The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-27


GOVERNOR FREAR's HIGHER
POLITICS.
Governor Frear placed the meeting
on a high plane in his opening words,
handing out a line of political doctrine
that silenced the huge crowd with its
utter novelty as coming from the Aala
mark platform at a political rally. He
scored the yellow dog" politics OF
the Territory and denounced as tral-
tor the man who placed party conslu-
erations before the needs of the coun-
fry From the time the Governor ut
tered the words that he SAID might
he regarded as 'heretical," until he be-
gan TO eulogize Delegate Kalanianaole
he was listened to in startled silence
although by the time he had concluded
and the force of his first sentences had
had time TO sink in, the people mao
awakened again and cheered hlils
heartily, while a reference to him IN
Secretary GarfieId's speech brought out
more cheers. The Governor said;
at understand that although this is
a public meeting it is also Republican
rally. Now | have neither talked nor
acted politics since l have been ap-
pointed to public life, nor do l intend
to act politics during the remainder OF
nv term of office. be that long or snort,
but | think that / will be pardoned II
I speak tonight on the duties OF c1ll-
zenship in general and in a brief way
on politics.
every citizen has duty to per-
form in at least one capacity. Many
have duties to perform in two capa-
cities and some have duties in three
capacities. The mere citizen has MS
duties as citizen to his country; the
party man has his duties as well TO
his party and the public man has his
special duties. It goes without sayins
that the Governor of this Territory in
his official capacity so far as the eNecu-
tjon of the laws and the administration
of his office are concerned in deahns
with the people must be neither Re
publican. Democrat nor Home Rule
What l wish TO say is that the reia-
tfons between ones duty as a citizen
and his duty as a public man should
never come into conflict.
ssTbe duty to the party must always
come second to the duty 10 the coun-
try and the duty as citizen Ihls
ought to go without saying; it ought
10 be a self-evident truth. 1t is said
nv some party leaders that loyalty
tn ones party requires one TO vote for
p yellow dog if he is put on the ticket
Rut this is not so. Ones duty first is
10 the country and loyalty to party
when It comes into conflict with ones
duty to ones country is treason ana
should be thought of as treason. Thls
NAV seem heretical, but it should not
seem so. There are some who preacn
the straight ticket, without reference
to who may be upon that ticket, but
If any party has only the straight
ticket to commend it, that party should
go down to defeat. This may seem
dangerous doctrine for me TO preach as
a Republican but / take it that if it IS
not the doctrine of the bosses II is
nevertheless the doctrine of the true
Ieaders-of men like Roosevelt Ihe
Governor followed this thought through
much of his speech, described the
Democracy as a party of retrogression
and stagnation. The Delegate was
complimented in the peroration-
SECRETARY GARFIELD ON Ma
TIONAL ISSUES.
Contrary to expectation the secretary