The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-19

The Republican rally at Aala Park
Saturday night was opened by W. O.
Smith, who urged upon all the obliga-
tion of unity in the bonds of American
nationality. There should be no race
feeling; no race antagonism. The whole
people of the Territory are American
and should work together for the COM
mon good in the spirit of Americanism.
The differences of the past should be
forgotten. Only its best features
should be remembered, and remember
ed as belonging to the whole people.
Cathcart Not There.
Charles Kanekoa, president of the
Longshoremen' Benevolent Associa-
tion, was chairman, and proved an ac-
ceptable one. Almost all the candi-
dates of the party, city and coun-
~, and legislative tickets, were
present and made addresses. The
only notable exception was Cath
cart, who was not even present. His
name was never mentioned in any of
the speeches, nor was there any refer
eenee to him, or any expressions in
which he could be included as being
recommended to the voters present, ex-
cept the stereotyped appeal to thetvot-
ers to "vote the whole ticket from top
to bottom, I" made by some of the minor
ooDd;1o4aS Cor of6oa
There were about 1900 people at the
meeting during the earlier hours, though
1t was a greatly shifting crowd. Later
the numbers began diminishing as peo-
pie went away, and by the time John
c. Lane came on to speak there were
not more than 500 present.
Watkins Straight Talk.
Norman Watkins made one of the
earlier speeches. 1t was an effective
one and well received. Being intro
duced, he said:
81 come before YOU tonight for the
first time candidate for public office,
and solicit Your support for the office
of City and County Supervisor.
81 do not propose tonight to touch the
political side of the campaign at all,
but it will be my purpose to say few
words, not on the doctrine of the Re-
publican party, but upon the doctrine
of fair play.
"There is much talk at this time that
the Hawaiians are going to scratch the
haoles and that the haoles are going to
scratch the Hawaiians. Now, l want
every haole in this gathering to be-
come aroused to the fact that the Ha-
waiian vote is about three to one
against the haole, and that they could,
if they desired, bury every haole on
the Republican ticket beyond the hope
of resurrection.
"But let every one of you look back
at former elections and you will note
that haoles were elected to the Senate,
haoles were elected to the House of
Representatives, and haOles were elect
ed to the Board of Supervisors, and
Just you remember that every one of
them was elected by the Hawaiian vote.
"Now, don It you forget that the
compliment paid to the haOles by the
Hawaiians should be returned, and that
1t is the duty of every haOle to play the
game fairly and support the Hawaiians
just as consistently as the Hawaiians
have always supported the haoles.
''We that live in Hawaii and have
the privilege of citizenship should cast
aside all thought of Hawaiians and
haoles and remember that first, last and
always we are all American citizens
without regard to birth or station in
life.
Remember that the heart under
dungaree jumper on the waterfront can
beat Just as strongly for good Ameri-
can citizenship as the heart behind
linen shirt in an uptown office"
Aylett's Campaign Button.
William Aylett, candidate for Super
visor, kept the gathering in a good
humOr with his talk. He said that when
people met him they asked for his cam ;
paign buttons; he told them he had no |
buttons, but that his face spoke for |
itself. A button was worn and then i
thrown away, but you couldn't throw
his face away. t
Comparing the candidates, he asked {
e it was the same old Charlie Achi I
hey had known so many years or was
t a new Charlie Aehi. The crowd !
, I, -, ~. - -os +ba sauna old ,