Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-02
In
LONG ROUND OF
MEETINGS


meetings last evening that the candi-
dates were kept on the everlasting
jump to make connections, but in spite
Of Waikiki engagements and the ad-
dresses delivered at the drill shed and
elsewhere, numerous aspirants for Of
fee managed to show themselves eff
fectiveIy at gathering on the spaci-
Gus lawn of A. L. Castle, up Nuuanu
valley. ...'
S. B. Correa presided and he intro
duced the speakers in, two languages,
English and Hawaiian, nor did he con-
fine his remarks to mere formal in
PRODUCTION, for he went into the details
OF their desirability for the various
Offices for which they are running.
Then Correa made speech on his
own account and particularly informed
the several hundred people present
that they should not weep on account
OF the board of health having cut
down their bananas, for that the cut
ine down of their bananas had been
for very good and sufficient reason,
namely for the purpose of endeayor-
ing to exterminate the mosquito whose
sting often carries disease. Besides.
where damage had been done, it would
be the duty of a Republican Legislature
Il the people would elect Republican
Legislature, to see that recompente
was made.
S. X. Mahoe, candidate for the house
CT representatives from the fifth dis
trict, spoke in Hawaiian. drawing at
tention to the fact that the Demo-
Gratis had not been fair in their dis
tribution of patronage among the dis
tricts, saying that only one representa-
tive was nominated from the fifth and
he was a haole; whereas the Repub-
leans have been absolutely fair in
their division of district candidates.
w. O. Smith Speaks.
w. o. Smith, who had come only as
member of the audience, was spot
ted by the wide-awake chairman and
was asked to deliver talk. Correa
introduced him as one wkO would give
the people some "fatherly advice" Mr..
Smith was delighted to see so many
women and children present, and he
called upon the children to give close
attention to what he had to say in
order that they might at tender age
learn something of the politics of their
country.
He spoke of the good men who had
been put up on the Republican ticket.
not that there were not some good
men named on the Democratic ticket.
tut he honestly believed that the Re-
publican ticket was very much strong
err and very much more desirable; be-
s;des, the Republican platform was a
splendid pledge of PROSPERITY and
fl rther progress. Speaking of the cut
ting of bananas, which seemed to be
a popular subject among the people of
the thirteenth precinct OF the ntth
district, Mr.. Smith declared that he
had cut his bananas down two years
before the board of health had order
&C the general cutting of the trees
He had done this because he bad
found that they bred mosquitoes, and
after he had rid his yard of the fruit
trees he had happily discovered that
TO more mosquitoes came around. He
believed that no bananas should be a
Il wed to grow near residence; they
were all right in the country, on a
plantation, but were nv: safe to be
around houses IN which people lived.
Having been in the legislature for
over twenty years, the speaker felt
confidence in saying that he had never
observed better results than those
brought about by the Republican party.
Kuhio Answers Attacks.
Prince Kuhio, when he was called
upon to speak, chose to stand on the
lawn, nearer the people than he would
have been had he mounted the plat
form. He reviewed the work that he
had accomplished during the last ten
years in congress. for the territory,
and particularly dwelt on a reply to
the attacks of Link McCandless. who
Nj Lightfoot, candidate for attorney,
Mr.. Coke, for a senatorship, and Mr..
Wolter. for supervisorship, were we'll
received.
The meeting dispersed at eleven
q clock 1t was enlivened with vocal
and instrumental music by native