The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-15

publican party of the Nation and to it
policies as outlined in the natiOna
platform.
Endorse Roosevelt and Taft.
We heartily endorse the honest anC
vigorous administration of the Office o.
Chief Executive by President RoOse
welt. We cordially approve of the nom
inatiOn of William II. Taft for Presi
dent, and James S. Sherman for Vice
President, and, predicting their elec
tiOn, bespeak for them a successful anC
harmonious administration.
Governor Frear's Good Work.
We heartily endorse and support the
wise and judicious administration OF
the public affairs of this Territory by
Governor Frear. He has fully demon
strated his fitness and ability to dis
charge the important and difficult du
ties of the office of Governor, and he
will, during his term of Office, mate
rally aid the development and promote
the welfare of this Territory.
Kuhio's Great Services.
We congratulate Delegate Kalaniana-
ole on the marked ability with which
he has performed his duties at Wash
ington, and we point with pride to the
Unprecedented success with which his
endeavors have been attended. We
again pledge our unfaltering effort to
secure his reelection.
The magnificent results achieved for
the Territory during the last two ses-
sions of Congress are profoundly graft
flying. They attest the value of united
National and Territorial action through
the Republican party and the danger OF
the present satisfactory re-
lations. These achievements include APP
or authorizations for the
Pearl Harbor naval station, fortifica-
tions for Honolulu and Pearl Harbor,
a public building for Honolulu, the
dredging of Honolulu harbor, the Hilo
lighthouses for all the
islands, Lighthouse tender and many
other things, aggregating more than
Sc, 100000.
No Government by Commission.
The Republican party emphatically
lenounces, as being detrimental to the
pest interests of this Territory, the adj
7oeacy of a government by commission
n place of the present form of Terri
orial government. AS the consistent
friend and advocate of free and popu-
ar government of and by the people,
his party promises to do all in its
power to maintain the existing govern
nent until the time shall come when
Hawaii is prepared to take her place
is one of the States of the Union.
Stands by the Tariff.
We reiterate our firm belief in a pro-
eet;ve tariff as the basis of the pros
,erity of the American nation, and
PARTICULARLY of the Territory of Hawai-.
The development of the agricultural in
erests of this Territory requires the
ontinuanee of tariff protection in order
o shield our products against ruinous
oreign competition.
Shipping Subventions.
We believe in the payment of sub |
ldies for the encouragement of the
.merican merchant marine, the promo |
ion of the commerce of the Pacific, |
nd the perpetuation of the American
40 on the high seas, believing, further,
nat such action is Immediately neces-
ary TO prevent the disappearance OF
merican ships from the ocean.
Hawaiian Defenses.
We commend the patriotism display
| bv the President and members of
onoress in advocating liberal appro-
riafions for the defense of the har
prs of this Territory, and the estab-
shment of a navy yard at Pearl Har-
Or. A due regard for the aspirations
, other nations requires of our states
en- a high and patriotic appreciation
, the strategical Importance of. this
ontier of the Nation. We desire the
tention in the Pacific Ocean of a naval
rec of sufficient strength to meet all
,ssible requirements.
Labor and Capital.
We stand for the equality of labor
ID capital. We uphold the Territorialt
xeeutive in the strict enforcement OF
e statute requiring that all labor on
lblic works shall be performed by citl-
ms of the United States, or those ELI
BILE to become such, and we believe IN
e extension of this principle to labor
Federal works.
Free Fisheries.
We believe that the sea fisheries
ould be open and free to all the peo'
e. and to this end we favor the con-
mnation and purchase by the Federal
of such fisheries as are at
esent held in private ownership.
No Federal Land Laws.
We denounce the avowed policy of
e Democratic party expressed in its
smorial to Secretary Garfield, and
tilted in its platform, to favor the ex-
nsion of the Federal land laws to Ha-
Iii and the transfer of their admins
alton to the government in Washing
n, because, among other reasons, % l
at would be weak and ignominious
rrender of most important powers by
e people of Hawaii to Federal con- {
j. and would forever preclude fur I
er grant of power to the Territorial |
ultimate State Legislature to enact {
amend laws relating to this most i'm |