The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-09-20
BIC EXHIBITION
OF UNTERRIFIED
Democratic Candidates Make
Polite and Formal Bow
to Admirers.
LINK WANTS SPECIFICATIONS
Wherein Are Claims Untrue7-
TurriII Develops as an
Able Orator.
LINK WANTS SPECIFICATIONS
n.rnm snna.tis Advertlser.l

Af rum CNnhaJ AuNtihlStEst
Some two thousand or more men and
women. not to mention the children,
who had to be taken along bocSuse it
was Saturday evening and the nurss
girls had night of, spread themselves
on seats aud grass in front of tho hand
stand at Aala Park last evening to
listen to the announcements OF Domo-
Gratis who wanted the public to under
stand that they were in tho running
for office next November.
1t was an enthusiastic crowd, all
right--a typical Honolulu political audi.
ence, out for the fun of tho occasion
and there to make good-naturOd remarks
and pass the joke from one to the other.
They enjoyed the speeches, and some OF
the speeches were excellent.
Fred Turrill, for example, who Is run
ming for the house of representatives,
informing the universe, as represented
by the aforesaid two thousand OF morn,
started his sps ] with "WelA ka hao. "
That took, for Eurrill s voice was In
good trim, and he said it as if no meant
! il. Then he sailed in and told the
populaee how the three Hawaiian pOliti.
cal parties were like unto three trees.
| When he arrived here the Homo Rulers
got together under keawe tree, full
of thorns. The Republicans got in un-
der mango tree, but the fruit thereof
was eaten only by the rich, while tho
poor starved 1t remained, said the
impassioned orator, for the good Demo-
Gratis to gather together under tho
spreading banyan tree, which they had
religiously done, and there was room
beneath those spreading, generous
branches for all to come in out of tho
rain and be saved. There was hope
| for the vilest sinner to repent and be-
come a Democrat Turrill ouEsalva-
toned a Salvation Army speech in the
impressiveness of his delivery and was
loudly cheered.
1t was an imposing gathering on the
illuminated platform. Link MoCand.
less modestly adorned the front row,
hanked by Mayor Fern, behind whom
sat the inevitable but attractive score.
tary, Bertram Rivenburgh Then there
was Goody Morse, who made n short
but effective speech, arising to remark
| that he was glad to stand before the
public and announce himself "Aloha."
Occidental Hotel Wolter also an
nounced himself speaking clearly and
briefly, for which he was applauded.
Poepoe officiated, though Chandler of
Kauai was supposed to DO chairman.
Poepoe was funny and made foIlrs
laugh. II did little vaudeville stunt
which should guarantee him = job at
the Empire or Cohen's thsater. He
used several French expressions, too,
playing at calling off the dances, as IL
there was dance on.
Trent was not to be seen on the plat.
form, though he may have been in the
crowd
There were also several other Demo.
Gratis absent, or not to be seen.
T. j. Ryan caught the interest OF
the crowd in speech. He promised
that the Democratic party was going to
show up the land system, the immigra-
tiOn system and several other things
Also would the Democrats prove every
thing they said. lie was unterrfied,
all right. He denied that he was the
puppet of Link McCandless. Prolonged
applause ensued, Joined in by Link.
The Democratic platform was not the
same as the Republican platform. Why
should it Def If it was going to BIO the
same the Democrats would have sent
for Joe Cooke to write it out for them.
Nobody could boss Ryan for "boly
minute" according to his declaration.
He sat down in thunder of acclaim,
smiling and happy.
Keawehaku gave some more land
talk. likewise anti,immigratiOn. d. NJ.
Kupihea pointed out what he consid-
cred to be the dangers of immigration,
saying il would mean cheap labor.
KaleohanO from Laie addressed the
multitude, During his speech some.
body started to hula in the crowd, but
the entertaining interruption was DO,
litely squelched, All the entertainment
was properly reserved for the stage.
Benevedos said he was for the house
from the fourth district and Paeheeo
declared that The Advertiser with
"vlrtuous veracity admitted" that
there were good men on the Democratic
ticket. He said he was one of the
four Ps on the Democratic supervisor
ial ticket, there being four candidates
whose names begin with p.
+, he said, stood for prosperity. prog.
ress, promises and protection. Promises
would be fulfilled; everybody, rich and
poor, would be protected, everybody
would enjoy prosperity aud Hawaii
would therefore progress
Poepoe remarked between speecbs
hat he had two RS in his name. Loud
cheersl
Link McCGndless said The Adver.
tiser was unfair to the Democratic
part, and then added, cOurtoously, that
the Bulletin was n whole lot worse
"rhey say we Democrats lieD said
Link, "bui why haven't they the dc.
cency 10 say what we ho about, where.
In we lief We leave II to the people
whether we lie or not, just rs we leave
n 10 the people as 10 who shall be
elected. The election will show that
the people believe In us. n Is tho
truth that hurts our opponents. An
they oan say rs that We lie, but they
ran not spoeifyi they can not say what
We have lIed about
Fern's speech was r0user aud ha
Wa well received The meeting gen.
eHlly. aud there seemed 10 De- 90 end
NJ Speakers was IN the nature ~ an
INFORMATION ~ Democratic candidates
10 the public They arc lnai getting
their hands ln end have promised 10
l1 nlautY " talking bffofo nifall0u