The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-11-01
WALTERS ADDRESS
TO THE ELECTORS.
Red Rot Shot Fran One Of
Dsuocracy's' Strongest
Candidate.

Fellow Citisens:--I am not an Aaio-
crdf--I am a Democrat. have identi
fed myself with what | consider TO be
the peoples party, the Democratic party,
a party that embraces all classes of So
ciety and believes in the doctrine of 9Th,
supreme power of the government being
exercised directly by the people," and
not by any particular class or individual.
This doctrine derives its origin from
the Declaration of Independence, where
in it is enunciated:
I'VE hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent-that all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain iralenable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights, governments are instituted
among men, dcri1i,tg their Just powers
from the consent of the go0erned; that
whenever any form of government be-
comes destructive to these ends, it is the
right of the people to alter or abolish it,
and. to institute new government; lay
ing its foundations on such principles
and prganiziug'its powers IN such FORM
as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their safety and happiness"
eminent conceived by the sturdy char.
acters whose genius brought into being
the great American Commonwealth, was
based upon the principle of common
CONSENT The medium through which
this consent is expressed today, is the
ballot-box. This box is the peoples
law-giver. 1t is as much the expression
of the will of God as that of man, for
Gods hand has been displayed in no un-
certain manner in the affairs of our
great nation, during all its past history.
1t controls the destiny of the American
government and OF the American PEG
pie. British statesmen like O'Connell,
Grote, Macauley, Golden and Gladstone,
championed the cause of the ballot-boX
in England until finally, in 1872, Glad
stone secured the full introduction of
the suffrage. This is the instrument by
which the supreme power of the govern
ment is exercised directly by the people,
and the people should guard and cherish
this sacred right as jea1ously as the gov
ernment does the specie i'll the vaults
of the national Treasury.
A man who barriers his vote is not fit
for American citizenship. 1t matters
not whether the commodity received in
exchange for the vote is money or Off
cial position; it is barter and it is brib-
cry, and it is a crime against liberty,
and against conscience, and against one
of the grandest institutions of the Re-
public; and it is a direct attack upon
one of the leading forces in the van
! guard of civilization
| need only cite the law on elections
from the Penal Code of this Territory
in support of these assertions;
Par. 1891. The following persons
! shall be deemed guilty of an election
! fraud
SECTION I. Every person who shall
directly or indirectly personally or
through another, give, procure or lend,
or agree or offer to give, procure or
lend, or who shall endeavor to procure,
any money or Office or place of employ
| inent of valuable consideration to or for
any elector or to or for any person for
an elector, or to or for any person in
order to induce any eector to vote or
refrain from voting, or to vote or re
frain from voting for any particular
| person or party, or who shall do any
such act on account of any person hav-
ing voted or refrained from voting for
any particular person at any election.
! SECTION A. Every elector who shall,
before, during or after any election di-
rectly or indirectly, personally or
! through another, receive, agree or con-
tract for any money, gift, loan or valu-
able consideration, Office, place or EN-
| ployment for himself or any other per-
son, for voting or agreeing TO vote, or
for refraining to vote or agreeing to ret
frain from voting. or for voting or re-
, training to vote for any particular per-
/ son or party.
SECTION 6. Every person who shall
directly or indirectly. personally or
through another, make use of, or threat
en- to make use of, any force, violence
or restraint, or inhict or threaten to in
flict any injury, damage or loss in any
manner, or in any way practice intimi-
dation upon or against any person in
order to induce or compel such person
/ to vote or refrain from voting, or to
vote or refrain from voting for any par
ticular person or party. at any election,
or on account of such person having
voted or refrained from voting, or voted
or refrained from voting for any par
ticular person or party; or who shall by
abduction. distress or any device or con-
trivance impede, prevent or otherwise
interfere with the free exercise of the