The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-08
FIFTH WARD CLUB.
The Other Two Speeches Dclivers
Monday Evening.


somebody else but on such public occa-
sion as this, the least that | can do is to
say where | stand, what my convictions
are and what my purpose is. i can say very
quickly where my standing is and what
my convictions are | believe in the
Reform party and shall vote for the Re-
form party. (Applause). | do this be-
cause, | believe that the Reform party is
the party that has brought TO this coun-
try responsible, popular, constitutional
government. (Applause). l shall vote
for that party because L am confident
that that party means to maintain con-
stltutional, responsible, popular govern
ment. (Applause). | shall vote Tor that
party because | believe that it has incor-
porated an era OF public improvement
that this country in its by-gone days
never dreamed Of. (Applause}. And it
is patent to any man and every man
| living in this country that we are in a
| new era and that this era began under
| the auspices of the Reform party. These
| reasons are sufficient for my standing
Tor that party and throwing my influence
| to secure the election of the nominees OF
that party. But moreover, l have an
other reason and | am also firm in my
conviction that this party intends to put
| In the field a ticket that shall commend
| itself to the judgment and conscience of
this country (applause), men who will
| 90 into that Legislature for the purpose
OF maintaining all that has been
achieved and OF securing everything else
| that is desirable in the way OF reform in
| administration and in all the affairs OF
| the Government There is not one mat
| ter OF detail in the matter OF popular, re-
| sponsible, constitutional government
| that l do not believe that the party
| that is known as the Reform party
| mean to carry out, and that is why L
stand with them, and that is why
L Will give my vote, and that Is
why will use all my influence to secure
votes and influence for that party. |
must say while l am here that l feel
very sorry that the men who call them
| selves working men should feel it neces-
sary to withdraw from this Reform party
| in 50 far as they have. | do not feel
| that the working men have left this Re-
| form party, there is big bulk of this
party to-day that aresworkin2 men. So
called mechanics, but there are some
| who have lett this party, and it is with
| sincere regret gentlemen that l see that
| taking place. l feel that no man who
stood with this party when it inaugur-
ated popular responsible government for
| this country has an excuse it seems
| to me, l say it in the kindliest
| spirit, no excuse to-day for standing
anywhere else but in the Reform party.
| Ii there are any reforms that they hope
| to achieve, cannot those reforms be
achieved by them in this party; if they
are SO powerful that they expect to win
| the public elections then they are power
full enough in this party to achieve the
reforms that they seek, SO l cannot in
! all kindliness see any reason why men
who stood with this party at the outset
| stand by the party who were not identi-
| fled with this party in all the good meas
ures that have been adopted. L say that
see no reason, but | suppose there is
| a reason. do not care to inquire what
| that reason is, but | cannot think that
men OF good sense would do such a
thing, and unless they have good reason
it seems to me that here is the place
where they belong; we extend our lines
and open our arms to receive men OF all
classes. We show the cold shoulder to
no class. L find myself working with ali
classes of men on all kinds of contracts
and occupations, and l find myself
working uniformly with them after the
| same grand ends. This country must
have responsible government and that
responsible government must be main
| tanned, and | do not see anything in
sight that is likely to bring that about
except what is done through the party
that is giving it to the country, and so |
vote for the Reform party, that is where
1 stand to-day. (Applause.)
Mr.. J. Emmeluth being called said -
Mr.. Chairmen and fellow members OF the
Fifth Ward: l have been in the past
three months galavanting around con-
siderably among the mechanics of Homo
lulu in their efforts to organize. In the
first instance there was an endeavor on
the part of portion of the community
! to induce an extra session OF the Legls-
lature, of the previous Legislature by
agitation; what that accomplished We al
know. 1t accomplished SO much at thai
time that the men that led that move
ment were thoroughly nonplussed i
took from them the one weapon witt
which they had hoped to beat the Gov
eminent as it stood, and the Ministry il
their reply gave them points that the.
never dreamed of. The reply was 81
complete reputation of any idea that thu
Ministry were not with the people tina
from that moment on they did not do tn
Ministry the justice to publicly accep
the answer. They called public meet
ings for the purpose of agitation, bu
they had not the decency to call a publ
meeting to accept the Minister'S repl
and end the subject in a proper and dc
cent manner. They got out OF the Who'll
+ OF it by coming down to a newspape
recommendation for the people who ha
taken part III it and for the papers thu
y had been kind enough to report thei
proceedings. Afterwards there was
formation of what was called the Ne
! chanic's and Workingmen's Union. A
= such, If in truth as it was in name
were, a representative OF the interests
|. the mechanics and working men,
0 should have identified itself with thos
interests by a firm adherence to polici'
that would have worked up in the est
nation of the community, the portion
. the community that it proposed to repr
sent, strong support for itself. Has
done so in the past? Not once. The
first effort at platform was somethir
that any mechanic having good sour
|, Judgment and common sense would
s. thoroughly ashamed to acknOwedg
n In that first platform that they had la
ored over so earnestly, there were fo'
| sections. The first, took from the Mi
g istrv and the King the privilege OF crea
# ing office or OF appointing to office, al
n gave that to the people. The Peep
&c were not only to elect all the subordlna
a officers, but even the Ministry and Il
| Supreme Court The second clause W
d one that they just laid themselves o
on: eve, the mechanics of the II
waiian islands, cannot raise the pittan
of six hundred dollars a year by hone