Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-21

The audience listened with interest
to the speeches and applauded FIRE.
rquently and vigorously. -.s
u. +. Bishop said: Gentlemen
am glad to be here. know many Of
you. | have but q few words to. say
and am sure you will agree that the
| Republican ticket deserves your sup.
; port. have no fear for the Chinese
vote. The Chinese have always stood
shoulder to shoulder with the solid bus
mess interests of this community.
Something occurred in my Office to-
day that showed me that Chinese are
with the Republicans. The Republican
party always has had for its motto
! Protection Foreign products should
not come in and undersell home pro
ducts. The Democrats advocate free
trade. One protects, the other does not,
Today, two Chinese came TO me and
! said we can't pay our rent on rice
land. We can't sell our rice. Too
much Japanese rice comes In and we
can't sell ours. ] think | have rem,
edy. Now you know there is a duty
on Japanese. rice. Even 80. Japanese
rice comes In and crowds out Hawaiian
rice. ! say. increase the duty on Jap
anese rice. That is how the Republi'
cen party protects. This is done In
the States. The moment. a producer
in the United States finds foreign
product coming in undersellng home
products, he complains to Congress and
n duty is laid to protect the home in
dustry. ! am sure the japanese can
not long afford to pay 81 a bag more
than Is asked for Hawaiian rice. Prince
Kuhio goes to Congress in December.
Get up a petition to Congress and |
believe the business interests here will
be with you. You can have the assist.
!. ance of Southern States In an effort To
raise the duty on rice. I believe this
can be done. II the matter is not ad.
iusted otherwise before December. a
Republican Congress win listen TO ar.
Sument of this sort which is in line
with the party's chief principle. g..
The business community here ap.
| preciates the condition In which tho
J rice producers find themselves this
year Mr. Lane, MIR. Dowsett and my.
! self are men OF business. You are
also men of business. We come to you
and ask you to give us your votes.
! (Cheers.) Il think that we are all Civ
en- credit for being honest men and an
honest man Is a pretty good man to
vote for" beg r ..'. N'
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John c. Lane said: Gentlemen |
feel honored to speak to you and when
| speak to you feel that | am speak.
proved yourselves,the bosom friends OF
the IIawaiians. when 1 say you are
friends of Hawaii, 4 mean that II It
had not been for your generous hearts.
:. u great many poor Hawaiian families
would starve. TO death. Not, only Is
this true bus ySu have b many ways
afforded the' Hawaiian Financial as.
sistance. Many Hawaiians have land
!, under cultivation BY YOU. In that re
!, speet We, have Identical Interests ?,
THE Republican party is. neither fol
4 the rich or nor, poor. II was ip, power
when the, Islands, were annexed. . \,
gave INT, the franchise as ii did to, you
| Chinese, who are Hawaiian born. VS.
are here, tonight enjoying the great
privilege, of the ballot. You are opi
judges. .Yop ara to say whetheriwe, are
tit TO go into. the Legislature and make
laws for. the government of, this eoun
try. For myself and colleagues,
tpisdge~thaSs IL ls.s-ss elected aaa there
= tIia- any measure that Mill help the Chin
csc, we will do all we can. CHEERS.
fiNNhen say we are yourrfriendsi g,eap
VI II you want measure passed We viii
J support It, The Republican pnrty Z
the party of the people, fpr tho peopt
= and by thfe people. Yoaiare alpart d
the people and are therefore deseryiny
!, OF our support. s,e5 "a
Z f-'"You will notice that -rhere1s oppos
q ing MS an independent candidate, Mr.
l. Brown, pledged to work with nobody
O or for anybody but himself VIVA
can he do alone? say If you yot
Y for limit WILDE waste of ballots TO
Q he can do you no good in the Legisla
/ ture. He will stand alone, fighting tn
e rest of us and can do nothing f6r you
% 20 1t ~ best torYorto yotsthe sfaigh
r Republican tick et. Mr.. WalleY is
2, Gpod man. sutsonsthe wrong side o
d the fence. therefore say to the Chin
'e ese, give him chance two years iron
s. pYw:" T y @ al
10 Mon War followed with a shor
'stspeerh- Tn which ne urged his country
l. men to vote the Republican ticket.
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l. isn't The Major rather free in
u biber?" Il should say so. I've neye