The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-12

salaries in the work of retrenchment
and pointed to the fact that all the
business firms had been forced to cut
salaries also. He also quoted Iaukea's
speech made when the calling of an
other session of the legislature to frame
new county act was being considered.
Iaukea then stated, he said, that it
would be no use to refer the bill to the
legislature for the influence of the busi-
ness community was against counties
and they controlled the legislature. He
quoted Iaukea as saying that he was
for County Government not because it
was best but because the people wanted
it and they should be given it as a re-
ward for the independence that they
had lost
Jim" Quinn was the next speaker,
and he waxed very humorous in the
course of his remarks. The audience
was convulsed when he shouted, why
is the United States the greatest coun- |
try under Gods green earth? Because
it is governed by the Republican party. !
We have three candidates for delegate |
he continued; IF we sent a Republican
the men in Congress will say. What |
do you want?' and he VIII say, "A ma
val station at Pearl Harb9r, improve
ments at Pearl darbor and fortifica-
tions at Kaimuki.' Then the congress-
men will say, oh yes. we know all
about Kaimuki, for the Kaimuld I'M
provennent Association has kept us
posted, and we know that Judge Gear /
lives at Kaimuki and that some hostile
fleet might sneak around past Diamond !
Head and shoot the horns off of Judge
Gears pet COW. and so you go to the
ways and means committee and they |
will give you the Notifications to pro-
tect the COW and incidentally the is
lands But If you send a Democrat |
they will say. We are too busy with
the Republican districts to give you
anything, so we can't send you down |
to the ways and means committee, but |
you go down and find some nice little |
Promotion Committee and have a nice !
time in Washington Or if we sent a
Home Ruler they would say, Who are |
you? We thought that you We're dead |
and they would telephone for copies of |
the Chicago Lakefront and the Buff
falo Breeze to find out who this fellow
was and would send him away empty
handed Quinn praised the Governor
for making his appointees give him
their designations as a matter of pro-
lection Of tine people (groans from the
ranks).
Frank Andrade spoke in both Eng
lish and Hawaiian, receiving generous
applause. His speech was clear-cut and
showed the Importance of the legisla-
ture. He pleaded for a straight ticket.
Senator w. c. Achi was the next speak
er and promised that if the Republi-
cans were put in power that a bill would
be introduced allowing wine to be made
in this Territory. He made an appeal
to the Portuguese on this issue, say
ing that it would open up great in
dustry to them. His remarks were
greeted with evident satisfaction.
Mr.. Bernard Kelekolio, the boy ora
tor" was the next speaker. He spoke
in both Hawaiian and English as his
predecessor had done, and made an
eloquent address on the past of the
party and a forecast of its
future Mr. Frank Camara and E./W.
Quinn made brief remarks and the
meeting closed with three cheers for
he party. Governor and the candidates