The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-19
ACHI'S PLATFORM

, ty government Broad said it was
good thing II properly Offered w 81
are having better roads ne said. put
il is due TO our petition" He referred
TO instances where work had been done
to satisfy the demands of the wealthy
in contradistinction TO the needs OF the |
poor and pointed with apparent dls-i
gust TO the purchase OF the hunst J
premises for the accommodation OF
class who viii look down upon the
poor people. The speaker favored IN
creasing the tax assessment on the
ground that il would result in more
work for the Hawaiians because the
government would have more money TO
use for improvements. He told MS
hearers that if they wished to continue
suffering support the other tickets but
if they would have prosperity. they
should support and vote for the labor
candidates.
JOE FERN TALKS.
Joe Fern was joyously greeted on all
sides and he addressed his remarks 10
men of all political creeds. He referred
TO conditions on the mainland and
spoke Of the working men representing
their people in ali legislative bodies. In
San Francisco. he said, the labor party
has strong representation in the city
government. stronger in fact than any
other party.
THE RESPECT FOR MULES.
Mules" said Fern. ARE regarded
with greater favor than men, by the
Board Of Supervisors They are given
three square meals day, while hun
dreds of Hawaiians. ready TO work. are
forced to go hungry because there Is
no money. We see our road supervisor
riding around with a fancy team or an
automobile and yet there is no money
for work. For months the people in
this district have been begging for
couple of bridges. but we are told there
is no money Have You noticed how
quickly the money is secured when
election approaches? The timbers for :
those bridges are on the ground and
the money is ready to pay for the con-
struction." Reference TO the whites
voting for whites and Hawaiians for
Hawaiians called forth numerous sure
kelas" from the crowd. Joe closed by
calling upon everybody to vote for Ku-
hio for Congress. .
ACHI AGAINST LANE. {
Mr.. Achf spoke OF the machines. He
said politics and the government are
in the hands of two men-Sam Johnson, .
1.-THE Russian and Sheriff Brown, each =
having hundreds of men under him and .
in control OF the machines. Achi gave =
John Lane a jolt when he remarked 4
that when the County Act was intro :
duced in the Senate he sat behind John, 4
a man of superior education. He had =
had faith in him, but as he sat there d
in the Senate he saw, written upon :
his shoulder, not upon the wall, the q
handwriting which showed him that :
the county bill was not to go through. =
With my aid said the speaker. the :
pill was passed, and is today a law"
he said Lane could not lead anything.
hat he had lost his influence and even Z
Brown had turned his back upon him, m
&c he had upon himself because he be-
ieyed they were both without a fol- U
owing. He seemed sore at John c. d
4ane" and mentioned his name so often a
nat The people had it by heart before Il
lie finished speaking.
WHY DOES BROWN WORK?
He referred TO Brown as a lawyer
f standing and asked the audience -
What they thought of man of his ap- -
his ability and his habits -
ghting as hard as he does to secure *
position where the salary is only s175 '
month, and he left it TO the crowd to :.
CURE it out.
INhRSIIf NkEDhD w
He wanted a university for the edu- 10
alton of children of the laboring ct
asses. because they had no money to IN
ay for their studies in the higher b.
asses. Most of them ended their edu- NJ
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