The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-25
VITUPERATIVE ASHFORD.
He Goes After Scalps On Saturday
Evening.
He Said Very Unkind Things
About Thurston and
Dillingham;.
His Open Air Speech to a Large Crowd
After Leaving the Armory With
His Followers


the street with number of his fol-
lowers and took a position on the
steps of store on the corner of
PunchbOwl and Beretania streets.
The small gathering grew larger
every moment to hear the loud har-
angue of the speaker. No doubt it
was one of the most vituperatiye
speeches ever made in the presence
of public gathering in this city.
Mr.. ASHFORD said: / was invited
this evening to speak in answer to Mr..
Dillingham; at the ArmCry opposite.
They have known for four days that
have expected that right, and now
at the last moment they have jumped
on me. [ lay the blame of the whole
affair on Dillingham; and Thurston,
two pious frauds who are members of
fourteen churches, and at present are
in contact with boOdlers and opium
smugglers. / have never seen since
/ have been in this country, such an
attempt to prevent free speech as
that missionary and blackleg gang
across the street have done this even
ing. | entered the Armory tonight
in response to Mr.. Dillingham;, sup
posing that L would be allowed to de-
fend myself in answer to his speech.
A large number present have seen
how l was treated, and now [ will
answer Dillingham's speech before
the Portuguese club. You all saw
how Charles Mccarthy shook his
stick in my face when / insisted on
speaking. That, fellow-citizens, is q
man that you elected two years ago,
and you were sold out by him. Our
enemies say that we are the party of
disturbance and fight. My conduct
tonight proved that we are peace
able when we left them with an al
most empty hall. / will address my
self to Dillingham; and Thurston.
The former made an onslaught on me
the other evening that / will answer
later. This young man Thurston has
earned the hatred of every true Ha-
waiian by his dishonest methods dur
ing his term of office and during the
present campaign. l consider myself
as much an Hawaiian as any man
present. have my family here. I
have my interests here and in fact
everything I have is centred in
this little kingdom. Mr.. Dilling-
ham does not agree with that.
He said that ] was n carpet Dagger.
Why? Because [ did not steal land
and railroad the same as he did.
Dillingham; has not denied that he
offered me bride of five shares of his
railroad stock. He states that l have
not memory enough to make a good
liar. Now L will not attempt to imi-
tate that pious gentleman, even if his
memory is good enough to make a
good liar. This will refresh his MEM
Ory: While / was in the Cabinet and
the Legislature of 1888 was in session,
/ worked hard to get the railroad
franchise through, believing that the
road would be OF great benefit to the
country. After the session was over
charter was placed before the Cabinet
and after q great deal of talk it was
granted. Sometime after on q steamer
Gay had occasion to visit the wharf
to see some friends off. Dillingham;
saw me and insisted that L visit his
staterOom-yOu all know what fash
ion he has of button-holing man
and whispering in his ear. While we
were in the stateroom he stated that
he was going away to purchase ma
terial for the railroad. He thanked
me for my efforts on behalf of the
road and said on his return from
abroad that he intended to present
me with five shares of stock valued at
$500 and lot at Pearl City. l replied
at the time that l had done nothing
for him and would not accept the
prohered present, and he has never
attempted to bride me again. After
his return from abroad and work on
the road had commenced, he was con-
tinuously asking the Government for
more land. There were twenty-five
acres of land in the vicinity of where
the present depot now stands; he
wanted that. If there had been 222
acres it would have been the same to
him. He afterwards brought in a re-
quest for big part of the Honolulu
harbor: owing to my determined OPP
position he did not get rs much as
his greed asked for. [ examined q
book the other day and found five
shares of the Oahu Railroad and Land
Company's stock accredited to Mr..
Thurston and the same amount to
other members of the 1888 Cabinet,
whose names | will not mention
here for the reason that they
are not taking any action in the pres
ent political struggle. Thurston did
not mention anything about the rail-
road stock at the meeting the other
evening. If he has paid for it why
didn't he say so? Now, in regard to
the harbor steal, did ThurstOn sell
half of it to Dillingham; for $500? If
he did, he sold it very cheap. These
are cold facts that can not be dis
puted. | say that Doodle is branded
on Thurston's brow as deep as on any
man you can mention. We find that
this missionary son has accepted n
miserable bride of $500 from a railroad
corporation, and I submit that the
puritan and blackleg are combined in
that individual. We find that Dill
bingham has taken nearly 100000
worth of railroad stock, and in return
he has not put up one dollar in cash.
He says that he has put up 500, 900
in cash and personal credit. / ask,
how, in Gods name, did Dillingham;
get that amount of money. 1t is my
honest opinion that he did notput up
a five cent piece, and yet he owns
1854, 900 worth of stock. divided be-
tween his family, his relations, and
even Mr.. Thurston. The greed OF
Dillingham; has lost him my esteem.
A man who would treat his pal as
shabbily as he has acted towards
ThurstOn deserves nothing but $500
worth of contempt. Thurston sold
out too cheaply and Dillingham; has
been too devilish stingy. Dillingham;
comes before you asking for votes, on
what good grounds he does not state.
He has no claim on working men for
the simple reason that he built his