Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-08

that the Democrats had had control ,
of the Trcasurer's Office for four
years, and now it was time that the !!
voters support the Republicans for
this Office, As far us Becklcy was !
concerned, he said, his business had
been that of a purscr, and he belong |
ed not to Hilo but to Kawaihae.
D fool, Kawaihac!" shouted
the crowd with glee, this being a !
popular Hawaiian slang phrase.
Lady Takes Stump
j Mrs. Kikaha, an elderly Hawaiian
lady, was the next attraction. She
spoke in Hawaiian and received great
applause. She roasted the Demo-
,crats with susto and boosted Prince
Kuhio, referring to the work he had
done for Hawaii.
81 desire to thank you for the
honors you have conferred on me in
the past" said Ella Long. 1T is
to be shown whether or not you still
retain the confidence you had in me
when you sent me to the House. IL
you no longer have that confidence
IL is your privilege to show It at this
time. Each man has Il right to vote
according to the dictates of his own
conscience. If you show by your
vote that you have lost confidence
desire to assure you that ! will not
feel sore about 1t. ] have desired to
conduct my affairs in a way which
cannot put Il blush to your face as a
man in whom Hawaiian blood flows.
; What reflects on me reflects upon
lyou. What reflection is cast on you
is cast on me. Having that always
in mind. tried to do right by my
people. If you still have confidence
in me. | ask you to have the same
, confidence in all the members on the
Representative ticket. My record is
open to your inspection. The Re-
: publican party has always stood by
the poor man as well as by the rich
r If you elect me to the House might
/ as wen be playing with you as to
| tell you that | would do no more for
+ you than for the rich, no more for
the rich than for you. Not being
. able to speak my mother tongue, l
l have been forced to convey my few
' ideas through an interpreter, and |
I hope that this will not reflect on me
G or those l have spoken for. l will
Gn Of In int
K Icussion of the details of the platform.
@ | desire to thank You for the earnest
Q attention which you have given me.
: Gentlemen, l thank you"
a Democratic Bills Dangerous
n Castro thanked for the support he
s had been given at the last election.
] In the 1906 campaign he had pron,-
; Used to use his best efforts in the
: Legislature, and this, he said, he had
Q kept, as well as had the other mem.
d bers of the House. They had con.
o Quoted their business $1,000 cheap.
0 er than the previous session, and
o had completed their work in sixty
Il days. The Republican party would
= at the coming Legislature do all in
" its power to encourage diversified in.
dustries. The Democrats had tried
y to pass special school tax, but tho
@ Republicans had defeated this noX,
l. ious measure. The Democratic par,
l. ty had always proposed measures
t. which on second thought would prov,
9 disastrous, while the Republicans hat
a kept nearly all their promises, ant
D. their laws had been to the benefit o.
1t the people. For this reason the Re
m publican administration should b,
ID continued, which could be done onl,
e II his hearers voted the straight Re
publican ticket. Castro's speech wal
" rather long, and towards the las
n. he failed to hold his audience.
James Bicknell, as usual, made
h short, common-sense speech, referrin;
l. to his record for two terms In the of
D. fice OF Auditor. and promised. /
a elected, to continue the good work.
he Mrs. Atcherly on Deck
y Lane opened his speech, which wa
ID In Hawaiian, with refutation O
a the charges made by Achi to the eff
Of feet that he was mere corporation
1t tool, and reminded his hearers of tn
Ie fact that he had suffered for TIL
ct lcause OF the people at the time of tn