The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-25
BIG GUNS BOOM
FOR DEMOCRATS
McCandleSs and Ashford Ad-
dress Crowd on Sugar Juice
and Principle.
(From "Wednesday Advertiser)

the corner of Fort and kukui, in the
heart of the city, and the other at Wal
kiki.kai, in the eastern end of Homo
lulu. In the city gathering, Charles
Barron was master of ceremonies, and
he made "a neat job of it with smart
little sayings on the introduction of the
speakers.
"Link' McCandless candidate for
Delegate to Congress, And Col. G. w.
Ashford were the main speakers of the
evening. Applause was not niggardly in
these instances, as has been the case in
the earlier part of the present political
campaign.
''The true and real interest of the
people at large lies in voting for the
Democratic ticket on the coming cleo
ton day. said Ashford in opening his
remarks. Poepoe interpreted for him
into Hawaiian, though the speaker is
quite scholar in the Hawaiian Ian
guage himself, but this gave the Ha-
waiian end of it chance of injecting
into the speakers remarks those fancy
little frills and illusions so dear to the
Hawaiian heart around political times.
''We must have a change in the gov
ornment here,'' continued Ashford.
"'The Democratic party is made up OF
the poor people and those of moderate
means The rich people and the big
interests, as a rule, stay with the Re
publican party.
Democratic Arguments.
''The interests wake up every two
years and suddenly find that they are
greatly in love with the poor people,
the common people, and come before
them and ask them for their votes.
They are full of promises, sweet and
honeyed words for you, round about
election time. They make love to you
like sweethearts are wont to do. After
election it is a different story, how
ever, and they conveniently forget the
promises they made to you; they forget
you entirely for two years, only to
kindly think of you again when the
next election drifts around two years
afterward" Here there were cries
from a few Hawaiian women, of "po-
lolei; maikai; mahalo.'
Here the speaker quoted, in Ha-
waiian, a couple of lines from an an
cient Hawaiian mele, which were trans
lated into English by Poepoe to mean
"You told me you have love (aloha)
for me, but your love is only from your
lips"
cit is time we woke up and sent
these Republicans about their business,
as hypocrites and liars, said Ashford
with some heat.
"We believe the women have right
to equal suffrage in this country My
object is to turn down the bars of in
Justice and bring about equal rights to
all and special privileges to none.
"Every writer of Importance who
has visited the Islands and written
about them declares that the planters
hold the political welfare of these Is
lands in the hollow of their hands. The
last Republican convention recognized
this in their platform and declared
there would be no more of this state of
affairs, but what did they do and what
do we findf"
''Steeped in Sugar Juice"
"On the legislative ticket they have
placed j. NJ. Dowsett for the senate.
Now, Dowsett is a fine fellow; friend
of mine, and | have nothing personal to
say against him, but politically he is
ali wrong He cannot be otherwise. He
owns a plantation; is interested in the
Inter-Island Company. Dowsett is
stepped IN sugar juice to the eyelids. -
Here, the speaker paid his compll-
ments to the Inter.lsland people, claim
ing it was one of the corporations which
wanted everything in sight and was
bound to have it.
"Now, there is another sugar baron
on their ticket for the senate. George
f. Renton is a fine fellow, too; my
friend, and like Dowsett, l have moth
ing to say against his character; but
he, too, is stepped in sugar juice and IS
no fit person to represent you, the poor
and common people, in the Legislature.
Thus two-thirds of their senatorial
ticket on this island is made up OF
sugar barons. Just as well carve an
image of King Sugar and place 1T IN
the halls of our lawmaklng branch OF
the territorial government.
"Owing to the recent investigations
made here by Secretary of the Interior
Fisher, there is demand for the ere
alton of a public utilities commission,
With Dowsett in the senate, tell me,
what chance have we to get one, and
he a director of the Inter-Islandi Cat
this point in his talk some unapprecia'
tive CANNES started a little pow-wow
of their own, and this seemed to rile
the sneaker, as he paid his attention to
them, saying, eff that dog thinks he
can make better speech than | can,
let him come up ON this stand
"Let's get down 10 the representa-
tive ticket nominated by the Repub'
lean convention and see whom they
have placed in the field, Clarence
Cooke, the honorable son of an honor
able father. a fine young man who
has made good in his particular line
of activity, but he is picked and pre-
served Ia sugar juice.
"Then there is Castle, also fine
young man, fast getting to be good
lawyer, but he il the attorney Of the
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company, and
you know they want 10 own the earth
or 20 much Of It as lies within the
city Of Honolulu"
Kekaha, a tall and husky looking son
of the soil, the picture ~ yentable
demng0gur, WAS neat introduced by
NsoapboN Baron na the noisiest spec
linen o. tho genus homo in Honolulu
ON this stump, nest 20 ''hoapy hlm'
self 70 Prove true % the inifoiuc
ton Kekaha began bis hRrangue iu ~
tall ID mitch ~ voice Hs Tho clouds