The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-06

sands of dollars belonging to other
people, and no man can truthfully say
that / have ever violated my duty in
any respect whatever. 1 ask you to
give me your earnest support, and
faithfully promise you that you will
never have cause TO regret it.
Achi, the Trust Buster.
''The principal question before the
people today is Shall the trusts rule
or shall the people rule, the corpora
tions such as Standard Oil company
and the Inter-lsland steamship COM
pany or the votersf stated William
Charles Achi, candidate on the fusion
ticket for Mayor and champion Of tho
common people against the greedy
monopolists. Achi was attired in a
Prince Albert coat, beautifully creased
pearl gray trousers and carnation lei
and was received with loud cheers.
He spoke first in English, comparing
the Republican and Democratic parties
of Hawaii with the same parties on the
mainland, accusing each party Of hav-
ing adopted the name but not the prin-
ciples of the mainland parties.
What Did Bryan Done7
He reviewed the political history of
the mainland campaign of the past few
weeks, showing that both parties were
graphing with the corporations and the
trusts He elaborated on Roosevelt -
letter to Bryan, accusing Haskell, of
Oklahoma, of being Standard Oil man.
"And what did Bryan donef'' demand
ed the candidate for Mayor. Then he
told what he "done" to Haskell. The
charges made against Foraker were
touched on. "And what did the Re-
publcans done''' What happened to
Foraker was related.
"But here in Hawaii the lion and
the lamb go to bed together" con-
tinued the orator, meaning thereby that
the Republican and Democratic parties
in the Territory had taken the trusts to
their bosoms.
Achi roasted Chillingworth and Lane
for working for the Standard Oil bill
in the last Senate, bill whereby the
Territorial revenues had been decreased
by $6000 "Chillingworth and Lane
are double squid, working for the
giant octopus, he shouted and got the
expected applause the effort deserved.
81 have been told that this man Lane,
the Standard 0il-Inter. Island candidate
for Mayor, has promised to go to Chill
/
vice on all matters" continued Achi,
and after he had let this soak in he
pledged himself to consult no one, when
he was elected, but to carry out the
duties according to the law and his un-
Outstanding thereof. elf Achi is elect.
ed, /" he said, "with the help of heaven,
he will do his duty and not run for
advice to any little hui like Lane has
promised to do.'
| Joe Fern came in for several slams,
principally because of his monopolistic
tendencies. g
Mutual Benefit from Taxation.
The speaker touched on variety of
subjects, among Others the license law.
He came out strongly in favor of
system of taxation according to wealth,
the percentage to be raised as the as
sessment values came up. This would
bring in n good income and the wealthy
people would pay it. "Then we will
all benefit" said the speaker, "the
wealthy by having good roads to run
their automobiles on all round the is
land and the poor by getting work
building those roads"
Incompetent Candidates.
! Achi invited his listeners to look over
the lists of men the Republican and
Democratic parties wanted to put in
the Senate and House. He had examin-
ed the lists and was surprised. Among
all the Republicans he could find two
that had the ability to make law.
These were Dowsett and Long. The
Democrats made worse showing as
the only one on their ticket not incom-
petent was Watson. But we have
here j. M. Poepoe, the brightest legisla-
tor in the Territory, at the head of an
intelligent ticket" said Achi in con-
clusion.
Several others spoke, all in Hawai-
ian, tho tenor of their addresses being
a request to the voters to elect the
fusion candidates and save the country
J from otherwise inevitable ruin.