The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-11
BLAMED RESULT
ON THE HAOLES
RegrettabIe outbuTsts Made Be-
fore Situation Had Been
Fully Gone Over.
fFrOm Thursday'a Advertlser1

fFrom Thursdays Advertiser)
One of the most remarkable scenes
of the entire campaign was enacted yes.
terday forenoon in the littered.up head.
quarters rooms of the Republican county
committee in the Stangenwald building,
where the battle of the returns had
been fought the night before and far
into the glare of the day, wnen Prince
Kaianianaole, delegate to congress, and
Robert w. Shingle, just elected treas
urer of the city and county of Homo.
lulu, made addresses to the Hawaiian
voters, workers and men who had lis.
tened to the doctrine of the straight
ticket faith preached to them by Re-.
publicans, and who were declaring that
the haoles of the fourth district had
not practised themselves what they
preached for the Hawaiians.
1t was at the psychological moment
when Mr.. Shingle, who had been told
of the murmurings of discomfort, en-
tered the crowded room. Faces were
turned to him which bore the imprint
of fatigue and disappointment, for al
though many Of their favorites had
been elected, they were sore over the
defeat of Lane.
Mr.. Shingle thanked the men for
their support, and then he launched
into the subject nearest his own heart,
| when he said that he would gladly have
| been defeated himself if it would have
meant the election of Lane as mayor.
He said that he agreed with them that
the .Hawaiians had been the straight
ticket voters, while the haoles, particu.
larly those of certain precincts of the
fourth district, had been distinctly split.
| ticket voters and had lost the day for
the mayor and sheriff candidates of the
Republican party.
He stated that the one qualification
he felt in being elected as treasurer
was that he meant to keep his promises
to the voters of the party and to re-
member the Hawaiians who had made
his victory possible. He said that, al
though there was Democratic mayor,
the board of supervisors was Repub-
lican almost to a man, and he would
see that the men who had stood by
lutlI guns hOulu ItcelNG IHtlI ItNhIu,
Mr.. Shingle was cheered Justify as he
finished. Prince Kuhio Immediately
mounted the improvised rostrum and
said he endorsed what Mr.. Aingle said
and then he talked in his mother tongue
He asserted that it was his belief
that it was the haoles who had thrown
down the mayor and sheriff and deputy
sheriff. Their split tickets showed that
in the precincts where the haole voters
had tried to follow that. He said that
the doctsine of straight ticketism had
been taught them, and he believed they
4 had tried to follow that. He said that
4 the Hawaiians had the power and the
: right to turn their backs on the party
but he appealed to them to remaiI
steadfast, and their reward would cams
+ in another way. lie said that the sen
q ate and house were Republican the su
n pervisors were almost all Republicans
the treasurer was a Republican, and j
would be their aim to see that all were
. rewarded properly.
S The Prince assailed bitterly what h'
( termed the lack of stamina of the haol'
q voters. He thanked the Hawaiians fol
r tho manner in which they had votet
}. and attacked again the haole votert
n who had thrown down the candidates
He appealed TO the Hawaiian voters
q however 10 stay with their party a
h loyal Republicans and 90 again 10 thl
!. polls as good Republicans.
A ~ am ashamed TO belong 10 a part,
q of which members will bo guilty Of slel
y political dishonesty as this, " he said
4 ''They talked and argued straigh
A ticket and YOU kept faith with thrm
q Hut they didn 2 keep faith with You
4 ilo also said that ho couldn't blam
\ thW " they deserted a party.
40 The speech was received with cheer'
Il Blamed Huataee,
"a ON tho blackboard ~ tho Republican
% headquarters appears "a ohalkod phrase
Il Aud iheY handed us lemon b
% hl,' meaning the Th0mAs Square nf'
" .luet where charley llusiaee was aAl
d io bp thr mau Nho did noe deliyn 81
~ precinct 20 Lane And COS bat lhfep
b 0rrf 40 FrW hul lsUeu nna reduce
r0t ony lae poll n shlnFloi bui mfft