The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-13

ends. | appreciate the honor done
me and trust that my Legislative
record, if l get there, will be sucf
that none of you will have any reason
to be ashamed of me.
MR.. HELELUHE: Mr.. Chairman
and gentlemen.-I wish to thank yoU
for the honor done me in selecting me
as candidate for the Legislature
You have read the planGs in the plat
| form. We have all agreed to uphold
them if elected Bear in mind, fellow
citizens, that We will help you in
other matters which you NAV wish
considered. Many statements have
been published about overturning the
government. AS regards education
we have pledged ourselves to law tC
bring about better system and en-.
courage Hawaiian teachers. The Ka.
mehameha and st. Louis schools have
produced suitable young men. Al
present teachers are imported from
ABROAD. L am sorry l cannot give
you more extended sketch of nv
views. We offer our services not for
any man or set of men, but for the
whole country. | hope you will ask
everybody to look at the ticket bear
ing the name of J. Heleluhe.
Mr.. MORE introduced the Hon
Paul Neumann, who was received
Win uproarlOus applause. He was
one who was not bashful.
MR.. NEUMANN, who was received
| with the widest applause, said: Mr..
Chairman and fellow citizens of
honolulu have been one of those
unfortunate citizens who had a hard
time running away from a nomina-
ton. was overtaken, presume,
owing to a slight personal defect
which prevented me from running
away from nomination as we'll as [
hope to run for an election. TApplause
and laughterl. Now my fellow citi-
Zens, 1t is perhaps not to be regretted
from your standpoint that our adj
dresses are all limited in time. I will
have to be thrifty, for | don't see why
the chairman should give me more
time than others. But as the address
has to be translated / claim my five
minutes in English [great applause].
Ihls is reading community; l know
it because my friends the reporters
here never say anything disagreeable
friends telling me of it. 1t being a
4CH1NALS IONC
you all, having the interests of the
kingdom at heart, have read the
platform in English and Hawaiian.
Now, will initiate in the use of nv
time the thrifty down easter, who to
save time nailed his prayers on the
bed post and said, when he got up in
morning, "Oh Lord, these are my
sentiments" Laughter. I under
stand the platform and do not believe
it is ambiguous. It refers first to our
foreign relations, and secondly to our
political internal relations, with
reference particularly to the move in
favor of a constitutional convention
which Bush and Wilcox want every
three months or so. 1t is continually
dinned into the ears of the people that
the object of all, except the Liberals,
is to keep the poor poor, and make
the rich richer. That is not true, and
the effort of all is to make the Islands
more prosperous in produce and COM
merce and give a better and safer
living to the toilng masses. An cpl
gram surprises the ear and pun
tickles the mind, but no such nom
sense as the phrase "sugar barons,n
which we hear continually, will inn
prove the situation. Every citizen
has got the right to expect at your
hands protection for every lawful
calling, whether he is a sugar planter
or not. Now, will concede that the
treaty of '76 has benefited the planter
more than anyone else, but yet some
of the money earned through it re-
manned in the country and bene-
fitted it; raised homes and gave en-
ployment. That cannot be denied.
1 think the first duty of anyone in
politics is to be sincere-not to lie to
the people. wish to tell you plainly
that this treaty proposed is for the
poor man, not the rich exclusively.
[ have lived here but for nine years
but [ want to live here until 1 die,
and | deem it my duty and the duty
of all of you to raise the prosperity of
the country by all means, of the poor
and of the rich, and not to yield what
l would call shameful concessions;
and whether the candidates of the
National Reform party are elected or
not, [ hope you will ask those who
are elected to work for treaty which
will make this a country where the
poor man can live and prosper. This
is one question. The other is, as to
the Constitutional convention, which
the Liberals hold out. What is it
for? Do you think we are so small
that the outside world doesn't look at
us at all to see whether we are COM
petent to take care of our own affairs
or not? am not afraid of the inter-
ference of foreign Powers. am only
afraid they will not interfere, if we
make fools of ourselves. / read an
article in Bush's paper, in which he
said mot he, but whoever wrote the
article) we must have foreign capital
here. l thought it was queer thing
to appear in Ka Leo. / welcome cap
ital. hope to see millions pour into
the country to develop it, and to pour
into our capacious pockets. But, my
fellow citizens, you get up Constitu-
tional convention and not cent will
ever come here. Laughter and
much applause There are other
points on which / should like
to speak of, but / will mention but
one thing more. When requested to
go on to this ticket, did so in the
belief that all respectable citizens
would endorse me and have conf
dence enough in me to believe | was
not going to scheme or make money,
for | assure you there's no money in
it. / am sorry that some of our best
citizens who were approached but de-
clined to run, did not do so, for l
don't want it. / mean that, and if
my fellow-citizens fail to elect me,
will be just as grateful, for they will
save me from employing time in a
public duty, which / want for my
narticular benefit. 1t has been said,