The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-30
NATIONAL REFORM PARTY.
Large Meeting AT sa'nma. -The
Speakers Well Received

received, their remarks hcing pune
tuatcd with applause from the audi.
cncc. Mr.. kukaunali presided, and
Mcssrs. rua and Widcmann were
the first speakers.
Mr.. G. j. Mccarthy was in the
midst Of n speech when the lirlLE-
TIN reporter arrived He was say
ing that the Reform Party wanted
him to run on their ticket, and when
he refused they tried to beat him.
Those people wanted to compel
everybody to think rs they did. If
he thought as they did he would be
running on their ticket. lie wished
TO speak particularly on onclpoint Of
the platform, and that was the re-
duction of the property qualification
to vote for Mobiles. lie was born
in the United States, where on elcc-
ton day one man was rs good as
any other man. That was the law
under which he would like to live,
and if elected he would do all in his
power to carry out this part of the
platform. As Rienzi told the Rom
ans, aye are slaves" so the Hawai-
ians were slavcs---slavcs to the petty
tyrants in the Government building
and the people should turn them
out, for if they had been gwen their
own way another flag might have
been floating over the IIawaians to-
day. Mr.. Mccarthy explained the
process of baIloling under the new
law and thanked the audience for
their attention.
Mr.. Thos. Lucas was introduced
as "thc little lion" and received with
hearty applause. The time was
drawing nigh, he said, when the
people had to decide whether these
islands were to remain under the
Hawaiian flag or pass under that of
foreign power. The Reform ticket
was composed of men who had to
beg to serve, but the National Re-
form partv's ticket were men selected
by the free choice of the Working
mems Union and the Hui kalaiana.
When the Workingmen's Union
started the Advertiser said it was q
grand thing, but whenever the Union
extended its hands to the lIawailans
wallpaper raised the cry "Rebels."
against the Union. A year ago that
night the leaders of the Reform
! party would not look at some of the
men OH their ticket. They graspcd
at every straw now. Did anybody
think that the Reform Party would
have taken Charlie Achi two years
ago? (Laughter.) And there was
Kane taken from the Hui kalaiaina.
In the first district they had adopted
Cecil Brown, although he did not
belong to their party and was going
to have run independently. Let nc
one vote for anyone on the Reform
ticket, for everyone of them had ;
string to him and had to go the way
he was pulled. The speaker criti
cised the election law for its nike,
condition and warned the clector:
that If they gave away their vote:
under improper influences they
would thereby sell their country
They should remember that ever
their vote for Representatives wa
threatened, and that 4 generation
was coming up that needed thei
protection. The National Reform
Party was not party of office seek
ers. Every man who would vote fo
the National Reform Party could g
home with the satisfaction that h,
had done his part in preserving thu
independence of the country. Thi
Ministry did not want merely to sci
the islands, but to give them away
so that they would be sure of BIZ
salaries for themselves. There mus
be something rotten when the Min
lister Of Interior was spending hi
days and nights and Sundays i
pulling the wires and working up
ticket. The speaker was warml
cheered during his speech and u
the close.
Mr.. John Phillips was receive
with loud applause. lie said tn
object of the National Reform Part
was good government, the presuml
ton being that the Reform Govern
ment had not succeeded in givin
us that boon. 1t had been fOun
that suggestions made by the work
| inpmpn or in hphoIf of tha riuhts r
llawaiians were nogatived unde
that party's rule. 1t was to FIRE
the people from their disabilitie
that the National Reform Party wa
organized. There was nothing sure
than that if the National Reforl
cause was not sustained at tn
election, the lIawaiians would b
forever enslaved-they could nc
lift up their heads politically. The
duty weel; from that day was t
/, go to the polls, quietly and peace
ably, and above all early, hee
, nothing however insulting that migl
) be said to them, and deposit the
{ ballots for the National Refor
Party. If their ticket was elccte
it should be their cndeavor to ha,
= government of the people, for Il
. people, and by the people, und,
s which the humblest native won
: have equal rights with any man til;
r owned bank. (Applause.l
= Mr.. w. III Cummings address(