The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-29
KUHIO BEGINS
OAHU CAMPAIGN


tn, Republicans big rally on Satur-
day night was at Pearl city. Six car
loads of people Ncut from Honolulu to
attend the meeting and they were met
hy another big Pearl city crowd. There
was plenty of enthusiasm and Kuhio,
who was opening his oahu campaign,
was received with cheers and applause.
cupid did not make very long speech,
his voice being i'm poor condition as a
result Of too much speaking during his
tour of other islands. lie referred to
his Washington work ana expressed !
hope that he could have the refund bill !
passed i'm the coming session of Con-
gress Cupid said ne had been charged !
with working for the rich element, but |
this was not true; his interest in the !
poor was as great as i'm the rich. He |
referred to speech made by w. r. |
Castle at the Mohonk Conference last |
summer i'm which that gentlemen favor |
ed MS qualification i'm the franchise such !
as would disbar many Hawaiians and !
that gentleman" he said, lis the presi |
dent of thois civic Federation that has
refused to endorse some of the Repub-
/ lican candidates.
! The Rev $ L. Desha, silver tongued
orator of Hawaii, kept the audience al
most continuously applauding or in
( laughter, with an address full of Ha-
waiian eloquence and humor He said
that Hawaiians of the big island which
/ he has just been touring, would not
/ throw down their keike prince for mali
hini McClanahan. He roasted the Civics
and said that all the Republicans should
stand by their party's ticket
w. w. Harris repudiated his Civic
, endorsement again, referring to the
Civics failure to endorse Kuhio He
said the latter had ably represented Ha-
| wall in Washington, and would do so
again Charles Chillingworth made an
| earnest plea for support for Kuhio
against McClanahan. Sheriff Brown
was re ,.ved with cheers. He said in
part:
This is the hardest campaign in the
history of the country, but l believe
that the victory is sure in consequence.
1t is the duty of Republicans to stand
shoulder to shoulder and defeat the or
ganzation of disgruntled Republicans
known as the Civic Federation. This
0ttIllt VI s7tNlllHtbAlbIl ltlltN " Su'lpl lllN
he said, land, as Mr. Harris has told
you, gentlemen, that l would sooner
stand on the outside with our delegate
, mendorsed, than to have their endorse
, ment without him, and it is for you to
| put your stamp of disapprOval upon
| that body by electing a straight Re-
publican ticket Iaukea is more the
candidate of the Civic Federation than
the Democratic party. If you do not
, believe that, read his speech that was
, delivered. at Pauoa last night. l tell
f you, gentlemen, Iaukea never made that
, speech; it was written i'm the Adver-
; tiser office and published in that paper
this morning. AS | appeal for myself,
l appeal to YOU for the whole ticket, not
on promises of reward. but on my past
, record. As you believe in fair play, be
, true to your principles and the Repub-
: lican candidates and vote the straight
, ticket"
Link McCandless made an evident hit.
Among the matters he referred to was
promotion work, which he said was
bringing Hawaii to the notice of all
world and would make her prosperous
He also discussed tax matters and
roasted the Democratic free trade doc
trine.
y, Another Republican meeting was call
! ed for the Fort street lot with Super
visor Lucas as chairman. The Repub-
{ licans, speakers and all, however, APP
- peared to have gone to Pearl City, and
u when Lucas called for speakers there
70 We're none present. Aylett failed tC
{ respond and Kaleo was brought for.
90
- later and made a short address, and
e the meeting adjourned early.
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
h This, I say, will be what the think
G ing man will say when he hears of the
Il result of the election of a Republican
@ Delegate from Hawaii. If, on the other
- hand, the Hawaiians, voting on this
2 question, reverse their former course
s it viii be serving notice in unmistak.
. able terms that this is a question which
touches us very deeply and that we
10 respond instantly to the touch. 1t may
/. be that little thing that will turn the
10 scale against Cuban annexation Thai
f little thing may be a great thing.
u may be eXaggerating, but 7 may not
a be eXaggerating. Can we afford t.
% take any chances with the question
/ The question which threatens to strike
o us down commercially, ruin our indus.
+ tries. our homes and happiness?
Y 'To the party man I say he has M
business putting politics into this ques
t ton 1t is not politics i'm Hawaii-it is
C the very commercial life Of our coun.
C try that is at stake. II is not a queg.
20 non Of Republican, Home Rule d
= Democrat here. but a queS ion Of the
= best interest of the country. 1.-THE Re
It publican party in this campaign is say.
p ing little Of the Cuban question, art
# it is because Of the listlessness of some
e and the blind partisanship of Others
II that the very danger cones. Repuhii
Is cans are engaged principally in ri5icuI
n ing what 7 am saying in this matter
d Ridiculing a man who is trying tc