Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-24


her interests. They charged me with
stealing and robbing Of others prop.
erty. II such were the truth, and
the whole truth, certainly would
have been tried, convicted and Inn
prisoned. am still free man. in
dicating concluslvely that | am not
guilty of the offense that thcy charge
me with"
Probably the police officers were
asleep" remarked man in the
crowd.
u got the lands by working like
you who are assembled here today"
continued McCandless, after pausing
for some time. 81 congratulate you
all for planting taro on your lands
which surround me today. | think
you are doing well with your crops.
IL elected ms your Delegate TO Con
gress I will do all can for you.
Pearl Harbor Treaty.
by virtue of the treaty made In
1876, Pearl Harbor became the prop
crty of the United States Of Amer
lea. The land was acquired for the
purpose of Notifications. Kuhio
claims II was through his influence in
Congress that he secured appropria-
tions for that place.
"This Is not so. All the Federal
appropriations for Hawaii nei were
the work of the United states Sena-
tors and Congressman, VINO realize
the IMPORTANCE OF defending and for
tlfyine" the coists, Of these Islands.
The APPROPRIATIONS for lighthouses
here were not obtained through the
work Of ,kahlo,1 the Republican Dele
gate to Congress. They We're given
by the pallonal lawmakers in Con
,gress. There are 92 members of the
Senate and 800 in the House OF Rep
.resent9tlyes. The populationlof the
United states is approximately 3d.
oOO,OQg,
Democrats Not Represented.
IAN through the Territory there
are no Democratic lunas working In
plantations. They are practically
Republicans. The Republican party,
admit. has plenty OF money, but
the planters want to squeeze the
price and wages of the laborers. In
order to get square deal, would
ask you, one and all, to join the
Democratic party. which looks after
the interests of the laboring class as
we'll"
McCandless spoke about one hour
and twenty minutes. His speech was
twice interrupted by dog-ilghts. I'm.
mcdiately after he commenced to ad-
dress the audience. three dogs, which
represented three political candidates
for Delegate to Congress. jumped un-
expectedly before McCandless and
started to fight.
The aged Hawaiians, who claim to
know the mysterious signs OF the
times, shook their heads In dismay
and quietly said that II was bad
sign for McCandless, their nominee
for Delegate TO Congress. McCand
less. however, paid no attention tt
the dog-Gghts, which amused the wa
hines and particularly the children
who did not understand what wal
being said.
The others speakers were T. j
Ryan and Keawehaku. They dwell
, upon the immigration and land mat
tiers. The meeting was presided owe
by ID. I. Kaia, vice president Of tn
Democratic club of Kalaoa. lie salt
| that McCandless will poll more vote
this time than he did two years ago
on Thursday night. September ~
the Democrats of Hilo and the dele
gates from the outside districts VIII
had come to be present at the count
convention, held a grand mass meet
ing in Mooheau Park. William II
Heen, the deputy county attorney
presided
Link McCandless, the regular nom
lnee for Delegate to Congress on tn
Democratic ticket. was the principe
speaker of the night II. NJ. Kanih
and Senator Makekau made stirrin
speeches, which certainly captiyate
The crowd.
The meeting was enthusiastic. TIL
county band, under the leadership q
Captain Caryalho, played. The I'LL
quintet club, which occupied cor
spicuous place In the Mooheau Hal
sang several songs, The kohal
glee club led by Kaniho, the legi'
lator, the orator, the singer and III
organizer Of the fusion brigade, dul