The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-12
REPUBLICAN RALLIES IN
The CITY LAST NIGHT
Two Spirited Meetings Which Were Addressed by
Candidates and Others---The Wine Issue
Catches On Among the Portuguese.

There was something doing last night
at the Republican rally held in Roose-
veit square. the vacant lot between the
Hawaiian Electric company's building
and the Occidental hotel. A band
played before the meeting and when
the speakers got into action they made
things hum. A crowd of rowdies and
some Home Rulers and Democrats
raised disturbance throughout the
meeting, some of the speakers being
almost forced to leave the stand on ac-
count OF the volley Of jokes and. cat
calls that was directed at them. Towse
was the presiding officer and conduct
ed the meeting well. Lilikalani was a
prime favorite and held the attention
of his audience throughout. He spoke
In Hawaiian but his gestures were so
apt and his manner so pleasing that it
was an enjoyment for even those who
do not understand the language to
listen. to him. His speech was one con-
tinuous ovation. E. w Quinn was al
SO popular with the crowd and was
called for several times before his
turn to speak came.
Carlos A
Long. He made good address speak
ing of the Republican party as one that
had fulfilled It's promises. He scorned
the idea that the Republicans had held
back the spending of s1,000,0OO of the
loan fuad in order to use it as cam
paign fund by employing men just be-
fore election He showed how long it
took to advertise for bids and to get
the material around the Horn. II be-
lieve in county government" he said.
s.I believe that is the uplifting of the
Hawaiian people. I don't believe that
they understand the present system. "
Long made plea for the making OF
wine in this Territory and expressed
himself as in favor of a law allowing
wine to be made. ..Hawaiians like
wine.v he said, seven in preference to
beer. Instead of paying our money
to the states for wine let US have a
home industry
Mr.. Liiikalani was the next speaker
and was greeted by tremendous out
Hawaiian and was frequently pune
tuated with shouts of -.'pololef' and
other approving terms from the audi
ance. He spoke first of the ticket and
then of the improvements made under
Republican administration. He out
lined the platform and eufogized Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Governor carter.
He said that if a portion OF the cofn-
nunfty wanted to make war on the
administration it was all right but tnae
he thought that it was composed OF as
good men as could be found in any
land. He said if anyone was 10 De
scratched from the ticket let hlr1 DC
the one, nevertheless he was or the
opinion that he would be elected Win
all his colleagues.
E. Faxon Bishop said that this was
his first appearance in politics. He had
a hot roast for Cecil Brown saying In
substance: Beware of free lances-
When man is standing on party
platform you know what he stands for
but If an independent he is one who
Is going into the legislature for his own
interests and not for those of the peo-
ple. won't call Mr.. Brown hard names
but 1 will say that he is playing the
baby act. He was fairly beaten and
now he is not man enough to take his
own medicine Bishop devoted the
rest of his speech to the candidates OF
the party.
w. w. Harris made rafting good
speech. He said in part:
..The Democratic platform sounds Ike
a letter from Kuropatkin. 1t is all re-
grets. They regret that the Repuo-
1icans are in power. that the loan Dill
was passed. they regret that they are
not spending the loan fund and that
the Republicans passed the citizen labor
law. Harris soaked the Democracy
for their opposition to the cutting OF