The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-03
DELEGATE KUH|O
DEFENDS RECORD
Full Text Of Speech Received
From HiIo Shows Candidate
Made Out Strong Case

Hilo last Thursday night, when Dele
gate KuhiO, Senator s. l.. Desha aud
James w. Russell, candidate for the
Republican senatorial nomination, open.
ed their campaigns in Big Islands cap
ital city.
Delegate Kuhio launched a counter
Ittack against his political enemies and
made rather full and unequivocal
declaration Of his personal platform
principles, according to The Hilo Trib-
,une Of Friday, which .ppbliehes much Of
the text of the Delegates speech and
which amplfcs a report sent to The
Advertiser by wireless.
The Delegate spoke before 4 large
audience, delivering the. greater part of
his address in Hawaiian, and, says The
Tribune, was roundy applsuded.
Public Land Policy
Bringing his heavy guns to bear on
those who have maintained that he Is
an enemy of homesteading, Kuhio de-
clared himself unqualifedly in favor
Of settlement and development Of Ha.
walls public lands by the people.
Excerpts from Kuhio's speech, as
given in The Tribune, follow:
"There are two things l want to
see in Hawaii. One is Governor
elected by the people and the other is
law giving full control of all the
Government lands to the territorial leg.
7 islature. As to prohibition, for which
have been blamed, l want to say that
l introduced the bill that made Hawaii
dry, simply because the President 3
! order would have allowed the rich man
| 4 1. !
could get none. l believe in equality,
and that is why l introduced the bill
that has taken the booze from you all
If you want it back again, then vote
so after the war.
~ have fought for years to attain
the boon of homesteading for the peo-
pie. had Secretary Fisher Of the in
/ terror department come from Washing
/ ton six years ago to investigate the
homestead proposition in these islands.
! The result was that Governor Frear
wac not reappointed. Then, just re-
Gently, / managed, even in war time,
to have Secretary Franklin X. Lane
| come to Hawaii upon a similar GRAND.
! The result was that Governor Pinkham
was not reappointed.
awe have Governor Mccarthy now
and promise you that, If he does not
work for homesteading, l will fight
him as l did previous Governors. Nc
Carthy has declared himself in favor
of homcstcals. 1t is up TO him TO prove
himself.
Explains His Course
"You know that some of the Demo
Gratis are going around declaring
that have introduced q bill in
congress to kill the 25-signatpre clause
Of the homesteading bill that was in.
strunental in passing some years ago,
Well, is it likely that l should try to
kill a measure that l am responsible
for!
1.-THE real truth of the matter is
that introduced the bill, which was
sent to Washington by Governor Pink.
ham in care of Frank Thompson, simply
because it is Impossible to have any
measure taken up in committee unless
a bill covering the matter has been in.
troduced in congress-. Don't think
fathered that Pinkham bill. I only did
1t by request, so that in committee
both sides of the question could be
threshed out fully.
81 have obtained homestead laws
but did Governor Frear or Governor
Pinkham carry them outf Now Gov.
crnor Mccarthy has declared himself
in favor of hOmesteading, but if he
does not carry out the scheme, you, or
some of you probably will blame me-
| got the homestead law through Con
grcss that made it possible to have land
thrown open upon the request of TWEEN
ty five voters. Now certain Democrats
declare that | am trying to kill that
excellent measure. Is it likely I SHOULD
try to assassinate my own child!
Favors Loan Fund
81 favor the creation of loan fund
by the Territorial Legislature, so that
the poor people can finance their home
steals when they get them. have
often asked our Hawaiian Senators and
Representatives to create such fund
but they have done nothing along that
line Homesteads are for the poor
people, not the rich.
CDR. Raymond, of Maui, who is now
playing up the idea of hOmesteads for
the poor Hawaiians, declares there arc
no lands available on Maui. why docs
he not divide up his thousands Of acres
of ranch lands into hOmesteadsf
Prohibition Record
Now TOT prOhlDltlOn. take
drink, or | used to when wanted it.
burkcd prohibition for five years and
said that it should be a question. OF
home rule We all voted on. it soIuc
wears ago and you decided that you
wanted your booze, so you kept it. Then
came the President prohibition proc
lamatiOn. 1t was an order that would
still allow the rich. mcn to AnipOrt booze
from the Coast. introduesI the bone
dry bill so that all Of us would be
treated alike. After the war, if "Ou
voters, and that will then include tho
women, want booze, then vote for it
~ know the men are mad with me
for introducing the prohibition bill, but
the women are glad. They tell me that
now their husbands come home with
fish, poi and clothing, whereas before
they came home drunk and with nc
money.
Defends Draft Law
"Somc Of my opponents have gon,
around saving that | am responsible
for the draft and that | am the cause
Of their sons being taken away. Al
| can say is that | must be a very
powerful person, if | can make tn,
United States do what want aIsC