The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-03
DEMOCRATS At
A LOVE FEAST
CECIL BROWN Is WELCOMED
WITH OPEN AENS-KINNET
SENDS REGARDS TO CARTER

day nights ratification meeting at the |
Orpheum. Kinney acted as chairman |
and with him on the platform were |
Curtis y. Iauliea, Frank Harvey, the |
candidates for the House from the |
Fourth and Fifth districts and G. A. |
Galbraith.
The chairman had reduced his speech !
to writing. 1t began with a denial Of
the allegation that he was in politics
for his personal interest but claimed
that the time was ripe for every intelli-
gent man to take an interest in the
political situation. The situation of
the Democratic party he describe
thus:
What does the Democratic party
propose to do; what does it stand for?
In the first place it stands for no a.
bridgement of the franchise and no set
ting aside of the Hawaiian and is
against any legislation looking to that
end. 1t stands for a free, untrammeled
vote and a fair count in the elections,
first, last and all the time. 1t proposes
a. al times, to resist intimidation and
coercion Of citizens and office holders.
1t proposes to resist domination by the
| Executive of the Judiciary or any
branch of it, and it demands a search
ing Legislative inquiry, this coming
| session of the Legislature, into the
methods and means used by the pres
ent Executive of this Territory whereby
men, against their conviction and bet
| ter judgement, are led and forced to
| support it; and having thus recovered
the ground lost to the citizens of this
| Territory by Home Rule incompetence,
the Democratic party proposes to pro
mote and support Legislative measures
| in keeping with and in promotion of the
! principles of the Democratic party.
Much of the inefficiency Of the Home
| Rule party and it's inability to stand
against the aggression of the Republic
| can party is due to the fact that it has
no recognition or support on the main
| land This is not true Of the Demo-
| cratic party. Hawaii is represented in
the National Committee of the Demo
| cratic party It's official representa-
tives in this Territory have the ear Of
the Democratic leaders on the main
land, and the Democrats of this Terri
tory propose to use this right of fellow
land, in Congress and out of it, to resist
and combat any attempt to infringe
upon the fundamental rights of the
people of this Territory. What has
been done to the Home Rule party with
impunity cannot be done to the Demo-
cratic party of this Territory. Already
the open stand of the Democratic party
against the Republican Executive has
done much to clear the political atmos-
phere. Open criticism of the Republi-
can Executive was about smothered
when the Democratic party took the
field and openly declared against it.
The Democratic party proposes to
criticise the Executive with perfect
freedom whenever and wherever they
think the public interests require it,
/ and the Territory is better off for that
= fact"
The speaker occupied some consider.
, able in attacking the Governor on his
policy of having every magistrate APP
o pointed file with him an undated resig.
nation, characterizing this as a gross
q invasion of the right of the Supreme
Court
q Turning to the case of Cecil Brown
n Kinney welcomed him as fighting the
+ same fight that Democrats were fight
ing against the government by an ar
q bitrary executive. He admitted tha
? there We're some good men on the Re
publican ticket but held them to bt
hopelessly handicapped on the issue
! raised by the Democrats.
Cecil Brown took the platform a:
= soon as he was called on and speaking
in Hawaiian said:
u Il am not here tonight TO discuss witt
" you the merits of the Democratic OF
| Republican parties, but / am here to
I night as protest against the Governor
in his interference in politics and his
small party politics, and also to try tC
y show to you how he is trying to con
70 troll all the officers of the government
It by interfering in the legislative anC
j. executive, as well as the judicial de
= partments Of this Territory.
T. I'm all these arrangements of tn,
e Governor he having the right to ap
r point all District Magistrates, and hi!
= coercing the Republican convention il
Il its nomination Of the legislative tick
ct. what have you before you? Do yor
think that the laws and powers are
to be concentrated in his hands?
e, He has called me a traitor, as re
& ported in a paper of recent date. Il
a seems that | am called not a man, ant
e a mahu. Why is such abuse heapeC
a upon me? 1t Is because I have takeI
y the Independent stand OF not being lee
around with a ring in my nose. Yol
all know me from childhood up anC
have seen me many times in the ad
p Vancement of affairs respecting these
II islands, in the legislature, in the ses
q sion of the Senate just passed anJ
$ gentlemen. it is up TO you to SAY
, whether l will return to the Senate OF
r. November s. or not"
Continuing in English, he made
vigorous attack on Governor Garter
and said that he hoped that his hearer!
would vote for him as whether ne was
u elected or not, every vote was protes
against Carter.