The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-21
MASS MEETING or The REFORM
PARTY.
! speeches OF Noble Candidntes-. Dis
secting tue Opposition,

by Mr.. II. Won Holt calling the
meeting to order at 7:ij and nomi-
mating the Hon A. :. Hartwcll as
chnirmrn.
AT the opening hour the attend
ance numbered about 200, which
| increased TO about double that num-
Der.
Judge lIartwcl on taking the
chair was received with applause,
| and said: You have met this eve
ming for the purpose of having q
| formal introduction to and TO hear the
| principles of the candidates from
themselves.
The chairman appointed Mr.. II.
Won Holt secretary, and Messrs. l..
Wilcox and Was "a interpreters,
and invited candidates to seats on
the platform. The secretary read
the platform in English, and the in
terprctcrs read i, in Portuguese and
| Hawaiian.
| The chairman submitted that the
platform read was broad enough for
the interests of all llawaiians to
stand upon, and contained nothing
but good for all. The chairman saw
before him those whose personal
views on public and private matters
were known to him, and who can
unite in carrying ont the principles
of the Reform Party.
Mr.. w. c. Wilder was called to
address the meeting and sad he
was not born an orator, but the con-
vention of the party seeing III to
nominate him against his wishes, lie
thanked them for that mark of con-
iidence. Personally he would have
preferred to have some one else get
the nomination. but as matters stood
he accepted the situation, and if
elected would assist TO carry out the
wishes of the party, and try to pro-
mote the best interests Of the coun-
try. But should he be elected and
form one in minority, il would be
his aim to prevent ~ much bad
Legislation rs possible. IL was not
necessary for him to say that since
its inception he had been in SYM
pathy with the aims of the Reform
Party, and not having seen any rea-
son to change, was in sympathy
with them still. He did not wish tC
be understood rs approving of every
act of the present government, but he
thought they did the best they could.
Looking back for years previous &c
the Inauguration Of the. reform
movement, we saw condition o.
things so rotten that the whole for
eign element in our population dc
manded change. Our large revc
nucs were squandered in folly, TIT
country bankruptcd, and checks tt
: pay government employees hawke'
about for anything they could &c
for them. What is the condition to
day? Our credit is good at hom'
and abroad; government bonds can
t not be bought. But what will it b'
if the opposition ticket is elected
lie did not wish to say q word upo
t personal politics, but opposition pa
|
ourselves to party and he wOul
like to know what we are to go upon
y, He believed that those who aske
n votes became targets for those in or
!, position and voters should know
any cause exists for withOldin!
support; and believing thus he pro
4 posed Analysing the names on th
1 National Reform ticket. The Onl,
y thing National he could see about
was the bad character of some Of il
candidates. Take the first on til
$ list. III. A. Widemann was nobl
l. when they were not made so by votes
: and he was elected by the Reform pal
ty on Maui and in the Legislator
voted against every measure the pal
. ty brought forward, including tn
!, proposed Chinese Amendment. II
:. hoped if elected now that he wi
Il prove as much Of disappointment
d as he did in the last session. Th
l. next, j. A. Cummins is gentlema
e who never was with reform, and a
though respecting him knew ju:
where to find him on that question
IL +. c. Macfarlane was particula
It friend, but belong to famil
l. which had 4 little difficulty with til
! Custom House, and which fact az
y counts for his being National RI
u former. +. Muller, is the one ma
on the whole ticket who has no bus
: ness to be there, and being conncc
ed with n good house that is no re:
, sou why he should be there. 1t
=. said that he had disagreement
>. with the Interior Office abeut Port'
n guese immigration which may az
N count for it. The next was III. {
" Crabbe, an old landmark, geni
i good neighbour, but a failure in ev
e, yrthing he ever undertook. Ne,
II. came G. J. Mccarthy, who was
lo, little inflated, and as Il Captain of
D, military company was ordered OF
~ on the 30th of July, to receive Il
~ bullets of the leader of the part.
= We find him later resigning in cons
"a quencc of the indictment again
,e Wilcox being changed from treasc
A. TO conspiracy. The only thing n
II tional about his speech is tn
he wants the law TO allow has
ball on Sunday. The next was Jol
n | Bh;Il;,o rnncnoant;n,, Tho Mach