The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-17
GEORGE A. DAVIS

George A. Davis spoke on behalf Of
w. W. Harris, whom a slight illness
prevented from appearing in person.
After explaining this, Davis waded
right into the Democrats, the Civic
Federation and the Anti-Saloon
League. Deacon Trent had said in the
Democratic part of the Bulletin that
the Republicans should discuss the
campaign issues, and he proposed to do
SO now by asking the following ques-
lions and leaving them to be answered.
What appropriations can the Demo-
Gratis secure for Notifications, for pub
lie buildings, for lighthouses or for
Federal public works? The Demo-
Gratis could get nothing and were only
trying to hoodwink the Hawaiians into
making them think so. After election
they would tell the people to wait until
Bryan was elected, but they might as
well ask them to wait for the angel
Gabriel
At the Zoo he had sounded the key
note of the campaign when he said that
the Republicans would place the police
department under the control of the
Supervisors. where it belonged. This
was not for machine purposes. Men
like w. o. Smith and W. w. Harris,
who had been here before Trent had
left the secession state of Tennessee,
would surely net stand for machine
dictation. Supposing there had been
forty-six police at the convention, they
did not control it.
"Those who are not for US are
against u.s. said Davis. in reference
to the Civic Federation, for which
party there was absolutely no use in
Honolulu. The Civic Feds say that
they cannot control the party, but they
meet in some back room and strike
out the ones from the ticket that they
do not like.
Then there is the Anti-Saloon League,
another unrepresentative body of men,
dissatisfied and disgrunted. So long
as Honolulu is a seaport town intox-
icating liquors must and will be sold.
The question was how to control the
traffic, and the Republicans viii amend
the liquor law to do this properly if
they are elected. But the Antf-Saloon
league is attempting to single out some
of the Republican candidates as I'M
satisfactory. They are setting them
selves up in opposition to the people.
Such a thing is not American, it is not
representative government.
The Democrats have nothing to Of
fer. Trent has been drawing his sal
airy at the tick of the clock, but he
has done nothing else during his term
and Moore had made about the same
record. The Home Rulers had been
driven out of Office because they had
been corrupt, but now we find that
the Democrats are promising police
jobs to the same Home Rulers. Is
that the way they are going TO carry
oIIt T1rOr7Tcad reforms
Then the speaker reviewed the his
tory of the Republican party, from the
days of Lincoln and of Blaine, ''who
had torn the mask off the Democracy
and revealed the face of rebellion.
WILLIAM OWEN SMITH.
w. o. Smith, who was introduced as
the man whom all the Hawailans
loved, spoke first in Hawaiian, re-
ferring to the work of Kuhio at Wash
ingtOn. He concluded his address In
English, urging the election OF the
straight ticket.
u believe it is right he said,
. that every citizen should be indie
pendent and vote as he thinks IS best,
bat there must be the regularly or
gained parties and when these parties
have nominated their tickets it is the
duty of every good man to stand by
AMI support the ticket of his party.
Unless the whole ticket goes wrong
Il ere is no reason why any part of 1t |
should not receive support. 1t should
not be scratched for any personal rea-
son. 1t = not fair to the candidates