Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-03
"Kuhio Night" Given Up to Po-
Iitical Speeches by Brock
onS, Kuhio and Wise
MAIN PART OF TALK Is
ATTACK ON NEWSPAPERS
Little Said of Matters Before
Congress, Kuhio Declaring
Nothing Can Be Done


hio and others tell why the delegate
should be reelected, crowd estimat
ed at 400 people last night listened
TO three campaign speeches that con
sisted nearly entirely of an attack Oh
the Star-Bulletin and the Advertise
and a short defense Of Kuhio for hi
repeated absences from Washington
during the last two years.
II was a crowd that listened atten
lively throughout the meeting, ant
often applauded the delegate when h'
made a strong point Speaking botl
in English and in Hawaiian, KuhiC
made vigorous speech and one tina
teemed with bitterness.
At 500 o'clock, when the meeting
opened, the front half OF the Bijol
theater was nearly filled, only a few
seats being vacant. The rear hal
was about two-thirds filled. Half o
the crowd was strongly for Kuhio, The
other half neither applaud!ng nor out
wardly disappearing. A few shout!
for Rice were heard. But in the mar
the meeting was not demcastratfye ex
cept during Kuhio's speech, which Il
considered one of the best in poin
of strong phrasing and vigorous de
tense that the delegate has delivered
during this campaign.
Joel c. Cohen presided and intro
duced the three speakers in order
Robert w. Breckons, the delegate, ant
John H. Wise, Kuhio's campaign man
ager. Breckons spoke rather briefly
Kuhio for about an hour, counting
both his Hawaiian and English speech
es. During the Hawaiian speech
which came first, a number CT people
left the hall and many more departed
when the prince had concluded hi
English speech.
Breckons Complains Of Unfairness.
Robert w. Breckons devoted mos
of his time to telling the audience
that .Kuhio Is the victim of unfair play
that he has been good delegate II
congress and should be sent back. He
also strongly urged the election O
Republicans this fall.
Breckons, while denying that be o.
any other of the Kuhio element Il
raising the race issue. tried to incense
the audience by claiming that the Star
Bulletin is not giving real support Il
any Hawaiian candidate, apparently
overlooking the fact that in its editor
ial columns this paper is strongl.
fayoring q number of Hawailans. He
also made the assertion that the Ku
hio meeting last night was hardly
mentioned in the Star-Bulletin, agai'
overlooking the fact that YESTERDAY
afternoons paper gave a large par
Of column to the Kuhio rally las
night and that for several days pas
this meeting has been given free put
licity in both English papers. Agai
and again Breckons claimed unfai
treatment along these lines.
Kuhio declared that his opponent
have not shown him a single thin
he could have done had he been 20,
the job" in Washington. He also saif
that IL Rice should go he would b.
recognized as a sugar planters MAI
and could do nothing. He reiterates
his vitriolic attacks upon the mei
who went to Washington to worl
against free sugar last year.
kuhic Grows Bitter.
AS Kuhio proceeded in his Eng
lish speech he became more and more
heated Finally. in the course of al
attack on the Advertiser he said this
aThe Advertiser 70 nothing else bu;
q Hawalian-hater, and always will be
Articles which have recently appear
ed In u have simply been for the pur
pose Of trying to preiudice the mind
of the rnalihinis against the Hawai-
ians. And " we were not . peaceful,
and iaw-ahidine people here the editor
OF the Advertiser would have beer
strung up to telephone-poIe lons
ago."
Robert Breckons. the first speaker
said that ii is, essential, as far as Ha
wall is concerned, that the Republi
cans stand as disappearing OF tn,
management of affairs of both nation
al and local governments by the Dem
ocratic party. Personally" he said
there is nothing in tiis primary cam
paign to prevent men from STANDING
UP and supporting the candidate who
on September IL will receive the nom
nation by the Republican electorate
IL Rice beats Kuhio. then he cal
have my support first. last and al
ways"
Sees G. o. p. Landslide.
Breckons went on to say that pros
poets are bright on the mainland 70,
"a Republican landslide and that the
signs are with that party: and" h.
added, "down here let's stay right
with 1t. .
I'm here in the interest Of Kuhio,
continued the speaker. "Kuhio is the
man and I am glad of it. Calling your
attention to the length of his ser
vice. one year In Washington ma!
mean nothing to man, but as the
years go on his usefulness increases
In view then. of the length of Kuhio':