The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-09

eulogy Of that evil required We have q
plank III our platform 10 remedy that
EVIL. Ii We cannot amend the evil We
can amend the Constitution Tha,
clause also appears III the platform OF the
Government party. They did not DC
anything IN the last legislature, they
dare not, they had 10 get someone else
10 do it for them. The Sunday Law
should be amended. Two baseball teams
arrived here on a Sunday and could not
play i game. What harm would there
have been If they had played? Itwould
have given heaithful recreation for the
people. Those people VIII = Int 10 60 TO
Church can do 50. Tn +, 4 time for
1t. There is no Chui,. ia the afternoon.
/ DO not believe in oay blue laws.
think that have said az much as want
To. Just az | was going 10 get up to
speak someone in the crowd said raise
II and 20 it alone" Gentlemen We have
got both bowers, the ace, king and queen,
and don't you forget it,"
Hon. j. 5. Walker was the next
speaker. He said Il would like to tell
you story but it is too late. | appear
before you tonight in a capacity | have
not done Tor many years, TO ask You for
your vote for elective Noble. ] have
been amongst you for the last thirty
i've years, and you know something OF
me. Something has been said about
our stealing platform, but the other
side had no platform TO steal. The
speaker then went on and referred TO agri-
cultural Interests, touching on the Chi
nese question. the reciprocity treaty.
autonomy of the kingdom, annexation
and protectorate.
Hon. j. L. Bush asked the Indulgence
Of his own people to address the foreign
element. The platform had been read
and he would support it and a little
more in favor Of the working classes.
He was against the grasping monopolist,
and in favor OF the workingmen, as it
included bis countrymen. There was
an abundance OF Chinese in the coun-
try, and the planters should use them
and not bring any more in. He denied
the statement that he had said the Por-
tuguese should be franchised 1t was
not true. After reading an extract from
speech delivered by Mr.. Emmeluth
where he said that he thought the un-
happy state Of the past two years had
been greatly induced by too great leni-
ency toward a foreign element, he went
on to criticize the statement. He asked
those present to vote for him and then
addressed few remarks directly to
number OF Portuguese who were present.
ThOs. K. Lucas came next He said
i am proud TO stand before you as a
representative for the Fourth ward. |
am no orator, SO don't expect speech.
The declaration OF principles as pub
llshed have been scattered broadcast
from Hawaii to Niihau. Not a steamer
has left without sending copies away.
/ was amused when | heard pretty late
in the night, that the Minister of In
terror had said that the workingmen had
stolen their platform. Cries OF shame,
shame.J | never knew that his party
had a platform. In 1856 there was
platform and an Office for everybody, but
the boys got soup. would sooner stand
on the Mechanics Union and Hui Ka-
laiaina platform and fall, than to be
elected on the Government side. One
beauty about it is we do not intend to
fall. Every candidate has pledged him.
self to that platform, and it is not that
they will do it, but we shall do it imper-
ative!y. shall be happyto meet you in
the Fourth ward where we shall have
crowd OF intellect and intelligence here
tonight. l must tell YOU Portuguese
here not to listen TO promises but work
on reality. Take the platform home and
read it. | have no axe to ground, no
logs to roll. | want to see the country
90 on prosperously as it has done in the
past twenty years. Do not be frightened
or influenced at the polls; watch your
ballot, and you Will come out on the top
OF the heap.
Robert W. Wilcox was the last
speaker and was received with loud APP
plause. He spoke in Hawaiian, Mr..
Rosa translating. Wilcox said Il de
sire to express my kind aloha to my
countrvmen and friends. / star.a as a
lover OF the nation and not as an advocate
OF the principles of strangers. 1t has
been stated thatI am opposed to the
white race. am partly of that, have been
abroad and mixed with white races, and
married wife who is a white woman.
How can | be opposed to race l have
affiliated myself with? My race has
been trodden down, and propose to
help them out of the mire and place them
in better position. My heart and soul
is for love of the country. 1t has been
instilled in my mind that man who
dies loving his country should be hon
ored. The conduct OF the Government
is not for the public good but for their
own, only TO enhance their own wealth.
A vessel was row off the harbor with a
thousand Japanese, brought here to
compete with the white races. He
could go on all the evening enumerating
the faults of this holy Cabinet. The
time will come to you native Hawaiians,
when you can assert your rights. | ask
you at the election to vote for those men
who support the principles OF the Nation
al Reform party. | am a candidate for
Representative in the Fifth ward and
hope you will vote for me. l ask you
openly to vote for me. Ii anyone accepts
a bride he is a traitor to his country and
to his birthright.
Three rousing cheers were then given
for the candidates, after which the meet
ing adjourned
Hamakua Items.