The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-03
MANIFESTO
:, SPOKEN BY Y. A, KINNEY

Many good citizens OF Hawaii excuse
the coercion and corrupt manipulation
of voters on the plea of necessity, but
they forget that the machine once
established may and likely will &c
used against the very men who have
built it up 1t will not do to excuse
bad methods because they are useo
/ in your favor; the day will come wheR
they viii be used against you. In tns
long run the machine can be counted
upon to gravitate towards bad govern
ment and against good government.
and it would be a very short-aighted
policy for the citizens of this Terri
tory to acquiesce in the wholesale
bribery of native voters with official
patronage and the coercion and In
timidation Of native and foreign office
holders simply because things happen
to be going their way just now. The
! safe course in the long run is to resist
coercion and intimidation, to resist the
abuse of official patronage and to
stand always, even under most trying
circumstances, for a free and untram-
meled vote and for a fair and honest
count
The one thing that will discredit and
check improper methods is a wholesale
rebuke at the polls; failing that the
Democratic party proposes to put itself
in communication with the Democratic
party in both Houses of Congress and
with our National and Congressional
Committees; but we believe that moth
ing of the kind will be necessary; we
have great faith in the independence
of this Territory.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
The Republicans have nominated
some very good men, but it must be
borne in mind that these men are hope
lessly handicapped on the issue raised
by the Democratic party. They have
been nominated under the patronage of
the Executive branch of the Govern
ment; they are being supported with
votes bought with official patronage
and by the coercion of office holders.
They cannot in the nature of things,
if elected, turn upon the men and
methods which secured them their cleo
ton. Not so with the Democratic
party; every candidate if elected will
be elected upon a platform and under
conditions that leave him free and
wholly independent of the Executive,
and in a position to demand and enforce
a Legislative investigation, provided
the electors return enough Democrats
in either House to enable them to force
that issue
We do not consider that National
politics play much part in this election,
except to some extent in the matter of
the selection of our Delegate to Con-
gress, but even as to that Office it is
more important to elect an active, in
telligent business man than it is to send
one there. labelled either Democrat or
Republican,; and we feel that among
the three candidates Curtis p. Iaukea
stands out pre-eminently as the fittest
and ablest of the three candidates for
the office in question.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION.
Tt is contended that the Democrats
stand for free trade and, therefore, for
free sugar. This is. as we submit, nom
sense. AS a matter of fact neither
party stands for free trade; the Demo-
Gratis desire more moderate tariff
than the Republicans, but both stand
practically for protective tariff. 1t
was the Democratic party under Cleve-
land that averted the evils of the Nc
Kinley bill which well nigh wrecked
duty on sugar and abolishing the boun-
ty system established by the RepubIi-
can party.
1t is claimed that we must elect a
Republican if we expect to get appro-
priations AS a matter of fact we got
more in the way of special appropri-
ations while Mr.. Robert Wilcox was our
delegate to Congress than during the
period when we were represented by a
Republican, and it is a matter of fact
that outside of the Fire Claims we have
got little or nothing but what is given
as a matter of course to any Territory.
The action of the National Republican
Convention in reducing the representa-
ton of this Territory in the National
Convention was a distinctly unfriendly
act and was. we contend, a significant
outgrowth of the fixed and avowed
sentiment in the Republican party that
i this Territory never shall enjoy state
hood. We believe it would be a whole
some evidence of our sentiments on the
subject and of the spirit of our citizens
TO return Democratic candidate.
STATEHOOD.
If we ever get statehood we shall gel
it through the Democratic party. Sena-
tor Jones, recent Chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic party, said to me
personally: The Democrats of the
United states We're opposed to the an
nexatfon of Hawaii but now that you
have been annexed the Democrats pro
pose that you shall be given every
right and privilege, political and other
wise, enjoyed by your fellow citizen:
on the mainland
1t would be a fitting response to TIT
picayune attitude of the Republican
party towards Hawaii in reducing it
representation in the National Conven
ton. TO return wholesome Democra
tic majority for our Delegate to Con
gress. both as a rebuke to such marrow
prejudice and as a protest against tn
stripping of this Territory througl
taxation for the benefit of the Nationa
Treasury without any adequate recog
, milton in return in the way of specia
! appropriations for public improvement:
, | With these preliminary remarks "
ldeclare the campaign of the Democrat
for THE aiacti0y1 5t1lxr rrtal1Ad .