The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-02-01
NATIONAL REFORM PARTY.
a DtstrIct Meeting Called. Hut a
Sauss Meeting Held - Vigorous
specializing and Great Enthu.
SLASH,

lulu Rifles Armory yesterday even
ing, on the call for third district
meeting of the National Reform
Party, whose candidates were an
nounced to speak. 81
Mr.. Robert More presided and on
calling the meeting to order stated
that IL was convened to hear cand-
dates on the platform and their pur-
poses If elected.
Mr.. e. j. Mccarthy said the Ma
tiOnal Reform Party represented the
worklngmen of all nationalitics and
the IIawaians, whose interests
were identical. One plank of the
platform on which he laid especial
stress was that promising a rcduc-
ton of the property qualification for
voting for Mobiles. Having been
horn in the United States, where
the vote of man earning one dollar
Il day was as good as that of the mil
lionaire, he wanted to live under
laws of similar equality. He did
not agree with foreigners who told
him the Hawaiians under a re-
duced franchise would vote in a
solid body against foreigners. When
did the Hawaiians do injustice to
foreigners previous to the past six
or seven years! (Applause.) His
Excellency l.. A. Thurston at the
Reform meeting the previous night
had represented the National Re-
form Party rs being opposed TO a
continuation of reprocity with the
United States. When the Minister
of the Interior said that he lied and
he knew it (applause). The plat.
form OF this party supports the con-
tinuance OF the present relations
with the United States, only with
the reservation that, IN case the
United States nullificd our advan-
tages under the treaty, we should he
at liberty to make new commercial
alliances elsewhere. What he said
in quoting Rionzi's address to the
Romans the other night was true,
Notwithstanding that it was ridicul-
ed by their opponents. Last session
the Government did not dare 10 mi
tiate anti-Chinese legislation, but
got private member to do it, be-
cause they we're afraid OF losing
their seats. He did not believe
Minister "'hurston, when he promis-
cd to support the Chinese amend
ment. When he had heard Mr..
Thurston in this hall say that he
was prouder of being q private in
the Rifles than he was of being n
Minister of the Crown he lost all
confidence in hls veracity., Gap
plause.)
Hon. III. A. Widemann said he
had not intended TO speak tonight,
but his attention was called to the
speech made by His Excellency l..
A. Thurston last night. He i'm
mediately paid five cents for copy
of this paper (P. C. Az. Mr.. Thurs
ton said that "a number of men in
the Opposition ranks were in the
country and participated in these
matters, but they have forgotten it
ALL" The speaker said he was in
this country at the time to which
Mr.. Thurston referred. He was
here in 1913 when IL. b. NJ. S.
Carysfort was here with Lord George
Paulet as commander, when the
British flag was waving over the
islands. He was also here when
the French warship was here in
1919. He had lived in these times
and remembered them. Mr.. Thurs
ton could not possibly remember
them, for he was not born then.
Referring to the French, Mr.. Thurs
ton said: GAS a finale the French
took the private yacht belonging to
Kamehameha III. and sailed it to
Tahiti. 1t has never been heard of
since nor has any compensation ever
been made for it," Mr.. Widemann
said he landed in Lahaina, Septem-
her, 1896, The first trip between
the islands he ever made was in this
schooner, the Kamehameha. There
was not the slightest doubt the
French took this schooner away.
Whether Thurston has misread his
tory or Intentionally misrepresented
facts he did not know. He Crhurs.
tony said no compensation had ever
been made. If there had been a
statesman at the head of the French
cabinet at that time of the calibre OF
Mr. Thurston, the case might have
been different. A statesman of Mr..
Y Thurston's calibre would have offer.
ed compensation of one-fourth OF
the vessels value direct. Great ma.
tons do not readily admit the faults
of their officers. But now the French
Government did admit they were
wrOng--admitted il by facts. They
sent in 1851, or thereabout, moro
than tho value of the vessel to the
palace here. The speaker wa:
aware of the fact from the late
William Webster, who was the
Kings agent. The Government
sent pair of handsome OrmOlt
clocks, that the speaker saw at tht
time. There were many people II
this room who had seen those clocks
4 full set OF silver table ware wa
cent to the palace at the same time
also magnificent pair of silver can
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