The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-04
MAILE-HOPKINS.
Mass Meeting on the Eve OF the
Battle.

MASS meeJlnB on Jne Eve OF Jne
Battle.
1t was near o'clock last night
when Hon. Jos. Nawahi was called
to the chair, at the mass meeting of
the supporters of Messrs. Male and
Hopkins. The chairman thanked
the assemblage for the honor of pre-
siding. Hon. Antoine Rosa was elect
ed as interpreter. There were 300
people in the Beretania-street Arm
DRY, where the meeting was held.
Mr. j. Prendergast was elected
secretary.
Hon. l.. w. P. Kanealii bowed
gracefully to the audience as he re-
sponded to the call for the first
speech. He called for a "Hurrah"
for @. B. Male and G. l.. Hopkins,
which was given enthusiastically.
He was glad to see the white and
the brown together. They must ex-
hibit unanimity to win on the
morrow. Make your crosses to-
morrow opposite the names of G. B.
Male and G. l.. Hopkins, and thus
they would make their marks for
the good of the country. They
should start tonight for new con
stitution, the burden of the cry of
the people. Even if it took twenty
years to get it, let the beginning be
made. Every man born in the coun-
try, every lover of his country, ought
to work for securing to the people
their birthright. Even if they did
not show it in their faces, they must
feel it in their hearts, and shed bit
ter tears for the recovery of those
rights taken from them by foul
means. He would fight to the last
against annexation. He stood for
the autonomy of the country and
the dignity of the crown. Since he
was elected to the House as a Repre-
sentative he had been approached
to see if he would favor annexation,
but he had withstood every approach
and to the end of his days would OPP
pose the surrender of the country's
independence, and would give to
those whom he left behind him the
charge to sustain the doctrine of in
dependence.
Hon. VIM. White had no idea he
would have been accorded the honor
of addressing them. Tomorrow
would decide the choice of the peo-
pie. 1t was as sure as he stood
| there that Male and Hopkins would
be elected. The Reform party was
defunct, and the new amalgamation
was the party of the people. He
had been condemned in thousands
of papers that had been circulated
for holding in his hand the destruc-
ton of the Hawaiian people. But
he could assure them that it was the
life and the salvation of the country
he held in his hand. Send Male
and Hopkins into the Legislature
and they should wear the MALE
wreath of one candidate and the tall
hat of the other. They should not
heed the talk of giving one vote tC
somebody else. One pair Of oxen
was all that could be worked to adj
vantage. BY securing their own pain
they maintained control of the men
in the party. Male and Hopkins
were true Hawaiians who would have
nothing to do with annexation SC
abominated by all Hawaiians. One
thing that had caused commotiol
in the Legislature was the beautiful
lottery bill. If that passed it would
bring S5OO,OOO a year into the Ha
waiian treasury. 1t would bring al
nations to these islands. They were
promised to hear the bad as well a:
the good features of the bill to
night, and according to the old ide;
the good would supersede the bad
that he knelt in prayer to God on
high and to his own peculiar godi
within him for the success of tn,
bill. If he died he presumed tina
the preachers would say it was dis
pensation to save the country. Blu
Billy White was there yet-the hon
orable William White of Lahaina
The lottery contained the salvation
of this country in the face of i'm
pending bankruptcy 1t had beer
said a lottery never did any good t,
a country. But in Louisiana ther
was large library established wher
tickets were received for the lottery
Didn't we get our civilization froI
, that great country? Let the peopl
give up shaking dice for a small pill
and go in for the lottery with its hi
pile. The women should make thei
husbands and sweethearts vote fo
Male and Hopkins or else refuse t
see their faces for one year, If Wa
terhouse and Robinson were electe
he would trample his lottery bill III
i der his feet and say, Who has los
this advantage but the Hawaiia
people.
His Excellency Paul Neumann r.
ceiyed an ovation on coming forwarc
| There was IA feeling against salarie
r officers appearing in an election, br
. there was distinction between
r salaried officer and a Minister @
. trial. All the speaking that coul
5 be done, even by such eloquent me
A as his friend MIR, White, would NJ
A change a vote. Those who We
: going to vote one way would go
- one meeting, while those going
y vote another way would go
e another meeting. There was pr
cadant for his snaakino i'm the ia