Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19


WAItUKU, Act. IS Maui pO!iti-
clans have certainly been exceeding
ly busy the last ten days. On Mon
day large meetings were held at
l.ahaina and Honokohau. The inter
est in all the speeches was keen
Prince Kuho spoke along very much
the same lines as he had in Honolulu
Robert w. Single held the attention
OF the large number OF men, as he
outlined what he believed to be the
policy of the party this Year. The
! local politicians running for office
were heard, at least some of them,
for the first time. George p. Cooke
of Molokai always makes good
stump speech. He is well known on
the Lanaina side of Maui, and is al
ways welcomed. T. B. Penhallow, man
ager of Wailuku Sugar company, who
is running for senatorship OF Maui,
made his maiden speech in Lahaina.
with Hawaii, and took his stand
boldly for what he believes the party
needed. He was progressive in his
ideas, and his speech was a calm pre-
sentation of the high ideals that so
many men in politice today hold.
Rev. Stephen L. Desha made a strong
address, urging all men to be faith
full to the Prince at the county cleo
ton
Most of the party came to Waikiki
for the big ralley on Tuesday night
There was hardly standing room in
the Orpheum. Robert w. Single was
the first speaker. He made an unus-
ually strong presentation of Republi-
canism in which he pointed out how
Hawaii had prospered under the
party. He praised the Prince for the
excellent work the later had done in
Congress.
The next speaker was R. w. Bre-
ekons, who made a forceful argument
in presenting what the Republicans
had done. He urged every man to
vote for the party that had accom-
plished things in the. past. as the
first speaker had praised the Prince
so did Breckons also give him his
highest commentator to the people
and expected hearty support for him
in the coming election.
kukio Makes Good Impression.
Prince Kuhio made a very favorable
impression upon his hearers. His
English speech was excellent. He
briefly referred to the position of l..
L.. McCandIess against him, and he
made some reference to his charges
against Governor Frear, saying that
he had gone into the matter of pro-
testing because he desired the home
stead laws to be carried out fully for
the sole benefit of Hawaii.
He pleased his audience when he
said, IF you don't think l am the
right man for the place. don't vote
for me, but if you think l am the
right man, then l ask you to vote for
me-"
For the first two speakers Rev.
Stephen l.. Desha interpreted. The
Prince spoke first in Hawaiian and
then in English.
The rally at Puunene on Wednes-
day night was great affair. Fully
five hundred seats had been arranged
in the tennis court. They were near
ly all taken by people from all parts
of Central Maui. Special trains had
been run for the occasion. Hundreds
were stanomg up, so it is safe to say
fully $40 people heard the speeches
of the evening.
Duke In, Evidence.
The stage was erected on the
Kahului side of the court. Yaia's
orchestra played during the first part
of the evening, while the people
were gathering. At about eight o'clock
the long file of Republican office
seekers with the committee of the
evening and Duke Kahanamoku took
their places on the platform amid
the cheering of the crowd. Frank F.
Baldwin, chairman of the meeting
called the people to order and intro
duced Prince Kuhio, who spoke in
English first, and then in Hawaiian
He made a fine appearance and his
voice carried splendidly so that every
one of his big out-of-door audience
heard all he said. His speech was
along much the same line as at
Wailuku the night before. He said
again that he had taken his position
against the administration sincerely,
believing that the American people
wanted the to see this Territory
Americanized, and he thought that
sufficiently strong efforts in that dir
ection had not been madeHe spoke
also in a very feeling way concerning
the franchise, and believed that the
time might come when we would
have a Commission form of Govern
ment, unless we as a people lived up
to our privileges as citizens, and
tried to show to the great American
people that We were sincerely Amer
leans, desiring only the best form
of government for the territory, and
that Hawaii be Americanized.
Rev. Stephen l.. Desha made
powerful speech in which he eulo-
gi2ed the memory of his friend, Hon.
H. p Baldwin, and urged all the
voters of Maui to support the excel
lent candidates for the offices for
which they We're running. His speech
was floYery. His voice was in better
shape than when he was in Lahaina,
and he carried his audience with him
every step of the way
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