The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-23
BEST. RALLY
OF CAMPAIGN
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and paid n tribute to the good work
| Charley Hustace was doing as chair.
man of the Supervisors. He boosted
| the Senatorial ticket and spoke at
length on Wise, referring to him as
man honest and educated. "There are
some men telling that the runners for
the Republicans are telling you to vote
for Lane and let Wise go somewhere
Those men are turncoats and should
not he kept in the Republican party.
We don't want theml To sheol with
them! We want no yellow-dog voting,
but good, honest Republican voting in
this fight
Wise Not Linked to Cathcart.
81 hear lots of talk about scratch
ing in this campaign said John
Wise, in the course of an able speech,
"but / have urged the Hawaiians to
vote straight and let the haoles do the
scratching If they want to. i don't
think there will be so many scratches
as some people think. / hear that
there are people in the party knitting
me- but I don't believe it. Some may
be sore because. / got the nomination,
but why should they bes I came out
for the nomination months ago, and it
was my friends in the convention
that worked for me and got me the
nomination. | didn't get it from Cath
cart and Brown, although some say
that j will be mere puppet in their
hands if am elected. | am not link
ed up with men of that kind. If
Cathcart and Brown are the kind OF
men that the Advertiser is trying TO
make them out to be, the people know
that ] am not that kind of man. If
: were to be now, it would be reversing
the whole training of my life. My
/; record is open. The worst thing some
people have against me is the part
took in the revolution of '95. but ] am
not ashamed of what 1 did. In the
war of the Rebellion men fought men
for principle, brother fought brother
for principle, and sons fought fathers
e and why should / not fight for what
: I believed to be right If America
: needs me now, l am ready to fight fol
. her. have not done thing in my
. life that I ought to be ashamed of
;. They say that Lane is knitting me.
(. do not believe it. do not believe
!, that we have any men Of that kind il
;. the Republican party. / say to TIL,
r boys of the st. Louis alumni and tn,
!. Kamehameha alumni, do not mix poll
!. tics with our school matters, nor will
|. religion. If / am elected, I promise
: not to fill the police Offices with gam
n blers and crooks and drupkards, hui
/. with honest men. ] have given NJ
/. other promise but that.
r. Portuguese Land Question -
J. R. w. Shingle dealt at length witt
t. the question most important on Punch
bowl, the settlement of the land title
i. there after the expiry of the Kapiolan
d Estate lease. 81 want to talk to 20
e strictly on what we can do if electe
IN for the people of this district, that is
l. the disposition of these lands on tn
e, Punchhowl slope. For six years TIL
m Republican administrations and govern
F. ments have favored in one way or al
5. other schemes whereby the Portugues
R., and Hawaiian tenants here on thes
4. lands shall be given preferential RICH
Il, to acquire them after the leasehold ha
v expired. A Republican, your own Nj
e, Castro, introduced and had passed
s. concurrent resolution in the last Lcgi:
lature favoring that. Later, when SEE
t. rotary Garfield came here, a petitio
Ii, was presented to him by the Republica
V. leaders asking that he prepare bill
SIS be presented to Congress along thes
Il. lines, giving the Portuguese and HI
IS. waiian lessees a preferential right I
ma purchase the land, the valuations bt
l.. ing in the hands of commission O
NJ. three men.
''The Democratic candidate for Del,
gate to Congress Travelled around thes
1t. Islands and talked of the dispositio
en- he would-make of the government land
#, Governor Frear called him to accour
Fl. for a statement which / know persoi
q, ally he has made on Hawaii and Mau
8. namely that he would give each citize
IT. 100 acres for $10.'
is. The speaker showed this promise
L. be impossible of fulfillment, then col
IS tinued: 81 followed the Governor
KY n speech, extemporaneous on my par
lie, on the land question / criticized in
"a, friendly spirit the administration in IL
H. land office because / know of Port
IS guese and Hawaiian petitions whit
F. had not accomplished much. hay
r. been bold enough to come out and crit
p. cize one of our own administration, n
because I am not in harmony with Il
IN Frear administration but confessiI
ife that all was not satisfactory. At II
same time I pledged myself to ASST
an Governor Frear in the honest attem
oy he is making TO bring about satisfa
tin tory solution of the matter that w
p. be fair to all.
c. Other Candidates.
RS, Supervisor candidates Watkins al
Ill Logan followed, each making Gle
RS. promises to conduct the business of {
II. city, if elected, in businesslike wa
MT, Mr. Logan announces as part of his p
ON, icy desire to see permanent pavemen
DIR. put down in the business section of I
EN-, city, from the waterfront to Beretan
m and from River street to Alapai a
ks, to make every dollar of the tax-paye
ISIS money go as far as a dollar could.
He urged straight voting on the I,
ritorial and Supervisorial tickets
Castro Was Cheered. Al
A. d. Castro, the last speaker of
evening, got great reception, bel
NJ eheered and applauded in way II
II must have been gratifying to hi