Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-03-02
HAWAIrS VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.

W nat SOll Ol Il IItolutuN u''9 Ia
wall want?
This is a fair question for the citi-
zens of Hawaii to consider at this
time. Within the next few months
they will exercise the only privilege
they have in connection with nam
ing the Nations chief executive.
one of the men to be named by the
Republican and Democratic COnven-
lions will be the next President Of
the United States. Hawaiis two or
six votes will count this year, as the
personnel, of the candidates is by
no means foregone conclusion in
either convention.
What, then, is the first qualitica-
tion Hawaiis delegates to the Ma
tiunal party conventions should seek
in picking their candidate?
Personal knowledge of and init
mate acquaintance with the West
and particularly the Pacific is of first
Importance to Hawaii.
Citizcns of this part of the coun-
try know that this qualification is OF
no less moment to the Nation.
To put It another way, Hawaii's
votes should be cast so as to put in
the Presidential chair man who
appreciates and knows from personal
contact the size and the varied in
tcrcsts Of the nation over which he
prcsidcs.
The Nation. no less than Hawaii
and the Western States, needs a
President who, besides possessing the
required Caliber of citizenship and
patriotic purpose, understands the
conditions Of the country by a closer
observation than can be obtained
through a study of geography or
talks with visitors.
Hawaii wants Il man in the White
House whose horizon is wider than
that very populous, intelligent, and
wealthy section of the country that
makes Boston the eastern limit, New
York the center, and cant believe
there is much of anything worth
while west Of the Mississippi river.
Hawaii should prefer a Presiden-
tial candidate who does not wait till
he is President before he tours the
Western States and the Territories OF
the Pacific.
Mckinley, under whose admins
tration Hawaii was annexed, and
Roosevelt did not visit the farthest
West till they figured in the Presi-
Dental life of the country. Their
administrations are not to be classed
as failures so far as this part of the
country Is concerned. There Is nc
doubt that 1t would have been better
for them and for the country had
they personally visited Hawaii, the
Philippines, Alaska, and incidentally
touched at the leading ports of the
Orient.
The Blu lleti n believes that not
IVA single man has been mentioned in
the Candidate lists who is below
the proper standard of Presidential
timber The Democrats are the more
dangerous, of course, but the country
has weathered even that calamity
Consequently all things being
equal as regards the personal char
acter Of the men, he is the better
President who has rounded out his
education by IA complete acquaint'
anco with his own country.
For this reason Taft appeals tc
the Republicans of the West and
Bryan to the Democrats.
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Il rather bad name in Hawaii
because Of his overwhelming friend,
ship for his wards, the Philippines
His free-sugar doctrine is the most
distasteful feature about the man al
a fayorite for Hawaii. But when
one stops to think, Taft as President
cannot be II more enthusiastic sup
porter or more vigorous promoter o.
Philippine free trade than President
Roosevelt himself-and we all love
Roosevelt.
There Is this to be said of Taft: III
knows better than any other candi
date for the Presidency in either par,
ty the needs of America in the Pa
CiGc. He has personally tackled tho
problems. When questions of thC
Pacific are under discussion il is not
necessary for him to draw upon hi
imagination to MI in the impress
sions gained from the representa-
tions of others.
Next to Taft, Bryan fills the quail
fication Hawaii must naturally seek
lie has not only visited Hawaii bul
he has spent considerable time IL