The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-22
Democratic Candidate Is Back
From Island Tour Sanguine
of the Results.
(From sunday Advertiserl

(From Sunday Advertiser)
"It all depends upon Oahu remark
ed l.. L. McCandless, candidate for
Delegate to Congress, when asked yes.
terday regarding the chances of the
campaign. Mr.. McCandless hos Just re-
turned from a tour of Hawaii and is
most confident. "If the voters of Oahu
give me good support, L will win. If
they support Kuhio this time, as they
have in the past, he will win. That s
about the way the situation stands.
81 am more than holding my own on
the other islands, reports to the con
trary Notwithstanding, and things look
bright to me. A strong effort is being
made to excite the Hawaiian Democrats
against me, but it is having hardly no
effect and, in fact, is proving rather a
boomerang in my favor. When John
Wise IS paper, for instance, goes to the
outside districts and the Hawaiians
read in it that my idea is to disfran-
chise the Hawaiian voters, if elected,
it gives me the opportunity of demon
strating the truth. / remind the Ha-
waiians of the time gave four hun
bred dollars to help send Wilcox to
Washington when the Republicans
wanted to have property qualification
for voters put in the Organic Act,
which does not make me out as willing
to disfranchise them now. When the
same paper publishes the lie that l would
not be allowed to take my seat in con-
gress if elected, because only Ha-
waiian can be sent from this Territory,
l can easily disprove that. The Ha-
waiians then turn for me.
"The Hawaiians are not fools. Every
lies does not deceive them.
Big Vote Certain.
con Hawaii l will get a big vote,
considerably bigger than two years
ago, and the same is true of Maui and
Kauai. On Kauai have made the big
gest gains of all. / will come to Oahu
with enough votes on election day to
give me fair break with Kuhio. Then,
if the Oahuan voters support me in
any number l will be elected
soapbox Star.
Mr.. McCandless was the star of the
soaphoX yesterday at noon, three or
four hundred voters crowding about the
people IS forum to hear him. There was
not much applause, but strict attention
was paid to the speaker. He paid par
ticular attention, in his soapbox adj
dress, to the question of free sugar and
the need of Hawaii sending to Washing
ton a man who would be friend of the
administration and in a position to best
protect Hawaiian interests in the event
of a further attack on the sugar tariff.
90 As sure as the sun rises and sets,
there will be a Democratic President
in Office after March 8 next" said Nc
Candless. Woodrow Wilson will be
elected
Kuhio's Record.
The candidate referred scornfully to
the recent record of Kuhio, who drew
his salary as representative of Hawaii
and then failed to represent her, out of
a nine months session being in Wash
ington only two months. Kuhio was
here, playing politics, when he should
have been attending to the work he is
paid to do at Washington. He comes
to you and tells you he is the friend
of the poor man. What single thing
has he ever done in the past ten years
for the poor mani He says now that
be wants good land law. Two years
ago he said that he was not in favor
of a law to give the land to the Ha-
waiians, because the Hawaiians never
knew low to take care of il. He says
he wants a fair land law, but he failed
all the nine months of the last session
10 introduce a bill to give you fair
law.
"lIe has been rowing, rowing with
The Governor, instead Of attending 10
his business and because the Governor
has only used the club he gave him.
He introduced and helped the bin that
gave the Governor the power that be
. now kicking about,
MeCandless referred 10 the fact that !
I WAS Democratic tann bin that |
irst gave protection "a lnwaliae sugar !
nd 10 the Democratic party the poo /
ile Of Hawaii viii have 10 trust now |
of continuance 0i The protection that /
laa made Hawaii prosperous
lu reference 30 ihe fraf oppressed hY /
lnllio that Hawaii might have 10 ao
opt d government hy commission, be-
AID thar n kuhio had been q proper
lsleRaio there Wauld bp 40 talk ef fhk
~ Sway Territorial autonomy
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