Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-26
DEMOCRATS HOLD
Two Meetings
Unenthusiastic Crowds at Ka-
|. kaako and River
Street.


Democratic ora ,ors were out in force.
but OF the three or four hundred
persons present at Atkinson square
to listen to the simon pure do trine
of Democracy, great part was wo-
men and children, some even babes
in arms.
II might be termed vaudeville
performance, for Trent smiled be-
nignly on all present, and practical
ly all those within carrying distance
of his voice were women, brayed like
n jackass to illustrate one point, and
the braying made strong hit with
his audience, which set up roar,
and the children rolled over and
over on the ground in their mlrth.
After the deacon had finished tell
ing his hearers what fine fellows the
Democrats were, Kiakahi took the
stand and furnished further, enter
tainment by dancing part of a hula.
much to the amusement of the peo-
pie gathered in the glare of the
torches.
II was not an enthusiastic meeting
by any means. There was fairly
good sized crowd present, but only
once or twice during the evening
were cries of appreciation heard, and
when there was any applause for a
point made. II was weak and Riven-
burgh or some other good Democrat
was generally found to be leading
the hand-clapping.
w. W. Thayer Informed his hear
ers that there was big Democratic
wave sweeping over the United
States, citing the case of Maine,
which had gone Demo ratio for the
first time in thirty years, and told
them It was up to the Democrats OF
Hawaii not to- be behind their broth
ers on the mainland, but to climb
onto the bandwagon and vote the
straight Democratic ticket.
Music was furnished last evening
at Kakaako by quartet of Hawai-.
ian women. and the deacon. had tc
SluHu SnlilihS anu DoNihS ibl o''
eral minutes after he took the stand
in fact, the smile that won't come
Off wreathed his face from the tint
he went upon the stand until hi
made his bow and said good might tt
his hearers.
Trent emphasized the fact that nj
the good people, that Is all Hawai-
ians. had learned that Republican,
never kept their promises, but thai
the Democrats never made promises
I'VE have no paper" said Trent
but you don't want TO believe wha'
the papers say of us. They say W.
Democrats are all bad, but II is thu
Republicans who are bad. They are
throwing mud at us. What wouit
you think of a man who reache,
down in a taro patch and got som'
mud to throw in your fa2e?' CThi'
, caused laughter among the chill
dren.)
After urging his hearers to vot'
the straight ticket, Trent retired II
favor of Il. X. Rathburn, who made
his first speech OF the campaign since
f, be oming candidate in place o
Morse.
Bill Jarrett, Charlie Rose and oth
ers spoke, among them Fred Turriil
who said he had 1870 pounds to pu
into the fight.
Another meeting was held at Rive
and vineyard streets last evening, a
which another crowd OF spellbinder
was present, Mayor Fern making al
address which lasted nearly an hou
| and during which he made excuses
! for what he had not done. and urge'
, to be returned with board of Dem
ocratic supervisors, 30 that he coul'
&C omplish something.
There were considerably less thai
a hundred persons present at TIT
meeting, and the speech of the even
! ing was made by John Anderson
candidate for city and county audi
tor. who addressed his hearers II
English, Hawaiian, Portuguese ant
Chinese, urging them to vote 10
John Anderson first, last and all tn
time, and for all the other Democrat
on the ticket.
Anderson said that II he had beef
auditor, Henry Clark would nos nov
be awaiting trial on a charge of en-
bezzlement. The accounts at the pc
lice station. had not been audited 70
ten months, he said. and II they ha'
been checked up each month, as pro
vided by law. by the auditor, /
vould have removed all chance O