The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-21
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ma he 80 represented our SITUATION 10
he leading statesmen in that great
that they devised plan in
which they hoped to save us from the
great disaster which threatened to
us up. So new treaty for
free trade was planned, through
which, il consummated, this country
was to have all the advantages.
We were to remain free aud indepen-
dent TO make our own laws, and con-
duct our own affairs in our own way so
long as we could maintain good order
and good government and, in ex-
change for this, this nation was re-
quircd to grant to America the free
and exclusive use of Pearl Harbor
until such time as both nations should
agree to cancel that treaty. This
proposition implied a possible net in
come TO this country of $5,000,OOO
q year; and it would have given
every poor man in the country
chance TO cultivate and can fruits, an
industry which sound-thinking men
believe would grow into business
of great Importance. Out of popu-
lation of 1000, 900 in America, you
can see at glance there would be
an immense market. Sheep raising
would become good and profitable
business, and our chief Industries,
sugar and rice, would have been on
u good paying basis. Our credit
would have been good abroad and
confidence strong at home. Why
was the treaty not made? No wonder
that question was asked. We would
be the laughing stock of the world
to-day If it were not for the fact that
the world are astonished at our con-
summate stupidity. Well, l will tell
you. Mr.. G. w. Ashford (who has
the unmitigated gall to ask this coun-
try to give him final chance to COM
plete the ruin he has already
wrought), joined Bush and other
political wire-pullers, and induced
King Kalakaua not to sign the bill.
After Mr.. Carter turned back to
good America, who had done every
thing she could to help US in every
way (forced to tell them, little Ha-
wall nei was an ungrateful, spoiled
child), His Majesty saw his mistake,
left the country to retrieve a lost
opportunity, only 10 see the end of
his earthly career. If Mr.. Ashford
was in favor of the proposed free
treaty to-day, and would work for it
and every other measure best calcu-
lated to advance your interests and
mine, l should not be here tonight.
But l have worked too hard and too
long (twenty-seven years) in this
country to let a man like him, with
no interest at stake except what he
can get out of it, ruthlessly destroy
everything. That man poses before
you as the friend of this country.
What does he do for you? What
has he ever done for you except to
injure your interests as he has every
other mans in the kingdom. That
man Ashford pays, this year, taxes
to the enormous amount of S43, and
he has made more political neise
than any ten men who have paid
100000 in taxes. Many of you
pay more taxes than that noisy poll
tician, and one reason l am told that
his taxes are so small is, that he
sends every dollar he can scrape up
away to another country that he
loves more than he loves this. do
not know what scheme for Doodle he
has in view, but it is quite evident
that he has his trunk or carpet bag
packed ready 10 leave on short no.
tice. If through your votes he goes
into power, and enough of his stamp
with him, when they have laid the
country in ruins you will look for
Ashford with blood in your eye, but
you will not find him, for he is car
pet-bagger. He tells you that such
men as G. r. Bishop, and the trus-
tees of the Bishop estate, are your
enemies. He condemns the people
OF Central Union Church, though he
goes there himself, sometimes. He
condemns the Railroad and the Con-
struction Company, and in fact
everp good industry in the country,
and says he will oppose the Free
Trade treaty, the only bright spot
left to-day in the horizon of this
country. If ever there was meas
ure proposed that gave promise OF
being poor mans blessing it is that
very measure he { Ashford) has sworn
to kill If he can. Now, you have re.
ceived $65, 900 in gold coin from the
Bishop estate for building up free
schools for Hawaiians, with more be-
ing paid to you every week, and you
who baye reeeiyed $27,OQO from
the people uf the Central Union
Church, who also expect to pay you
S33, 900 more before the work of
building their church is completed,
and you, who have worked for the
Railway and Construction companies,
receiving better wages than had been
paid to you before, with, for time,
free lunches thrown in, are not the
men to say to us who have befriended
you: You are our enemies, because
Ashford says you are. No, you are
not liars; you are honest men! Now,
If you think Ashford is the man who