The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-17
WATSON PUTS
HUGHES RIGHT
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Pauoa meeting of the Democrats. one
of the largest and most enthusiastic
yet held in that section of town, said:
81 wish to talk upon matter con-
corning myself. 1t is my desire ana
the desire of the Democratic party to
conduct this campaign without any dis
agreeable personalities, and we have
! striven hard to keep out of this meth
cd of doing politics. 1 was very much
surprised to see a statement in the Bull
letin concerning myself and what Sen.
ator Hughes said of me- He said ne
had never entered into personalities
himself but he wanted to call attention
to something said by Democratic SEN
atorial candidate at Moiliih. He said
that [ said that all the Republican
candidates were gamblers and tim
horn sports, and he wanted to brand
that statement as false. He did not
mention my name, but the Bulletin
must have known that he referred 20
me. / can only attribute his making
such statement to one Of two reasons,
either he was misquoted or he was mis-
Informed as to what / said. I can not
believe Mr.. Hughes, whom / have
always considered an honest man. gull
ty of uttering so malicious a lie to
injure an opposing candidate.
81 state in all honesty that / never
made such a statement as the Bulletin
attributes to me as charged by Mr..
Hughes. Furthermore, / would not
make such statement as some of the
best friends have are Republicans and
are on the Republican ticket, but that
does not prevent me from expressing
my views about some Of the candidates.
''What | did say is that the Demo
cratic party has put up a clean ticket
and we have no gamblers nor tin-horn
sports on it. u made that statement
before and / make it again, but I did
not make any such statement as attrib-
uted to me by the Bulletin, and as
charged by Mr.. Hughes. The charge
is false, foolish and absurd on its face.
But | say again that / believe Mr..
Hughes was either misquoted or misin-
formed, and 7 don't believe he would
deliberately falsify about me or my
candidacy
81 thought it fair to myself and to
you to make this statement, and from
now on II will refrain from making
any personal references in my
speeches.
The remainder of Mr.. Watson g
speech was directed toward the differ
ences between the two great parties.
There was no Home Rule party, but
the Democratic party took in such POI
pitical elements, and the labor inter
ests of the United States were enrolled
with the Democratic party and are
working for Bryan. The voters of
this Territory could do no better than
TO safeguard their own interests by
voting for the Democratic ticket.
The Republican orators, he said, tell
the voters every night that they must
send a Republican Legislature to the
Executive building this time to be in
harmony with the Republican Govern
DR.. The speaker asked what iniquitous
bills the Republicans contemplated in
not vote for He could safely promise
that the Democrats. if elected, would
vote for any good bill, and would vote
for any bill that was good, whether 10
came from the government or not. He
said the Republican party was weak
his campaign and tile. Republicans
knew it, and this time they were put
ing no the fight of their lives TO hold
IN. The Republicans can not under
stand why the meetings of the Demo
rats are SO crowded and those Of the
are not. The Republicans
nave promised and promised for ten
Years. On the mainland the party is
,alled the G. o. p, or Grand Old Party,
1ut here it should be known as the =.
D. p, or the Poor Old Party.
Among other speakers was Rathburn,
Who accused Joe Cohen. Representative
on the Republican ticket, OF
ailing to pay up the Hawaiian band
or its American tour. II was the
anne charge often brought against Mr..
'ohen. As to John Wise. he asked the
-oters whether they were going TO
.ote for man for Sheriff who strikes
man at a political meeting and
raws blood and disturbs the peace.
IS far as Iaukea was concerned, he f.
ras all right in a way, but he criti-
lied his instructions to the members
f the police department that if they
rent into the political arena they
aust resign. laukea did not resign,
nut compelled all others TO do so.
Crabbe, in referring to Lane, said
hat meant narrow road, and that is
hat the people of Pauoa would get.
n referring to Fern, he said that
leant green, cool plants, always a de.
ght to the eye. Therefore the people
ould make a choice, and undoubtedly
would be the Fern.