Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-24
Biggest Political Luau in Terri
tory Brings Forth Straight
Ticket Doctrine

li6HL al pFODdDiy Inc UlSSGSl pOtflt-
cal mau ever held in the islands II
Was not only the biggest: n was one
OF the most successful of this or any
ether campaign IN the Territory -
Planned to bring together the Yot4
ers from the TWO Districts, to intro
duce the candidates tosthe electorate,
and 20 show that the districts viii
stand by each other in the election,
the luau accomplished its purpose eE
fectively, to Judge by the loud. pro
Unged applause that greeted the ap-
peals Of every speaker 70 the citizens
to vote the straight ticket. .>rt
More than 900 men saf down at the
big tables, which were set under an
immense, eanEas-covered MARQUEE on
the LAM and Macdonald properties
en- Punahou street. Al crowd estimat-
ed at 100 sat either ON spare chairs
outside the long booth or stood where
they could hear the speakers of the
evening. The luau was set for Csc
o'clock. but It was nearly an hour
later when Jack Lucas, the presid-
Ing genius Of the assemblage, yells
to everybody TO come on and the
hundreds Of men filed into the mar.
qtiee and took their places. ~
The arrangements ! for the hau
were perfect The booth was beauti.
fully decorated with national colors
and flags OF all kinds, the tableswere
SCI web apart, and arranged In long
rows so that all could see the speak.
ers' stand. The stand was set ON the
lnauKa side In the center, ana the or
aters of the occasion had no diff
Guilty. in making themselves heard 20
those under the big stretch of can
vas. The luau itself was work OF
the Hawaiian culinary art All kinds
of delicacies were provided In proftf-
sion. Cold water, pop, 9root-beer and
ofhcr light drinks were the. beverages
and the crowd was orderly and list-
ened to the speakers with close at
tentfoni - e -.
FiftR District MeHf Represented.
Fifth district voters and politicians
came over in large numbers and fra
ternized with their brethren from the
Fourth district The whole evening
was filled with party loyalty and par.
ty activity and the one motto on the
lip of every speaker was rvete the
straight Republican ticket from top
to bottom =, sia
Charley Achi, prominent Fifth dis.
trict Republican, opened the speech
making with an appeal to the voters
OF the Fourth district not to scratch
the ticket. not. to cut off the name OF
David Motley just because he is not
i2sl,k In
This started the Fourth district
speakers to pleugihg their party mem
Bers IN the Fourth not to scratch the
ticket, and one afteKs smother, bush
nessmen prominent in Honolulu af>
fairs, declared that they intend To
vote the straight tickea .Men,lf3ze L:
Tefneys Peck and Richard Ivers
pointed out that the party has no
right, and Stfeolish Besides, to scratch
man because he lives in another
district and because perhaps he Is
not d business man. 81
Republican Doctrine. .s,,s
IN fact. there was some hot Repub-
Icans speech-mak king last night After
the pig and other lnau comestfbles
has been disposed Of, lack Eiicas IN:
vested himself with the dignity Of
POSTMASTER, mounted the orchestra
platform and began introducing the
sneakers - faf4 = s. 49,
Charley Achi was the first speaker,
the burden of his discourse being an
appeal for fair play for the Fifth
district. ~ ts, g. Z 1850
@We have only one candidate for.
the board of supervisors from our
district" he said. I'VE ask you to
support only one He represents us;
he is our choice. say to you that
no man can blame the Fifth district
voters for knitting some OF your can
didates from the Fourth If you re-
fuse to support our one candidate for
the board. Gentlemen, l appeal to
you in behalf of the whole ticket
Achi's speech set the tone of the
evening in straight from-the-shoulder
manner. After that there was little
campaign hot air." The speakers got
down to facts and figures and didn't
hesitate to call. a spade spade of to
take filings at people who happened to
disagree with them. E=.
Z. Tenney Pack spoke effectively
from d broad Republican standpoint
declaring that "tsaElpIay' IS essen
tiai 20 success in politics as in anything
else. He drew vivid picture of how
business wiz go to the bad il Demo-
cratic doctrines prevail. He said that
the back bonesof this territory is in
the honest, sober. Industrious and
steady Hawaiians and that they are
the men that should be put at the oars
to help pun the governmental boat
along - t4sf'>@: -
fvers For Straight Ticket. ,:'
Richard Iyers gave talk without
and fights OF oratofy but filled with
common sense sYms not a politician.
rot a candidate and never held Office
here but I'm speaking as q common
everyday citizen. and Isay that you've
gof 10 play politics fairly and abide by
tf1a action OF the convention that NOM
mated the Republican candidates, and l
hope that like myself yeu'll vote the
Republicans ticket from the
top 10 the bottom he said amid cheers
Motley Alsssners sEie.
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