The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-30

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4 VIM. JENNINGS BRYAN. I
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The above cablegram from William
Jennings Bryan. in answer to Mr.. Nc
Clanahan' IS letter concerning charges OF
local Republicans that the Democrat.
would take away the franchise from
the Hawaiians, was read bv Mr.. Nc
Clanahan last evening at the big Demo
cratic meeting in Kakaako.
Probably no campaign document thus
far presented in the local campaign has
produced more interest or enthusiasm
The reading of the message, both in
English and Hawaiian, was greeted
with tremendous applause.
From Mr.. Mechanism s standpoint il
was an entire refutation of the ma.
chimes charges here, and coming from
so prominent man in mainland
politics, it had the effect of creating
! new interest in Mr.. McClanahan s can.
didacy for the congressional billet.
In explanation of the receipt of the
cablegram above Mr.. Mechanism
stated:
'When / was first nominated for
Delegate to Congress 1 feared that this
charge would be brought against me
that 1 would try to have the Hawaiians
MISUNDERSTANDING sat down and wrote
letter to William Jennings Bryan,
whom | have the honor to know per-
sonally. i told him of my being
nominated and that If / was defeated
1t would be through the prejudice of
the Hawaiian people for white man
through fear of Acknowledgement.
told HIM that | thought the Hawaiians
knew him well enough to believe what
he would say, and / asked him to send
a message to the Hawaiian people on
this question. When got back from
Hawaii l found this message from Mr..
Bryan, and tonight l read it to you for
the first time.
After reading the message Mr.. Me-
Clanahan continues: 81 want every
man of you who has heard this message
to tell it to your neighbors. The great
Bryan says there IS absolutely no
danger that the Hawaiian's voting
power will ever be taken away from
him.
Mr.. Mechanism made practically
the same speech that he delivered at
Aala Park Saturday night. In addition
he spoke of the arguments being used
against him by the Republicans at Aala
Park last night. He said:
~ have been talking Cuban annexa-
ton to the people of this Territory for
three weeks and | believe that tonight
for the first time, in Aala Park, am
being answered by the Republican
lyn I ha1, %h,& L..
argument against Inc in this matter is
going to take shape something like
this: The gentleman who is to answer
me is going to tell the people that the
Republican party, the good Republican
party, the party that gave us the pro-
tective tariff on sugar and made us
prosperous, should not be charged with
this awful thing in advance of their
doing 1t. In other words, their argu-
ment is that man should not try to
prevent "A man from burning his house
down because he happens to be the
builder of it. There is not a man in
the hearing of my voice but can not
see how absolutely flimsy that argu-
ment is. l believe the people of this
Territory will give most emphatic
answer to this argument on November |
jth. -
HITS AT SAM JOHNSON.
Harry Swinton appeared in the cam
Daign for the first time as a speaker. |
He made a speech full of witticisms !
md just the kind that went home to
he Hawaiians. He said he had been a
Democrat here since the islands We're
aiken from the Hawaiians. He said,
With reference to the delegateship, that
lie had not known anything about the
Cuban matter until 1t was explained so
explicitly at the Aala Park meeting by
Mr.. McClanahan. He saw at once that
t was n question which had to do with
he vital interests of the territory. AS
o the two candidates. Mechanism for
he Democrats and Kuhio for the Re
,ublicans, he said:
There isn't any comparison between
hem any more than there Is between
halk and cheese. We don't want a
igurehead in Congress. When you
'ote for Kuhio you are merely voting
or George Mcclellan. We want a man
o go there who will attend to his
'usiness.'
Swinton then told story OF how two
'h"iSi captains set together anu tell
4 the famous catches of whales they
lad in days gone by. One says, II
aught a whale at so-and-so,' and the
ther says, Il caught two whales at so
ndso," but the truth of II Is that they
10Th forget that the whales were
aught by their mates. 1t was the same
With Kuhio. He tells what he did In
congress when In reality it was his
ecretary.
swinton then Went after Sam John
on and discussed him and his fancy
pans OF horses, autos and turnouts in
eneral. "He doesn't know any more
bout making roads," he said, than a
Dad knows about making him." Gap
lause.) Mr.. swinton charged the road