The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-10-23

ing til Thursday evening. The Chairman again took neasars'
10 procure a suitable plan. for the Meeting. and the haninaA'-
phi Church W. obtained, and he - anncanced Il por
q the Committee have seen PTSIsr; without nOoaS ecn1S1ains si. ter; the
publication OF his notice, thus creating great confusion ihs
Meeting conferred no "secrei Council Of Ter" po~e" oh w
The objects Of the Meeting are important TO every Citizen:
l. To discuss the importation VI Coolies, and the oitfa
Z The encouragement u Free Immigrants, including South
s. A change in the present T.ra. 50 tina, more Protection
4 TIE dispo-ai Of All unoeeupled Government Lands by
Gale or Lease, TO any i~mmisranis who viii come and cultivate
:. To discuss the propriety Of Government Officials ensas-
IL is hot-d hal an Citizens Of all classes, who feel an interest
LABOR QUESTION
Without distinction Of party, viii
ATTEND At K.UxsKAPILI THIS EVENING,
At : O'Clock
Mechanic. and Working Men are particularly invited. as
.atjeet. in which they feel a deep interest viii be brought
Hany person wishes To seeede from the legitimate Meeting
TO any Other place, ofe0urse he Is at liberty 70 do :" hartman
c. J. Lyons, Secretary.
The action of Ito Committee was wholly I'M
authorized by anything said at the previous
meeting, or by parliamentary usage IN such cases,
which vests the power To name the time and
place (when they are not fixed) with the prcsid-
ing officer. The object of this second appoint
ment Of the adjourned meeting appeared to be to
break up and divide the citizens, If possible
The reason assigned was that the
40 feared kaumakapili would be packed with those
opposed to Chinese Coolies which fears proved
100 true, as the church was packed with five hun
dred citizens, mostly mechanics and hard work.
ing men, who wanted 20 hear the facts and ex-
press their o~pinious. Whatever the real reasons
of the Committee may have been in thus assum-
ing illegal powers, it was one of the basest at
tempts to create division and one of the most
signal failures ever made here or elsewhere.
The seceders met at the Armory-3l in num-
Der Fifteen foreigners and sixteen native SOL
diers. placed n capitalist in the chair, passed
their resolutions unanimously, without discus
sion, and then adjourned to Kaumakaplli, where
they found the citizens assembled en- mosse, quiz
city discussing the resolutions brought in by the
two minority Committeeman
All this may be considered OF but very little
Importance as bearing on the main question be-
fore the people, but it has Specification, as it
shows an attempt by certain parties-no matter
who-to divide the public and force public
opinion, as was done in the late Planters Meet
ing. and palm off a set of resolutions as public
sentiment, which received the endorsement of
perhaps twenty persons, which was the largest
vote recorded in their favor in any balloting.
We say it is part of the sam scheme, which de-
veloped itself so palrably again at the native
meeting on Tuesday night, and which ought to
be frowned upon by every honest citizen.
For these reasons VIC wish to see this question
as fully discussed as possible, so that all its
various phases may be brought before the public.
Therefore we urge all to give one, two or more
evenings if necessary, for the consideration of
this subject, and attend the adjourned meeting
ON Tuesday evening. There need be no clashing
Of interests between the industrial classes and
the planters, provided the latter are allowed to
get their laborers wherever they choose, and the
Government confines its efforts to importing
South Sea Islanders OF the same general character
rs IIawaiians, with q view, first to replenish the
population, and secondly, to provide laborcrs, as
the legislature has not only authorized but COM
manded.
The action of this meeting. whatever it may
be, ought to have great influence on the course
adopted by the Government and it tciH have, if
the discussion is full, free, calm and decisive.
The ~calmly-ex pressed opinion OF from five hum
dred to n thousand of the sturdy laboring men
Of Honolulu will not be dcspised, If wise councils
prevail in the Government. Therefore, let the
meeting only take such action rs shall receive the
Endorsement of every thinking man, and result
in adding to the prosperity, peace and happiness
Of MI classes alike.
Perhaps We ought to say a word to our Chinese
friends, and state the nature of the question
which agitates the community. The question is
whether the proposed importation of from 500
to 1000 coolies by the Government shall be en-
dorsed by the community. There has been no
expression Of sentiment against the better class
OF Chinese living here, while the strongest Ian
guagc has been used against the vagrant and idle
class as n curse to the country, likely to increase
If this importation goes on. We do not believe
that the Chinese merchants in Honolulu favor
the importation of n thousand new coolies. If
so, they agree exactly with the citizens, who,
while they appear determined to oppose such i'm
portation, If possible, do not desire to throw any
obstacles in the way of free Chinese immigrants,
such Us the seventeen who arrived lately in the
Carl LudiCig.
Wantcd-A Policy.