Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-13

ern-not men. We talk about Lincolns
administration. of Grants aiministra-
ton. of Roosevet's administration. It
is the party that controls, not simply
the affairs of state, but those men who
administer them. (Applause.)
THE philosophy Of the ballot is not
always understood. The ballot Is not
given to men as an asset. The ballot
imposes duty and obligation upon the
men who have 1t. The man who has
the right to cast ballot has duty
Imposed upon him of casting It righte-
ously and rightly. Of knowing what It
means. and recognizing the fact that
when he voted for his candidate, not
because he loves the man. or believes
In immediate personal benefit. but be-
cause he knows that man is pledged
to administer his Office along the lines
that the voter believes to be right and
possible. That is the philosophy Of the
ballot. and therefore there is imposed
upon every man an obligation to vote
his ticket
Duty at Primaries.
ut Is his duty to be at the primary
and see that honored names alone con-
stitute that ballot, representative
names, men who are Republicans, men
who will carry out Republican doc
trines, men who are welded and weld
ed into Republican faith.
Col. Hepburn gave ringing and a
singing reference to the "purists"
who criticise when they don't take
part In primaries and conventions.
This having a direct local application
to recent events, brought out tremen.
dous applause. He believed in voting
the ticket" though 1t might have a
man on 1t not quite as good as anoth.
er. The whole atmosphere Of this por.
tion of the speech was a rebuke to
those who had attempted to line him
up as favoring the opponents Of regu.
lar party workers.
THE Republican party ought to be
continued In power. 1t Is the party
that does things. 1t Is the party of
the young man, the man who has red
blood In his veins, the man with hope
In his heart, the man with expectation
In his vision. the man who expects to
live long among the blessings Of gov
eminent and who is intent upon pre-
serving them. say the Republican
party is the party that does things
Look back over its record, at its won.
derful achievements. Born as II wa.
under clouded skies; born as 1t was
almost within the sound Of those rum,
bling cannon that little while after.
!. wards belched death and destruction
:. over thousands OF battlefelds: born al
1t was to inherit bankrupt treasury
: divided government, filled with Treason
and with revolution with its blood.
banners Haunted In its face, II tool
possession OF this government; |
' quelled the storms of war; 1t brough
peace to a distracted land; It wiped GU
:. the causes of belligerence; II inaugu
;. rated new methods and measures O
;, It's abyss Of war, upward and onwar
J, in the path of progress. enabling It
:, reach the goal of prosperity, such as n
nation ever saw, such as no peopl
!. elsewhere ever enjoyed. 1t is the pa,
, ty that does things.
:, Democrats Antagonize.
!. There has been an antagonist
- the Republican party. The Democrat
party. am glad that 1t exists. Vi
til | studied the matter somewh
:, philosophically. thinking as l alwa.
have of the wisdom of God, l was III
:. able always to find reason why
= permitted II to exist. But II was for
, wise purpose. One great trouble Wi
:, that organization is that its leade
:, =, and its membership have never had
=, proper conception OF what this go
y. eminent is. and what its powers are
~ Col. Hepburn then turned to histo
"a and told how the great Democrats hi
~ always opposed the advancement
'" national affairs, declaring that on
the exact letter of the Constitute
y, could be followed. that implied powe
20 could not be used jefferson was I
= enemy of the Constitution. Democrat
-, leaders had always sought to limit I
:. power of the government. This W
"a particularly SO in the early days VIII
:, the government was forming. Ham
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