Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-22
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come prejudiced along certain lines
and the wealthy man is liable to let
his individual interests interfere with
his duty to the country at large. al
though his intention may be to be
honest at all times. But this is not
true Of the great masses Of people,
who will vote for what they think
is right at all odds, and I, for one,
have the utmost faith in them. You
can appeal to their common sense
and honesty, and you can feel as
sured that they will weigh carefully
and thoughtfully what you have
said. President Roosevelt, as you
all know, depends on the masses Of
so-called common people to carry on
a straightforward, businesslike adj.
ministretion. President Mckinley
relied on the great masses of people
to assist him In his work of uplift-
ing politics to high plane"
Governor Walter +. Frear. the
main speaker at the legislative Re-
publican meeting at the Orpheum
theater last evening. expressed his
entire confidence In the great COM
mon people in the above words. Gov
ernor Frear, recognizing the fact
that the question of land laws Is the
paramount one in the Territory. has
also publicly announced that he re-
lies on and places the utmost con-
fidence In the masses, rather than
the business man and the magnatc,
the latter whom he believes are apt
to become prejudiced along various
personal lines. There was fair
sized crowd in the theater. and the
Governor was greeted with applause
when he came on the stage, as well
ras frequently during his speech. On
account of the fact that Governor
Frcar was unavoidably detained, the
opening speech of the evening was
made by A. d. Castro. candidate for
the House. The Governors speech
took up almost every issue Of the
campaign, giving both the Democrat
&c and Republican viewpoint. The
Governor said as follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Citi-
zens:--If | remember rightly. the
papers announced few weeks ago
that there would be no beer. booze.
or buncombe employed In the carry
ing-out of the Republican and Home
Rule campaigns. Now, do not know
whether or not the Democrats made
this statement. but 4 have such a
high regard for the majority of Dem
ocrats that | believe that they have
at least dispensed with booze and
beer,-and believe that they will
not countenance buncombe. But, II
the reports that | have heard from
the other Islands are true. and | can
not but think that they are, the DEM
ocratic candidate for Delegate to
Congress is conducting a campaign
in which he is relying altogether on
simon-pure buncombe. In the land
question, in which the future well
fare of these Islands undoubtedly
rests, the position of the Republican
party is the strongest In what Il has
done and what 1t proposes to do for
the people in the matter OF proper
and rightful settlement.
According to the reports that I
have heard. the candidate for Dele
gtae on the Democratic side has been
relying on promises that cannot pos
stbly be fulfilled; he Is making land
Jhe great issue, and to secure his
that every voter will be allowed 100
acres at $40 per acre, which is prac-
tically nothing He knows as well
as you and ! do that he could not
alone fulfill any such promise. and
even granting that he could there is
absolutely not enough land to go
around. Figure 1t out for yourself.
1t is an impossibility. In this Ter
ritory there are 1.695,705 acres of
Government land and there are 10,
ia registered voters. Yet the can
didate for Delegate on the Democrat
ic ticket makes the above absurd
promises. That call buncombe. 1t
is worse than buncombe; 1t is an af-
front to the intelligence, to the COM
mon sense, of every voter in the Ter
ritory of Hawaii today. II is ASSUME
ing that, in the first place, the voters
are mere children to be enticed by
the dreams of dreamer, to be turned
away from a steadfast purpose by the
gentle breath of the first summer
zephyr that blows along. 1t is tC
assume that the Hawaiians and Por'
tuguese are not capable Of exercising
that elective franchise which has
been given them.
81 have had ample evidence, dur
ing my recent trip around the Isl
ands, that the Hawaiians are not tc
be duped by the false and ridiculous
promises which have been giver
them. | have heard the aftermath