The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-30

| pOratlOnS upon tne 0hlnldnu. am
pleased to see that under the Terri
torlal laws you have taken long steps
! toward the right kind Of publicity in
corporate affairs. Now, that public
1 ity does not mean that we. should pry
into the affairs of any business cor
poration; that we should expose their
business secrets to the prying inquisi-
tor or to the man who is deslrous for
information without any good reason,
but a publicity that gives to the stock
holders and gives to the community
that has granted the rights to these
corporations n security in the condi-
tions OF the corporation. gives the
pubic Information as to who the stock
holders are, the amount of stock held
Iby them, what the assets and the llabil,
tiles are, what the profits are, whether
the corporation is doing wei, or doing
| ill-all those facts are shown upon the
corporation returns of your Territory.
| Now that Is the right kind of publicity:
that is the publicity that we have been
trying for on the mainland. and have
been very pleased to see how far you
| have gone in that direction here.
/ II has been on the question OF taxa
| NApAA llldI we nave Dttll IIlONlHB OI Tic
mainland. to arrive at more general
system of organizing taxes for the
support of both state and Federal gov
ernment. The Republican party has
been standing for an equality in taxa
ton, for preventing lodging of taxes
by the man who has a great deal and
compelling the man or the corporation
who has much to pay his fair share
of the taxes of any community. Now
II has been held by some that these
actions of President Roosevelt and
those with him have been attacks up
on property. and they have been held
by many Democrats and by many of
what have been called the extremists
in our own party as being simply an
attack upon the rich man or the great
corporation. Now that is not true.
Instead of 1t being an attack upon
the lawful corporation or the man 1t
has been making II possible for the
corporation that does wisely, or the
honest man, to do better than ever be-
fore, because it has cleared away all
that has been corrupt and bad in the
illegal and Illicit corporations. GAP,
plause).
always stood for the rights as well as
the duties of the common man. and
when / say the common man / mean
the average man. This administration
has been trying, both by law enacted
by Congress and by the enforcement of
law through the courts, to make 1t
possible for the individual citizen to
have greater opportunity to culti-
vate himself, to raise his family in a
better condition, and to make more of
his own individual opportunities. 1t
has been the keynote of much that has
been done. namely, opening the door
of opportunity to the individual, doing
away with all question of special priv
ileges and special right, and saying to
every man and woman. There stands
the open door; you may go into 1t and
go along the path just as far as you
are willing" 1t has been creating q
citizenship based upon the wiping out
of prejudice between race and race and
undertaking to say to each individual,
whatever be the color of his skin, that
he shall have the same chance, the
same right as the man next him. If
YOU fail, as many will, then 1t is not
the fault of an unjust Or tyrannical
operation of law.
These. my fellow citizens. nave been
some of the main issues that have
been before the people of our country
during these past few years. Much
has been done; long strides have been
taken, but much more is to be done.
If this administration should now fail
to receive vote of confidence; II YOU
CHI 81,
delegate in opposition to the policies
of the Republican administration, If
your votes here should Indicate la tx
of confidence in what has been done,
then l say there would be disaster TO
our country should such vote exist
on the mainland as well.
Our Democratic friends have nothing
TO offer that is better than that which
has been done by the Republican ad-
ministration. 1t is true that their con-
vention has not yet been held, but we
know who their leader will be and we
know what promises he has made to
the people of this country in years
gone by, Now what is there in the
record of the Democratic party that
makes 1t wise for you or for me to
trust to them TO carry on the policies
that have been inaugurated during
these last eight years? / am speaking
thus of the Democratic leader and of
the Democrats l am not one of those
who indulge In vituperation or abuse:
l recognize that there are many wise,
many patriotic, many honest men, who
differ from me and from my associates
on political matters, but l ask you not
to think of the individual but TO think
OF the record Of the party that will be
represented by the leaders this year.
Year by year they have come before
the country and have offered solutions
of these problems. Twice during the
last forty years Democratic President
has been elected. And now / wish on
this occasion on the day of his funeral
to speak a word Of tribute to that
great Democrat and that great Ameri-
can citizen. (Applausel Differing as
We did from him in politics, yet we
recognized in him man of high per-
sonal integrity, man whose individ-
ual opinion was not swayed or
led aside by party corruption, a man
who many times stood against.
his party when he believed IL wrong