The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-01-14

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| living in this country that we are IN
new era and that this era began under
| the auspices of the Reform party. These
reasons are sufficient for my standing
tor that party and throwing my influence
to secure the election of the nominees OF
| that party. But moreover, l have an
other reason and l am also firm In my
conviction that this party intends to put
in the field ticket that shall commend
itself to the judgment and conscience OF
this country (applause), men who Will
90 into that Legislature for the purpose
of maintaining all that has been
achieved and OF securing everything else
that is desirable in the way of reform in
administration and in all the affairs OF
the Government. There is not one mat
ter of detail in the matter OF popular, re-
sponsible, constitutional government
that 1 do not believe that the party
that is known as the Reform party
mean to carry out, and that is why l
stand with them, and that is why
l will give my vote, and that is
why will use all my influence to secure
votes and influence for that party. l
must say while l am here that | feel
very sorry that the men who call them
selves working men should feel it neces-
sary to withdraw from this Reform party
in so far as they have. | do not feel
that the working men have Left this Re-
form party, there is big bulk of this
party to-day that aresworking men. So
called mechanics, but there are some
who have left this party, and it is with
sincere regret gentlemen that l see that
taking place. | feel that no man who
stood with this party when it inaugur-
ated popular responsible government for
| this country has an excuse 1t seems
to me, | say it in the kindliest
spirit, no excuse to-day for standing
anywhere else but in the Reform party.
If there are any reforms that they hope
to achieve, cannot those reforms be
achieved by them in this party; if they
are so powerful that they expect to win
the public elections then they are power
full enough in this party to achieve the
reforms that they seek, SO l cannot IN
all kindliness see any reason why men
who stood with this party at the outset
stand by the party who were not identi-
| fled with this party in all the good meas
ures that have been adopted. | say that
l see no reason, but L suppose there is
a reason. l do not care to inquire what
that reason is, but | cannot think that
men of good sense would do such a
thing, and unless they have good reason
it seems TO me that here is the place
where they belong; we extend our lines
and open our arms to receive men of all
classes. We show the cold shoulder to
no class. find myself working with all
classes of men on all kinds OF contracts
| H,,I xrcn1f
working uniformly with them after the
same grand ends. This country must
have responsible government and that
responsible government must be main
tanned, and do not see anything in
sight that is likely to bring that about
except what is done through the party
that is giving it to the country, and so |
vote for the Reform party, that is where
1 stand to-day. (Applause.)
Mr.. ]. Emmeluth being called said =
Mr.. Chairmen and fellow members OF the
Fifth Ward: / have been in the past
three months galavanting around con-
siderably among the mechanics of Homo
lulu in their efforts to organize. In the
first instance there was an endeavor on
the part of a portion OF the community
to induce an extra session OF the Legis-
lature, of the previous Legislature by
agitation; what that accomplished we all
know. 1t accomplished so much at that
time that the men that led that move
ment were thoroughly nonplussed; it
took from them the one weapon with
which they had hoped to beat the Gov
eminent as it stood, and the Ministry in
their reply gave them points that they
never dreamed Of. The reply was so
complete refutation of any idea that the
Ministry were not with the people that
from that moment ON they did not do the
Ministry the justice to publicly accept
the answer. They called public meet
ings for the purpose of agitation, but
they had not the decency to call a public
meeting to accept the Minister'S reply
and end the subject in proper and de-
cent manner. They got out OF the whole
of it by coming down to newspaper
recommendation for the people who had
taken part IN it and for the papers that
had been kind enough to report their
proceedings. Afterwards there was a
formation of what was called the Me-
chanic's and Workingmen's Union. As
SUCH if in truth as it was in name it
were, a representative of the interests of
the mechanics and working men, it
should have identified itself with those
interests by firm adherence to policies |
that would have worked up in the esti-
nation of the community, the portion of
the community that it proposed to repre-
sent, strong support for itself. Has it |
done SO in the past? Not once. Their |
first effort at platform was something |
that any mechanic having good sound |
judgment and common sense would be |
thoroughly ashamed to acknowledge. |
In that first platform that they had lab
ored over so earnestly, there were four
sections. The first, took from the Min
istry and the King the privilege Of Great
ing office or of appointing to office, and
gave that to the people. The people
were not only to elect all the subordinate
officers, but even the Ministry and the
Supreme Court. The second clause was
one that they just laid themselves out
on: eve, the mechanics of the Ha-
waiian islands, cannot raise the pittance
Of six hundred dollars a year by honest
labor" We have got to come down and
sell our birthright, sell all that gives us
something TO work for in the Govern