Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-31
Big Crowds of Voters at Waia-
iua and Laie- Straight Talk
from Platform


Face to face with the direct charge
from the platform that he has aban.
dohed his post in Washington when
Hawaii needed him there to look after
matters important to the people OF
/ the territory, Delegate Kuhio lost his
temper on Saturday night at Waialua,
Manager John Wise interrupted
"a speech, and scene was
created that ended in storm of APP
plause and cheers for Charles A. Rice,
the delegates rival for the Republican
nomination.
In a few moments at that Waialua
meeting, Delegate Kuhio plainly lost
ground. In an endeaVor to excuse
himself to the people who saw him
angry and erestfallen on Saturday
night. he will hold meeting next
Saturday night at the same place
The weekend Rice meetings down
the country" were significant. To be-
gin with. they turned out two of the
biggest crowds of voters that any can
didate has met at this campaign. Both
at Waialua and Laie the people flock
ed to hear Rice and his fellow speak
ers and received them warmly and at
the latter place the Rice feeling was
obviously dominant, = 80
8 It was at Waia!ua that the meeting
of the Kuhio and the Rice parties
took place and resulted in. an Incl:
dent that angered the Waialua people
at the prince.
The Waialua meeting was we'll in
progress and Charles A. Rice had spo-
ken and gone on to Laie when the Ku-
hio party arrived. This party original
ly had scheduled a meeting at Laie
but it was called off because the Rice
meeting had drawn everybody in that
section of the island and when the
Kuhio party arrived it was seen that
1t was useless to try to get the voters
to listen to the delegate. So Kuhio
and his party, which included his man
ager, John H Wise, and Willie Craw-
ford, motored on to. Waialua and en-
tered the Waialua theater Just as At
torney C. H. Olson was In the midst
of vigorous speech.
kuhio Loses Temper.
Avoiding personalities, but strongly
criticising the delegate for leaving
Washington when so much important
business is on hand, Mr. Olson was
drawing attention to the many meas
ures and bills that require the pres
ence of the delegate In Washington.
Kuhio, sitting in the rear of the hall,
was soon noticed by all In the audi
ence.
Mr.. Olson did not change his adj
dress at all because the prince was
there He continued in straightfor.
ward manner, hammering his points
home with increasing direetness and
force. He demanded to know why
Kuhio has been oRlyaa few days In
Washington for the last year. He de-
why he has left the capital
to do politics in Hawaii.
Kuhio lost his temper completely.
Painting with anger. he began to NUT.
ter and scowl One of his party came
up to him and started to say some,
thing
''Shut up!" the prince snapped.
Two Hawaiians of Waialua, men
who were friends of the prince, also
came I'D to him to shake hands.
Get away from mel" he snapped
again.
This Incident was noticed by large
number of those in the hail.
Manager John Wise, who was all
stirred up at the vigorous way
in which Kuhio's absence from his
post has been pointed out attempted
to interfere with the speakers. At.
torney Olson declared that for the
last two years Delegate Kuhio had
done practically nothing but draw his
salary and said that there could be
no denial of this.
Us that meant for challenger?
Wise shouted.
He followed this up with the state.
ment that IL so the Kuhio people
would meet it.
Crowd Cheers for Rice.
However. right there the meeting
ended, so far as the Kuhio forces were
The crowd that janmed
the hall-nearly all OF them voters
and a. very large percentage Hawai-
ians--was cheering and shouting for
Rice.
The debate then and there did not
n1aterialiZe for the very good reason
that il was time for the Cohen meet
ing to begin. The Waialua meeting
had been arranged for J. G. Cohen In
the first place. but upon learning that
the Rice campaign people wished to
hold a meeting there, Cohen courte-
ously turned the hall over to the Rice
speakers at z O'Clock with the pro-
viso that at o'clock the meeting
must be, over so that his meeting
could begin As it was, with the IN
terruption OF the Kuhio incident, the
Rice meeting did not end until about
$3.50. Then cohen's meeting began.
He ANNOUNCED from the platform that
he was conducting his own campaign
neutrality without being drawn into
the delegateship controversy, and that
Kuifo would address the voters from
the same platform next Saturday
night.
Campaign Meetings Bio Success.
& Both of the Rice meetings Saturday
night were big successes Early Sat
urday afternoon the Rice speakers and