The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-13

SophlcalIE, thinking as ! always have
: Of the wisdom OF God. was unable
always 70 find a reason why He per-
mitted it 10 exist. But it was for a
! wise purpose. Laughterl. One great
trouble with that great organization
| is that its leaders and its membership
nave never had proper conception Of
what this government is. and what its
powers are. That would seem to be
a harsh statement. jefferson and Mad
ison, and Monroe and Patrick Henry
and Governor Clinton were all present
at the nations birth. Names revered
IN history, and yet Madison alone was
favorable TO the adoption Of the Con-
stitution of the United States. Jeffer-
son was its enemy. Patrick Henry de-
| claimed against it over the plains and
mountains of Virginia. Clinton exert
ed his great power as the executive of
New York to prevent its adoption by
the convention of the state Madison,
while he aided in the forma ton, at
once adopted the construction placed
upon it by Jefferson as did all those
gentlemen after it became a fact, and
sought SO to limit the powers of the
new government as that it could not
perform its functions. You older men
remember that Alexander Hamilton
early believed that it was essential
>that we should have national bank
The colonies were broke, there was not
a shilling, not a dollar of money coin
ed by any power on this continent that
was worth the paper it was written on,
and the coins did not exist The whole
country was without a circulating me-
dunn and those far-sighted patriots,
necessary that there should be a fiscal
agent, national bank.
The Democratic party said. No, you |
cannot do that; it is unconstitutional |
No such power is given by the con-
stitution of the United States F."
.Gaughter).
Col. Hepburn then traced the diff
culties Of the formative stages CT the
Amefican government and the opposi-
ton Of the Democratic party which |
always said 1T is unconsututionaP'
TO progressive measures, or matters
which were not directly referred to in
the constitution. The Democratic par
ty was the party of anrasonism, Of /
|
And SO down to 1860, when rebellion
was abroad, when armies hostile TO the
flag We're being assembled, forts cap
tured and property of the United
States destroyed.
And then Lincoln concluded to send
he boys in blue carrying the banners
1f the United States to coerce those
gentlemen TO realize their duties toward
he government and respect our flag. ,
The Democratic party came forward
With the old cry, You cannot do that,
t is unconstitutional to coerce a seced-
ng state. And so it has continued
Town to the present day.
Where have you heard Of any propo-
'ition Of the Republican party for the
of the condition of men,
OR the uplifting of society among all
classes of people that you have not
also heard that old battle cry of De-
nocracy,' 1t is unconstitutional you
,annot do it -?
I defy any man living after he has
the history Of this country
'ver all that period, from the oath day
# April, 1859, down to this moment, to
ind one great constructive measure
,ver proposed, advocated, or accom-
olished by the Democratic party. Gap +
,lause).
This is not mere bravado; it is an
appeal to history. 1t is not mere party
,lap-trap; it is the result of careful
'eading that prudent men must give to
he transactions of past generations
hat bear upon the welfare OF the land
We love.
The homestead law, under whose
'peration you will find on the prairies,
IN the hillsides and mountain slopes
md in the valleys, million, aye, near F.,
Y 100000 homesteads flecking the
was the gift of the nation to
he settler who would go upon this
and, redeemed from the wilderness and
make them contribute to the wealth
md prosperity of the nation. The
Democratic party, with the exception of ]
wo or three western men, fsaid, No, {
you cannot do it, it is unconstitu- (
ional.'"
Col Hepburn went on to praise the I
party for preserving the
single gold standard against the ag-
sressions of the Democratic party. and
hen came down to a long and learned
.iSSuSSicIi VI tiiS3 ne Sdiu lIdl 4
lpon the protective tariff realized ,
through the passage of the Dingley bill
he United States had risen to it's proud
position as the leader in the financial
world today. 1t was the protective tar
# which gave to the laboring man his
,ood wages and good homes. The OPP
,osite put him out of work and made
Misery for himself, his wife and his
hildren.
Then the speaker said a few words
o the young men about ready to use
he ballot. He told them TO start right
md to start in the Republican party.
lie paid tribute to labor, saying it
vas from the millions of workmen in
he United States came the wealth that
made the nation SO great. He eulogized