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


Armory-L.rss Asdience and stir
risg Speeches.
Yesterday evening the Reform party
held mass meeting at the Honolulu
Rifles Armory which was largely attend
ed and included in the audience the best
citizens Of this city. Many Hawaiians
and Portuguese were present. j. II.
Fisher called the meeting to order at 80
O'Clock. Theo. C.. Porter was elected
chairman and j. H. Fisher secretary.
w. l.. Wilcox and j. NJ. vivas acted as
Hawaiian and Portuguese interpreters
respectively.
The chairman said that as there was
large number Of speakers, the speeches
would have to be Of short duration. He
first called upon Mr.. A. s. Hartweil.
(Cheers.)
Mr.. A. s. Hartwell said Mr.. Chairman
and gentlemen, If there are times when
speech is silver and silence is golden, I
do not think this is one of the times. 1
believe that every intelligent person in
the community should at this time give
his reasons for his political faith, and I
will do SO in very few words. l wish
to do this in no partisan spirit. / am by
nature and choice partisan in the
courts OF justice. Outside am not q
partisan. l look at these outside duties
in fair-minded way, and after making
up my mirsd, am ready to tell it to others.
In looking at the condition of Hawaiian
affairs to day, is it not fair to consider
what it was fifty years ago, when such
things as ownership of property was not
understood only by a few chiefs. TWAS
almost certain death to a common native
to stand before a chief, he had to go
crawling on his hands and knees. Be-
ginning with the first bill of rights in
1889 the country gradually kept on with
constitutional government, but did not
get out of subserviency until the year
1887. in that year was laid the founda-
ton of free and popular con-
stitutional form of government
for the Hawaiian Islands. 1t
was change brought about by people
of all classes and even those in the OPP
position to-day say they are not going to
disturb that foundation. And now it re-
mains to be seen whether the people of
Hawaii can be trusted to keep and enjoy
the priceless benefits of liberal govern
ment. / do not overrate the question
when say that it remains to be seen
whether the priceless jewel, civil liberty,
will be guarded by the people. The
election tomorrow will decide the ques-
ton. The election tomorrow is not to
decide whether the Cabinet or any one
minister will he kept in office. The Re-
form party has refused to pledge its sup
port to those gentlemen or any one of
them. The question is forced upon us
and must be decided tomorrow, whether
the people of Hawaii will sustain the
principles of the Reform party. Whether
improvement is required in the Gov
eminent the Reform party can and will
make it. Do you believe it will be made
by party in opposition to those princi-
pies? believe that the continued sup
port of the Reform party will tend to
strengthen the country on to increased
prosperity and promote tranquility.
And it is because believe SO that in
tend to vote the straight Reform ticket.
cloud applause).
Hon. w. A. Kinney was next called
upon being received with loud applause.
He said he believed that those foreign
ers who were on the Opposition ticket
would be taught tomorrow that they
were wrong. He entered decided pro-
test against those who were sowing the
firebrands of discomfort between the
two races. The community should to-
morrow rise up and snow them under
The day was coming when the native
people who had been blinded by pas
sionate appeals, would have an aloha on
his lips instead of hate. If this election
returned the Reform party, they were
not going to have the native people edu-
Gated into hate of foreigners. Mr.. Kin
ney translated his remarks into Ha-
waiian, and then spoke to the Portu-
guese present, telling them that Mr.. Mar
ques talked all the time while Mr.. Con
salves was quiet man. 1t was the
silent member OF the house who in COM
mittee did all the hard and thorough
work.
The chairman now introduced to the
audience member of one of the oldest
business houses in Honolulu, Mr.. Glade,
who was received with loud and long
continued applause.
MIR. FL. F. Glade said: l want in as
| few words as possible to express my
| opinion with regard to the election. In
| facing the question before US closely, it
| amounts more or less to the task, to come
| to the decision whether it will be best
| for the community to have the present
| Government remain or 60. To 60 to
work and faithfully answer such ques-
| ton, q reasonable man tries to take a
broad view of the position, and he does
| not take into account those petty and
small things, which in his occasional
dealings with the present Government
may have annoyed him. But he places
certain questions before himself which
serve him as a control and guidance in
his own judgment. And such common
sense man and voter will say to himself
| lis it wise to hastily change the govern.
| ment and thus disturb the whole system
of the household of the country? And
| his good sense will dictate to him the
answer that such thing is not at all
we'll done, and that such changes should
be avoided by all means possible, fol
they include great risks in the replace
ments, ard are in their consequences
naturally very costly to the country
(Cheers.) Of course if we had to dea
with men like Gibson, Bush, and such
like, as we had the misfortune some
years ago, the change must and should
be made at any price; but in my opinion
we can very well entrust the welfare o.
the country to the men who are the
managers now. They have made mis-
takes, aud l almost want to say-as 9
matter of course-but by making then
they have earned experience and they
have no doubt learned great deal
Another point is we'll worth mentioning
their accounts are clear and clean, ant
we need not fear that monies appropri