The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25
THOUSANDS HEAR
AND APPLAUD
At RALLY
Republican Candidates Present
Themselves Before Aala
Park Gathering.
KUHI0 RECEIVED OVATION
Speakers Pay Especial Atten-
ton to immigration Plank
in Platform.
kUHI0 RECEIVED OVATION

Thousands of voters and others list
1 ened to the opening of the Republican
4 campaign last night at Aala Park where
4 the territorial and county nominees for
4 office were presented to the public and
\ the arguments to be made during the
4 next month were outlined, the immi-
grafton policy of the party being re-
ferred 20 IN many of the addresses. The
park was well filed and back of the
rows of seats dense mass of auditors
stood for two hours to listen. The
speakers were brief and the meeting
CAME to a close at a reasonable hour
When the ratification rally had been
concluded the leaders expressed them
selves satisfied with the arguments pre-
sented and the manner in which the
crowd received them.
Col. Samuel Parker, who led the first
Republican campaign, presided, making
humorous and serious references to the
candidates as he introduced them.
Prince Kuhio, candidate for congress,
was given an ovation as he advanced
to the front of the platform, and for
. nearly half an hour he spoke TO the
people IN Hawaiian, telling of the
splendid record made by the Republi.
4 can party both here and in Washing,
ton, particulariZing the benefits which
had been secured for Hawaii through
the Republican representative at Wash
ington. He opened fire on McCandless
end defended the Republican party's
immigration policy, raking the Demo
cratic antiplank over the Goals. The
Prince was in good voice and he made
one of the hits of the evening.
The campaign to follow the ratifca
ton meeting will be a workers cam
paign for the next two weeks, the man
ayers having decided to mass their
speechmaking into three weeks time
snd to make a whrlwind finish to the
campaign.
A Hint to Link.
Sam Parker opened the meeting by
paying his respects to Link McCandless.
He said that Link ought to take the
hint when he had tried twice to go to
Washington and had twice been turned
down by the voters of the party. 1t
he wanted to 90 to Washington, he
ought to go there at his own expense,
and not expect the Hawaiian people to
send HIM
No Compromise.
Geo. A. Davis was the next speaker.
| He began by reviewing in brief the his
/ tory of the Republican party, party
4 that offers no compromise.
"The Republican party in Hawaii,
/ he said. ''met in Honolulu in Septem-
/ Der of 1910 and offered you ticket |
\ that is endorsed by the press of this
i city. 1t saws. We offer YOU a system
I Of immigration that offers future TO
this Territory What of the future
\ without immigration? The voters Will
II be swamped by orientals. The Repub-
II hean party offers you the solution OF
c the problem.
eff the sugar plantations were to be
& closed down tonight, this fair Terri
tory would he in the thr0es of distress. !
4 "And what about McCandless-as a
Il Politician ! won't discuss him as
Il mar / am going to discuss McCand- |
L less ami his policies. He came out or
Il the Republican party. We taught hlm
3 what to do. He deserted our party !
Il What does he propose to do2 He pro- !
poses 50 TO cripple our industries that
II the Plantations win not have the labor /
II TO carry on their business.
''Do YOU suppose that if by any mis- !
n fortune he is sent to Washington ne !
viii carry out the policies of this Ter
& tftory2 He proposes TO cripple the IN
Il dustries of this Territory.
81 tine strongest men in the Demo !
cratic party refuse to follow Mctand- !
less and his immigration plank. Charlie /
II Mccarthy refuses to follow him; Doctor |
Raymond refuses to follow him. When !
st me hest men in his own party refuse
~follow him, why should the Hawanan |
q. people follow him when he proposes TO |
81 Triple their coUntrye'
Davis reviewed the congressional rec
ora OF Kuhio, giving the figures OF the
appropriations obtained by the Dele /
gate.
There, - he said. ''is what Kuhio |
aas done. And this is the man whom
iou would replace by McCandless VINO |
aas done nothing but enrich himself. |
.oa would replace him by man whose
s"h leaders and own party refuse TO |
.s,,ow. If 7 am not mistaken, you /
m refuse to desert this man for Me
sandiess who in congress would have /
10 lnauence.
Ii leave the Delegate and commend |
.s n to the good Judgment of every |
se, intelligent voter To the drunk
~, Nv the idler, the loafer, I do not
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