ed---Lawyer Kinney Urges the abandon
ment of the Home Rule Party.

A part of Honolulu's democracy was
out last night in Emma Square to ratify
the selection of Parker and Davis by the
St Louis convention There were prob
ably hundred persons seated on the
benches among the trees, while nine or
ten speakers foregathered in the band
stand. Chairman Pete OSullivan had
arranged such long list of speakers
that by the time Fred Turrill was called
upon, he being The last on the program,
there were hardly dozen people left
in the park, and the speaker contented
himself with merely telling the audience
to watch how the Democrats would
make things hum this coming Novem-
ber
Save for two speakers, the names of
Parker and Davis were almost lost sight
of in the scramble of some of the speak
ers to go over the whole catalogue of
''villainies" the Republican Party has
wrought in the territory. Emmeluth,
Erving, "Shanks" Mossman and others
of the old Home Rule kind inveighed
against the Republican party here, say
ing the same things that were heard in
the days of Wilcoxism. Time and oc-
casional change of party have deprived
the former Home Rulers who are now
camped out in the Democratic wigwams,
of none of their invective.
In a whispered consultation among
some of the leaders on the platform,
as the hour was growing late and the
speakers waxed warm over local issues,
it was said that the issues of the fall
campaign were being exposed too early
in the game From the speeches it was
evident that among the planks the Dem
ocrats will stand on this fall will be the
County Act, the alleged shortcomings
of the local administration in the ex-
penditure of the Loan Fund, the Loan
Fund Act itself, alleged employment of
japanese labor on public works, incom-
potency of of1iceholders, the Governors
undated designations" cut in salaries,
especially of the school-teachers, etc.
About the most sensible talk last night
was that of w A. Kinney. 1t was sound
advice to the Hawaiians to give UP
rainbow chasing in purely native party
and Join one or the other of the two ma
tional parties. AS to Hearst, an almost
discreet silence was maintained. 1t was
a wonderful contrast to the lively scenes
in the Democratic convention held few
weeks ago when everybody was IN a
frenzy to use Hearst's name and laud
him as the only Democrat in the land.
One speaker tried to tell how it all hap
pened about Hearst Hearst's manager
was in the audience, screened from view
by shadow from an electric wire.
The ratification meeting opened with
an address by Chairman P. O'Sullivan,
the Interpretation of his speech being
made into Hawaiian by Fred. Weed.
When the announcement was made of
the names, in stentorian tones, of
Judge Alton B. Parker OF New York
and ex-senator Henry G. Davis of
West Virginia" no applause was heard,
but the second time the names came,
faint applause rippled from platform
to benches. Chairman O'Sullivan spoke
as follows:
Gentlemen: This is a ratification
meeting. It is called for the purpose
of ratifying the nominations OF Judge
Alton B. Parker, of New York. and
Senator Henry C. Davis. of Virginia,
one nominated for President the other
for Vice-President of the United states
of America Throughout the States
and Territories of this Union, men will
proclaim that Democracy has made
choice and a winning one. 1t is al
xays usual that political faiths ratify
their nominations. Tonight We assure
Judge Alton B. Parker and that old