The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-08-25
LINKS TOUR
A FUTILE one

Under the heading of "a Futile
Tour, . the Maui News discussed the
Democratic invasion of the Valley Isle
as follows:
"Link McCandless is touring the is
land of Maui in the interest Of his
expected campaign as a candidate for
Delegate to Congress this fall and is
making many extravagant declarations
to the electorate in the hope of win.
ming them over to his cause.
"'That he is an able and impressive
speaker is admitted and it is said thHt
he is ms fluent n speaker in the Hawai-.
ian tongue as he is in English.
at is reported from the other side
of East Maui that he is roasting the
Governor and Land Commissioner Pratt
and urging the people to vote for the
Democratic candidates on the ground
that the only hope of their getting
lands is through the Democratic party.
He says that II will he but n short
time until the electorate will be so over
welmingly Chinese, Japanese and Ital-
ian that those who now control the
elections will not have voice in choos
ing the officers nor shaping the govern.
ment of the Territory. He has maps of
each island showing the amount of land
that is still owned by the government
and statistics showing the disposition
and on what terms the government has
made of all of the lands it has disposed
Of
CIT is said that he paints in lurid
colors the awful conditions confront
ing the people and points to himself
as the Moses that will lead them from
the wilderness.
"All of this is doubtless good cam
paign material and we can hardly take
issue with him for using such methods
for his personal interests.
"But let us see what will the result
of sending a Democratic Delegate to
Congress be.
SIN the first place there is hardly
the remotest chance for the election of
Bryan and the betting on the issue in
the great money centers is ten to one
on Taft. The Republican party is uni.
ted and under the Republican admins
tration there has been a long period of
unprecedented prosperity which will
add much to the certainty of the cleo
ton of the Republican nominee.
"The Republican party stands for a
sound protective tariff that will mean
continued prosperity for the Islands
and all living within its borders.
"The Democratic party is divided
and it is certain that Hearst S Independ-
ence League will take many thousands
of votes from the Democratic nominee.
"The awful financial conditions that
existed during the administration of
Cleveland in 1893 to 1896 inclusive are
fresh in the minds of a great majority
of those who will cast their votes this
fall and it is not possible that they
will vote for renewal of conditions
where untold thousands of able bodied
working men were walking the streets
and public roads begging for work at
any wage.
''Not q single Democratic state OF
territory has Jared so well as Hawaii
has and Just why we should turn down
Kuhio after what has been accomplish
ed in Washington and support an I'M
tried neophyte is more than can be ex
lplained. e
"There seems to MS no good reason
why any member of the Republican
party should vote against the satisfac
tory conditions that exist and have
existed for years under Republican rule
for the unknown conditions that will
be in vogue if the Democrats get con
troll. The only criterion we have by
which to Judge what the conditions viii
be is the history of what the conditions
were when the Democrats did have con
troll in the past and that is none tc
their credit.
"With few exceptions the men who
are at the head of the Democratic party
on this island are not of class t.
inspire confidence and until greater
number of responsible men take an in
terest in the local party there is nc
hope that the Democratic party COM
accomplish anything for the good of the
community.