The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-09

they ask for. Shoals of amendments !
to the bill will be brought in, but it
ought to be decidedly rejected.
Mr.. c. Ashford next addressed
the meeting. He fully endorsed the
remarks of the previous speakers.
This Bank bill ought to be rejected
or else serious results will follow.
The projectors of it were determined
in their efforts to have it passed
They carried their arguments in
canvas bags, not in their heads, and
we all know the result if some lcgs
lators see the contents of those bags.
His advice was to treat with those
men as if you were treating with the
greatest scoundrcls on earth. Now
what are you going to do about it?
CA voice-kick against it.) There
must be something besides talking,
and no halfway about it, everyone
must protect his interests at all
hazards.
Hon. j. Nawahi said if we want
gold we can have gold this night. If
intruders come in to deprive us OF
our rights. we should tic them up
and totally eNtinguish them. He
hoped that King David kala kaua
would take pattern from David of
old. He had seen large safe down
town in process of instruction, We
don't want that safe to encompass
us all. If we have paper money we
need safe to prevent it being burnt
up, but for gold we need no safe.
He hoped all would work and pre-
vent this great trouble.
Hon. G.. w. Pilipo, believed one
and all had come to this Hall res
pecting personal rights, the Govern
ment and their property. They should
all try and defeat this bill. If it
should pass he did not hesitate TO
say that we all would be brought to
a matter of difficulty. He was glad
the foreigners had taken the matter
so well in hand,
Hon. ID. II. Hitchcock said
rumours were round that the pro-
| iectors of this bill intended to make
us swallow it. To amend it would
make it worse. He was always an
anti-monopolist. He had received
a number of petitions from the other
islands signed by Hawaiians alone.
against the passage Of this bill.
Hon. Paul Isenberg, said he heard
while on San Francisco that no one
could sell sugar but Spreckels, but
he had not yielded to this mans
demands, and sold his sugar without
the aid of Spreckels. He believed
in being calm and firm, if so, tho
bill would be defeated.
Mr.. j. O. Carter made few remarks
after which the following resolutions
were read and adopted, and referred
to a committee consisting of Messrs
L. Ii. Davies, Geo. Lucas and j
Hyman to carry round town for sigma
ture.
Whereas, by an uncalled for and
illegal coinage of one million dollars
of silver money and its introduction
into circulation, values have beer
disturbed and exchange sent up to Z
ruinous rate, and
Whereas, certain combination o.
capitalists are attempting to procure
the passage of a certain corporation
act in the Hawaiian Legislature
which would give them extraordinary
exclusive, and dangerous powers il
issuing paper money, in conducting
a variety of business enterprises
and in controlling the administration
of public affairs, be it
:. Rcsolved /, That this public meet
ing of citizens and residents of Homo
lulu convened for the discussion o
these matters, are of the opinion tina
it is for the interest of the Governm'
and people of the Hawaiian Island
that gold coins of the United State
of America with American or Ha
waiian silver as subsidiary coin only
should be the currency of the coun
try.
2, There is no necessity for tn
introduction of paper currenc,
other than the treasury certificate
of deposit now authorized by law
and paper currency tends to depre
ciate values, and to bring on financia