The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-04
| asst APPEAL Of HAWA||'S
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
The Territorial Committee Sums Up the Argu-
ments for the Election of the Democratic
Ticket in This Territory.

officially that this Territory politically is
absolutely i1npotent, with hardly an at
tribute to an American commonwealth
and so far from having any aspirations
that way is willing to surrender and
trade off what meagre rights of self
government it still may have? That
position will unquestionably earn the
| Just contempt and disappointment of
| our fellow citizens on the Mainland
| Moreover it should be borne in mind
that the pendulum will swing the other
way sooner or later, and probably to
extremes, for one extreme invites an
other The Democratic party belives the
tendency to surrender everything to the
| Governor unwholesome and unneces-
sary; that it is an imperative necessity
| upon this territory that it should keep
| in touch with the territories and states
! on the Mainland and be moving the same
way however tardily; that it should
| develop along liberal and American lines
and certainly should not surrender or
be afraid to exercise the rights of SELF
government that it now has 1t be-
leves in developing American citizen
ship among the Hawaiian people and
it deprecates the attempt to debauch
/, many of these electors with liquor,
coercion and money, and above all it
resists the elimination of an independ-
ent Legislature as wholly unnecessary,
uncalled or and cowardly. We believe
that there is an abiding reserve power
in the electorate of this Territory in
favor of self government and unalter-
ably opposed to one man power under
any conditions and who do not propose
to acquiesce in the establishment of any
such unwholesome and un-American
administration as is now in charge of
the welfare of this Territory.
As to the election of Delegate to
Congress we re-affirm Our position that
in this election the delegates should be
chosen from the standpoint of personal
and business qualifications and that Mr.
Iaukea is entitled to receive the votes of
the electorate. Other elections may
raise questions of national policy where
the lire between Democratic and Re-
publican national policies will have to be
recognized, aid may properly control
the entire Territorial election, but with
the present composition of the Senate of
the United States tariff revision with
Judge Parker and the House of Repre-
sentatives Democratic, is even then such
a remote possibility as not to justify in
our Judgment serious consideration by
electors who are opposed to tariff
revision, but who otherwise prefer Mr.
Iaukea over rival candidates.
In conclusion the committee warns
the electors to pay no heed to alleged
new issues or the un-earthing of politi-
cal surprises that may be sprung on the
eve OF election The fact that such
IS no opportunity to reply or investigate
should eliminate their consideration by
the electorate
A noticeable feature of this campaign
has been the fact that the Home Rule
party has largely abandoned campaign
ing upon the aftermath and passions
reused by annexation, having in fact
selected as their Delegate to Congress
one who bore arms against Kalakaua in
the Revolution of 1887, which made
annexation possible. 1t has remained
for the Republican campaign committee
and speakers to don the cast off clothing
OF the Home Rule party and with I'M
bounded effrontery to urge the election
OF certain OF their own candidates be-
cause such candidates opposed the de-
thronement of the Queen and the boy
colt of certain, Democratic candidates
and supporters because they took part
III the dethronement of the Queen and in
other public events leading UP to an
nexatlon. Candidates have even apollo
g1zed tor being American citizens. 1t
IS an i'll bird that fouls its own nest,
and we commend to the careful con-
sideratior of the electorate, both
Hawaiian and foreign, the motives and
F., standards and manhood back of any
such appeals
WILLIAM F. ERVING,
| Secretary
Democratic Central Committee.
! Approved
w A. KINNEY,
| Chairman