The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-27

these last eight years? / am speaking
thus of the Democratic leader and of
the Democrats I am not one of those
who indulge in vituperation or abuse;
1 recognize that there are many wise,
many patriotic, many honest men, who
differ from me and from my associates
on political matters, but I ask you not
to think of the individual but to think
of the record of the party that viii 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. (Applause) Differing as
we did from him in politics, yet we
recognized in him a man of high per-
sonal integrity, a man whose individ-
ual opinion was not swayed or
led aside by party corruption, man
who many times stood againsta
his party when he believed it wrong,
man who had the courage,
when the great crisis came between
honest money and dishonest money, to
say to his party mo, | shall not sup
port platform that is for a dishon-
est dollar" a man who was willing to
throw aside party allegiance because
he believed that his party had gone
wrong;s and history will write Pres
ident Cleveland as one Of the great
Presidents and as one of the great
citizens of our republic. (Applausel.
But as to the Democratic party and
its policies, if you read their platforms
if you read what their leaders have
said in former years, you will find moth
ing that offers a solution to the prob
lens that we have been trying to solve.
When that party was In power in Con
gress, it took no definite step toward
remedying any faults then existing
While its President made his sugges
tions. yet the Democratic party failed
to follow out those suggestions. The
Democratic party has been one of con
slant opposition and obstruction; it has
not been party that, during the few
years that 1t WAS in power, called up
any one of the great questions that we
have had before us. Now, therefore,
why should you people here this year
gate who should be a representative of
Democracy? What one thing has De
mocracy ever offered to these Islands
that is better than what the Republican
party has done for these Islands2 /
take it that it is very much better to
follow the man who does than the man
who merely promises, and the Republi-
can party has been the party of ac-
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were willing to take the chance of do
ing something, and If mistakes were
made, they were brave enough and hon
est enough to admit the mistake and
turn about and take some other action,
but it has never stood still. a politi-
cal party can not, in fact, stand still. If
they attempt it they Immediately go
downhill. Now, the Republican
party has been steadily moving uphill.
moving forward, and is endeavoring
year by year TO raise the standard of
American citizenship, the standard of
American opportunity, and the standard
of American life little bit higher.
| thank YOU all very much, as | said
in the beginning, for the reception that
has been given me during these days
upon your islands. ] wish / might stay
longer / wish | might know more of
you and meet more of you. As Secretary
of the Interior, I hope that you will
find that, as your Governor has stated
in his position as Governor, that / as
Secretary will know no party, no di- !
vision. but / viii try to work out with
you those problems in the islands with
which the Interior Department has 10
do. l wish to be of help TO You and
you can be of help TO me just SO long
as you are willing to help yourselves
first and work out as far as possible all (
your own problems here before bringing /
them to the Federal government for /
solution. The man who helps himself /
takes the first long step in self-govern-
ment, and you must recognize that in
most of your problems here they are