The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-08-27
Convention Must Take His Plat
form or He Will Bolt Party
for One Of His Own.
ATTACKS THE CORPORATIONS
lnter-lsland Singled Out as One
Monopoly Holding Back
the Territory.
lMnil specinl to The Adyertiserl

(Mail Special to The Advertiser)
HILo, August 2S.-Delegate Kuhio,
at the opening meeting of his campaign
here, not only picked up and slammed
down again the gage he had tossed into
Governor Frear's ring, but he threw
down brand new gage to the whole
Republican party, announcing that he
would either be supreme boss of. the
party or would bolt and wreck it. The
Delegate did not mince his words:
Swallow me and my attack upon Gov.
ernor Frear and the plantation inter
ests, or I'll leave the party and smash
it up" he said, in effect, his exact
words being:
IF the Republican party will not
endorse me on tho platform believe
in, then I shall appeal to the people,
believing that this is the better way,
instead of few men in the Republican
party running things as they see fit
I will make my fight, II the people
support me, then I will win out. If
they do not, then am quite content
to abide by the result of their de-
cision.''
Outlined His Position.
The meeting last night was well at
tended and enthusiastic, when Delegate
Kalanianaole addressed the voters of
/ Tilo. Kuhio did not pretend to state
his platform-as a matter of fact, he
stated emphatically that he did not in.
tend to do so. He wanted to outline
his position, and that was, briefly, a
strong opposition to Governor Frear,
particularly his land administration, a
plea that this was not his, Kuhio 3
fight, but the fight of the poor man
against the oppression of the corporate
interests.
The platform was occupied by the
Delegate, Rev. Stephen Desha, Repre-.
sentative Hale, Senator Brown, John
Bohnenberg and County Attorney
Beers, the latter presiding.
Mr.. Beers opened the meeting with
the statement that Kuhio had been
called to Hilo by some of his friends
to state the principles on which he in
Hale made a short speech in which
he stated that there was no intention
of drawing the color line or to oppose
the haoles. Talk was not what was
needed. Work and votes were what
told.
Kuhio's Speech.
81 am not appearing here exactly to
lay out my plans for the coming cam
paign," said Kuhio, after the usual in
troductory remarks. 81 am here more
to explain the position which l am go
ing to take. First, am going to fight
what l believe is the danger which
threatens our citizenship, from the fact
that ever since annexation the country
has not been Americanized. Home
stealing has not been encouraged eth
er for newcomers or for the people who
are already on the ground. Nothing
will bring us commission government
sooner than the manner in which the
land laws are being administered. Con
ditions have not improved since an
nexation, and the American people are
looking to us to advance ourselves
along American lines.
Not Japanese.
81 do not say what 1 am going tC
say in a spirit of offense to our Jap
anese friends, but while the Japanese
issue does not appear very great to vi
here, it is a great one on the mainland
and we know that we can never Civ,
the citizenship to the japanese whom
we are now importing. The American
people want us to bring into this coun
try people who are eligible to become
citizens. The present condition will
bring us commission government, anC
if not that, military government. TIL,
last census has shown how great is the
number of children born in the Terri
tory of Japanese parentage, who car
become citizens. ! believe that in ter
years thirty per cent. of the voters will
be Japanese. We don't oppose them
That is not the question. The question
is; The American people want people
Of their own, or people like themselves
to Americanize this country from thei,
point of view, not from that of any
other nation.
frear Replaces No Children.
"To do this we might have more
liberal administration of the land laws
The administration says that he Is NOT
working for commission government
but he does nothing to replace these
children with children Of those who
can become citizens. He Is mum on
the subject. You can DO It by liberal
administration Of the land laws. / ad,
nit that there have been some appli
eants for public lands, who have been
merely spectators In purpose, but a
great many have been sincere. Still
Tic administration says that any one
who applies for homestead IL a faker
llompsleadlng ln this country Is fake
no administration Of Il makes u 30,
No man can 1.-Two on homestead undog
tho pfesont conditions.
Inter Island Monopoly
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