Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-29
MANY POLITICAL
Meetings HELD
SPITE OF rain
Rice, kuhio and Woods Ad-
dress VoterS-DeIegate De-
tends Absence from Capital

Political meetings galore were held
last night all over the city. Repuhli-
can meetings, Democratic meetings, a
Kuhio meeting and two Rice meetings,
as well as several little meetings that
Just. growed" gave the voters plenty
of material to think over.
Republican meetings were held at
School and Liliha streets, for county
candidates primarily, but a number of
others came later in the evening and
addressed a fair crowd of voters
At MoiliiH, legislative candidates
were given first call, followed by
county candidates.
In this section of the city, according
to voters who volunteered the infor-
nation last night, Senator Rice's pros
poets for the delegateship are getting
better and better The same fnfor-
mants also say that Fern for mayor
and Pacheco for supervisor seem to
have a good deal of support in spite
of the fact that the precinct is not eX-
pected to go anything but Republican
generally. I'll.
Two Rice mass meetings were held
last night, one in the eighth and one
in the twelfth precinct of the Fourth
district. KeYin's theater, Lusitania
street, held a large crowd and Rice
was very well received. At the Emma
Square meeting, in the heart of the
fighting eighth" Rice was again we'll
received, the crowd being considered
one of the largest of the campaign.
The weather was threatening all
over the city and early in the evening
both the Rice meetings, as we'll as all
other political gatherings, were on the
point of being called off, but the
crowds came out to hear Rice just the
same and so the meetings were pro-
ceeded with. ..--
Kuhio's meeting at Kakaako, kuma-
lac block, drew one of the largest
crowds that has yet appeared at a
political meeting and one that applaud
ed the prince frequently when ne at
tackled the sugar planters and defend
ed his absence from Washington. A
large part of his speech was devoted
to a defense of his long-eontlnued ab-
sence from his pest of duty. He de-
clared that even If he were in Wash
irgton he could get no Hawaiian legls-
lation through. He attacked the Ell
forts of businessmen from Hawaii IN
their fight against the removal OF the
tariff on sugar and said that he is now
assai,ed by the planters because the
tariff bill passed.
Robert w. Breckons appeared as one
of the SPEAKERS and attempted to show
that the Star-BuIletin is drawing the
race-line in its Endorsement OF various
candidates for Office. He did not ex.
plain away the fact that this paper is
also urging the election of a number
of Hawaiian candidates And he dld
not 60 into the question OF the ABILITY
and effic;encyfof the various Candidates
who are before the people.
e w. Quinn, candidate for the sen
ate. was one of the speakers: Wnen
asked who he would support Tor aele.
gate. he said that he would support
Kuhio and asked that the same cues
tion he put to other candidates. Earlier
in the week this question was askeu
Quinn and that time he did not give a
decisive answer, stating that he haa
not vet made up his mind,
Some of the Republican Candidates
this morning stated that Quinn naa
aroused much resentment by telilns
the voters they Ought to ask all can
didates whom they are going 10 sup.
mort for delegate. 1t is claimed thas
Quinn has encouraged the bringing Q,
the delegate issue into the munlcipal
campaign and has thus placed every
other candidate under a disadyantage.
The crowd that heard kuhlo last
night is estimated at 800 voters
At the Royal school last evening a
GOOD sized crowd heard Democratic
sneakers, headed by Palmer ? WOODS
candidate for delegate to congress
woods main argument was based on
the need for a hard and 1ntellsens
fight against free sugar and ne oe,
cIared that as there is DemoeraIlc
president in the White House, a Demo
cratic delegate should be sent 70 ool'
The other Democratic meeting last
NIGHT was at Kaiulani School, Palana.
Most of the Democratic eandldates
were present at either one or another
meeting.