The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-02-08
TELLING THEIR TRIUMPH.
Meeting Of the Mechanics aud
Workingmcn's Political Protect
i've Union.

Knights Of Pythias hall yesterday
evening. Mr.. Daniel Mckenzie,
Vice. President, took the chair and
called for speeches.
Mr.. J. a. Mehrtens spoke OF the
Of the Union in Sep.
tcmber with twenty-three members,
increasing To over 800 in three
weeks. After some hard work from
day to day, the Union combined
with the Hui kalaiaina. Then II
platform was finally adopted TO
which all the candidates nominated
n little later were pledged. And on
the 9th Of February the party so
born proved to be not the minority
but the majority Of the people.
They surprised their opponents that
day, not only by their strength, but
by their orderly conduct at the clcc.
ton.
Hon. Horace e.. Crabbc said
great mary Of the old Reform party
had been after him to tell him that
he had better have remained at
home. They said he was going to
be buried, but, when all the returns
were in, he thought they should
have q big funeral for the Reform
party (laughter). Mr.. John Thos.
Waterhouse had told him that the
National Reformers were going to
drive capital and labor out of the
country, and he had replied that
they were not going to drive any
thing out of the country. They
would have many obstacles to en-
counter but he hoped they should
be able to make everything come out
straight.
Hon. ID. W. Pua thanked them
for the unanimous support the Union
and the Hui had given him IN the
election. He had told obiectors to
the amalgamation of the two bodies
that it was going to establish q
brotherhood from the same father.
The fifth Of February showed that
such brotherhood existed, and cs-
tablished the standing Of the Ma
tional Reform Party. He had been
willing to fall martyr if the rumOrs
had proved correct that he was GO
ing to be scratched on the ticket.
The people that sent them to the
Legislature should watch their
course there and assist them in do
ing their duty. If the members did
not act up to the mark they should
be yankcd out Of the House.
Hon. A. Marques thanked the
men present, to whose efforts rather
than the candidates merits their
success was due. lie was proud to
have been member Of the Union
before becoming 2 candidate. The
speake, related the story of the
growth of the Union and his con-
ncction with it. He congratulated
the organization on the. success of
| the campaign, which proved TO them
the value Of union. Although they
had gained the first battle they must
not consider the struggle over, but
to secure the objects in view they
must remain united and organized.
Hon. Antoine Rosa spoke in Ha-
waian and English. He agreed with
the remarks of Mr.. MARQUES. lie
had never approved of the means by
which the new Constitution was OBJ
tanned. 1t set bad example to the
native Hawaiians to use force of
arms, and nothing had made him
prouder than to have heard, from
time to time during the day down in
the country, that everything in Ho-
nolulu was as quiet as Sunday. Al
though their opponents had called
him tire-eater, his constant advice
to Hawaiians was TO conduct them.
selves peaceably. Mr.. Rosa refer
red TO the grasping for doodle the
i first day OF the new Constitution,
! and said the disturbers of order were
the element he opposed. He did
not find fault with the Constitution
itself-it was fairly good for the
hurry with which it was adopted
But from the first he had stood fol
the just rights OF Hawaiians, ant
now found the people with him il
tha, respect. He believed there
should be some distinction in the
Mobiles franchise, but always con
sidered it was too high as it stood
MIR. Rosa continued at some lcngtl
to discuss the situation, being ap
plaudcd throughout and heartily
cheered on sitting down.
Hon. John Phillips, who had takcI
his place as President of the Union
was loudly called for and on rising
thanked the joint organization fo
the honor conferred on him as No
bic for this island. The distinction
was one that had never disturbed
the widest dreams of his ambition
There was one thing they had de
mOnstrated, and that was that Labo
was king. He did not mean tha
capital should be lcvcled, but, as h,
had said at the organization Of tn
Union, labor should go hand in han'
with capital in this little country
They had chosen both capital AM
labor to represent them. For hi
pait. in The Legislature he shoul'
always aim TO promote the Interests