Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-22
link IS BACK
full OF HOPE
Democrats Think Labor
Pay Plank Will
Carry Kauai

ton at the Democratic meetings last
evening, one of which took place at
Kakaako, and the other on the corner
of Liliha and School streets. Both
were attended by good crowds, espec.
tally the former.
McCandless as usual plunged right
into the land question. He referred
to the fact that the National Demo.
cratic convention at Denver had
placed the Hawaiian land law plank
In its platform. which was the same
as that which the local candidates for
the Senate and House on the Demo-
cratic ticket had pledged themselves
to support. The Democratic party
wanted to divide up the government
lands among the people, he said, and
thereupon he enumerated the areas of
public lands on each island.
Last year, continued Link, the Dele.
gate had made the statement before
Congress that there were thousands Of
acres of land In Hawaii open to set
tiers. How was that, when the people
who lived in the Territory were un.
able to get any? The Lanai deal had
been carried through In spite Of the
promises of the Republican platform
Of 1906, showing plainly that the Ter.
ritory was being run by few men.
The late Robert Wilcox had introduced
a bill In Congress providing for the
distribution Of the public lands in lots
Of forty acres each, but he had not
been reelected, and Kuhio had never
tried during his six years term to
push this bill. On Maui thousands OF
acres of land and valuable water rights
had been leased to one man for ridic-
ulOusly low sum. the rich man got
whatever he wanted, and even strang.
ers were called In to share the Ha.
waiian lands, but the administration
would give none of them to the peo.
pie of the soil. The time had come
for the people to get up and use their
power on election day.
The Delegate had introduced an i'm
migration bill. and when under this
great numbers OF strangers had come
and had acquired citizenship, then
these would run the country. 'The
newspapers were all crying for labor
but what about the local labOrers;
must they be forced to move into the
mountains? Now was the time to wipe
these people out and to place a new
set In power and when the voters
went to the polls, they must think OF
their wives and children and vote for
the party which would do the most fol
them.
Link referred to the fact that he
had been Republican, "but when
saw the Republicans give $4,000 acres
to one man." he explained. then
went over to the Democrats, who are
| fighting the big land hofders." Speak
ing of big land holders, a delicate sub
Lject with. Link, who has a few acres
Of his own. McCandless tried to NEE
the slurs which have been cast at hin
on this, account, by stating that. hi
was convinced that the Republican can
didate for Delegate owned two acre.
of land to each one that he himsel
owned. ....
McCandless In conclusion stated
that while he had been on Kauai tn,
people there had charged the admins
tration with unfairness In that the pub
lie laborers on that island were pale
only $l.25 n day, while on Oahu the,
were paid $3.50. As result Kaua
would go Democratic as well as Mau
Ed Like, a candidate for the House
read letter from Kauai wherein |
was asked that all efforts be made [,
elect Democratic Legislature. In ord
err that law making the pay of all tn
public laborers payable at minimum
| rate of $3.50 a day as II WAS less nj