The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-09-27
MASS MEETING.
Resolution Unanimously Passed.
Committee Appointed. Etc.

and long before the hour predicted,
people began to flock from every di-
rection towards the Chinese Theatre,
and all the sitting room was taken up,
both up and downstairs, neverthe-
less great number were obliged TO
make use of their legs, occupying
every standing space available
around the spacious hall.
Although the meeting was called
for Z o'clock, it did not open till
1885, at which time Mr.. j. +.
Bush, promoter of the movement,
called the people to order, and an
nounced the meeting opened for
nominations for chairman. Among
three or four names proposed Mr..
Bush's name was seconded and he
was unanimously elected chairman
of the meeting, and Mr.. j. Sheldon
interpreter, but he did not have the
occasion of acting as such, as the
speakers interpreted their own
speeches except Kaulukou, Bush
interpreting for him. Before pro-
ceedng further, j. Kekipi Of Ko-
hala was called to open the proceed
ings with prayer. After which, Mr..
Bush, thanking the audience for the
position, begged them to help him
in keeping the meeting in perfect
order throughout, considering well
the question in vogue as the only
means of retaining the motto, "The
commonwealth of the country is
maintained in righteousness" And
after briefly stating the object of
the meeting, he proceeded some
what as follows:
To you, native Hawaiians, who
can understand only one language,
it is very hard for you to trace the
scent of certain secrets, as in our
language facts are very slightly eX-
pressed, while in English-know-
ledge of which fortunately i pos
sess-very short expressions con-
tain deep meaning. For some time
past l have labored hard to get to
the facts of my suspicious, but only
IN the last two days have l been
rewarded by my suspicious being
more definitely confirmed. l have
been informed, which | really be-
lieve to be true, that there WAS a
document in the nature of pro-
tectorate treaty placed before
the King for his signature. After
impressively urging upon the
natives the effects of such move
ment if carried out, he concluded
his discourse by calling Mr.. A. Rosa
on the platform, who assembled it
amid loud and prolonged applause.
MIA. Rosa spoke substantially as
follows: 1t is pleasing to hear
voices from every part of an as
sembly welcoming q man to address
them. After stating some facts re-
lating to the cause of assembling,
he said that the proposed treaty was,
in some particulars, very good; but
there were certain clauses which
need paying great attention to. One
of these clauses the speaker paiti-
cularly noticed was the one referring
to the landing of arms-he could
not remember the exact wording of
the clause, but something TO that eff
fect--to check any tumult or defend
their people and interests in case of
instruction. Such thing, the
speaker thought, if carried out, will
bring the independence of Hawaii
to nought. He also stated that the
intention of this proposed new treaty
was the free admission of articles of
merchandise from the United States,
which, he thought, if acceded to,
would enable the wealthy people to
import all their furniture ready
made from the U. S., and thus de-
prive our mechanics of jobs. He
seemed to think that this trouble
was due to the unsuccessful attempts
of Wilcox, who, the speaker be-
lieved, if educated either in Hawaii
nei or in America, would have
waited for the ballot box instead OF
firearms as a Frenchman or an
Italian would have it. After assur.
ing the audience of the superior
power contained in the ballot box
over that of fire arms, he retired
with the same applause which well
coined him to the platform, and was
Immediately succeeded by
Mr.. j. l.. Kaulukou, vito spoke
at length against adopting such o
measure. He said that this propos-
ed treaty was very good one, bu
as in any other case it has its evils
We, native Hawalians, the speaker
said, are not the only ones to be af
fected by this scheme, but thu
whites also. l do not say that al
the whites are bad, neither are they
all good. But, as in Aock OF
sheep you will find some black sheer
among them, so it is with the whites
among us to-day; there is blacl
sheep among them, and it is he who
has gotten up this scheme. ("Whc
is he?" asked several voices from
the audience.) The speaker salts
fled them by coolly replying to fine
out for themselves, as accounts wer
often published in the newspapers
Owing to Mr.. Kaulukou's length
ened speech other intended speaker
were deprived OF their rights. Blu
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