The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-19
NJ earn To MD
IN Cleanup WORK
lContInled from Page Fiye.

HaH VINO mas been entrusted with 20.
sition OF trust, and to show your appre.
rmtion OF and your unparalleled man
ner Of making fellow feel Mt home
when he is away from his original
home. A fellow couldn' Z feel away
from home here for very long. Why'd
feel Just as il | had left my winter
home, and come out TO my summer
home. And it is just warm enough: not
too warm. IL Is a pleasure to be among
You.
II want it understood here and now
that am not In this community to
put myself up us a leader in anything.
| am not leader, and never have
been, aud was not intended for n lead
or. ] am here to be taken by the hand
aud led, and there are men in this com.
mulitv who can do il, and will do IL;
and yon will find me a\willing follow.
er ] am not here to criticize conIli.
tons because they are not Just what
they are in Tennessee. might as wei
try to change your weather conditions.
Ready to Help.
"While am in your community I
want to he ore of you, and want Won
to ask me to do something that will
help you if there is any Improvement
needed. You tell me There's your
Job Before | started down here 4
was talking with friend who was not
so familiar with the duties of n dis,
trict attorney, and he said to me:
Just what are your dutiesf' Well, !
thought of my commission which had
in my pocket. and started to reach
for II, and thought, well, | will 20
"a sNR hat a,tI \ .,s.l 4.
to do And then | Thought, why,
those are the duties which are imposed
upon me bv the President; they are
clear and simple; they are easily per
formed; but | have another and a
greater commission, my brother, and
that is, to serve my neighbor and nv
neighbours boy. No President of the
United States gave me that commission.
] got that commission from Him who
crrs not And dom you think that
can come into your community and look
for some authority given to me by the
President, and forget that enioned
upon me by the Lord God Almighty!
am here to be one of you in any
work in which you need me; but want
to repeat ! am not here to lead any
fight. | am not here to make a fight.
] don't like to fight. ! iI-e TO e..
along with people. | want to love nv
neighbor and have him love me. But
as said last night, will get into
u fight. If you are working for the
right the fellow who is working for the
wrong is going to dislike you, and he
VIII do things against you. They will
do anything to hurt you if You are hurt.
ing them. ] expect to hurt 'cm if they
happened to be in the country, in my
small way, and ] expect them to hurt
me. They have done it wherever /
have gone. They will stab you in the
back; they win SANDER you.
The Parasites.
81 am talking now about the fellow
that lives and sustains himself as n
| parasite ON society. don't know
whether you have got that kind of PEG.
pie here or not. | don't know of my
own knowledge that there is man IN
these beautiful Islands who does not
| earn his bread by the sweat of his face;
! but II there is, he is eating the bread
earned by other hands. ! refer espe.
| cially now to that class of people who
I are known as professional gamblers. 1
have got it in for that fellow. | don Il
| like him bit. He doesn I like me.
aud ] don't want him TO. | want TO
be hated by some people in this world,
ana -well, my ambition has been salts.
\ fed.
A Preventive Force.
II love my friends here tonight.
They are in this house, and | believe
every man present is my friend, and |
want to say TO you that this army of
men could clean up whole lot of err.
rors that would prevent whole lot
of those boys going to the Juvenile
court. But they will 20 there, and
there are enough big brothers in
this house to take care of them. just
think what this company would mean il
every man in this room would be a 'bip
brother. If there are any left | want
! you to assign one to me. will do the best
can with him. started out with fou,
| httle brothers, and | have kind of got
the habit thank Goa I have been
trying to help little brothers. as a man
ms citizen, and as church man and
expect to land right in your midst
ready to serve, and if you don't call
on me | shall feel disappointed
When any question comes up in
this community involving the interest,
| OF young men, women and children. and
you ring me up on the phone in the
middle of the night and ask me which
side ! am going to take, shall feel
ihsultod, aud will ring of without an.
swerlng. Put mo down as one who will
| light IN the ranks for the protection OF
home ANA the helpless
Tho Bad Example
'lf you have man who goes ont
aud bets ON the games going on, you
have n man who tx setting a bad eN
ample before the boys. He may not he
hurt by IT himself; but the more success
iul he is, and the more respectable he
H. the more dangerous he is
90 am going to make n strong state
mont. A professional gambler will
steal, That's why | don I like him
Ana when ! made that statement one,
"a man came 10 me n day or two later
from one of the resorts in the city nnd
sad, \ understand you compared me
with thieves, said No, | hive too
much respect for thieves. A thief will
take your money, but gambler will
take your boy,
There Is not a banker In this town
who would employ a b0y out Ut gam
hdng place. Nhyi Becuuse he ~
steal
90 would rather have nv hoy ussO