The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-19

poor mcn couldn't reach Dh,m. Dl.
bingham bad done nothing o. ard
giving Them land. and The mi, i1u.
aries backing him were lrulgrohbcr.
themselves, from whom they could
expect nothing. They also intended
/ TO have the Crown lands divided into
. homestrads, paying the Queen %
money compensation. She paid only
s tor the lands round punchbowi.
and how much did they have TO paw
her for their small patches; II they
wanted lands they must vote for the
Liberal party MIR. Ashford con-
! cludcd 10y repeating his partv's claim
to hc friendly to the sugar interests
while opposing their unjust treat
mcnt Of the WORKING CLASSES, warning
the voters of the evils they would
invite Ivy voting for his opponent,
and requesting their votes Tor him
self.
Mr.. r. Il. Thomas, candidate for
Noble, was introduced by Dir. Ash
ford and said: Gentlemen, 1t af.
fords me great pleasure this evening
to come before you. do not come
before you as professional speaker,
but | come before you as newer of
wood and a drawer of water | think
| am pretty well known amongst the
Portuguese voters of this kingdom.
have had Portuguese workmen
with Inc for fourteen years. | have
had the honor of being nominated
on the Hawaiian National Liberal
ticket and l thank them for the
honor. l am mechanic and | want
to tell you how the Mechanics
Union did not want to nominate me-
They did not want to send a man to
the Legislature used to labor. No,
but they wanted to send literary men
to the Legislature. / am nominated
TO be sent TO the Legislature to incul.
cate the principles of your platform
you can all see it in the newspapers.
What object had the Mechanics
Union in nominating two lawyers to
the Legislature? And two lawyers
who were in the Legislature before.
And what did they do in the Legis-
lature? They did what has partly
caused the present state of the coun-
try. L ask to be sent TO the Legisla-
ture to see that good laws are passed
for the benefit of the poor man. The
plantation interests must be looked
into-you cannot bankrupt hundreds
of thousands of dollars invested in
them-but when they admit thou
sands of laborers into this country
they are doing what is wrong. If it
is necessary to have cheap labor let
them bring them here for the pur-
pose they are required for, and not
let them compete with the labor al
ready here. There are hundreds of
thousands of acres of virgin soil in
this kingdom which has never been
broken by the pillow, and why do not
the Government cut it up into home
steads and give it to poor men, and
keep them from going to California as
they have been doing for many years?
L believe this is the first time that
mechanic pure and simple, aspiring
to go to the Legislature, has ever
addressed you, and if you want laws
for the good of the poor man | ask
you to vote for me. One thing that
should be done by the Legislature is
internal improvements. Why do not
the Government build wharfs and
have the harbor dredged? Within
few years the Nicaragua Canal will
be dug, and it will send a great deal
of business here. We do not want
then to have Chinese labor coming
here to compete with other men.
ask you did any country ever achieve
greatness by the Introduction of the
Chinese? No. What did they do in
the United States? California had to
pass constitutional amendment
turning them all back.
MIR. Camara gave an address of his
own in the vernacular of the special
auditors, after which Mr.. MARQUES
read the party platform in the same
language.