The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-02
LIBERAL MEETING.
Candidates For the Road Board
Announced.
WILCOX DENIES HAVING WRITTEN
THE NEW YORK WORLD
LETTERS.

L
Eve to hear Hon. r. w. Wilcox's ac-
count of his recent political stumping
tour around Hawaii and Maui. Hon.
J. E. Bush presided.
Hon. D. w. PUA, of the executive
committee, announced the Liberal
party's candidates for the Road Board,
which are Samuel G. Dwight, Samuel
Mahelona and Abraham Fernandez.
The confirmation of the candidates
by the Liberalists was delayed till
they receive from them public state
ment of their views. S. Kekukahiko
was appointed committee of one to
inform those gentlemen to appear be-
fore the Liberal party.
The arrival of r. w. Wilcox was
hailed by the audience with rapturous
cheers. Cries of "Wilcox" from every
part of the hall compelled him to
come forward and address them. He
avoided his usual noisy style of speak
ing.
X. w. WILCOX: Dear friends: The
elections are drawing nigh. Political
opponents are now springing up.
They include the most influential men
which the other side could muster.
Our enemies have forwarded forged
letters of revolutionary character
abroad and they have blamed me for
them. They said that am guilty of
sending these letters to Mr.. Moreno.
L have read these very same letters
months ago in San Francisco and
Washington papers. My name was
not attached TO them then, but now [
see that my lame has been attached.
Now, can you believe that wrote
these letters? Several voices Mol.
Is it not most strange that if the Mar
shall is aware and really believes that
Hawaiian is engaged in this work
of revOlutiOniZing a monarchy into a
republic, is he not in duty bound to
investigate the matter and bring to
light the guilty perpetrators? Surely
this is conspiracy. / admit that Mr..
Moreno is my friend. He was cabi-
net minister here in 1880, and he took
me to Italy to be educated. You all
know how Moreno bitterly opposed
the missionary rule. That was the
main reason Of the very short dura-
ton of his cabinet appointment. [
have correspondent with him and still
do. None of those letters published
here are mine. In my own letters to
Mr.. Moreno l informed him of mat
tiers relating to the ministry and the
Marshal. What is most surprising to
me is the quick dispatch of these let
tiers reaching here. The letters APP
peared in the issue New York World)
Of December II. This is without
doubt the work of an enemy. They
know that / am the nations leader,
. so they put my name under those let
A-ters to bring the odium of my consti-
tuents upon me, and so battle my
hopes at the coming elections. Did
YOU ever know me to advocate annex
alton with the United States? What
I have stated in public, and l repeat
itnow, that if our affairs continue to be
conducted in base and unsatisfactory
manner as it is at present, its own
rottenness will hasten us to repub-
lie. If such ignorant and incompe-
tent men as the Marshal and the At
torney-General continue enjoying
sovereign power, and they encour-
aged in their villainOus works, then
without doubt, a republic will surely
appear. It's because of the stencil now
pervading our affairs. 1t will moi
emanate from me. There was a rea'
were your leaders then? Several
voices: Kaulukou and Rosa.) Wha
did they do? Same voices again: they
simply looked at u.s. Therefore they
aided the revolution. Can they
claim to be patriots? The presen
Marshal acted as a detective for thu
revolutionists during that crisis. All
the private instructions of the King
were exposed by him to the Reform
Party. 1t was this great service T.
the Reform Party that had kept G. b
Wilson so long in the Water Bureau
All the other supporters of the klnj
were dismissed from office; but
strange to say, q traitorous man still
holds sway. TCheers. The Queer
has declared that this nation is fortu
nate in having such man as y. i
Wilson. [Cries of: Away with him
The foreigners are not advocating al
independent government for us: me
favor annexation with the Unite
States in order to get the tWo-cef
bounty on sugar. When l was {
Hilo recently high Government O
fetal declared that he would favor
candidate who would promote Mot
Smiths treaty scheme. That treat
virtually means our ceding yea
Harbor to the United States, and a
lowing them to erect forts Their
The Queen has signed that treaty, bl
the President OF the United States b;
not signed it yet. Congress is avail
ing the approval of our Legislator
IF The candidates of the Reform Part
1gopld all be elected, Puuloa WI
surely be coded to America: II
natural results would be that Fea
Citv lots will be greatly enhanced
TaII1e. That is their sole ambltlo
thew are creatures without SOUL
Money is their ruling motive: tht
care not for our independence. Nh
matter is it to them If you are
driven to the mountains? Ii you q
Puuloa away that is the first Invlt
tion to the elephants nose to con
in and the eagles claws would foilo,
and lastly, you would be set asld
Who are these in our midst tavorll
annexation? Is it /, who bitterly {,
Noses these csnspirators? If M
fSaulukou had any love for ms COZ 2: =;
trv, he should have sacrificed ms II II
and ali the police in this city on ,,t vi Il
90th day of June. His mea4 ,
wonId have lived in the heart3 OF
tTeads down your rights. ne
brainless and he allows the IeMs
instruct him. He hates Havana to
NV friends have urged me 20 "a
~ -a,,,oe o0oinSt those w