The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-07
REFORM IN WARD FIVE.
Meeting ut the Eeformators nrhuoi
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speeches.
The call of the central committee
Of the Reform Party, for meeting
Of the LEGAL voters of Ward j, drew
large attendance to the Reform
alory School, palama. yesterday
evening. There were lAany present
from other wards. Mr.. II. Won Holt
called the meeting 10 order, and
Mr.. II. =. Townsend was appointed
chairman and Mr.. J. j. Locker
secretary, both temporary. a CON
mittee was then appointed on per-
manent organization, viz. : Mcssrs.
Peter High, W. X. Waiamau, j. W.
Wiley, W. II. Wilkinson, and Il. Il.
Campbell. This committee retired
AMI, returning, reported the follow
ing permanent officers:
Chairman, III ). Townsend; Vice
chairman, a. Fernandez: Secretary
and Treasurer. j. J. Locker Com
mittce on enrolment, Chas. Ham
mcr, Iara, j. i. Mendouca, VI
HAvila, j. G.. Marchant. j. W.
Alapai, G. Campbell, l.. A. Dow
sc,t and W. crash.
The committee further recon-
mcndcd constitution the same as
that adopted in the other wards.
On motion of Mr.. Emmeluth. see
ondcd by Mr.. l.. j. Nah0ra llipa,
the whole report was adopted. The
chairman re-appointed the commit
tee on permanent organization. He
also called meeting of the club for
next Monday evening, to elect dele
gates TO q central convention for the
nomination of Mobiles. 1t was OK
planned that the district club had
the nomination of the candidate for
Representative. During Il recess
taken for the purpose. signatures
were made to the constitution, nine
teen being the number enrolled.
The chairman afterward called for
speeches.
His Excelencv l.. A. Thurston
was the first speaker. lie illustrated
his idea of current politics with an
anecdote, in which little girl when
told, in answer to her childish ques-
tions, that if she married her hus-
band would be imam like papa
and if she didn't she would be q
"woman like auntie," remarked
with a sigh, swell, mama, this is n
tough world, isn't itY' The coun-
try had been having too much poll
tics for its size the past two years,
and "what we need now is not so
much politics, and bucking against
each other, and manufacturing his
tory, as it is to do our best to cult
vate the ways Of peace for awhile"
There was no country where intelli
gence, as displayed by ability to
read and write, was more general
than in this; no country having
larger exports in proportion to po-
pulatiOn. The Reform party coming
into existence in the face of trem-
endous obstacles had placed the
country on the high road of pro.
gress, and even those opposed to
that party pay it the highest COM
pliment by not only counterfeilina
its name, but they have stolen its
platform. They started under q
kanaka name and haole name, and
they could not work under either,
and finally they had to come bach
and take the good old name of Re.
form and borrow ideas enough to
make a platform. lie commended
that after the Hui Kalaiaina had
worked on opposite lines for year
to come round in one week with +;
different platform constructed fol
them by the candidates who were
nominated on that platform, they
had the right to conclude that the
opposition was based on either self
interest or personal feeling and no
on principle. The speaker did not
believe in personal politics, having
publicly and privately tried to dis.
suade theparty from making an issue
sustaining the Cabinet. If they
believed the Cabinet would support
their principles, then stand by thu
principles and incidentally by the
Cabinet; but do not send men Il
the Legislature to sustain the Cab
net no matter how it carries out the
principles. Mr.. Thurston theI
spoke at length in Hawaiian, reiter
ating his disclaimer Of any inten
on the part Of the Cabinet to sub
vert the independence of the coun
try. lie also paid sarcastic attcn
ton to Mr.. J. T.. Bush and his news
paper writings.
Mr.. j. w. Gibbs, on being per
mitted to speak, characterized as
lie the statement that the Hui ant
the Union had stolen the Reform
name, as no resolution adoptln,
that name had been passed in tn
joint committee.
Mr.. Thurston said the new nam
had been in the newspapers for sey
eral days, and il he had done an,
injustice to the organization he sin
cerely regretted it.
Mr.. Gibbs, amidst laughter, sal
that on behalf of the two societies