The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-17
A Meeting Held Already for
the Coming November
Campaign.
PROHIBITION ATTACKED
Rev. Poepoe Objects to woolley
as Leader-Kaniho for
Mccandless.
tTrom snnda3ss AdvertIser.l

At Home Rule meeting in Aala
Park last night, with L. L. McCand-
less on the platform, the prohibition
campaign, the missionaries generally
and John G, Woolley in particular were
roundly denounced. The meeting had
been called by Ksniho, Home Ruler,
who announced that he intended to ex-
plain why he was supporting McCand-
less, Democrat, for delegate to con-,
gress. Before he was called upon liquor,
missionaries, Woolley and leprOsy were
dealt with by three Hawaiian speak
ers. About four hundred people were
in the audience.
Kahawehe was first speaker. He
roundly and eoarsely abused all mis-
sionaries and rallied against the pro-
posed prohibition bill. He offered as an
argument against it that it discrimin-
ated against the natives.
j. NJ. Poepoe spoke on the liquor
question. He said he was for complete
prohibition, and proceeded to present
the issue made by the liquor dealers
against the proposed prohibition law.
s'What right has a stranger like Wool
lev to come here and tell us what laws
to makeq" he said. "Why didn't he
stay in the States, where better laws
are needed too, and work there, instead
Of coming all this way to try and tell
usf,
eff this law is passed, the doctors
can get all the liquor they want. They
will be able to have it, for medicinal
purposes, and take a drink when they
want to. But there will be none for
YOU. The rich men will be able to sen1
away for liquor, but the poor Hawaii
ans can not do so and will have to go
without. L don't believe in that sort
OF prohibition law.
Kaniho Jr. came next. He was in
troduced by Chairman VIM. Kaai as
man Who had spent years at the Leper
Settlement, but had never had the dis
ease at all, and he proceeded to tell
about it. making his story string on
which to hang some political observa-
lions. The speaker said he had been a
Home Ruler thirteen years ago, and
had changed to Republican. He had
been a Republican nine years, but had
got nothing in the way of relief, but
at last the Democrats had done some
thing. He praised Senator Frank Har-
vey. Democrat, for the law under which
persons like himself, not lepers, had
been released He was still a Repub-
lican, however. He had been confined
in the Leper Settlement for thirteen
years, and now the doctors told him he
had no leprosy at all.
The Cannon Balls turn came next,
and he quickly woke the crowd. The
somewhat doleful tones of Poepoe had
induced sleepiness, or side converse
tions. and even the humming of meles
by some of the women who sat or lay
on the grass within the hearing of the
bandstand. But when the Kaniho
lungs got in action, and the Kaniho
eloquence and power of gesticulation
developed their full capacity, every
body took notice. Even the Russians
in the crowd seemed interested, and
numerous white soldiers fell victims TO
the magic spell.
Kaniho began by announcing that
he was Home Ruler still, and in his
first few sentences he gave what was
really the whole of his speech Of ex-
PLANTATION of why he supports MeCand-
less. "The Home Rulers are all right,
he said, rbut they never get their can
didate elected. / am for McCandless,
but don t think I am Democrat.
am still a Home Ruler.
elf McCandless fails to be elected
this time, Frank Harvey is the man to
be the next candidate"
Kaniho said that McCandless would
get congress TO pass law preventing
bringing in people from the outside to
work ON the forts here, and leaving all
the work on forts to the Hawaiians.
He praised Harvey for the latter Is
work in the Legislature, referring to the
leprosy bill Returning to McCandless
lie said he was for him because Me
Candies had always done his duty. Nc
Candies had once been a Republican,
but had left the Republican party be-
cause the party lied.
: Kaniho Explains,
Kaniho said he wanted to make him
self clear on every point, and took two
hours and half to do 1t in, shutting
out the landloeked one altogether
Kaniho reiterated tho fact that he wal
still Home Ruler so often that people
began 10 believe him, and then he had
10 hasten 10 explain why he<wa sup
porting Mecandlesa. Motley had bet
ter stay AZ home aud save bis money
he had supported him three times, AM
what was the nee Of supporting n mar
nobody would vote fort
Then ne auaiyzed PrlHea Cupid Ia
called attention 20 government iandl
on fnnehhowl leased BY the knpiolaR
estate, tho people living thereon hslnl
forced 10 work D certain numhaF %
days fof the Prince, according 10 on
custom, When be AHt Inquired, said
kaalho, iheg Bad 70 work one day /
Month The second yeag they had q
nnFk faa days, the third Tires days
npl nos they laa b nnIA lapI aagl !