The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-23
DEMOCRATS IN
TWO BIC RALLIES
Trent Makes a Speech That
Called for Much
Applause.

night, one at Touchdown and k1na
street, and the other at Kalihi road
I Just below King. The latter was sal,
! to be the largest political meeting eve
| held in that locality. William Kaa
presided, and there was plenty of musi
by quintet.
! J. The first speakers were the six can
! didates for Representatives from tn,
= Fifth District, Edward Like, w. K
Apuakehau, Edward Hanapi, DAME
Kamahu, Lapana Keawepooole, and
MOke Kuikahi For the most part they
spoke on the platform of the party, and
promised faithful service to the people
Joseph J. Fern, candidate for Mayor.
made a speech, outlining the duties
and requirements of the Mayor under
the city and county act. Senator
Charles J. Mccarthy spoke of the
financial problems before the Territory.
Richard II. Trent, candidate for City
and County Treasurer, made a speech
of some length
r. III. Trent said:
81 am a candidate for reelection to
the office of City and County Treas
uIer. The Republican party has put
up against me one of its strongest men.
who accepted the nomination at an
avowed personal sacrifice, but who was
i willing to make the sacrifice in order
! to save the country Mr.. Won Holt
| is gentleman of whom his party has
a right to be proud, and if I am to be
defeated | would much prefer to be
defeated INV e
ltv than by some political seal4wag
who IS in politics for what there is
in it.
'tBut, gentlemen, is there any good
reason why / should be defeated for
the position of County Treasurers In
what way have / failed to perform
the duties of the Office or to serve the
public interests Have I been narrow
ly partisan, or have / catered to any
party or sect or faction to the preiu-
dice of any other2 On the contrary.
think all who know how the Office
has been conducted viii bear witness
that all good citizens look alike to the |
Democratic County Treasurer, and that
all having business with his Office are |
treated with the same courtesy and /
consideration by him and his helpers. |
of ones eyes or the shade of his DO
ltical opinions
81 have heard of only two reasons
advanced by Mr.. Won Holt as to why
| should be removed from Office and
he installed in my place. He has never
said, so far as / know, that he needs
the office or that he wants it; but, on
the contrary, he has repeatedly de-
clared that he is running at great
sacrifice to himself What are the
reasons, then, that he urges a ehangeq
In addressing the Hawaiians he
charges me with being malihini, that
seeming to appeal to him as the easiest
way to arouse their prejudice against
me- Without eriticizing the gentleman
In any way, it seems to me that such
a charge is very close akin to the
cry of Mana j ka iii that has been
so severely and justly condemned al !
ready in this campaign. At any rate,
the effect sought to be produced is the
same in both cases.
I'm addressing himself to English
speaking audiences, rhe Republican 7
candidate urges that I ought to be de- : :
feated because / have already held the ,
Office of County Treasurer for two :
terms, / can not believe that such a
plea will appeal to sensible people.
Not a bank, nor a store, nor an Office,
nor shop in this city discharges its
employees for no other reason than that
they have held their positions for two
Or three or four or a dozen years. On '
the ether hand, they encourage long
continued service. In my own office I
Try to treat my associates and helpers
50 well that they will never leave me.
Mr.. Won Holt has for many years been
4 faithful and highly-valued employee
If the railroad company. Suppose he
should defeat me for County Treasurer
)n the plea that / have already held
The Office for four years, and that /
should then go 70 Mr.. Dillingham; and
'ay, Mr.. Dillingham;, Mr.. Won Holt has
worked for you for ten years; it will
De a great personal sacrifice to me, Mr.
to take his place, but I
hlnk he has held it long enough, and
hat you ought to turn him out and put
ne in What Mr.. Dillingham; would
say to a proposition like that
viii leave to your imagination.
Other speakers included Judge Ed
ngs, Frank r. Harvey, H. T. Moore,
I'd Hanapi, E. NJ Watson, and among
he candidates for supervisor, H. n.
'rabbe, Joseph Kuhia, J. K. Paole, A.
7. Peters, and NJ f. Silva. Ander-
on, the candidate for County Auditor,
vas not allowed to leave the stand un-
il he made his speech in three Ian ~
uages. George K. Lowe, candidate \
or County Clerk, and Jarret for Sheriff,
we're other speakers.
Punchbowl Meeting. -
Edward Ingham said: The spectacle
f the chief executive of this Territory
ascending to the plane of a campaign
rator indicates the desperate straits in
7hich the Republican party finds itself
n this campaign.
The electorate is not to be caioled
his time by their clap-trap and fan
aronade, however. They may boast -
bout the great prosperity of the Uni
ed States under the Republican admin
stratiOn-about the billions of wealth q
wned by the nation. How is this ..
Tealth distributed? What is the labor 81
lg mans sIare2 Ask Gompers and
is two millions of followers in the
liberation of Labor who have rallied