The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-01

Eighteen Portuguese Listen to
Ashford.
He is Talking AbOut Indian
Coolies Yet-IE. b. Thomas
Explains the Situa-
ton.

people being present. Only eighlee
OF those present were Portuguese.
MIR. }. NJ. CAMARA, Jr., was the oflfcia
interpreter OF the evening.
After Introductory remarks by tn
Chairman, he then called upon
q. w. ASHFORD: Mr.. Dillingham;, VIII
Is running against me, has resortec
again to falsehood to defeat me. TIL,
Sentinella has it that this meeting il
postponed till Monday night. There il
nothing strange in this, for those whC
know Dillingham; and missionary tactics
You must use your voting privilege very
wisely on election day, for if you DOM
you may not have tn at privilege again.
The Liberal party claim TO be the party
OF the poor men. and We claim that the
poor men have the interests of the king
dom at heart as we'll The Reform IS
against Us, that ticket being headed by
MR. ummins whose portrait you see here.
The Reform party passed an amend
ment to hinder all foreigners from yot-
ing, but that is required by the next
Legislature to ratify, and if that is put
through, foreigners will do no more vot-
Ing. MIR. Pete son and Mr.. Cummins
are on that ticket, and they voted for
that amendment. These men come now
before foreigners for their votes when
they have already voted against them.
You can see plainly, ii you wish to hold
In your hand any political power you
must vote for the Liberal candidates. But
that party was not satisfied after robbing
you of your votes, they will keep out
of IN N
secret that many of the Portuguese
who came from foreign lands are unable
to read and write, and therefore unable
to read the ballot. But the Constitution
provided that such can vote. But the
conjunction of the National Reform AMI
missionary parties have put a Sec
ton i'll the law in order to prevent some
OF you from voting. Now, that law which
is against the Constitution, does not give
the inspector right to help the iiliterate
to vote. 1t may be THAI some of YOU
may lose your votes through that law,
but the Liberal party will remedy that
at the next election. Therefore, they |
seek to deprive foreigners, especially |
Portuguese, of their votes. When YOU |
vote for Neumann. Peterson, or any of |
that swarm, you must understand they |
are asking for votes they intend to rob |
you of. At Dillingham's meeting, Thurs
ton asked "Will voting fill your stom-
achs ?" No; we do not suppose it will |
fill your stomachs, but it will give Won
the right to keep out cheap coolie labor.
That after all is the true measure of the
vote, to see that the Government is con-
Quoted for your interests. By voting in
the right way, you send right men to
the Legislature to keep out cheap labor.
Without labor you must be without
and without money your family
must be without food. Upon this ques-
ton OF the franchise, long ago | was
against those constitutional amend
ments. Last November | wrote letter
to the ADVERTISER, arguing that the
should not be passed and
foreigners should not be robbed OF their
votes. The five men who voted against
that amendment, Hawaiians, are not in
The Liberal party to-day. We have not
1ue man on our ticket who voted for
hat amendment. Dillingham; calls me
4 carpet Dagger, but don't propose to
bag, especially not on the Sd of Febru-
iry. If Dillingham; fails to get cheap
abor for his railroad, the probability is
md leave. Applause. Let me tell
Iou, gentlemen, if Dillingham; is elected
md brings cheap coolies here, Wen all
AVE to bag our carpet bags and leave.
Applause. Now, what are you going
% do with your little homes on Punch
BOWL? You can't sell your little homes,
or there will be no money here, so you
must defeat the missionary party. Ii
can get coolies at Is cts,
nave you any idea that he will employ
Portuguese at 81 day? You can de-
BEND upon it that Dillingham; will not
10 anything for charity them he'll let
Portuguese and Hawaiians starye. Per
laps you think it is an eXaggeration that
lie will get coolies at ID cts. day. I
will give you some facts. MarSden went
o India, and was away about nine
months He came back and reported to
he planters thai he was ready to bring
oolies by the thousands to work for Is
is. day, and that is a fact. Dilling-
lam is a member OF tn Planters Labor
( Supply Company. The company dare
lot discuss that question openly, for the
representatives of the press are there,
md they fear it will get into the papers.
They therefore referred it 10 the trustees
II the association. Dillingham;, | am
ure, is a member of the association.
That Board of Trustees are discussing il.
,ut they are hiding till after the cleo
ion, because they fear the election. 1t
he missionary party win the election,
hey will come out with plans all ma
ured, and East India coolies will then
e dumped on our shores. Are they the
ind of people that you want to compete
nth? If you want that kind OF men,
on can vote for Dillingham; and the Re
0rm ticket When a man comes and
olicits your votes, he ought at least TO
e tree from any hostility to the work
1g men, but it is not so with Dilllng-
am. He claims he employs Portu
uese, SO he does, but he employs half
oxen Chinese to every Portuguese. He I
at the head OF the railway company. |
lie takes money from Government in |
id of the railroad and uses it TO give
Iork to Chinese. If elected, Dillingham;
ill get mostly labor from India, because
e can get them at 10 cts. dav, instead :
f % cts. coolies from Japan. A poor
ortuguese has been printing and dis
-ibuting free OF charge the Sentinella. I
t must be plain that that gentleman is
aid a salary by the missionary commu-
ity. You'll find that the missionaries
ill soon leave their charity after cleo
on day, they won't print any more
entinelia free OF charge. Dillingham; :,
avs for the printing of the Sentlnella, =
ut am not positive whether he pays it n
ON money YOU put into the treasury CO
ON your taxes or not, but it smells OF
cry fshy. Il comes from the mission &C
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