The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-03
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Governor Frear received an ovation
though, and was heartily cheered wher
he appeared beside Jack Atkinson
who called for the cheers for the Gov
ernor of Hawaii. <
Ernest Kaai s quintet was in attend
ance and played during the intervals
between speeches. Occasionally they
sang political parodies on popular
songs, and before John Lane spoke he
was introduced by the quintet to. the
tune of Marching through Georgia,
as follows:
"When fighting hard to beat the
foe,
All chances are the same.
So let us rally round one man
And let rs cheer his name.
For John c. Lane is our Mayor Is
name,
And one who III serve you well,
And that is why we re going to elect
him.
''Hurrah! Hurrah!
Well vote for John c. Lane.
Furrah! Hurrahl
There Is honor in that name.
With votes in hand
We III make a stand
To cast our votes for him,
Thus we II go marching to victory"
Hawaiian and haole speakers alter
mated. There was no interpreter, but
most of those who could speak Hawai-
ian repeated their English speeches in
that language. The speeches were
mostly short. John Lane and John
Hughes were the only two who spoke
at length. and their talks were listen
ed to with close interest by the crowd.
The burthen of every speech was,
"Vote the straight ticket There
Was no exception to this. Many made
reference to the national election and
implored their listeners to return like
news to the mainland when the cable
brought word that Republican Pres
ident had been elected.
John W. Cathcart was one of the
last speakers. He said very little; in
fact, his speech was one of the short
est. He referred to the Advertiser as
a morning paper and stated for all to
hear that it had fbeen fattening its
own evil lust of grudge and malice,0
whatever that may mean
A feature of the rally was the
reaching power of Joe Cohen s voice
For nearly two hours the people on the
outskirts of the crowd had been pa
tiently watching the gesticulations of
apparently silent speakers, catching
perhaps word here and there Then
joe Cohen was introduced and his voice
carried to the farthest limits of the
crowd, yea, even beyond to the river.
Tbic v,Ia
received the nearest approach to an
ovation accorded to anybody outside of
the Governor
Jack Lucas was the third speaker OF
the evening and he succeeded in keep.
ing the crowd in roars of laughter for
q full ten minutes, which put them IN
good humor and prepared them for the
tedium of standing during the remain
der of the meeting.
John Wise spoke of Iaukea and i'm
plored the voters to overlook him. ga
vote east for Iaukea, - said he. ''is
vote thrown away. If you do not
think, deep in your hearts, that /
should make a good Sheriff, vote for
Jarrett, but do not vote for Iaukea. -
John Hughes referred at length to
his own record and detailed the meas
ures which had been passed through
the Legislature on his initiative. When
he spoke of his work in obtaining an
for the home for the
children of lepers, he was cheered by
that part of the crowd that could hear
him.
Every candidate ON the Republican
ticket had chance to speak, and as
the speeches were all short and to the
point the meeting was over earlier
than might have been expected. There
was some noise as the crowd broke up,
but complete order reigned everywhere.
a sure proof that it was intelligent
and thoughtful voters who attended the
rally.
Democrats Had Big Crowd.
The Democrats closed their campaign
With big meeting at Palace Square.
1t was not a hurrah meeting, although
here was plenty of enthusiasm, but it
was a serious, interested and attentive
crowd. 1t was made up of people who
evidently came to listen to the
speeches because interested in the is
sues.
The speakers stand was placed near
he sidewalk on the makai side of the |
street, about half way between Rich |
lrds street and the Opera House, and |
he entire area between this sidewalk |
md the car tracks and from Richards |
street to the Opera House was filed |
With people. Several hundred chairs |
lad been arranged here, and surround
ng these there was a solid mass of |
people standing ten or twelve deep. A |
arge number of women were in the |
and these, as a rule, were |
mong the most interested and atten,
i've listeners
After the Republican procession had
ompleted its march, numbers of those
Who had taken part in it or had been