The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-25

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politics in it. but I'll do the politics,
and not a policeman on the force will
do it. 1 will see the police maintain
the peace and enforce the law. zap
plause), and keep out of politics
PALMER WOODS TALKS
Senator Woods of Hawaii made a
brief address. He said the Republicans
We're TO put up a strong senatorial
tioket-Low and Lewis-but he propos-
ed to make a good fight and a Win
ring one.
I'VE want to look up this Nuuanu
dam proposition, where they seem TO
be spending money for fun" he said
1--WE made an appropriation last ses-
sion, but the Governor refused to give
it to US. 1t seems that he used US as
catspaws.' ST.
THE LABORING MAN.
w A. Kinney was the next speaker.
He addressed the convention in the
Hawaiian language. County Treasurer
Trent also talked Democracy. He said
he had tried to be a good little boy
since he became County Treasurer, SO
that his political fathers need not be
ashamed of him. He told of some of
his experiences with the Republican Of
ficials of the county, his little dis
agreements, etc. He said that he fl
naHy won out, so that a man who had
earned 400 cents got a whole dollar
from him as Treasurer. Before road
worker had to stand discounts of all
l-fnds ways losing something out of
his salary.
II hope the Democrats will still hold
the office of Treasurer" he added, no
ma tier who your nominee may be"
Supervisor H T. Moore then talked.
Democratic friends had frequently ask
cd him to get in and scrap" in the
Board of Supervisors, He could not
very well SCRAP" one against five, but
he nad worked for the best interests
of everyone. He had helped Treasurer
Trent to get the laboring men engaged
by the government TO get their just
dues He pledged himself, if nominated
again. TO work for the best interests
of the Democratic party, first, last and
all the time.
Ioela Kiakaihi, something of an or
ator, talked against time also. Ben
Naukana of waialua and S K. Hui of
Waianae and Sam Koloa followed.
THE PLATFORM.
The Committee on Platform entered
the hall shortly after 3 o'clock with
the redraft of the platform and reso-
lutions. which was read by Mr.. Emme-
luth, as follows:
THE ADOPTED PLATFORM.
Honolulu, T. H., Sept. "a, 1906.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Democratic Territorial Convention
for 1906.
Gentlemen: Your Committee on
Platform herewith beg to submit their
report, as follows:
We. the representatives of the Demo-
cratic party of Hawaii, in convention
assembled, do hereby reaffirm our al
legiance to the National Democratic or
ganization and the principles of the
Democratic party, and we hereby en-
dorse the application of those prin-
ciples by our party leaders in dealing
with trusts, combines and other mani
fold evils brought about by the rapid
encroachments of organized capital up
on the rights, freedom of action and
safeguards of the individual.
We congratulate President Roosevelt
for rising above his party and the lead
ers of his party in applying to the
public service and to corporations and
trusts the checks and regulations de-
manded by the Democratic party since
1896, then publicly denounced and now
secretly opposed by the leaders of the
Republican&party, but still more do
we congratulate ourselves upon the far