Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-24
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expected would be his political flu !,
neral, turned out to be n triumph. !
Cathcart refuted one by one the
charges made against him, and when
he had finished the audience, reused 7,
by a feeling of admiration and SYM !
pathy for the man who had so COM |,
pletely routed his enemy, cheered
and Cheered.
Cathcart made votes at last ,
nights meeting His enemies gained
The audience was representative
one, all sides were present, even
those who have been assisting the
Advertiser in its foul work, such as
Colburn. Chilllngworth, and even
Humphreys. There was no organized
roofing section, unless the entire
house might be called that after IL
had heard Cathcarts answers, for
the entire house, with the exception
of the few individuals of the Adver-
tiser stripe, hailed the vindication OF
the speaker with an applause which
even his worst traducer could not
but call spontaneous.
Cathcart's speech was MASTER
piece, not so much from an oratorical
point of view, though he spoke well,
but because of its accuracy, its mod
GRAFTON, and it's fairness. Cathcart
did not roast his accusers. He men,
toned them. and the audience show
ed what 1t thought of them, vocifer-
0usly and with Il spirit which plain
ly demonstrated that the public could
not be misled by campaign of un-
scrupulOus misrepresentation, corrup
ton, and invention of facts" as
against the word, supported by docu-
lmentury evidence. of a man whom II
felt was honest and had been unjust
| ~ asSailed The crowd had come to
lively, and even before Cathcart had
, finished speaking, his hearers, their
spirit of fair play stirred to the ut
most, gave to Cathcart an ovation
which must have done much to Offset
what he must have suffered from the
attacks on his character
The meeting did not lack in dra-
matte incidents. Gradually as the
aVdiencc realized that Cathcart was
right, 1t greeted every point he
made with loud applause, and when
John Colburn, stung by the refer
ence to his part in the case, arose
from his seat and cried for a chanc.
to speak, the temper of the gather
ing towards Cathcart's accusers was
clearly shown by the ominous grow
with which the crowd clamOred fol
him to sit down.
The climax was reached wher
ICathcart after finishing his defense
of the Poppleton charge. produced
the documents which showed the ut
ter lack of truth of the accusations
against him. Fred. Macfarlane, VIII,
was seated on the platform, stepped
forward and took the paper. Sure
ly. that is Humphreys handwriting,
he exclaimed in the tone of MAJ
who has been absolutely convinced
Then he calculated the paper amoni
shortly afterwards the eXecutiv,
committee, instead of waiting unit
this morning, as had been arranged
stepped behind the scenes, convince'
hap la, al
and that verdict, completely vindi
eating Cathcart, was brought fort
after n few moments, in the shap
of the resolution signed by ever
member of the committee.
Cathcart was received with n thun
derous ovation, too spontaneous an
enthusiastic to be manufactured. II
smiled his acknowledgment and sa
down near Chairman Hoogs, and
little in front of w. o. Smith. VIII
came on the stage with him. /
Ernest Kaai sang a new Republ
can campaign song, accompanied b
his orchestra.
Chairman Hogs called the NEE
ing to order and made a short speec
in which he called for support &c
the straight Republican ticket, an
refuted some statements made b
Watson which commented in an Ill
complimentary way on what the RI
publicans called straight ticket.
w. o. Smith made an interestin
and scholarly address, reviewing Il
political history of the Islands, an
calling attention to incidents
point which had happened elsewher
He ended with an appeal for fai
ness.
Hoogs then introduced Cathcar
| who, after another storm of applau
had subsidized, spoke for nearly tS
hours.
| Mr.. Cathcart Gentlemen al
| Ladies': | want to thank you We
much for the kind greeting that "
- have given to me this evening. U
der all the circumstances of the ca
it is peculiarly gratifying to knc
Ia. -, II