The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-06
HIS DEPOSIT
IN EVIDENCE
Nakspaahu Takes Home
Rule Nomination
Straight.

L. Nakapaahu has violated the
pledge he deliberately gave to the Re
publican convention on Kauai, by ac-
cepting the nomination for Senator Of
fered to him by the Home Rulers. AS
reported in the Garden Island news
paper. Mr. Nakapaahu declared at the
convention that, if he was defeated
there, he would remain loyal to the Re-
publican party and work for it all the
more.
Mr.. Nakapaahu has burned the
bridges behind him in appearing as a
candidate, by furnishing documentary
evidence that the filing of his nominal
ton in the Office of the Secretary Of
Hawaii was not done without his knowl-
edge by either Mr.. Kalauokalani or
anybody else. The evidence is Gay
| & Robinson check deposited as his
nomination fee, which is endorsed by
L. Nakapaahu.
Governor Carter expressed himself
yesterday as much disappointed in Ma
, kapaahu, having thought that he would
tative District, who had sunk his per-
sonal ambition for the good of the Re-
publican party.
Following is the Garden Islands re-
port of Mr.. Nakapaahu's speech at the
| Republican convention at Lihue on Sat
urday last:
AT 30 p. m. chairman W. H. Rice
called the convention to order and Mr..
Nakapaahu made the following speech:
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen Of the
/, Convention:
| II come before you to contradict in
person all the accusations against me.
| Mr.. Kalauokalani has said that 1 told
him that my tongue was Republican
| and that my heart is and will ever be
Home Rule. This is false. I never
made any such statement to him. As
far as my Republicanism is concerned,
| / confess that if you wish me to take
! the oath I am ready to do SO at once.
I am a Republican until death. am
I also accused of not refusing the Home
Rule nomination To tell the truth, I
never knew anything about it until last
| Saturday when our Sheriff informed me
| of the fact. I Immediately asked him
| to deny it in the Garden Island. As
| there is a rumor afioat that if I win
not get nomination for Senator on the
Republican ticket I will run on the
Home Rule ticket, 1 would say that if
am defeated in this convention, I
shall remain loyal to the Republican
party and will work for it all the
| more. In regard to legislative matters,
1 am accused of working for one or a
| few. 1 deny this as I always worked
for the people in general and not for
| a few. IF an obnoxious bill be pre-
scented in the Senate I will not support
| it or vote for it. will only vote for a
bill that will benefit the people at large.
| Four years ago when the Home Rulers
| had the majority in the Legislature,
| they introduced a bill which was det-
rimental to the plantations and I voted
against it.
Mr.. Fairehild then asked NaKapsa-
anu if he had made any statement to
| Apollo that he would run on the Home
Rule ticket if nominated. Mr.. Nakapa-
ahu said that he hadn't seen Apollo
since last year"
| On the ballot Nakapaahu lost the
| nomination by a plurality of two votes
| to j. K. Gandan, who had a majority
| of one in all the votes cast. On motion
| of S. w. Wilcox the nomination of
Gandall was made unanimous.