Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-13
Large MEETINGS
Held BY Prince
Throughout Maui Precincts
Crowds Hear the Truth OF
Land Laws Matter.


Rev. s. l.. Desha OF IIilo, arrived in
WWluku from Hawaii per the steam
err Mauna Kea last Friday night. The
Delegate was put up at Hon. and
Mrs. A. N. kepoikai's residence.
while the Hawaiian Spurgeon" was
entertained at Assessor and Mrs. j. |
II. Kunewa's.
On Saturday afternoon the Dele.
gate and Rev. Desha spoke at the
Waiehu church to about sixty vot- |
ers. 1t was a good meeting, and
Mr.. Desha was at his best. The
speech of the Delegate was well re-
ceived by his Hawaiian hearers.
On Saturday evening the Delegate
and his travelling political worker
spoke again to large gathering on
Market street. Notwithstanding It |
had been quite showery during the
day, when 1t was noised about that
kuhio was In town and that he was
to undo the harm scattered broadcast |
by Link McCandless only week be-
fore, hundreds turned out to hear
the Prince.
The Prince was preceded by Coun-
ty Attorney d. II. Case. candidate !
for reelection; Glen Crowell, who is |
running for sheriff, and C. Lake, the
Waikiki candidate for supervisor.
The county officials merely made
their initial appearance in the pres
ent campaign. AS each candidate
took his seat after making his an
nouncement, each time the evening
air was rent with loud hurrahs. But
when the Prince made his appear
ance there was immediate silence to-
hear him speak on momentous ques.
| lions of the day. especially the pub.
lie land question. which greatly con-
Germs the people at the present time.
With forceful words he nailed thei
misrepresentation that "Eliwai' had
helped pass the land laws in Con-
gress, and In conclusion he asked
why the necessity OF Eliwai's max
ing such determined fight to be
elected II he could easily, help pass
/ laws in Congress in his capacity asl
/ a private citizen. IL he Is more use.
full in that capacity, why change? A
few Democrats who had imbibed too
freely that afternoon could not re-
main silent when they heard ELL
wai's name. mentioned, SO they made
their presence known lust to- show
the Prince that the Democrats can
show thing or two to the Republi-l
! cans iu the shape of rowdyism. But
Il was of short duration. for the au-
dience could not tolerate any ten
dency towards disorder.
The Prince spoke in English to
satisfy the demands of the English
Speaking voters of Wailuku.
Rev. Desha was the last speaker,
and he kept the large assembly quiet
from the beginning to the end. Inl
eloquent words he pictured to them
the work of the Delegate in Con-
gress. and then told them how the
Prince opened his home at Honolulu
to receive the hundreds who were
rendered homeless by the bubonic
plague fire. Link was there. too.
but instead of kissing babies as he
did recently at Kona, and seeing that
the homeless were made comfortable.
| he was promenading the public
streets OF Honolulu with gun to
see that none of the homeless should
get away. OF the attitude OF the
two men ut that most heartrending
scene, Kuhio proved himself bene-
factor and a lover OF mankind be-
You'd compare.
Senator w. T. Robinson was
chairman OF the meeting.
! On Sunday Delegate Kuhio. Rev.
Desha and Glenn Crowell went to Ka-
naio, in the Honuaula district. About