The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-04
Hawaii Under
Democracy

LOlIor advertiser: Inc immortal
Shakespeare says "There is a turn in
the tide Of the affairs of man. which.
if taken at the flood, viii lead on to
victory" and, with apologies to his
glorious shade, l take the liberty of
adding, prosperity, opulenee and un-
trammelled independence. This mag
nifeient quotation, is most admirably
adapted, TO the condition that at pres
ent exist in the Territory of Hawaii,
and the tide of prosperity and state
hood IS now waiting for the intelligent
voters OF Hawaii 10 take them to its
bosom, and nourish them on the milk
of Jeffersonian Democracy, and steer
them clear of the treacherous rocks, on
which is perched the sirens of the
mueh-vaunted and never-realizing full
dinner pail combination, who have
proved beyond the slightest doubt, by
present past stringencies and depres-
sions that they have, and are yet, pro-
mitigating doctrines that no depend
ence whatever can be placed upon. Any
fair-minded and unbiased person can
Immediately arrive at the conclusion,
that of the recent Republican and De
mocratic conventions, the Democrats
inserted the most favorable and ac-
ceptable conditions for the working
classes, and also for the capitalists. AS
we all know, irrespective of political
creed that it is e matter of absolute
necessity, that for a nation to be pros
porous, it must, and always will have
capitalists, and no persons excepting
perhaps disgruntled socialists or anar
chisticaHy inclined maleontents), think |
otherwise, and it would be the most |
desirable thing imaginable, if the latter |
named soreheads would pack up their |
effects, if they have any, and go back |
to the countries, where the majority of |
them originate from and where there is |
no scarcity of dungeons, fortressas,
bastiles, and exiles colonies.
In the coming national campaign the |
interests of Hawaii are at stake in the |
following manner. If William Jenning |
Bryan is elected President of the Uni |
ted States, Hawaii will undoubtedly be |
admitted to statehood before the com
pletion of the Panama Canal, the con-
struction of which great undertaking
will revolutionize the many industries,
particularly shipping and commerce of
Hawaii to such an extent, that it will
surpass the Hottest ambitions and de-
sires of its population, and believe me,
the word of the Democrat of Nebraska
is his unprostitutable and honorable
bond.
If w. J. Bryan is elected, Richmond
Pearson Hobson viii probably hold the
portfolio of Secretary of the Navy, and
/ need not dilate on what that will
mean to the population of the Hawai-
ian Isles. Defenses and Notifications
will be commenced that will bring I'M
prosperity and security
mind you, security-to this beautiful
ocean-girded possession of the United
States, with its yerdant shores, that
forcibly reminds me of the Emerald
Isle of Erin, where / first drew the
breath of life
And, now, fellow citizens, if, on the
other hand, ex-Secretary w. ii. Taft
Of Injunction fame is elected-well,
III cut it short by saying nothing
about him, but l will say that at the
Denver convention the Democrats re-
ceived your delegates with open arms
in br0therly affection, and inserted in
their platform a clause which, when
put in operation, viii give the poor
Hawaiian or haole right to take up
land and settle on it, and the Hawai-
ian or haole land grabber of the pres
emf will find that under Jeffersonian-
Democratic government there will be
equal rights for ali and special privi-
leges for none, and that the homestead
land laws that prevail on the main
land will be enforced in Hawaii, and,
the Constitution of the
United States viii be enforced in such
a manner as to bring joy to the
hearths and homes of many millions of
families in the United States and its
H.
The Republican convention promised
Hawaii nothing.
So, in conclusion, I would say to my
full dinner pail deluded fellow citizens |
that the food tide that we have to .
-ake is now at hand, and our only hope !
IF salvation from panies, stringeneies, ,
lulIness of trade, unequal rights and :
general depression is to walk right ;
INTO the polling booth and cast your {
7ote for the party that has made a !
promise Chat viii not be broken) to 7
zee that you get your constitutional
lights. and although the vote of the t
population of Hawaii has no effect on I
he election of the next President of t
he United States, it viii have won t
lerful effect upon Democratic Con a
-ress. if they are shown that Hawaii L
ndorsed them by eleeting Democrats /;
o Territorial and municipal offices, t
md such action viii be the golden key t
hat will open the door to statehood f
nd give Hawaii voice in govern v
nent of the country. In sincerity, v
JOSEPH T. LIDDY. &
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