The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-25

yOL S0UUO IOr III ana went INTO OIIlCe /
himself under this present constitution /
Of his own creation, which he swore be- !
fore Almighty God he would uphold |
and protect. Did G. w. Ashford want to
change the constitution while he coz
tinued to draw from the public treasury
$4,000 year? No, gentlemen, that con-
was good one for the poor
man then, because he was the poor
man. Before he ceased to draw money
out OF the public treasury he went away
to Canada, and there entered into some
kind of scheme that made him forget
his oath of Office Cf he ever cared
enough about it to take it into his heart
and when he came back, he urged the
late King not to sign the treaty that
would have helped this country more
than anything that has ever been done
yet. Money would have continued TO
flow in as it has done since 1876, and
everybody would have been well-to-do
to-day. This man Ashford forced this
constitution upon you, got into office,
and drew $15, 900 out Of our treasury;
he persuaded the King to commit seri-
GUS error, which, when he realized what
he had done, he FASTENED to correct by
going to America, only to slcken and
die. Now, this same G. W. Ashford,
who has wrought untold wrong to this
country and people, finding himself no
longer able to pull $4,000 year out OF
the public treasury, comes before you
and tells you, that you must have new
constitution tor the benefit OF the poor
man. Who is this poor man who draws
so heavily upon the heart-strings OF Q.
w. Ashford? You know, gentlemen, it
is none other than G. w. Ashford him
self He is political agitator of the
very WORSE type, and it you follow his
lead he VIII plunge you and your-our-
country into sea of trouble that will
make the Hawaiian flag thing of the
past. Gentlemen, the late Hon. S. G.
Wilder and / were in London, England,
on the 30th day of June, 1887. When l
left my children to go to London to
obtain money to bring into this country
and help you and me on the road to
prosperity, l never knew or heard the
least intimation of this scheme to over
throw the government, that G. w. Ash
ford told the world on June 80, 1887, he
had been looking for, and pre-
pairing for, for three years. That
revolution cost me all the expenses
of my trip to London loss of over eight
months time from my business, to say
nothing of the terrible anxiety l suffered
on account of my little children; and it
cost the Hon. S. q. Wilder his life for
the disappointment of not being
able to float his railroad bonds,
greatly owing to the revolution,
without doubt fastened his death.
A knowledge of the long train of evils
which can be traced to this man Ashford
since he first set foot on these shOres
would paralyze his best friends. No!
Ashford does not believe in sugar and
fruit industries, railways, cables, and a
treaty of free trade with the only country
in the world that can do for us what we
want. He wants to extend his line OF
business, the most profitable part Of
which, from mercenary point of view,
is dealing in Hawaiian Constitutions
The sign of his firm ought to read :
Attorneys at-Law, Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in Hawaiian Constitutions. 1t
is said by those who doubtless know
what they are talking about, that the
firm oil Ashford & Ashford did a very
large business while @. w. Ashford was
Attorney General Those who sought
legal ADVICE and counsel to defend them
in criminal suits brought by @. w. Ash
ford Acknowledgement of the Govern
ment, found strong arm in V. Y. Ash
ford, the other member of the firm of
Ashford & Ashford, and hence no one
was surprised that their business did
hourish-for, where the carcases is, there
the eagles are gathered together. This
political opponent of mine in his un-
provoked attack upon me before | had
opened my mouth to you, told you that
l was under the thumb of the so-called
sugar barons." Gentlemen, l was
born in the land of the free and the
home of the brave" | am under no
mans thumb; and, gentlemen, it is to
prevent G. w. Ashford from getting his
thumb upon the safety valve of Ha-
waiian independence that / stand here
tonight, G. w. Ashford, nor any other
man OF his stamp, shall for one moment
hold the helm OF any state in the world
where l propose to live if can do ought
to prevent it. Your fate and the fate OF
Hawaii is trembling in the balance a
few votes thoughtlessly cast on the
wrong side will settle this question once
and forever. 1t is, therefore, the duty
of every voter in this country to-day to
qualify himself to vote for the best man.
Returning home the other evening
alter my first campaign talk, picked
up the evening Bulletin, and almost the
| first item that attracted my attention
| was Mr.. Ashford's card headed in big
letters, Railway Machine, in Politics
and then gives my name as the "AlieI
| Candidate of the Native Sons of the
Third District, and states that previous
| engagement prevents him from being
present at the meeting, but accepts my
| invitation to be present at the Armory
on Saturday evening, and he infers tha
! the invitation to be present includes ar
invitation to speak, which he proposes t.
! do after / have closed my address. The
| suggestion about the "alien candidate
| sounded we'll coming from him, because
! it sounded natural But the last sug
| gestion that he should speak last instead
| OF first, broke ME all up. 1t is gooC
| thing for men to have the conceit taker
! out o. them. | expect to be greatly
benefited during this campaign in this
respect. have already learned that
am very unsophisticated, especially il
| political methods. Now, l suppose if
kept quiet and let Ashford have the
| whole field to himself ior month o.
two that he would get "winded,' as they
say, and then would have chance t
say a word or two during the calm; but
not so, and now at this late date my
mind picks up the meaning of those
words used TO hear uttered in schoo
when small boy, Peace, peace, bu
there is no peace" With this new light
l don the philosophical cap and com
mence the study of cause and effect, witt
the following result Canada is very
windy country at certain seasons of the