Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-17

strange bediellpws and strange 81 ma
tions. He referred appropriately tn
the newly discovered ora,orical abb.
ity of Mr. Roe. who had thrown such
beautiful eRcomiums at the leet of his
robbed him of his eloquence, had stol.
en- his thunder.
Thompson felt that the Republican
party was to be congratulated In hav.
ing presented two names which car.
ried honesty and integrity into cam
paign. Another name, he anticipated,
| sub.rosa. was to be sprung later. One
candidate was the algebraic X In the
political proposition. The other, Ce
icf Brown, was the worked.out eQua-
ton, since 1876 (great applause). He
had been tried In the fires OF business
and politics. He had pulled himself
up 10 eninence by his own shoe-strap,
Ne had not come into prominence by
chicanery, but by hard and hones
knocks. He had risen from impecuni
osity to aGiuence by his own efforts.
A lawyer was needed in the Senate.
Cecil Brown was the only member OF
the Senate Committee who said the
old County Act. as proposed, was dual
IN its nature and would not stand the
test of the courts. II Browns advice
had been followed the Act would new.
a. have been knocked out. Brown
was right and he, Thompson, most
emphatically endorsed him.
Lane 10 Nominated.
| a.. X. ke,ipiO. addressing the con.
vention In Hawaiian. briefly nominal.
ed John G. Lane for Senator. the
name being received with tremendous
\ good will. as noisy as enthusiastic.
| +. Faxon Bishop seconded the nom.
iDation. declaring that Lane should re.
ceive the unanimous support Of tho
convention. Lane was strong man
and had always faithfully served the
party. The name Of Lane, said Bish.
0p, shoeld be sufficient to make his
nomination unanimous. Lane had
always been In the front ranks Of the
party. His electiOn was assured.
MIR. Barker also wanted to see
Lanes nomination unanimous.
Bishop Nominated.
Il q. w. Smith was glad to see that
business men would take hold of poll
tics. II was good to have business
men In the field they protected the
taxpayers In matters Of legislation.
Smith spoke as follows:
Zone of the interesting and signif.
cant movements In our political life
today Is the willingness exhibited by
leading business and professional men
to enter poiitical 90, not for what
there is In II but to represent the peo-
pie, to enact good laws. to protect the
taxpayer, to raise public effice. above
the olium that has been attached to II.
rne movement has been slow, too
slow for many, but It has been sure.
and is gaining ground with eaen cleo.
tion time.
"Time was when the business man,
the clean man, the leader among his
fellows, feared to stand for political
honors. He was subjected to abuse
aud scurrility. called a snob, and arts.
tocrat. and what not.
why, look at the career of that
natchless American, our President
Theodore Roosevelt, and by the way
Mr.. Chairman, he Is the same man
that will be our next President. ZAP
plause.) When he first entered polit
ical life, because he did not meet on
the street and give the glad hand Ia
every political tout he was dubbed an
aristocrat. a bloated bondholder. q
blue-blooded nobody that had nothing
In common with the people, an upstari
that wanted to deprive the genuine pc.
litical manager OF his just earnings
But the people knew better. The pol
iticians shelved him, as they Thought
but the hand of destiny lifted him tC
high places, the people have endorsed
him.
"The movement I have referred t
has reached even our island territor,
and we find today men in our midst
business men, professional men, lead
ers In their respective vocations. WHIT
are willing to come forward and Civ,
their time and ability for the servic,
OF their fellow citizens. Among theS,
Is one who is known to you all, on
who has come up through all of thu
stages of business life, from suga
clerk on the wharves through situa
lions of trust to one of the most i'm
portant Offices In the Oldest America,
house in the Hawaiian islands.
"Mr. Chairman, take pleasure an,
feel honored In placing before thi
convention as nominee for Senate
from the Fourth District the name o
Mr.. f. Faxon Bishop" CONTINUED ar
plause.)
powsett Endorsed.
Lorrin Andrews, naming J. NJ. Dow
set, spoke Of him as a level-heade
] business man whose name was
! household word. He would make
, | strong member OF the Senate and adj