The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-13
NATIONAL REFORM.
Meeting at KauluWela School
Last Night.
Several Candidates Make Pointed
Addresses.

A public meeting called by the
National Reform party was held at
Kauluwela School, School street, last
night. A fair attendance was pre-
sent and the meeting orderly. Mr..
j. Kanui was elected chairman.
Kanui, candidate for the Second
District, among other things said:
What the Liberal Party is aiming at
is Republican form of government
and foremost in this movement is C.
w. Ashford. What the Mechanics
Union and Hui Kalaiaina are aiming
at is an independent government and
we are advocating equal rights to all,
also a monarchical government. In
article IL of our platform we are en-
tertaining a movement with regard
to our health board. We see in our
last census $4,000 native Hawaiians
have departed this life during the
past year. This fact alone will show
you that the Board of Health has
been careless. If L am elected 1t
shall be my foremost duty to remedy
this evil and to reorganize the Board
of Health. If we are sincere in re-
constructing the Constitution it shall
be done in short order.
Mr.. Jno. Ena-It seems to me un-
necessary to speak in Hawaiian.
Your ears are full of perhaps learned
and perhaps foolish things. Wished
to speak of both parties in regard to
their standing. Thought that the
peaceful man would receive their
earnest consideration instead of a
revolutionary character. His giving
his consent to standing as Noble was
not because of its honor but because
he thought they were trembling on
the rim of whirl pool. He thought
those who favored candidates who
advocated treaty would receive
their sanction. In his company they
supported 800 men. And this was
one of the results of the success OF
the sugar industries. Those who
said that a treaty would make you
poor were foolish. With regard to
the Constitution, if a party wished
to reconstruct the Constitution he
wished to say it was hard thing.
If anyone said, if the Constitution
was made new they would receive an
acre of land and perhaps pile OF
money, he said they were boobylike.
A. p. Peterson-Wished to say
that the condition of the country was
very serious. As the years. rolled on
it becomes harder for you Hawaiians
to pay your taxes or buy the neces-
saries of life. The electorate is
divided into two parties, and what
does the Liberal party propose to dc
for you in your present condition
They propose to oppose treaty
with the United States and if elected
they will oppose it in the House.
That treaty is so that we can send
the different products of our country
to the United States without duty
and that is what we cannot do now.
They give you no reason why they
oppose it. Another matter is Ia
overthrow the monarchy and estab-
lish republic. The Liberal party
started out with the idea that we
want republic but they have
changed their tune now. Why? Is it
because they have left it? No; but
because they are afraid, not because
they have left it altogether, but it
will come out at more favorable
opportunity. We have received for
eign papers with regard to this object
as it has gone abroad. And the re-
suit is that the Government bonds
which were formerly sllO are now
only 500. This came by the last
mail and as long rs this talk goes on
we will have no foreign capital come
into the country to enrich the natives.
They see that the Hawaiians do not
approve Of their methods, and they
have taken in their horns, but they
are only waiting till their time comes.
They want republic because they
can annex this country to another
country or sell it to the highest
bidder. Their leaders admit it
and it is fact. Then are you
Hawaiians to place such men in
power? Are you going to cast your
votes for such men as will take bread
out of your mouth? Then if not on
the 3rd of February elect the men
who have the interests of your be-
loved country at heart.
j. N. S. Williams-Came as their
opponents said a malihini. Wanted
to become acquainted with them SO
that he would not be any more a
malihini. He did not-seek to be
nominated, but on the asking OF
several people he at last acceded.
The question at the present day
affects the Hawaiians more than the
foreigners and that is the independ-
ence of Hawaii. Another question
is our prosperity and that is a new
treaty with America in place of the
one now taken away from us. Every
industry in this country is paralysed
by the Mckinley Tariff Bill, and
that is by the States considering the
interests of their own consumers. II
has been said by our opponents that
we intend to take the duty off rice,
but that is q malicious falsehood.
Suppose we take the duty off rice,