Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-24
Meeting At the 0rpheum
Saturday Attracts
Crowd.
wv. 4. KINNEY ARRAI6NS
REPUBLICAN POLICIES
HUTcHiNs MAKES PERSONAL At
TACK ON DELEGATE kuHio
AND cRiTlcisEs PER.
SONAliTiES.


Saturday night. The majority of tn,
audience was haole although fair
percentage were Hawaiians.
Chairman Kinney opened the meet
ing by stating that as many of the
speakers were absent eat another
meeting the speakers were not all on
the platform but would appear as their
turn came to make speeches. He then
continued as follows.
Il just heard that Mr. Halter is no
more. He must have been lightning
operator. He was to reform the Po'
lice Department and has already sue
ceeded In doing so In two nights. An.
other view Of IL Is that Governor Car.
ter has viewed things in new light
and has decided to let Halter and his
reorganization go and has decided 10
let go Mr.. Halter and the police re.
form and has decided to hold on to tho
votes. showing that Carter is human.
after ALL"
Mr.. Kinney then produced type.
written address. which he read, the
reading lasting over an hour. At times
he would elucidate his points by OK
temporanious explanations. In spite
of the length OF his speech Kinney
held his audience from start to finish.
Great interest was shown and his
| points were greeted with much ap
plause.
| The speech centered principally on
the Governor and his method of ad
ministration. The speaker claimed
that Hawaii was now under the sway
of "one.man rule" The Governor had
according TO the Organic Act the right
to remove the heads OF departments
with and by the consent of the Sen
ate. The Governor had, however. null
lifted this clause by the wholesale us,
of undated designations, which gave
him the power to remove the heads OF
departments at will changing tn,
terms of these officials from foul
years tenure of Office to a tenure al
the will and caprice of the Governor
When the system was first inaugural
ed, ostensibly to enable the Admins
tration to quickly get rid of a bad and
corrupt official. nothing could be SAID
against It. The abuse Of II which hat
been demonstrated recently showed II
to be very dangerous. The claim that
II was necessary to simplify the Gov
eminent was not tenable. The sim
plest Of all governments was absolut,
despotism. A republic was necessar
lily complicated as each department
should work independently. The Gov
ernor had assumed the control of al
the departments and wanted to rur
them all according to his own will. In
stead OF being responsible for this tc
the people and the Legislature he held
the view that he was responsible onl.
to God and the President.
The speaker further said that II was
evidently not right that the Attorne!
General should actively run the Re
publican campaign and at the same
time uphold the election laws and Sc,
to the punishment Of offenders against
them. How could the most active par
tisan act as an impartial umpire? Tn,
Governor wanted to run the Republi
can party and press according to his
will. the outcome Of II being that the
whole was an administration clique.
| Mr.. Kinney said that as all the facts
concerning the police change were not
known 1t would be well to suspend
judgment In the matter for the pres
ent. He ended by saying that tn,
Governor. In spite Of what he said tc
the contrary, was an important issue
Of the campaign.
The end OF Mr.. Kinney's speech, IN
which he dwelt on recent events, was
most interesting. It was In full as fol
lows:
Since writing the above three thing;
have happened to which ] wish to re
Ter. namely the removal of Messrs
Brown and Chillingworth, an editorial
In the Star of October Goth entitled
,"Undated designations" and an inter
view blythe Governor appearing in the
Star of yesterday.
And first as to the removal of tn,
High Sheriff and his Deputy. This II
an incident that is at present films
the public mind. Up to this time tn,
facts are not before us, and until the!
are no final decision or Judgment up
on the question as to whether Brown
and Chillingworth are right or wronl
or are guilty of misconduct justifyinl
their removal can be reached. Their