The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-07-14

science of government should be prose-
cuted upon right lines, failed in their
duty and neglected their public charge.
(Applause).
"There is not government on earth
in which there are not parties-there
never has been. All governments of
Republican form have parties that gov
ern-not men. We talk about Lincoln's
administration, of Grants administra-
ton, of Roo evelt's administration. 1t
is the party that controls. not simply
the affairs of state, but those men who
administer them. (Applause).
II am not kindly in my political feel
ing to that purist who, neglecting the
duties incident to campaigns, fails in
participating in the initiative, and then
criticises the action of those who have
taken the lead. and who, following,
doubtless, their best impulses and best
instincts. have tried to lay out those
plans. formulate those ideas and nomi-
nate those candidates that they believe
will bring success to the party and
prosperity to the state.
1.-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 a ballot has a duty
imposed upon him of casting 1t 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, but 1t is his duty to be
present in the inceptive moment when
that candidate is to be nominated.
prolonged applause).
TT 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. (Applause).
THE PARTY THAT DOES THINGS.
1.-THE Republican party ought to be
continued in power. It 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 govern
ment and who Is intent upon preserv-
ing them. / say the Republican party
is the party that does things. Look
back over its record, at its wonderful
achievements. Born as 1t was under
clouded skies; born as It was almost
within the sound Of those rumbling
cannon that a little while afterwards
belched death and destruction over
thousands OF battlefields; born as It
was to inherit a bankrupt treasury;
divided government. filled with treason
and with revolution with its bloody
banners Haunted in its face, 1t took
possession of this government; 1t quell-
ed the storms Of war; It brought peace
to a distracted land; II wiped out the
causes OF belligerence; IT inaugurated
new methods and measures OF govern
ment that raised the nation from its
abyss of war, upward and onward in
the path OF progress. enabling 1t to
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