The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-05

And still cannot help smiling il I see
the strangely composed circle before my
eyes; there is my fine old countrymsu
ct the one end, and Samoa-Bush at the
other end. Loud applause Suppose
we wens to replace our present Ministers
from this circle. / venture TO say that
we would run great many more risks
and uncertainties than what We now
have To deal with, and | come TO the
conclusion that We must stick to the
presen. Government. To compare our
present administration with the set that
we had to GUST, would. in my estimation,
simply be bad taste and an insult 10 the
present Ministers. But We all know that
under the criminal administration of
Gibson and his accomplices 80 very little
OF even the most needed public work was
done that the present administration
naturally found it extremely hard work
to clear away the rubbish that had been
piled up for years, and 10 prepare the
ground for the work to be done. And
with such means as they have had in
hand, they have accomplished all that
could reasonably be expected. l am
satisfied that our Ministers have had
hard and honest work. When the last
change in Government was made, we all
remember that a certain clique of men
did all they possibly could to create dis
trust against the new Government. 1t
took San Francisco, New York, and
London quite long time to find out that
the new Hawaiian Government had
simply been blackmailed by lot of ILL
disposed and hateful soreheads. But our
credit is good now, the foreign markets
have re-gained their confidence in the
affairs Of Hawaii, and Hawaiian bonds
are considered good investment at ten
and twelve per cent. over par. Conf
dence has been established and l truly
wish that my good neighbor, Mr.. s. G.
Wilder, had lived long enough to see it,
but it is our duty now to carefully watch
our actions, aud not disturb such feeling
OF trust. But changing our administers
ton every now and then, and not even
give the officials proper time to carry out
their work as it is planned, is neither
fair nor wise. Let US work on steadily
and orderly, order and hard work are the
conditions which are needed for progress,
and under the present administration
great deal Of progress, based on the con-
fdence in the future, has been made.
lCheers.) Quite number Of ships have
been built for the Hawaiian trade and
for Hawaiian owners. A greai deal of
capital has been invested in new planta-
tons, and that again means confidence
in the future OF Hawaii. Therefore, i
say again, let us not disturb such conf
dence, and let us work on steadily with
the present administration. Cloud APP
plause.)
The chairman said he would now i'm
troduce one whose shining legal abili-
ties had won the admiration of all, from
the highest officer on the Supreme
bench down to his humblest client; one
who recognized that immortal principle,
that it is the mind that makes the body
rich. He referred to MIR. F. M. Hatch.
loud applause).
Mr.. Frank M. Hatch said: MY prin-
ciples are the principles of those of the
Reform party, and that ticket propose
to vote after a mature and unbiased con-
sideration of the situation of the coun-
try. The platforms of the Reform party
and the Opposition are identical. Would
the platform of the Opposition have been
the same if it had not been for the move
ment OF 1887? CA voice, no). On the
Opposition ticket were the names of
several of his personal friends. Why
they will not carry out their platform is
because they have not the backing, they
can not depend upon their followers
The principles they adopt cannot be
carried out because Of the men behind
them. They don't intend to carry them
out. He was glad to see so many pres
ent and hoped they would all turn cut
at the polls. Cloud applause).
Mr.. B. F. Dillingham; was the next
speaker. He said that he had had his
chance the other night and what more
could he say. While riding on car he
heard man say he was down on the
Government because there was some diff
ference between it and the Auditor GEN
eral. This same man said he had 81 800
in the savings bank. On being asked
what he would do if the Opposition got
in he replied that he would draw out his
81 300 the very next day. daughter
Millions of dollars had been sent out of
the country during the Office of the Glib
sonian government, which would have
given us a boom. They did not want
credit abroad, any amount of money
could be obtained at home. Will you be
able to get any If crowd of hoodlums
get in? "A voice, no. He had wind
and pluck enough to ask them to vote
the straight Reform ticket. He would
not take q Cabinet Minister'S position for
fifty thousand dollars. No matter how
hard Minister works or how well he sue
ceeds he is howled at. Was not that SO
Hon. Alex. Young came next and was
we'll received. He said 1t is a little
over two years and half ago when
stood on this platform. Perhaps you re-
member the occasion. 1t was when the
Reform party was born, and l felt that
good would come ont of it. I~reier you
to the state of governmental affairs at
that time. We did not know how to
remedy them. 1t was thought best to
have a new constitution, and there was
a good deal of study about it. Since
then there had been great deal said
about the Ministers, but to those on the
fence, and who are going to vote, don't
mind the Ministers. Do you believe
that the Wllcox-Bush faction will bring
us peace and plenty? "a voice, no J
There are good men on the Reform tick
ct and no one should be undecided about
his vote after listening to the speeches of
this evening. Ii you and your friends
are going to live in this country, then
vote the Reform ticket and vote it
straight. 1t would be needless for me to
call your attention to the state of things
existing when these Ministers came in,
and found an impoverished treasury.
Our Reform Ministers deserved honor
for what they have done, considering
what they had to work with, and with no
money. No one would trust us, and
while I was abroad l was ashamed to
let anyone know that | belonged to Ha-
waii. A nobler race than the Hawaiian
never lived. He had no respect for the
set OF knaves who were creating race
prejudice and everything that is con-