The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-11-01

outrage of the ballot-boX at the conf
ing election
Lord Chief Justice Holt, of England,
thus expresses his sentiments on the
suffrage "Let the people vote fairly.
with mans vote is in
behalf of this or the other party. If
such cases come before me to be tried.
/ shall charge the jury to make the of
fender pay well for it."
My fcllow-citizens, charge you to
permit no unlawful influence and no dis
honorable inducement to stand between
you and YOUR honest convictions on
election day. Don't stihe your manhood
by allowing yourself to be browbeaten
into subservience to political principles
which are repugnant to your best judg-
inent: and don't be party to making
any man custodian of public interests
TO whom you would never think of COM
hitting even the smallest of your own
bri5afe interests. Don't do it. Vote
for the man of your choice and favor
his election solely OH the grounds of his
personal merits and the merits of his
party platform Don't put men in power
who will stigmatize themselves their
party and the Legislature as well.
tell you candidly that purpose asking
no man to give me his vote unless he
feels morally certain that will not be-
tray the trust he thereby reposes in me.
The ballot-box is sanctuary that needs
to be cleansed-it has been degraded in
the past to the low level of the political
spokesman, and it remains for the men
of moral courage in this community,
men who are neither the advocates nor
the tools of party servility, to elevate
and dignity it at the coinings selection.
One of the factors that contributes
largely to THE selection Of. sound timber
for legislative bodies is education" and
| am proud to stand upon a platform
that advocates "the extension of the
public school system, so as to embrace a
comprehensive course of manual and
agricultural training and an elementary
course i'll Civil Government, thus in
stiling into the youth of this Territory
the principles of industry and good citi-
zenship upon which the future welfare
OF this Territory so much depends"
An Associated Press cablegram to the
Pacific Commercial Advertiser" pub
lished in its issue of October Fl, 1904,
reads as follows:
Lake Mohonk, Oct. 2Ist-Hawaii
was the text of several addresses at the
Indian conference yesterday. Gorham
D. Gilman of Boston. former resident
of Hawaii, said that the extension of
the suffrage to the native people was a
great error Recent legislative acts of
the Hawaiians showed lack both of in
telligence and morals"
Now ] consider this an unqualified
SANDER of the Hawaiian people. 1t is a
aH f,
ritory with a drop of Hawaiian blood
in his veins. If / were a Hawaiian l
would not feel like calling upon the peo-
pie of my race for vote of thanks to
this gentleman, who has so freely and
so publicly traduced their character.
Just as though this community had
as Henry Smith, Mark Robinson, John
Woods, Jas, F. Woods, A. N. iKepoikai,
Iaukea, Frank Harvey John c. Lane
and host of others whose intelligence,
integrity and moral worth are unques-
toned hH -
Ii behooves the Hawaiians to stimu-
late in their ranks an earnest desire for
the very best representation i'll the legis-
ldtlNe chambers Oh his lCIIllOTy. Lcl
them select their best talent at the
caucus and by so DOING. disbar the. reck-
less set, who, after the close of the sen
sion, have to be Investigated by a
Grand Jury You cannot afford to
allow the reputation of your race to be
compromised by the department of ut
terly irresponsible men. Remember you
are on trial. and one of the complaining
witnesses has charged you with having
the franchise unlawfully in possession.
The Democratic party Is anxious to be
your advocate and all it asks as re-
tainer fee is vote of confidence at the
coming election. Will you give it?
! am not here to eNtoll the virtues of
the Hawaiians, nor to capture their
votes with hattering tongue, but | am
here to protest against charges which
are manfestly unfair to them. 1t has
been unfortunate for the Hawaiians that
their education in Civil Government has
been left hitherto to the tender mercies
of the political desperado, with the re-
suit that an clement which is in no wise
qualified to represent the race, has been
gravitated into the Legislature through
the medium of the suborned and rowdy
caucus Then why censure the race for
the deeds of the few, when in our own
day and by our own boosted civilized
race thara has heen sent n "'rweed" TO