The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-12-18
MECHANICS UNION.
WEEKLY POW-W0W OF THE
WORKINGMEN'S PARTY.
DISCUSSION OF THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM
CONTINUED BUT ABRUPTLY
CONCLUDED.

called the Mechanics and Working
mems Political Protective Union to
order. Routine business occupied q
few minutes.
Mr.. Robert More reported from
the executive committee that they
had held a meeting last night and
made some progress with the draft
of platform. He hoped that by next
meeting the platform would be SUBJ
mitted to the Mechanics Union.
Hat-result Sl5.S5
The chairman announced that the
subject for discussion would be the
Election of Government Officers, in
continuation from last meeting.
Mr.. G. G. Kenyon was called on
from the house and said he only at
tended the meetings as listener.
He had been accused of selfish mo-
tives in attending, but if he made
speech the criticism would be more
severe. Therefore he preferred to
remain a listener.
Mr.. Z. O'Sullvan was celebrating
his seth birthday, but could not alb
stain from coming to support his
resolution of last meeting. There
had been discussions of the subject
in the papers, but he was still firmly
of the belief that the people should
choose their public servants. How
can anybody in Honolulu know what
the people of Hilo, or Lihue, or Nil
hau need. The Cabinet should be
elected. The Judiciary-well the
Judiciary was sort of sacred trust.
For Gods sake leave justice alone,
but then the Justices wouldn't let
them alone. daughter and ap,
plause.) The sooner they amended
the Constitution so that the people
should have the so, ereignty the bet
ter. He was living here and intend
ed to live here the balance of his
days, all he had was here, and he
wanted to see the people have con-
troll of their own affairs. There was
a long speech of Mr.. c. W. Ashford
in the Advertiser the other day, and
what was in it? 1t was directly con-
trary to the position assumed by Mr..
Ashford four years ago. He (the
speaker) was proud to call himself a
"CanadiaE tramp" from away back :,
and had no personal feeling against
Mr.. A. Yet that gentleman had
part in making the present Constitu-
ton, and what good had it done !:
Could anybody say, except it was
giving the people the election of No
bIes, and they kept the poor Hawai-
ians out of that. The amount of
what His ex Excellency c. w. Ash
ford said the other night in his hour
and forty minutes speech was
that he had blocked the Reform
Cabinet. All he wanted was to
catch on he was out and he wanted
in.
Mr.. j w. Mcdonald said it was
getting late and he would move that
further speeches be confined to five
minutes. A man could say consider
able in five minutes, and even a
canadian tramp" should not get
extra privileges.
Captain John Ross just wished to
say Il few words. There had been
talk about town that the Mechanics
Union were going over to the Reform
Party. He knew nothing of such q
movement, and the current talk was
base calumny. III hey should de-
eide at this meeting whether they
should keep within their own organ
izatipn or 90 owe" 10 the enemy. The
lie should be hurled back. AS a
member of the executive committee
he could say there was never word
of such thing in its sessions, and
as a member of the Union he would
ask if anything had ever been heard
there of such a thing. (Cries Of
"Nol - and applause).
Mr.. E. III. T. VOTERS had the
words just taken out of his mouth
by Captain Ross. The only ground
he had found for the rumor in ques.
ton was in the article in last week S
Messenger, which loudly called or
the old Reform Party to support the
Mechanics Union. This certainly
looked as if there was some under
hand work going on. There was al
organization called the Nationa
Liberal League, which had q plat
form of principles, and it was com
posed of workingmen like them
selves. Reference had been made
to G.. W. Ashford in way that h,
did not approve. c. w. Ashore
had filled the office of Attorney
General, and there was no breath o
scandal against him IN that position
Hadn't he favored white men ant
natives in giving out employment
under his control? Was he not tn
man who opposed Thurston, ant
finally caused the whole thing t
"bust" up? Nobody else did it
(Cries of "Time," Subject" etc.
and applause drowned the voice o
the speaker and he stopped.)
Mr.. John f. Bowler said the Ii
had originated with the National Lib
eral party. Members of that part
intruded into this organization ant
went out to backbite. How coul
anybody serve two masters as thes
persons were doing? (The speake
, was interrupted by protests agains
the loudness of his tones, and call