The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-19
CONCENTRATION
NOT EMULATION
Hawaiian Mass Meeting Forgot
Pinkham in Having
C0fer.

There was not a word of party poll
itics spoken by any one of the. seven
speakers at the mass meeting of Ha
waiians at Aala Park last night, which
was largely attended. Among the
seven orators all three political par
ties We're represented, and they had a
common theme, that being that the
present Territorial Administration was
working for the good of the Hawaiian
people the same as it was working
for the common good of all the peoples
of the Territory. There was some
little barking back to the time when
L. E. Pinkham ruled the Board Of
Health, but much less of this than
might have been expected, the speak
tages to be gained by the Hawaiians
through the appointment or the pres
ent head of the board, DR.. Cofer, than
to dwell on any shortcomings of the
past president. The meeting was not
one of exultation over the downfall of
Pinkham so much as one OF congrat-
ulation over the appointment of Dr.
Cofer.
Those who spoke were John Shell
don, Mrs. Nawahi, Hon. A. s. Kalei-
opu, VIM. Olepau, Sam Koloa, Mrs.
Mary Atcherley and Fred Beckley. All
urged the Hawaiians to pay no atten-
tion to the ones working among them
and seeking to frighten them into the
belief that the appointment of Dr.
Cofer would result in harm to the lep-
ers. There We're some now attempting
this, but these We're agitators wanting
to. stir up the Hawaiians so as to use
them politically for their own pur-
poses. Each speaker stated that the
present president of the Board of
Health could be depended upon to
deal fairly with everyone in his
charge, being man Independent of
all the influences which had led to the
trouble under the last president.
VIM. Olepau struck a pleasing note
in his speech. in which he paid a high
compliment to the attitude of Gov
ernor Frear towards the Hawaiians,
his words bringing applause from the
hundreds who heard them.
Our Governor is a real parent to
the Hawaiians." he said. when we
waited upon, him last Monday morn
ing, many of us in our working
clothes, just as we had been able to
go, he received each one of US kind
ly, listened to what we had to say
and promised US that what he would
do would be in his opinion what was
the very best for US. How different
is the Governor, our chief now, to our
old chiefs. When we went to ask them
for anything our people had to put on
their very best clothes and then crawl
on their hands and knees. And even
then perhaps they would not be listen |
ed to. Governor Frear loves the Ha- |
waiian people and will not DO any
thing to hurt us. We must trust the
man he has put at the head of the
Board of Health, for he would not be |
put there if our Governor did not |
know that he could be trusted to do
what was best for the Hawaiians."
Fred Beckley told his hearers that
the time had now come for the Ha-
waiians to forget whatever foolish |
fears they might have had of the bet
ter class of the white residents, the |
men who owned the land here and |
were welded to the soil not men who
had no interests in the country. The
white people want to help the Hawai-
ians, such white people as are behind
Governor Frear and DR.. Cofer These
were responsible men, not the class of
peanut politicians who tried to fright
en- the Hawaiians into following them
so that they would benefit and the
would not.
Now is a turning point, he con-
in the history of the Hawai-
ians in the Territory, the point where
they would get in and work with the
best whites for the best interests and
the best government of the country,
and lay aside forever all class feeling
and all ideas that the responsible
white men of the Territory were
their enemies.