Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-03
OPENING REPUBLICAN RALLY AT
B|JOU Brings OUT LARGE CROWD

could accomplish as much in a session
of congress as he? Not on the job!
| After asking the last question the
speaker cited a number OF instanca S
when congressman for one reason or
another including illness, had been alb
sent from Washington off and On for
two years or more. And were these
men turned down by the people, OF
their respective states?" he shouted.
After dealing with this subject for a
few moments longer, Mr.. Breckons
changed his tactics.
Claims Treatment Unfair.
I'm this campaign" he said, Il de-
sire to call your attention to another
matter. and that is the unfair treat
ment which has been accorded sever
al CT your citizens whom you have
praised and who have done faithful
service. For instance, the attendance
here is due not to any notice which
has appeared in the newspapers, but
because the people who are attending
/, are backing Kuhio. The Star Bulle-
tin this evening has STORY with big
headlines about Rice, while, tucked
away in one corner is a little notice
of this meeting. Is that fair? What
do you say? II Rice were to hold a
meeting in the Bijou the notice would
appear on the front page. Is that
fair? No!
'Kuhio has been accused of every
thing under the sun. II the war turn,
ed out bad they would blame Kuhio.
He has been blamed because the har.
Dor on Kauai was not located at Ma
wiliwili.@ Read the accounts of his
meetings published in the newspapers.
But then, Kuhio is not a rich man; he
has no control Of the papers. Howev.
er, you will find no fair statement in
the papers of Kuhio's meetings.
Another attack which has been
made on Kuhio is that of race preju-
dice. say that If the line be drawn,
1t will not be drawn by the Hawaiian
people. challenge the Star-Bulletin
right now to produce in this campaign
one word of real. warm, genuine
praise of a Hawaiian candidate. True,
there has been praise accorded some
of them, but 1t has been of luke
warm nature and not of the extrava-
CANT type used with reference to the
haoles. f.. ..
More About the Newspapers.
The Star-Bulletin finds that the
proper man for delegate is Rice; he
Is not a Hawaiian. OF the candidates
which it is supporting for. senator.
ships. the three recommended are not
Hawaiians. OF the IL candidates for
representatives from the Fourth dis.
trict, 1t recommends five haoles and
one Hawaiian-the Hawaiian because
he is its own employe That is who
draws the race line"
Mr. Breckons wanted to know II any
haole in the terrs4ory has ever asked
q favor of the present delegate and
been turned down because he (Kuhio)
Is Hawaiian. There is no race pre-
JUDGE as far as Kuhio is concerned,
he said. He mentioned the letter writ
ten by the delegate to Rice in which
the latter was challenged to a public
debate. A copy of this letter was for
warded to the newspapers, be said,
and was forced to publication through
the delegates mentioning the matter
on the stand.
Thinks kuhio Best Man.
{. And say - the haoles-I do not
need to say it to the Hawaiians-let
US have fair play said Breckokns in
conclusion Give Kuhio fair chance.
Work this thing out for the good of
the territory despite the unfairness
which has been employed. If thought
that Rice was better man than Ku-
hio. and could do more good, I'd vote
for him"
Kalanianaole was the next speaker,
and the applause which greeted his APP
pcarance was warm and fairly general.
He spoke at length in Hawaiian, and
later in English.
kuhio Refers to Mecarn as Carpet
Dagger"
The first portion of the delegates
address was devoted to an attempt to
answer the charges against him that
he has not been ION the job" in Wash
ington. And what cannot under.
stand is, what have / not done by my
non-attendance?" he said. They are
even accusing me because McCarn and
other carpet,baggers have been ap-
pointed to federal Offices"
Then he launched into a bitter cri-
ticism of the sugar planters, saying
that it was himself who got the Ha-i
waiian representatives IN Washington
an interview with the president after
their own requests to see the chief ex-
ecutive and present their side Of the
sugar tariff question had been denied.
His absence from Washington, he said,
has been due entirely to his being i'll.
Anyway, If had been there" he add
ed, there would have been nothing for
me to do but to attend the ball games.
Denounces Race Issue.
The Advertiser and the Star-Bulle-
tin know me well / have been preach!
ing against the race issue l do not
propose to raise the race issue ques-i
ton now or any other time.
You know what that Advertiser
says, that we Hawaiians are dog-eat-
ing Polynesians., 1t sneers when l give
a mau at my home. The Advertiser
is nothing more than Hawaiian-hater
and always will be. Articles which
have appeared in it recently have been
written simply to preiudica the minds