The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-29
HARD AT WORK!
Meeting of the Mechanics at the
Old StaUd.
Speeches By Peterson, ]. n. S.
Williams, Neumann and
Others - Mr. Kekipi
Proposes to Reduce
Ashford to
Nonendty.

tective Union held meeting at Rob
inson's Hall on Thursday evening,
Jno. Phillips presiding. About eighty
members were present.
Mr.. A. ?. PETERSON briefly referred
to the comparative merits of the Lib
eral and National candidates. When
[ was in the Legislature, / did not
give one vote against the interests
Of workingmen. Never did a poor
man come to me for assistance who
went away because he was poor.
One ques ton before the country is
whether the duty on rice ought to be
taken off by the Legislature or not?
If it cripples the rice industry with
out being of any use to the sugar in
dustry, we will not favor it. Another
thing is regarding an opium license.
Many now favor an opium license. 1t
would be a great benefit to the Gov
eminent, and it is also said that it
would reduce smuggling; Iadmit all
that, but have always been opposed
to opium licenses. Experience has
shown that when opium has been liz
have always contracted the habit of
using it. Is it worth while to take
money for the benefit of the Govern
ment the which imperils the
well-being of the natives ? No.
Another thing is the financial situa-
ton. We have postal savings bank.
If the election should return a ma
jority of the Liberal party, the Cab
met will be turned out and Bush,
Marques, Ashford and Wilcox will be
in the Cabinet. The people will
withdraw their money, the govern
ment cannot meet the obligation.
Every cent paid to workmen of our
town stays here and we get the bene-
fit of it. The harbor should be thor
oughly deepened, and carried on so
that when the Nicaragua Canal is
opened, this port will be the halfway
honse of the Pacific. [Applausel.
Mr.. ENA made speech defending
himself against charges made by
Bush. He advised making a treaty
and against a new constitution.
After few remarks by J. NJ s..
WILLIAMS, Mr.. Neumann was called
on.
Mr.. PAUL NEUMANN was received
with applause. He said he liked to
talk sometimes, but if elected he
would only talk when he had some
thing to say. Referring to a leader
in the ADVERTISER, written by the
Editor, or it might be by some hum
CRY hanger-on, he did not dispute the
right of an opponent to oppose him.
He took no stock in anything the
ADVERTISER said against him. 1t
said that large portion of the COM
munity did not believe in him. 1t
was a lie when it said that the
Mechanics Union proposed to
withdraw his name. [Applausel.
He had been asked by the
Mechanics Union to run, and
when once asked they never intended
to withdraw him. No independent
ticket was wanted. The Mechanics
ticket would sweep the field. He did
not care whether he was elected or
not and was not afraid Of the ADvER-
TIsER. He had written to them that
they lied, and that it was an insult to
the Mechanics Union. The cranks,
fools and paupers connected with that
institution had united against him.
After referring briefly to Mr.. Jas.
Gay as the tail end of the Liberal
ticket, Mr.. Neumann said: / won't
say nothing as to the several plat
form because they don't believe in it
themselves. If they do not sustain it
they are liars. 1t would be piece of
utter folly to take away the duty on
rice. They have collected their cam
paign funds from the people they
don't want, the Chinese Glaughterl.
The Mechanics Union never got any
money from the Chinese. The cOun.
try needs two things: conservative
attitude of every one towards the
constitutional convention and other
revolutionary proposals, and it needs
measures to sustain the sugar barons
that industry is the financial life Of
the country. / say openly that this
constitution let loose by the Liberals
Will amount to nothing. These are
the two points / deem essentially
necessary. We don't want revolu'
ton to change the constitution
whether under the command OF
Ashford or Bush. There are several
points in the constitution which
/ think should be changed
If you compare the Constitution OF
1864 and that of 1887, they are really
twins excepting as to the curtailing o.
the royal power, this Constitution
was made not by few, but by the
unanimous voice of the people. Mr.
Isenberg may have been right in
urging them to go slow. The Liberals
object to the mode under revolution
that's true. Do the Hawaiians want
the Constitution overthrown because
Wilcox wants it changed? I believe
in reduction of salary to meet the
necessary expenditures of the coun.
try, except for internal Improvements
Il. Protective work. 2. Protective
industry. 3. Furtherance of interna
education. 4. Sustaining course edu
cation-that / will promise you
Prolonged applausel. Mr.. NeumanI
continued speaking for some time
longer, making several wild refer
ences to the other candidates. HI
was warmly applauded.
KEKIPI: Applause Gentlemen:
The Mechanics Union have fearlessly
placed me to run against Dillingham;
and Ashford. Ashford has opposed
me; now desire to show my Opposi.
ton to him. [Applause. You arr
well aware that his chief bait before
my people is the offer of a new con
stitution. That that is only q cam
paign lie is my firm belief. Ashford
by his actions toward my people has
blinded them, and Bush and Wilcox
affairs. Ashford has always beer
known to be bitterly opposed to the
Hawaiian people. If he had never
come here we would not have expert
enced the unpleasant results of the
revolution of 1887. Ashford is like
mad man-eating shark. He would
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