The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-04

an untrel party, 1t had not had
time really to do anything up TO the
time of the elections, nor was there
anything to Indicate surely what
they really would do when it came
to the test ny and bye. Two years
have expired since tnCn and it is on
" decent for me to confess, and !
have seen every thing that the Co
vernment has been doing Ivy watch
ing the thing and watching the men.
what they say and how they say it,
and say it is nothing but right that
should confess and admit that by
far the larger part of what that go
vernment has done was clearly for
the good of all without distinction.
Now waited to see because | watch
ed the thing as it has been reported
in the newspapers and / read the con-
stitution which was submitted to the
othcI wards, and that constitution
says that the object is to secure good
square honest government and l
supposed that the constitution that
would he adopted tonight would he
the same and l see that it is and now
/ am willing to say, and | do as one,
that we must accept that declaration
rs genuine one, that that really is
the intent Of this party and it seems
to me that the only reasonable thing
to do is for every one according to
his ability 10 put his shoulder to the
wheel and help forward good govern
ment for this beloved land of ours
that is to secure good laws and equ-
al administration of justice, good
government. l suppose now that l
will be getting the antagonism OF
men OF my own race in what | am
saying this evening; the fact is,
that probably such talk as this is
not popular with them, feeling as
they do just now, but, looking over
the candidates that have been put
up on what is called the native tick
ct, the opposition ticket, there is no
use going over it, there are men
there that had their chance when
they were in the Government, who
had command of the money of the
Government and the power to use it
for the benefit of the community
the whole country instead of that
they used it for their own private
benefit instead of for the Govern
ment. Now those facts seem hard to
set against them, but it is common
sense and it is perfectly right that it
should be so, there is no reason why
the people should respect them. Now
the other men on the Opposition tick
ct have no opposition to whatever,
but l cannot vote it, cannot supper,
it because Ivy so doing l would have
to support those who had their chance
and lost it, an l say to my fellow
countrymen and colnpatriots that it
islnot best for them to lend their aid
to support those men who demon
strated when they had the chance
that they could not improve it for
the benefit of the public (applause).
Now of course it is correct to say
that every man is interested in goot
government, but the fact is, we ma
tive Hawaiians, if we only knew it
are more interested even than many
of you foreigners, because If thi,
gets too warm, you have countr,
Of your own to go to, but here w
are born and bred, we have got tt
live and die here no matter wha
may befall this country, what is fo
us we native people are willing
, to take for better or worse
l and say it is only the dictates
, of common sense that we should b.
, mighty careful of what we are doing
t it is for our interest pre-eminentl,
that we have a square honest go
vernment. A good deal that la
transpired these past two years ha'
been Inexperienced by the native
, Hawaiians, but believe that if thu
: Reform party acts upon the princi
4 piles Of full, fair and equal right
s with the natives, the time will
t come when they will see that wha
t they considered great calamity il
K. the events that transpired With
e the last two years were not for thei
D harm, but were really for thei
/ benefit if they will step forward an
: use them. (Applause.) Now an
@ other thing that you must conside
il is that the native people have no
il had the opportunities that foreigner
n have, who are born out of the couu
: try, or foreigners who are born j
r the country; things that seem yer
f plain to you with the training an
!. education and surroundings that 20
i have are very often obscure to IN
II countrymen, and you must be pa
k tient with them, and this has grea
l. deal to do with the hesitancy an
It disLrust that they have to comm
k and joining movement of this kline
). it is not stubbornness or wilfulncs
y but failure to comprehend reall
o what these meetings are and wha
l. you are at; but as soon as the nor
it intelligent ones amongst them con
o mence TO see that the intent of til
is whole movement is a real desire q
s citizens to see that good men are 81
l. lected, good square men who will d
% the fair thing on all hands, VIII
, thny will Give thair snpnort M