Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-05
5000 PERSONS
ATTEND RALLY
At AALA

! Win one OF the largest pOlitlcal
| crowds ever seen in Honolulu. an audi.
ence conservatfvely estimated ut see
persons which nearly filed Aala
square. the Democratic spellbinderS
! brought their 1912 campaign to an en-.
+ thusiaz tic and most propitiouS emil
! yesterday evening.
The Republican parade, WITH It's
! band and bright pyrotechnieal display
marched down King street past the
! Aala meeting early in the evening, on
is way to the Republican rally at the
Capitol square, but had little effect on
the throng gathered to ei2aa wisdom
from the mouths of the Democratic
srellbinders and wiseacres.
Nearly every candidate on the Demo
cratic ticket made his final plea to the
electorate, repeating the timeworn
Phrases and injecting few new ideas
occasionally that brought responses Of
cheering and hand-clapping. There
was a sprinkling of rain at intervals
but it had little effect on the crowd.
which is accustomed to moisture, and
for the most part the voters remained,
standing in the wet grass, to the end
of the long prog. .a "
Like all Democratic meetings, this
one had its spectacular denunciatory
featured a surprise to the audience.
Last night 1t was the speech Of G. +.
Alfonso, a Republican FOR years and
q member of two or three legislatures
from the Republican party on Hawaii
He went to. the meeting 10 listen and
write, as a reporter 70 n local ncws-
paper, and remained to spelx. Tanning
forth in wild denuncft:oa If Daic-
gate Kalanianaole. p. ~ IL .
He asserted he Is still Republican,
but could not stomach" Kuhio and his
record, though he. had supported him
In the past. He based his excuse for
swinging away from the Republican
leader on the argument, already old
and many times reyamped Dy orTieis
that the Delegate had declared in
Washington he had been elected four
years ago through the bribery of the
people by the sugar planters.
He declared Cupid yaeilating and in.
sinrere, inconsistent in deronneing the
land laws fromed by the legislature in
his presence and with his silent ap-
prevail, and said that his reeie ation
would be slap int the Presidents
face, after the latter had SHOWN his
opinion OF Kuhio by announcing he n.
tends reappointing Governor Frefr de-
SPITE the Delegates protests. In a
burst of impassioned oratory he
shouted: i. ~ 81 -
do we want to slap the President
In the face by sending back as Dele
gate man who has promised TO con-
tinue to make trouble, and 20 bring
upon us eventually a commission forE
of government and the loss of the
franchise? - I. !. -. ~ - 1850
Il have ,campaigned with Kuhio and
from my own personal experience
have found him vacillating and insin-
eere. Kuhio broke his word to the
people of Punchbowl He shows his
inconsistency in denouncing the land
laws. When these laws were before
the special session of the legislature
for enactment, Kuhio sat at the right
hand of the speaker and never. opened
his mouth to object to any single feat
ure in them.
When go to the polls tomorrow l
shall forget the halo which we imagine
surrounds the head of this man we
call Prince, and / shall vote as a free
American citizen against him, and
urge you al Ito do the same"
The various speakers were introduce
ed by Bertram G. Rivenburgh. chair
man of the Democratic county COM
mittee and as they stepped to the
front of the platform Mrs. Sharp, of
tie Woman's Suffrage League, hung
wreaths of leis around their necks.
Mrs. John Wilson, speaking in Hawai-
ian, addressed her people eloquently
on behalf of the Democratic platform,
because it contains plank favoring
woman suffrage. ~