Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-19
MACHINE TALK A FARCE.

They attack them only when they
have first represented them: for 4
truthful recital would leave no room
for adverse comment"
This excerpt from President Roose.
yelt's latest public document fits the
attacks now being made by the traitors
TO Republican principle who are now
bending their energies to defeat the
nominees Of the Republican party on
this island. and under the false ban.
ner of independence doing their best
to elect n mixture of Democrats and
Home Rulers in a district naturally
Republican.
The latest cry of machine" with its
false accompaniment Of ring rule and
bossism furnishes an example of the
methods used to mislead the voter
First II was boss rule that was ar.
gued against. When asked to produce
the boss, locate this pernicious infiu.
ence that has not arrived" In our
politics, this individual was not located
or produced.
Now 1t is the machine" that is
haunted before the pubic.
Who constitutes this machine?
Where Is this machine" located?
Who is It? What Is IL? Where is
IL?
AS a matter OF fact this machine"
cry II phantasmagoria. "a pure fiction
used to Brighten the timid voter whom
the fallacious and facetious arguments
and Misrepresentation of facts will not
convince.
The men In whose hands the manage.
ment Of the Republican party was
placed. the men who constituted the
conventions, were regularly nominated
at the Republican party primaries, reg.
ularly called. We have yet to learn
that any Republican voter or any OF
the present preachers OF traitorous doc.
trines were refused the privilege to
vote at these primaries. Such a charge
has not been made and will not be
made because II would only add to the
false charges already laid against the
party and its candidates. Every Re
publican voter was urged to attend
these primaries. The ballot was hon
estly cast and honestly counted. The
sentiment to which the delegates re.
sponded in the denomination of Dele
gate Kuhio came direct from the Re
publican voters of every precinct In
the Territory. In the Fourth District
the Republican convention was made
VI OF men who will fulfill all the best
man" qualifications on which the split
ticket takers are now harping. They
had no other axe to grind other than
the common purpose OF naming rep.
resentative men. securing fair repre-.
sentation OF all elements. selecting can
didates who were worthy, and honest
supporters Of the Republican admins.
tration and Republican principle. Their
deliberations were guided by careful
thought and good Judgment. There
was no machine made" result. No
machine" existed to grind out the
ticket at the direction OF a boss.
The Republican Territorial commit
tee was completely recognized IT.
the former committee committed all
the machine" sins in the category, is
the present committee to be held re-
sponsible for sins not on It's slate?
Would the split ticket advocates pre-
fer no organization? They are pro-
noting a sort of anarchy that has its
foundation in prejudice. II 1t is past
history they are working on, the facts
OF political history will show that Ku.
nalae was first pushed to the front In
Republican politics by the very men
who are now talking for the split
ticket.
Machine" politics cannot be made
an issue in the present campaign
among thoughtful men who want thei,
vote to count for Territorial progress