The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-30
DEMOCRATS AT KAKAAKo.


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The above cablegram from William
Jennings Bryan, in answer to Mr. Me
Clanahan s letter concerning charges of
local Republicans that the Democrats
would take away the franchise from
the Hawaiians, was read by Mr. Me
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.. McClanahan s standpoint it
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.. McClanahan
stated:
when / was first nominated for
Delegate to Congress | feared that this
charge would be brought against me
that 1 would try to have the Hawaiians
disfranchised-and l sat down and wrote
a letter to William Jennings BRYAN.
whom [ have the honor to know per
sOnally. | 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 disfranchisement. |
told HIM that | thought the Hawaiians
knew him well enough to believe what
he would say, and | asked him to send
message to the Hawaiian people on
this question. When | got back from
Hawaii L found this message from Mr..
Bryan, and tonight j 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 MESA ge
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
against him 10y the Republicans at Aala
Park last night. He said:
q 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, l am
beng answered by the Republican
campaign speakers. | believe that the
argument against me in this matter is
gong 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 it. In other words, their argu-
ment is that a 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 man in
the hearing of my voice but can not
see how absolutely flimsy that argu-
ment is. j believe the people of this
Territory will give most emphatic
answer to this argument on November
9th -
HITS AT SAM JOHNSON.
Harry Swinton appeared in the cam
paign for the first time as a speaker.
He made a speech full of witticisms
and just the kind that went home to
the Hawaiians. He said he had been
taken from the Hawaiians He said
with reference to the delegateship. that
he had not known anything about the
Cuban matter until it was explained so
explicitly at the Aala Park meeting by
Mr. McClanahan. He saw at once that
it was question which had to do with
the vital interests of the territory. AS
to the two candidates. McCIanahan for
the Democrats and Kuhio for the Re
publicans, he said:
There isn't any comparison between
them any more than there is between
chalk and cheese. We don't want a
figurehead in Congress. When you
vote for kuhio you are merely voting
for George Mcclellan. We want a man
to go there who will attend to his
business
Swinton then told a story of how two
whaler captains get together and tell |
of the famous catches of whales they |
had in days gone by. One says. L
caught a whale at so-and-so.' and the |
other says, Il caught two whales at so
and-sO,' but the truth of it is that they |
both forget that the whales were |
caught by their mates. It was the same |
With Kuhio. He tells what he did in |
Congress when in reality il was his |
secretary.
Swinton then went after Sam John |
son and discussed him and his fancy
spans of horses. autos and turnouts in |
general. He doesn't know any more
about making roads," he said. than a !
road knows about making him" (Ap-l
plause.) Mr.. Swinton charged the road !