The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-07
AFTERNOON SESSION.

q. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was called to
order at 2:40 o'clock, the chair calling
for the report of the committee on reso-
Iutions which was as follows:
The committee on permanent organ
izafion and order of business was pre-
pared with a report making Col. Z. r
Iaukea permanent chairman, d. W.
Ewaliko, secretary, NJ. Haffernan, SER
geant at arms; Mr.. Koahou, assistant
sergeant at arms; z. w. Weed, inter-
prefer.
The order of business recommended
was: Report Of the committee on plat
form and resolutions; election of dele
gates to the National Convention; cleo
ton of alterrfates; miscellaneous bust
ness, adjournment. Cushing's Manual
is made the rule of parliamentary pro-
ceedings.
Upon motion of H. A. Juen the re-
port was adopted.
Chairman Iaukea, Republican Home
Ruler and now Democrat, was escorted
to the platform by the committee, and
thanked the convention, as follows:
1--WE are here today to attend this
convention and 1 take this means of
thanking this intelligent audience for
my appointment and / hope you VIII
back me up in this work.
The secretary also made speech but
the observation-disclosures and other officers
declined the opportunity
c. w Ashford, chairman of the COM
mittee on platform and resolutions, pre-
scented the report of the committee as
follows:
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
1--WE realize that our political destiny
is indissolubly linked with that of the
United States. We declare that the
Hawaiian people, for more than half
a century prior to annexation had sue
cessfully conducted an independent and
sovereign Government within these ISL
lands-which Government was based
upon a representative parliamentary
system; and that the people of this
Territory have long been, and are now,
fitted for self-government We there
fore protest against being longer held
in the position of political subservien-
cy and tutelege which inheres in
Territorial form of aforementioned
we utlLdllN, III DGiAotbl VI Oil tic PCCPAC
of this Territory, at the hands of the
Congress of the United States, the
speedy admission of Hawaii to State
hood, upon terms of equality with the
other States of the Union:-and we
pledge the Democratic Party to I'M
ceasing efforts to achieve this end.
I'VE declare that the Republican pol
icy in the past has created, and it now
nurtures system of insolent and
powerful TRUSTS,-which are at once
"A great detrinlent to the individual
welfare of our citizens; a restraint up
on individual Independence; and me-
mace to the perpetuity of Republican
institutions and government. And We
charge one of those dangerous crea-
tons, namely the Sugar Trust, with
the arbitrary and nlercenary manipu-
lations and depression of the price of
raw sugar to such extent as to have
contributed in large degree to the pres
ent unsatisfactory condition of our su-
gar industry,-where many of our
plantations are struggling for con-
tinued existence, and but few sugar
properties are being operated at a pro-
fit.
I'VE condemn the present Republican
Administration for it's employment of
Asiatics in the Navy-and Treasury
Department to the exclusion of citizen
labor in Hawaii and request such leg
islation as will protect citizen labor in
The future.
I'VE place our party on record as in
sisting upon an honest and economical
policy of Territorial Government, and
we pledge our party to the nomination
of none but honest and capable per-
sons for legislative and executive Of
fees We charge the Republican Terri
torial Administration of the past and
present, with incompetence, and neg
Iect of public interests. We charge the
Republican party in this Territory with
wilful deception of the people in re-
spect of the so-called County Act,
passed in 1903. in that said Act was
never intended by them, to become eff
fective,-but was framed with the full
intent that it was so honeycombed
with invalid and unconstitutional pro-
visions, as to preclude its bearing the
test of attack in the Courts.
I'VE charge the Republican Territor-
iaI Administration with being corrupt,
beyond all precedent in these Islands,
and that officers high in said Admins
ration have winked at crime, commit
ted in office,-tolerated, and negotiated
with confessed embezz1ers of the pub
lie funds-and connived at the escape
OF such embezzIers from justice
(Signedl c. W. ASHFORD.
PRINCE DAVID,
MR. HAYSELDEN,
T 3. LYONS.
FRANK HARVEY,
w. A KINNEY,
C p. IAUKEA.
JOHN EMMELUTH,
D. EWALIKO.
The natives were particularly en-
thusiastic in applauding the platform
HEARST LUGGED IN.
Palmer Woods moved to insert the
following amendment:
Resolved that our delegation be and
are hereby instructed to vote for VIII
liam Randolph Hearst and that we use
all honorable means to secure his NOM