The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-23

man or the Supervisors. lie boosted
the Senatorial ticket and spoke at
length on Wise, referring to him as a
man honest and educated. ''There are
some men telling that the runners for
the Republicans are telling you to vote
for Lane and let Wise go somewhere
Those men are turncoats and should
not be kept in the Republican party
We don t want theml To sheol with
them! We want no yellow-dog voting,
but good, honest Republican voting in
this fight. -
Wise Not Linked to Cathcart.
81 hear lots Of talk about scratch
ing in this campaign, said John
Wise, in the course of an able speech.
" but l have urged the Hawaiians to
vote straight and let the haoles do the
scratching if they want to. I don t
think there viii be so many scratches
as some people think. / hear that
there are people in the party knitting
me, but / don t believe it. Some NAV
be sore because / got the nomination,
but why should they be? I came out
for the nomination months ago. and it
was my friends in the convention
that worked for me and got me the
nomination. I didn t get It from Cath
cart and Brown, although some say
that / VIII be a mere puppet in their
hands if I am elected. [ am not link
ed up with men of that kind IF
Cathcart and Brown are the kind of
men that the Advertiser is trying TO
make them out to be, the people know
that I am not that kind of a man. If
I were to be now, it would be reversing
the whole training of my life. Ny
record is open. The worst thing some
people have against me is the part /
took in the revolution of '95. but ] am
not ashamed of what I did. In the
war of the Rebellion men fought men
for principle, brother fought brother
for principle. and sons fought fathers,
and why should I not fight for what
| believed to be right. IF America
needs me now, | am ready to fight for
her. I have not done a thing in my
life that / ought to be ashamed Of
They say that Lane is knitting me. I
do not believe it. I do not believe
that we have any men of that kind in
the Republican party. I say to the
boys of the st. Louis alumni and the
Kamehameha alumni, 81 not mix poll
tics with our school matters. nor with
religion. IF I am elected. I promise
not to FIJI the police offices with gam
bleTs and crooks and drunkards, but
with honest men. I have given no
other promise but that.
Portuguese Land Question.
r. W. Single dealt at length with
the question most important on Punch
bowl, the settlement of the land titles
there after the expiry of the Kapiolani
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strictly on what we can do if elected
for the people of this district, that is,
the disposition of these lands on the
Punchbowl slope. For six years the
Republican administrations and govern
ments have favored in one way or an
other schemes whereby the Portuguese
and Hawaiian tenants here on these
lands shall be given a preferential right
to acquire them after the leasehold has
expired. A Republican, your own Mr..
Castro, introduced and had passed a
resolution in the last Lcgis-
lature favoring that. Later. when Sec
rotary Garfield came here. petition
was presented to him by the Republican
leaders asking that he prepare a bill TO
be presented to Congress along these
lines, giving the Portuguese and Ha-
waiian lessees a preferential right to
purchase the land, the valuations be-
ing in the hands of a commission of
three men.
f'The Democratic candidate for Dele
gate to Congress Travelled around these
Islands and talked of the disposition
he would make of the government lands |
Governor Frear called him TO account |
for a statement which I know person /
ally be has made on Hawaii and Maui, |
namely that he would give each citizen |
$50 acres for SO.
The speaker showed this promise to /
be impossible of fuIfllment, then con- /
tinued: 81 followed the Governor in /
a speech, extemporaneous on my part, |
On the land question. I criticized in I
friendly spirit the administration in the /
and office because I know of Portu- i
guese and Hawaiian petitions which /
had not accomplished much. I have /
been bold enough to come out and criti-
.ize one of our own administration. not |
because 7 am not in harmony with the /
Frear administration but cpnfessing
hat all was not satisfactory. At the
same time I pledged myself to assist
Governor Frear in the honest attempt
le is making TO bring about a satisfac-
DRY solution of the matter that viii
be fair TO all
Other Candidates.
Supervisor candidates Watkins and
logan followed, each making clear
promises to conduct the business of the
,ity. if elected, IN businesslike way.
sIr. Logan announces as part Of his pol
ey a desire to see permanent pavements
put down in the business section of the
.itv, from the waterfront to Beretania
md from River street to Alapai and
o make every dollar Of the taxpayers
money 90 as far as dollar could.
He urged straight voting on the Ter
itorial and Supervisorial tickets.
Castro Was Cheered.
A. D. Castro, the last speaker of the
evening, got a great reception, being
.heered aud applauded in a way that
must have been gratifying to him,
speaking in his own precinct. He re-
ferred to the Republican party as a
party of home builders and reminded
MS hearers Of the inspiring message
statehood brought here from
President Roosevelt by Secretary Gar
ield
Mr.. Castro finished his address IN