The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-03
REPUBLICAN WORKERS CLOSE CAMPAIGN
WITH FIREWORKS AND ORAT0RY
Continued from Page One,


received the nearest approach TO an
ovation accorded to anybody outside of
the Governor.
Jack Lucas was the third speaker of
the evening and he succeeded in keep.
ing the crowd in roars of laughter for
n full Ten minutes, which put them in
good humor and prepared them for the
tedium of standing during the remain.
der of the meeting. "A
John Wise spoke of Iaukea and i'm.
plored the voters TO overlook him. ga
vote cast for Iaukea,'' said he. tsis
vote thrown away If you do not
think, deep in your hearts, that L
should make a good Sheriff, vote for
Jarrett, but DO not vote for 1aulSea. :"
John Hughes referred at length to
his own record and detailed the meas
ures. which had been passed through
the Legislature on his initiative. When
he spoke of his work in obtaining an
appropriation for the home for the
children of lepers, he was cheered by
that part of the crowd that could hear
him.
Every candidate on the Republican
ticket had a chance to speak, and as
the speeches were all short and to the
point, the meeting was over earlier
than might have been expected. There
was some noise as the crowd broke up,
but complete order reigned everywhere,
sure proof that it was intelligent
and thoughtful voters who attended the
rally.
Democrats Had Big Crowd.
The Democrats closed their campaign
with big meeting Mt Palace Square.
1t was not hurrah meeting, although
there was plenty of enthusiasm, but it
was serious, interested and attentive
crowd. 1t was made up of people who
evidently came to listen to the
speeches because interested in the is.
sues. SOD IN
The speakers stand was placed near
| the sidewalk ON the makai side of the
street, about half way between Rich
ards street and the Opera House, and
the entire area between this sidewalk
and the car tracks and from Richards
street to the Opera House was filed
with. people. Several hundred chairs
had been arranged here, and surround
ing these there was a solid mass of
people standing ten or twelve deep. A
large number of women were in the
audience, and these, as rule, were
among the most interested and atten.
tive listeners.
After the Republican procession had
completed its march, numbers of those
who had taken part in it or had been
at the Aala Park gathering, began to
drift to the Democratic meeting. Some
of them remained short time and
drifted on; others remained to swell
the crowd that long after IL O'Clock
was little if any smaller than when
it was at its largest. 10 nay
Edward Ingham. candidate for Su
pervisor, and chairman of the Terri.
torial Central Committee, presided. In
opening the meeting he recalled that
at the opening meeting of the cam
paign the Democratic party had pre-
scented to the voters a complete ticket
| 1t would go to the polls on election da!
with that ticket unchanged. In toker
of this, all the candidates except thu
candidates for Deputy Sheriff in thu
outer districts were presented to thu
gathering and each was bedecked will
lei
w. A. Kinney was the first speaker
speaking in both English and Hawai-
ian. He urged that the party tickle
be voted. The issues in the campaign
we're along party lines Locally there
was only one disturbing factor, thu
/ Home Rule party, and that only repre-
, scented two men-Achi and Cathcart
But if the voters were determined t.
elect Democratic ticket otherwise
they should vote the whole part,
, ticket. and not allow friendship or pei
I sGI al interests to lead them to vot
for the ticket in the main but put il
one or two Others. To elect Demo
cratic county board and not elect
, Democratic Mayor and County Attor
ney would be like depriving man o
his head and arms. He urged that, II
view of the important legal question
bound to arise in the inauguration o
city government, Judge Edings b
elected.
l.. l.. McCandless, copiouslv bedncli
ed with leis, also spoke in both Eng
lish and Hawaiian. He was enthus
astically received. He vigorously Sc
forth the land issues of this cam
. paign, quoting Mr.. Newell in supper
of some of his propositions. He pal
his respects to Kuhio, and urged
vote for the whole Democratic tjcket
Frank Harvey urged voters to elm
mate the color question in their vot
r ing. He told the Hawaiians preseT
II that il they did not intend to vot
4 for his white colleagues ON the sent
= torial ticket he did not want them
:, vote for him.
d The enthusiasm for William Pa'
n Jarrett was intense. He was cheere
h from every part of the crowd. II
: made the same Straightforward kin
% of speech he has been maxim
throughout the campaign.
It II was long after II o'clock whe
Joseph J. Fern took the stand to speal
He promised If elected to give the bei
that was in him to the service of tn
d public and to consult with friends an
Y party colleagues in all matters of in
4 portance, holding the public good abov
a1l other considerations.
e Other speakers were Daniel IA
% mahu, one of the candidates for Rel
resentative from the Fifth District;
NJ. Watson, candidate for Senator; ]
III Moore, candidate for Senator;
II. Trent. candidate for Treasurer an
George X Lowe, candidate for Count