The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-29
ONE LIGHT RAY
IN KAIMUEI GLOOM
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ANuhAinNtu AFNul rage huAs
that from business standpoint he was
qualified to serve ne supervisor. - Not
withdrawing" he said, THAT represen
tatives of a certain element have seen
az TO attack me through vile cartoons
in the advertising columns Of the daily
papers, and have been too cowardly 70
sign their names 20 charges that l am
not fit for that position.
Il don Z want TO be scratched for
Democrat, ~ he said, "and don Z think
you have any right 10 scratch me, but
II you can Z vote for me, vote for Col.
onel Parker for mayor and for the other
six candidates for supervisors on the
Republican ticket
John Kamanoulu, candidate for repre-.
sentative, spoke briefly, landing the
work Towse performed in the last legis.
lature and urging the voters to remain
loyal to the party
Didn't Get Pair Deal.
Colonel Sam Parker, the JOY who dis
persed the gloom for moment, spoke
first in Hawaiian and kept that element
in the audience laughing up to his last
word in their tongue. Speaking in En-.
glish, he said:
=" You people didn t get fair deal
in the convention and 1 know it, but
don't blame me for it. / didn't have
anything to do with it. That l am
candidate for mayor ism t my fault.
either, but | am glad to have the oppor.
tunity of serving the public. I haven Il
anything to say against the candidates
on the other side for they are all friends
of mine, but if 1 am elected mayor
will do the best can for Kaimuki and
the city at large.
The principal charge against me
seems to be that 1 go to Washington.
l have been going there for twelve
years and l have generally returned
with what l went after. 1 have inter.
ests there and in the States. but
don t need to go there. If i am elected
can stay at home just as well and
work for the interests of the city,
Colonel Parker was frequently inter
rupted by applause and cheering on the
part of the kaimuki people, together
with heartily voiced assurances that he
would not be scratched if others were.
James Fl. Boyd was well received by
the audience, and it was apparent that
the Kaimuki rebels are not hostile to.
ward him. He spoke but briefly in the
get IOReJner' spirit.
Parker va Hustace.
George A. Davis followed in an APP
probation of Colonel Parker, in which
he SCARED to the peaks of the "heaven-
kissing hills around Kaimuki, drop
ping with a roll of oratorical thunder
to comparison of Colonel Parker and
Charles Hustace, in which the latter
got decidedly the worst of it. He
| called the independent candidate a
political renegade" man who had
shown base ingratitude to the party
which had hOnored him in the past.
''The only argument which Hustace
uses against Parker" he said, sis
that sometimes the colonel goes to Cali.
| fornia, and that he is not business
man. 1t is very certain that Hustace
was never called upon to buy any of
/ the colonel Is tickets, and when the
question of businessman comes up.
can anyone tell me what business Hus-
tace is inf He arises every morning,
and after leisurely breakfast walks
down to the waterfront, where he
spends a few minutes in talking to
people he meets there. Then he visits
Martins tailor shop, stands on cor
.ner few minutes, and then goes home.
/ That's business for you
Norman Watkins, candidate for rep
resentative, confined his remarks to a
defense of the board of health, which,
he said, was trying to make the Ha-
waiians a living instead of dying
race. If elected he intended to stand
back Of the board of health. and if the
voters didn't like his position in the
matter they could send a Democrat to
the legislature in his place.
Capt. Robert Parker, in few words,
asked the voters to support his candi'
dacy for the Shrievalty.
Charles A. Cottrill, who was to have
been the speaker of the evening, called
attention to the lateness of the hour
and asked to Be excused, saying that
he hoped to be able to make real
speech to the same audience before the
campaign closes.
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