Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-15
Big CROWD OUT At
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
Fern Warns Voters Not
To Erase Names
From Ballots

A accommodating crowd attended
the Democratic meeting at School and
Liliha streets last evening. They
were banked up clear across the
street. Joe Fern, the candidate for
the Office Of Mayor, was the princi-
pal speaker of the evening, making
a hit by his ready use Of three Ian
guages, English, Hawaiian, and Por-
tuguese. The interpreter added an
extra flourish to Judge Eding's
speech, and J. {. Anderson made an
other sort of hit by adding a Chi
nese Interpretation to his talk in En-
glish and Hawaiian.
Fern referred to the allegation
that he and Harvey were responsible
for the increasing under the present
Board of Supervisors of the wages
of day laborers for the County from
$l.25 to $3.50 per day.
He drew some comparisons which
amused the people, among them sug-
costing the levying of domestic infe-
LEFTY in the shape of expulsion of
the husband from the house by his
frau. in case she found he was 60
ing to vote for any other candidate
than Fern.
The nearness of Republican meet
ing not SO well attended gave
rise. probably, to Ferns remarks In
regard to their alleged discourage
ment. He said that they saw the
Democratic meetings were better at
tended than their own, and had sent
men around advising the people to
scratch certain names from their bal
lots. Fern stated that this would
cause the ballots to be thrown out,
and advised any person who was APP
preached in this way to collar the
man who suggested an erasure, and
take him to the police station forth
with. He intimated, of course, that
such n course was being pursued in
the hope Of getting good number
Of Democratic ballots invalidated.
Joe Fern fuIt said, switching
over from Hawaiian into English,
that he had been referred to as an
empty-head. He cited his long EN-
ployment by the Wilder and Inter-
Island people to refute this, and fur
Their urged his regard for the people,
showing that some candidates get the
big head and cease to care for or pay
ANY attention to their interests,
which he himself did and does.
A number OF other speakers were
heard through the evening. Judge
Edings was among these. He alleg-
ed that while beer and booze had
been cut out of the Republican cam
paign, mental stimulus of violent
type has not, and is being admins
tered in the form of buncombe. the
particular instance he took being the
argument advanced by the opposition
that Governor Frear needs the sup
port of Republican Legislature in
order to do the most effective work.
He wondered what pernicious bills
the Republicans want to introduce,
that they are afraid of Democrats in
the Legislature.
The Judge had been advised to cut
from his speech the comparison of
Bryan riding into the White House
on the Democratic donkey to Christ
riding into Jerusalem on a beast of
the same genus. He complied, but
the interpreter glibly inserted 1t, ac-
cording to the old habit. and the
crowd had a laugh on the speaker.
Edward Ingham stated that the
Republicans did not keep campaign
promises, citing the land laws. I'm
dertaker Silva denied that there was
any intention Of scratching haole
names from the Democratic ticket,
saying that the Democrats were 60
ing to vote for the ticket. He also
thought the Republicans ought to
hurry up and do something.
Joe Kuhia had his speech read by
the chairman. His throat Is not in
first-rate shape for a candidate - Is
almost as badly off as Jim Quinn's
hand, in fact. But Kuhia smiled and
bowed as a period was nicely turned
just as realistically as II he were do
ing the whole thing all by himself