Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-25


evening when a final vote was taken
only four men were found In the
Eighth Precinct of the Fourth Dis.
trict who would go on record favorlng
split.ticket policy. Out OF meeting
attended by between sixty and sew.
enty voters. only four arose to testify
to the influence of the Advertiser, an
influence which the Attorney General
and Mr.. Towse held so much in fear
that they rounded up the Eighth last
night and induced 1t to go on record.
The vote not only pleased all sincere
supporters of the Republican party,
but It drove the cloud.wreaths from
the brows of Messrs. Towse and An.
drews, and they went home believing
that God reigns and that men have not
lost their sanity.
The four men who opposed the
straightticket sentiment were Chas.
Hustace, Mr.. Deal. Fred. Damon and
.Jofln Walker. The vote was taken at
the close of the meeting on a motion
made by Geo. w. Smith that at be
the sense of the meeting that we vote
the straight Republican ticket and
that we do not confuse the principles
of the party with the ephemeral can.
didates of the hour"
The vote was taken standing and
the whole Eighth Precinct was on its
feet In the affirmative.
The meeting was called to order by
Jack Lucas. Messrs. Lorrin Andrews
and Ed Towse of the Republican Cen.
trail Committee were present and
both talked at length. giving the act.
ual conditions of the campaign work
up to date. Mr.. Andrews stated that
the Hawaiian voters had rallied mag.
nificently to the support of the Repub.
lican party; that he had never seen
them so enthusiastic and loyal, and
that the work OF the campaign com.
mittee had been greatly aided by the
Hawaiians without promise OF reward
or the cost of cent. He said. how
| ever. that there was an alarming dis
affection among the white voters, and
that II was liable to spread with dis
astrous results among the Hawaiians.
He said II the haole persists In a pro-
gram of ticket.splitting the cry may
be taken up by the Hawaiians and n
general onslaught be made against all
white men OH the ticket. This feeling
of the haoles had been caused. he be
,lieved. by the blind faith Of some white
people In the Advertiser, which Is
advocating a split ticket without Civ
ing the slightest reason for It. He
said that such remarks as Don't be
sucker" should have no weight witt
mature.mnded men. He said tha
with all the advice to split the tickei
not single valid reason had beer
STATED warranting such action. liz
went infinitely into the Legislative rec
ord of both Mr.. Aylett and Long anC
said that the records show that the!
never voted wrong on good bill sn'
always voted right on bad bills. III
defied anyone to name single in
stance In which Aylett had been fals'
to high standard of duty. In thu
case of Long, he gave him credit TO
great courage and integrity In takint
the initiative In. the matter of expos
ing Kumalae and Johnson, and sal
that Long stood by the right side o
the business to the end at the risk o
cutting his own throat politically. II
said that Long came to him with ev
dence Of crookedness against Kuma
lac, when Kumalae stood In high ger
eral favor and was the leader of a pow
erful political faction. Such a ma
he believed should have the solid SUI
port of the white voters of the Fourt
District.
} Mr.. Andrews went at length Int
the charges that the late conventio
was manipulated by ofilce-holders, r.
iuting the charge, and then he turne
his attention to the Advertisers INT
chine" Kidding II with shots OF sa
J casm. He closed his plea for straigi
votes by asking those present II an
there were to give their reasons Ia
wanting to split the ticket. He sal
he had found one man who was goin
to split the ticket but had not mad
up his mind who he would scratch G
for what Democrat he would vote. II
was a man who merely believed wit
the Advertiser that this was yea
when the Republican ticket should b
cut.
Mr.. Towse made a sincere and cal
did talk for straight party work.
When he finished, Chas. Hustat
took place In the aisle and denoun
ed Andrews and Towse for their pre-
ence in the precinct. He wanted
know what they were there for an
why the meeting had been called. II
objected to being led about by u
nose, said the Eighth Precinct co
tanned intelligent men, and that the
did not propose TO wear a yoke pr
pared by Government officials. !
wanted Government officials to ke'
their noses out of politics. He sa
Cecil Brown was a victim Of the a
ministration of Carter; that he hin
self had been dumped and grew