The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-25
HOLD THE FORT!
Triumphant Dillingham; and
Routed Ashford.
THE RIFLE ARMORY A
LIVELY PLACE ON SAT
URDAY NIGHT.
THE NATIVE SONS OF HAWAII
ON TOP.
The Little Row Ends With Liberal
Retreat - Enthusiastic Reception
Accorded Dillingham; -
Speech BristIIng With
Cold Facts and
Straight Figures.
THE NATIVE SONS OF HAWAII
ON TOP.

Long before o'clock the Beretania
street Armory was crowded with
Portuguese, other foreigners and Ha-
waiians, the majority having come to
hear Dillingham; and few to make a
row. At 7:15 G.. j. Mccarthy, on
behalf of the Athletic Association,
turned over the building to the Va
tive Sons of Hawaii, and stated that
none else was entitled to the use of
1t. Immediately thereafter Mr.. G.
w. Ashford entered the room sur
rounded by cluster of his
friends, and coming up near
the platform, seized chair and
mounting it said: / have been in
vited he re to meet Mr.. Dillingham;.
CAT this point the yells and cheers
were so loud that nothing more could
be heard. There were cries of Hur-
rah for Ashford! Let Ashford speakD
] have been invited here cheers and
yells1 Keep quiet tumult, cheers,
shouts. have been invited here to re-
ply confusion. If these d mission
aries are going-(At this moment the
noise became deafening and a scene
of great excitement ensued. Finally
Mr.. Ashford shouted:) If / can't be
heard here, I'll invite my friends out
side. After this observation Mr.. Ash
ford withdrew, followed by number
of persons. The house was so
thronged that the loss was hardly OBJ
servable.
Mr.. KAULIA on behalf of the Ma
tive Sons of Hawaii, was greeted
with deafening applause. He said:
Those who wished to follow Ashford
to hear the candidates of the Native
Sons and others whom they invited
to speak might remain. GCheers1 J..
The Sons of Hawaii had gained vic
tory against an unwarranted attempt
to disturb a public assembly. PRO
longed applause1. Had Mr.. Ashford
remained here quietly he would have
been invited to speak. You can
infer from Mr.. Ashford's course
in attempting to disturb q peaceful
meeting here tonight, that he is one
of those who wish to disturb the peace
of the country. [Tumultuous APP
plause1. After q few very sensible
observations on the situation, Mr.
Kaulia introduced the speaker of
the evening, Mr.. B. F. Dillingham;,
who was received with the widest
enthusiasm.
After few preliminary remarks,
Mr.. Dillingham; said:
GENTLEMEN AND HAWAIIAN CITIZENS
| appear before you tonight for the
second time since my nomination by
the Native Sons of Hawaii. / am no
stranger to you, and therefore need no
formal introduction. | am not here to
ask you to vote for me in preference to
Mr.. Kekipi Zone of the aborigines of this
country, unless it appears TO you that
can do more for your real good than
you have reason to believe he can. But,
gentlemen, if you do not vote for him, l
am sure you will recognize, without
question, my kuleana in your votes,
when it becomes a matter Of choice be-
tween O. w. Ashford and myself. l came
here boy among you twenty seven
years ago. / need not tell you that I
have worked faithfully to help build up
the commonwealth and best interests of
your country. II l have made any
money, what have done with it? Have
| sent it out of the country as Mr.. Ash
ford has done to make another country
rich? No, gentlemen, you know that
have spent the money in this country,
and 1 have induced many others to put
their money into the railway and lands,
instead of sending it to America, Eng
land or Germany. 1t is through my
influence and hard work that your coun-
try can to-day boast of as good 4 railway
line, for its length, as can be found any
where in the world. By this course of
procedure, have been instrumental in
lifting up the value of all lands and in
creasing the taxes this year about
hox hoI ho,
many of you must know, to keep the
money in the country that has been in
vested in these enterprises, giving hun
dreds of men employment during the
last three years. Every dollar | have
made in this country is here now.
Who is this man Ashford who comes
before you and tells you he is your
friend? that he will take land of the AL
lis away from your Queen and give them
to you for nothing? that he will give
you anything that you ask for if you
elect him and his party? Mr.. Ashford
is lawyer, has lived in the country ten
years, makes money by working prin-
cipally for the Chinese, whom he con-
dennis, and tells you he don't want any
more of them. Do you believe that ?
lie takes their money all the same He
howls at other people for employing
Chinese and employs only Chinese him
self. Ashford promises you new Con
stitution. Gentlemen-True Hawaiians
Are you to be insulted in this manner
Does the glib-tongued lawyer think fol
one moment that you have forgotten
June 80, 1887. His cheek is insuffer-
able when he comes to you now and
sings a song of love. That same Ash
ford, who led this country in the revo
luton of 1887, and this, gentlemen, il
what he said GAZETTE, July 5, 1857
Lieutenant Ashford, resuming, ack
nowledged the compliment on behalf o
the corps. He has joined it three year:
ago in anticipation of trouble such as they
saw that day. Returning to MIR. Isen
berg's remark he said that gentleman
in view OF his position, would naturally
have an aversion to anything having
tendency to disturbance. He (the speak
err did not want 10 fight, but, by heaven
II we did Ii we set about gettin,
reform under the present Constitution
we might wait till our grandchildren
were grey. He felt sure Mr.. Isenber,
did not express the sentiments of tina
meeting, certainly not those of the Homo
lulu Rifles" Now he comes before VOL
without shame in his face and tell
you this Constitution which he (Ash
iord) helped to make, and waited thre
long years to put upon US is bad one
de carried his plans, as you know gen
tlemen, at the point of the bayonet
Then he dictated his own terms OF paw