The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-06
PRINCE KUHIo.

PRINCE KUHIO.
Delegate Kalanianaole spoke o2 the
three platforms of the different parties.
The people would find that the Repub-
lican platform promised to do some
thing for the people, but there WAS
nothing in the Democratic and Homo
Rule platforms but condemnation of
the Governor, and nothing substantial
promised for the community. Prince
Kuhio said that the Democratic party
was only Mr.. Kinney and whatever he
said made the people move like jump
ing jacks. The Democrats and Home
Rulers were telling the voters that # "a
Republican delegate We're elected he
would try to take away their fran
chise. He said there was no power on
earth as long as the Republican party
was in office that could take away that
right The very Constitution of the
United States ard the principles OF the
Republican party forbade it.
In the last campaign the voters We're
PROMISED that their delegate would try
to get the Hawaiian language estab-
iished as equal with the English Ian
guage il legislative proceedings and
for the laws to be printed in Hawai-
IAN Representative Pulaa of Kohaia
had introduced such a bill in the House
and it was passed. It was designed
to have section 4 of the Organic Act
changed to permit the use of the Ha-
waiian language as stated. Copies of
the Resolution We're sent to President
Roosevelt, the Senate and House of
Representatives, as well as TO him
self. He had endeavored to carry out
the provisions of the resolution. When
To Ia
mittee the reply was, You are all
American citizens and it is in the
English language that you should
make all your laws They told him
he might get bill through providing
for the use of the Hawaiian language
as the official language equally with
the English language, for five years.
He was not satisfied with that and
made it ten years.
.It is a lie when the Home Rulers
tell you / have tried to take your Ian
guage from you" he exclaimed. why
should I, when it is my own language?
Kuhio decried the fractional fights
among the Hawaiians and said the
most disagreeaple things urged about
candidates came from HaWaiians, not
the haoles.
who is the Hawaiian so base that
he would endeavor to disfranchise his
own kind?" he continued. 81 don't
think you could find one. How can you
expect a Hawaiian to try to do such a
thing? All these arguments are merely
put forward as traps to catch your
votes. The Hawaiians are hurting
themselves by continually pelting each
other. They insult one another. Have
done with it ali.
Hill I think w should all be IN
terested in is that concerning the
scientific investigation of leprosy. Some
young Hawaiians in Hilo have formed
a club. They want a hospital erected
where the people afflicted with the dis
ease may be treated scientifically.
can help them out by asking Congress
to appropriate money to bring scientists
here for this purpose. Who knows that
a cure may not yet, be found? The
Home Rulers want the lepers brought
under the entire control Of the Federal
Government / think we of the Re-
publican party have some feeling In
our hearts for these people and will
still continue to take care of them our
selves For the benefit of those UNI
fortunate people you should vote the
straight Republican ticket"
Prince I1uhio spoke briefly in Eng
ilSh. replying TO SoIIlG VI Ills -AAbANE |
Many things had been said derogatory
of him; that he was an incompetent |
and did not attend to his business. |
He said he had been charged with not !
being posted about Hawaiian affairs.
How can they blame me then, when
/ was only in Washington six months, |
while the Advertiser, for instance, |
which has criticised my acts, has been |
in Washington for six years, or ever /
since annexation. (Applause) What |
then were all the people who went from
Hawaii to washington doing2 Were
they. asleep? Have they been in Wash
ington lobbying only for their personal
gain? The fact is there has been too /
much factional fighting. When first
went there I found that everything was
being done to belfttle me, to handicap
me almost before 1 had reached the
House of Representatives They sent
men over there. They saw Congress-
men and these Congressman told me
that it had been said Of me that / was
simply a tool, a tool to beat Wilcox,
and that was all they had sent me over
to Washington for. These people, how
ever came to Washington and asked
me to Introduce their bills which I did,
and then did all I could to get them
through If you cont give your Dele