Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-19
POLITICS =
H|L0 HuMMING
Republicans and Democrats
Get Busy With Many
n Meetings.
G. 0. p. CANDIDATES 2
STANDING ON RECORD
Kelekolio Gives An Imitation
of Acting Like an InSurgent,
Big Meetings Scheduled for
Three Weeks.


Three Weeks.
| Especial Bu lctin Correspondence
HlLO, Oct. 1S.-Local politics began
las; Saturday is on the boom. Both
the Republicans and the Democrat.
sailed forth and held meetings last
Saturday and this week there will b,
more oratory from the same barrels.
| The Republican band which left
Iilo last Saturday consisted of Can
didates Affopso and J. p. Hale for the
House, Jim Lewis and Austin. who
want to be members Of tho Board o.
Supervisors for North and South Hllo
County Clerk Kai and Chas. Swain
who wants To be treasurer The frs,
stop was made at Honolii. at about
2 y. M, and here a bunch of the work.
men employed on the County road
and some Of the residents OF the vic
Unity came to listen to the orators
When tho Republicans were leaving
Bernard Kelekolio appeared on the
scene. He endeavored to explain how
and why he became an "insurgcnt. >
The Republicans proceeded to Ho
| nomu, where larga crowd of people
coming several miles around. had
gathered. Here Richard another can
didate for the House, joined the par.
| ty, and the meeting was proceeded
with under the direction OF +. S. Ca.
pellas. who Is hard Republican work
err In that neighborhood.
Republicans Stand on Record.
Hale was the first speaker, and he
| was followed by Jim Lewis. Lewis
| referred to the record made by tho
Republican Board CT Supervisors. He
called attention TO the fact that tho
income of the County was but $3.50,
900 year, and out of this about $3.50.
900 had To he paid out in running ex
penses. The remaining 500 200 wa.
mot u very large sum with which I,
maintain the. extensive road system
lof so largo an island as Hawaii an,
still the Republican County admins
tration had during the past two year
added to the assets OF the County b,
buying the County building. so thai
this County was now the only one IL
the Islands which possessed its owl
home. Lewis also referred to thu
building of the Honoli road.
| On Sunday Jim Lewis held meet
ing at Kalaoa, he being the only can
didate present, but when he had fin
ished, Bernard Kelekolio appeared OF
the scene and tried his hand at tho
game.
Democrats Busy.
The Democrats held their meetin'
at Waiakea last Saturday evening a
o'clock, the early hour having beer
chosen with much foresight. as tn,
Democrats feared that their orator,
would not be sufficient as an attrac
ton to compete with the moving.pic
ture shows and the saloons
| Keaki, running for the Board of Su
Iperyisors. produced typewriter
statement, which was given out to b.
Ia special platform for himself and hi
running mate. DR.. Archer irwin. I
held forth the following bait
1. The intention to work for thu
completion Of the belt road around tn
island.
r 2. Paying the road laborers $3.50
day or more.
| 3. Giving the utmost support to tn
police department as 1t paid its. owl
expenses n
III 4. To stop the flow of sewerag
from the hospital into the Waikiki ri,
err.
III 5. To continue the Front stree
widening.
6. To stop the letting of road wor
by contract as far as possible.
7. To give County work to citizen
or those eligible to become such.
kelekoIio In Spotlight.
Before the Democrats had chanc
to get away. the inevitable Bernar
KelckoIlo Jumped TO the front an
captured the meeting. He spoke frs
In Hawaiian saying that one of tn
English papers had said. In referenc
10 him. that there was no such thin
as an insurgent. That same pape
had contained an article stating tina
Roosevelt was stumping for an insui
gent. There were four Represents
tlves to be elected from this side @
the island, and he Thought the peopI
would do well to elect q -candidat
who had no strings on him.
AS an anti-climax to Bernard, Pa:
hao, jumped up and in a fiery hal
angue he called on the voters not +
support any independents. There Ya'
he said, no such thing as an Insult
gent,