The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-10
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instead of nine delegates. Mr.. Moore
found the objection well taken and the
report wa sadopted with the amend
ment.
MR.. WALLER CALLED.
Gilbert j. Waller, the National Com
mitteeman, was called on for an adj
dress while the convention awaited
the report of the committee on plat
form. He drew cheerful contrast
between the Democratic situation to-
day and two years ago. The pros
poets Of the campaign were now bright.
To ensure success he urged that all
should work together for victory.
Their delegates at Denver had been
able to report to the mainland leaders
that the party here was united on all
the islands and working well. Secre-
tary Garfield at Aala Park had told
the Hawaiian people it would be folly
to send a Democratic Delegate to Con-
gress, as If he was cocksure of the cleo
zion of Taft. Now the Democrats of
Hawaii should go into the contest as
if they were cocksure of the election
of William Jennings Bryan as Presi-
dent. (Applause) The figures would
go to Washington and if their candi-
date for Congress was not elected while
Democratic candidates for other offices
were, the question would be asked why
such a discrepancy between the vote
for Delegate and that for other offices.
1t made a great difference in Washing
ton for if a Democratic party elected
the president it would make great
change in the situation at Washington.
The following is the platform report
ed to the Democratic convention in
Waverly hall, by the platform COM
mittee
The Representatives of the Demo-
cratic Party of the Territory of Ha-
wall, in convention assembled, pledge
their fealty to the National Demo-
cratic party, the platform adopted at
the Denver Convention and the nomi-
nees of that convention, William Jen-
nings Bryan and John w. Kern, in
whose nominations our delegates par
ticipated. We earnestly hope for their
election and the election of a congress
in harmony with them to the end that
the principles and pledges of the de-
mocratic Party may be carried out
Turning to Hawaiian affairs we APP
peal to the entire electorate of the
Territory to resolutely face and earn
estly seek to remedy conditions in this
Territory which if not changed will
lose these islands to Occidental civil
lization.
We desire to urge upon all our fell
low-citizens the indisputable fact that
unless there shall be radical changes
in the tendency of our economic and
industrial conditions the Islands will
be speedily orientalized, and not only
will all hope of statehood be lost, but
We shall lose representative govern
ment itself. Already the suggestion
has been made of government by Com
mission, which however benevolent 1T
may be at times, is nevertheless gov
eminent without representation. We
oppose the effort now being made to
marshal in its behalf the dominating
interests of the Islands by a specious
appeal to property" believing that
the welfare of the masses is best con.
served by the continued enjoyment of
the suffrage.
1t is clear that a house divided
against itself cannot stand. Hawaii
cannot be half American and half or
iental. Tt will either be all Ameri>
can or a oriental. In saying this we
make no appeal to race hatred or race
prejudice; we simply point out the
inevitable workings of economic law.
Nor are these tendencies now mani
fest for the first time. They have
been seen before and warned against,
and by none in more uncertain tones
than by some of our foremost citizens
who have in the past acted with the
Republican party But it is because
the Republican party in this Territory
is dominated and controlled by inter-