The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-18


meeting was therefore called by Mr..
Lyons as president at the skating
rink that then stood on Queen street.
Mr.. Bush captured the craftsmanship
and the meeting. Against the pro-
tests of the president, who declared
he would maintain the original asso-
citation, the meeting organized the
Hawaiian Political Association, I"
adopting a very liberal platform, al
most identical with the Reform party's
! platform of 1887. The doctrine of
election was eliminated from the old
Hui standards, excepting that the
! platform said two-thirds of the Leg
islature should elect the Cabinet
Mr.. Wilcox was present and made
rousing speech in Hawaiian which Sc
sured the abolition of membership
dues, but there was nothing out of
the way in any of his expressions as
interpreted to the BULLETIN repre-
sentative. In regard to the Noble
franchise the platform took moderate
ground, only holding for reduction
therein.
The disastrous uprising Of Mr..
WilcoN's getup interviewed to check
all constitutional movements of the
Hawaiians and there was nothing
further heard of the Hawaiian Politi-
cal Association. When, however,
the election drew near the old Hui
Kaaiaina was to the front with its
original doctrine of the election of
| Government officials. In the mean
time an agitation conducted largely
by members of the Reform party,
! with the object of having a special
session of the Legislature called to
| pass an anti-Chinese constitutional
amendment, resulted in nothing
| but an anti-Chinese manifesto by
the Reform Cabinet. Out of the
agitation, however, was evolved the
Mechanics and Workingmen s Po-
litical Protective Union, organized
for obtaining the protection sought
in the desired constitutional amend
ment, and for securing the rights of
the working classes in general. For
some while after its organization the
Union avoided party politics, and
even in its platform, when ultimately
adopted in conjunction with the Hui
kalaiaina, there was nothing antago-
nistic to the Government of the day.
The Hui Kalaiaina had been pro-
ceeding with great preparations for
the election on its original lines,
election of Government officials and
the abolition of the property qualif-
cation of electors for Mobiles being the
main items in its campaign. When
the Mechanics Union decided on
taking an active part in the election
contest, it saw no hope of carrying
out its aims by accepting overtures
from the Government party. Out
side of its ranks was deep and
widespread feeling of discomfort with
the Reform administration. Lead
ing Reform workers of the previous
election and by-election had often
and openl y expressed dissatisfaction
with many things, including breaches
of promise of preferment to them
selves in large number. 1t was late
when the Government party pulled
itself together for the campaign, and
so undisguised was the bitterness it
displayed against the opposing com
blnation that the latter, in its express
slons other than in the party plat
form, was naturally bound to come
out squarely as an Opposition. There
was only one course open to the Me-
chanics' Union If it was to secure a
commanding influence in the Legis-
lature and through that in the ad-
ministration. That course was to CO.
operate with the native organization
and also win as many dissident Re-
form votes as possible without any
compromising.
Such was the alliance. 1t was this
alliance that constituted the National
Reform party. That party had no
existence before this alliance was
formed. How, then, can the Advertiser
say the National party made an alli-
ance with the worst element in Ha-
waiian politics? 1t did make an alli-
ance, however, with the Independent
voters for mobiles on the Island of