The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-15
Chance For A
Public Forum

Saturday night the larger than
before attended all these meetings will imagine that
the political complexion given the meeting has much do with the
number who attend There attendance the Demo-
cratic meeting the Republican meeting the week
before attendance the Republican meeting last Saur
day night there the Democratic meeting the week be'
rather to be spreading the knowledge
meetings held than OF noiang them under
special party auspices.
But these meetings have demonstrated people will
public dscusseda least that they will
Aaa Park, Saturday night The park open and public By
going there feels himself herself under the slightest obga
irons to anyone as they might they were invited TO eug III I"
heater other building The climate of Honolulu is ideal for out
ofdoor meetings The band stand at aa Park made after designs
by Captain Berger has more than justified his Judgment and Is now
proving itself splendid for outdoor speaking There is
difficulty whatever for with fairly good voice to make him
self heard from it by a least thousand people.
All these things being why should there be held following
the Cose Vi lIe PoI0d paSN' SloS 81 "uis a why" P"
lie affairs shall be discussed from nonpaSan standpoint Here IS
the finest opportunity the world for series popular discussions
tending public veal and popular education Per-
hap the Research Club might take the matter the Social
Science Club The Civic Federation might have charge Of some Of
the meetings.
Democratic meeting the night
nothing in the boge of interpretation At that meeting speech
interpreted Some the speakers spoke Hawaiian and
some in English the two languages alternating Yet there no
lack interest attention Those who did understand Hawaii
coueousy through the Hawaiian speeches. while those
whom aWan was more familiar than English sat as coureous
through the English speeches. At the Republican meeting
urday night there much demonstration of the thing The
truth that the great majority those present at each of these meet
ngs understand ngsno perhaps its mother tongue but in
practical degree.
the suggestion taken up advantage the oppor-
tunty OF making of Aala Park popular FORUM there should be
Addresses should be long Some OF them should undoubtedly
be in the Hawaiian anguagepeap Also occasionally
besides English But whatever language they the
effort should be made couch them simple easily
pretended by those whom language tongue
easily Transferable by and another
audience where the trend remarks UNDERSTOOD but individual
sentences gapd But there should be interpreting
meal such is Let the whole address
guage OF the speaker that neither continuity grace
will be broken by the interruption interpretation Ii it desirable
that address shall be given language
on be done beforehand and be each language
terrupion
The would not be very great only expense
would be lights and chairs enough
OF the audience the political committees found sufficient The
exact expense could be ascertand from the political committees
should anything like much popular
meetings as is being shown in the political meetings. opportunity
Tor work for the highest good and that in no hom-
eic or paronizng way S beyond calculation