The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-24
CAMPAIGN
is OPENED
Republicans Fire Their
First Gun Last
Evening.

/ With the raising of its banner to the
accompaniment of oratory, music and
fireworks, the Fourth District Republi-
can committee last night had its first
rally of the campaign
The banner bore across its face in big
black letters the following legend /:
Fourth District Republican Headquar-
ters." The banner-raising incident was
followed bv speecf-making in which
| Chairman A. G. NJ. Robertson of the
| Central committee; Lorrin Andrews,
chairman Of the Fourth District COM
mittee, Delegate Kuhio, John Lane, D.
Kalauokalani, Jr, Carlos Long, w. w.
Harris, Z. w Quinn, E. K. Lilikalani, J.
| a. Hughes, E. A. Douthitt and Frank
Andrade participated
The speeches were delivered from the
new platform erected in the open space
between the Electric company's build
| ing and the Occidental hotel The
place was lighted with electric arc
lamps and benches provided seats for
hundreds. Lorrin Andrews presided
over the meeting and his speeches of in
PRODUCTION served to outline what each
of them had accomplished or was ex-
pected to accomplish in the Legislature,
and In the case of Kuhio, in Congress.
Chairman Robertson made a rousing
speech tingling with Republicanism.
He urged the voters to vote the straight
Republican ticket.
J. A. Hughes said the Republican
party should win becaase upon its vic
tory depended the future of the Terri
tory. 1t was not a case of voting for
Mr.. Brown, or Mr. Smith, or Mr.. Jones
for the ticket of the Republican party.
The voters should cast their ballots for
the Republican party and in that way
uphold the hands of Theodore Roose-
velt, "the brightest star that ever shone
in the political armament of America"
John Lane asked for support not only
for himself but for the entire ticket. He
then directed his remarks to Cecil
Brown and upbraided him for breaking
his pledge not only to the convention
but to those who had supported him in
that convention In substance, Mr.. Lane
said that if Brown was capable of
breaking his pledge to his convention
supporters, then he could be depended
upon to break his pledge in other mat
ters of as vital interest to the people of
the Territory.
Cecil Brown is running as an lnde-
pendent candidate for the same office as
myself" said he. There are great
many rumors on the street that he is
competent for the place, which | do not
question. But not being loyal TO the
party after pledgine to his friends that
if he was defeated in securing NOM
ination he would abide by the decision,
he has gone beyond candid support. He
has broken this pledge, and if he has
broken one, he will probably break
others and probably the platform as
we'll" (Applause-)
w. w. HARRIS TALKS.
Wv Harris, who was introduced as
a young man who had done good work |
in the legislature and man to be de- |
pended upon for Jealous party labor, |
said the Republican party had no mis-
givings in asking the people OF the Ter
ritory for their support. Two years ago
the party placed platform before the
people and every pledge it made was |
carried out In 1901 we had Leglsla- |
ture, which. knowing the financial con-
dition of the Territory, and knowing |
that the government wanted to pass a |
loan BILL, the result of which would give
the people money through public works, |
failed 10 take advantage of the oppor-
t1,nity TO make a remedial law. The |
Republican party took the oppor-
tunity to put the bill through That
bill gave the people work and the work
gave them money. If ii had not been
for the money spent from the loan bill
we would have had harder times than
exist MIR. Harris appealed to the yot,
ers to vote the straight ticket. A DIVIDED
House would accomplish nothing II a
Republican Legislature was elected
every pledge of its platform would be
carried out 1t was useless for voter
to say. Il will vote for this man on this
ticket. and that man on that ticket and
so on. In the Legislature party lines
were drawn as TIGHT as in campaigns.
and success in the Legislature would
only come through a complete Republl-
can majority. He asked for the support
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