The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-04
LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!
LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!
MCCandIess Abusive and Almost
Mixed Up in Fist Fight at
Soapbox Meeting.

For the firsttti me in the political his.
tory of Honolulu deliberate attempt
to prevent free speech from "the soap.
bOx'' was made yesterday, and it re.
NAMED for l.. l.. McCandless, after
himself being given fair hearing, to
lead the chorus that would have driven
unheard from the stand Republican
who mounted it in order to refute Ger.
tain of McCandless statements.
Heretofore, up TO the disgraceful
scene at the corner of King and Bethel
streets yesterday at noon, the soapbox
debates have been free of rowdyism.
1t has been the boast of Honolulu that
her political gatherings, formal or in
formal, were clearly conducted. Free
speech has never before been denied.
Never until McCandless and his bench
men crowded against the public plat
form yesterday and attempted to howl
down an opponent, has there been any
thing but fair play.
Probably yesterdays lesson will
teach McCandless better, as the crowd,
Disguised at his manner, hustled him
and his henchmen apart, crowded them
away so that the speaker could be
heard, and came within an ace of Civ.
ing the Democratic leader and his fol.
lowers a drubbing.
McCandless was free, while on the
stand, to call everyone he chose liar.
Kuhio was a liar, he said. Desha was
a liar, he shouted. Aylett was liar.
The Advertiser was liar. Everyone
who had spoken against him and who
had shown up his hollow statements
and promises was a liar. The crowd
heard him without protest.
Then he came down from the stand
and Bill Aylett climbed up. At his
first statement, McCandless shouted:
"That is another liel" When Aylett
attempted to respond, McCandless,
aided by an ex-saloonkeeper named
Monahan, started to howl. Every time
Aylett appealed for fair play the Demo
cratic claque recommended its catcalls
and hooting. Finally the majority,
angered at these tactics, damned in and
broke up the Democratic circle. Nc
Candless was separated from his saloon
friend, but kept shouting as he worked
his way out of the press: "Why don't
that man stop lyingi have a right to
keep him from speaking if he is going
to lie about me-
So much talk of lying and liars ex-
cited a number of the Republicans, one
Of whom, William Harbottle, shouted
across score of heads: "You re q liar
yourself, McCandless.
The Democratic leader grew still
more excited. 81 bet you thousand
dollars you can't prove it,"
nah 80 lad 81. -.
other, the crowd jamming around them.
''You re a liar, McCandless, and you
know you are. Didn't you and Kaniho
tell all over Kauai that the Queen had
to mortgage all her land 50 that Kuhio
could go to Washington 2 You know
that s a lieu
"You're liar" yelled back the
Kaneohe Statesman, "you can't prove
it,
"Why did Kuhio refuse to shake
hands with you ON Maui. Didn't he
tell you to your face that you had been
lying about him all over the country,
and you couldn't deny it 2" shouted
Harbottle.
Then the two squared off and from
all appearances there was a fist fight
due, Harbottle struggling with those
who tried to hold him and defying Nc
Candless to come over and fight like
a man.
Finally, cooler heads prevented the
encounter.
1t was disgraceful scene throughout
and McCandless stock dropped several
points as a result
On the stand he attacked Kuhio as
delinquent taxpayer, reading list of
unpaid taxes to show that the Delegate
and the Kapiolani Estate owed the gov
eminent over four thousand dollars.
He designated Desha as a man who
had his hand out for money.
The Democratic leader fourished a
copy of The Advertiser, in which was
published the report of the meeting
of the legislature at which the special
income tax bill had been publicly dis
cussed. He read from the account his
own speech on that occasion.
"Read us what w. A. Kinney had to
say at that time" a listener asked.
Sim not reading what Mr.. Kinney
said, l IN reading what L. L. McCand.
less said" was the Democratic candi.
dates obliging response.
--o.A-s.-