Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-03
Opening REPUBLICAN RALLYA7
BIJOU Brings OUTLARGE CROWD

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 q
few moments longer, Mr.. Breckons
changed his tactics. >":.. :>. ~. -.
Claims Treatment Unfair. s. ....--
"In 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 of your citizens whom you have
praised and who have done faithful
service. For instance, the attendance
here Is due not to any notice which
IS appeared in the newspapers, but
cause The people who are attending
!. aNe backing, Kuhio. The Star-Bulle-
tn thisreyeting has story with big
headlines Fbout Rice, while. tucked
away IN ole corner Is a little notice
Of thisI mel ting. Is that fair? What
do you say? II Rice we're to hold
| meeting In the Bijou the notice would
appear on the front page. Is that
fairs No! ~: . =. @z.... II.
g"Kuhio has been accused of every.
thing under the sun IL 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
greetings published In the newspapers.
But then, Kuhio is not a rich man; he
has no control of the papers. HoWey-
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 spreju-
dice. ! say that II the line be drawn,
I viii 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 q Hawaiian candidate True,
there has been praise accorded some
OF them, but 1t has been of a luke
warm nature and not of the extraya.
CANT type used with reference. to the
haoles.
MsFa, About the Newspapers. 81
THE Star.Builetin finds that the
proper man for delegate is Rice; he
Is not q Hawaiian. OF the candidates
which 1t Is supporting for senator.
ships, the three recommended are not
Hawaiians. or the ~ candidates for
representatives from the Fourth dis
trict it recommends five haoles and
one Hawaiian--the Hawaiian because
he Is its own employee. That is who
draws the race line
Mr.. Breckons wanted to know IL any
haole In the terrrlory has ever asked
q favor OF the present delegate and
been turned down because he (Knhio]
Il. q 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
lon the stand So,
Thinks kuhio Best Man. y so,
And say 60 the hRoles--I do not
need TO say II to the Hawaiians-Iet
JUS have fair play said Breckokns In
conclusion. sGive Kuhio fair chance
Work this thing out for the good of
the territory despite the unfairness
which has been employed. II 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 ap-
pcarance was warm and fairly general.
He spoke at length in Hawaiian. and
later In English.
khhio Refers to Mecarn as Carpet.
6anoer"
The first portion of the delegates |
address was devoted to an attempt to
answer the charges against him that
he has not been con 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 APP
pointed to federal Offices"
Then he launched into a. bitter cri- |
ticism of the sugar planters, saying |
that 1t was himself who got the Ha-
waiian representatives in Washington |
an interview vita 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, il had been there" he add |
ed, there would have been nothing for |
me to do but 10 attend the ball games"
Oenounces Race Issue.
The Advertiser and the, Star Bulle. |
tin know me we'll have been preach |
ing against the race issue. ! do not |
propose to raise the race issue Ques- |
ton now or any other time.
You know what that Advertiser |
says, that we Hawaiians are dog-eat. |
ing Polynesians. II sneers whenI give
a luau at my home. The Advertiser |
is nothing more than a Hawaiian-haterI
and always will be. Articles which |
have appeared in 1t recently have been
written simply to prejudice the minds |
OF the malihinis who do not know con-
ditiOns here. These articles are writ
ten 80 that they will be reprinted on
the mainland and prejudice the people |
fhoro o0ofnsf fna HawaiianS