The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-19
The Indefatigable Ashford to
the Fore.
Portuguese Voters HarauSued
For an Hour and a Half.
He ExpOunds the Wfckedness of Dill
lingham-Emp1oyme Of Chinese
Denounced-The Missionaries
Exposed by the Great
Am.

several members OF Jue NdtIOHdl
Liberal party addressed a goodly
sized Portuguese audience at the
Royal School on Monday evening,
Mr.. ]. Camara, Jr., interpreting.
Hon. A. Marques introduced
G.. w. ASHFORD: Gentlemen, and
especially the Portuguese gentlemen
of the third district: L come before
you as q candidate of the National
Liberal party, asking your votes. The
Liberal party comes before you with
platform, and its principles are the
gospel with which we appear before
you until the close Of the polls. We
are the party of the poor man, not of
the rich, and consequently our princi-
pies are based on regard for your
welfare. We believe in the equality
of rich and poor before the law,
equality of the ballot and other rights.
Now, gentlemen, there is great in
equality under the present COnstitu-
ton. Only few of you can vote for
Mobiles, because you are poor. You
perceive, gentlemen, that the rights
of the poor are curtailed. can see no
reason nor justice in constitution
which allows one man to vote for six
and another for one only. Now, the Lib
eral party is going to have the rights
of the people equaliZed. / am opposed
in this district by Dillingham;; he
is gentleman for whom L have q
high esteem. L do not propose to say
anything in derogatiOn of his charac-
ter, but [ will show you that he is
sailing under false colors. In the first
place, he comes before you without
any declaration of principles you
have got to trust him personally for
all you can get out of him in the
future. He comes not as nominee of
respectable political organization,
but as the Ostensible nominee of a
few native lawyers constituting the
party called "The Native Sons of
Hawaii" The only principles
adopted by that Hui are that the
Hawaiians shall have everything
spoils and office-under Government.
AS to the Hawaiian, 1 respectfully
take the ground that he shall not
have everything, because there are
also foreigners-in the country. But
the Native Sons of Hawaii nominated
this gentleman not as q Hawaiian,
Il
am. A large group who have the
suck; known as Siro missionary party,
is going to dictate to him. No matter
who goes in, Dillingham; is deter
mined to keep me out. Mr.. Dilling-
ham comes before you and makes
glittering promises to the working
men as to what he will give you in
the future. But how are you going
to believe him, unless by what you
have seen him do for you in the past.
What had he done? Not so much as
he had opportunity to do. He be-
lieves in peculiar class known as
the missionaries. They are not poor
men; they are men with money and
capital trying to squeeze more capital
out of the labors of the men who are
trying to get bare living. Now that
same class has held the control
ever since there was govern
ment here. What have they done
to raise the working men
I think you will agree with me that
ever since you arrived in this coun'
try, everything you earned had to be
wrung from them like water from q
sponge. You have sweated, but you
can't get enough. Here comes Dill.
bingham and processes to be your
friend. He promises to give Portu.
guese plenty of work on his railroad
l will show you gentlemen, that the
railroad was built with other people,:
money, he has not put one cen
piece in it. / know what / tall
about. The government voted money
to encourage the railroad. He tool
the money from the government anC
he hired Chinese. The very frs
IL, h. 10 lot
tract to 200 Chinese. This great
friend of yours, Dillingham;, expects
to employ Chinese. So you SCI
tract over into the hand o
Chinese to do the work. Nov
in addition, he got gran
from the cabinet, under the law, o
one half of the Honolulu harbor.
was in the cabinet, but I defeated i
and brought it to its present shape
Mr.. Dillingham;, representing the
railroad, gets one half of the harbo
wharves free. Dillingham; will no
pay the prevailing rates of wages. Yol
are all aware of the rates you ge
from him. Chinese laborers get Z
cents day and in some cases 80 cents
The Portuguese must have work, anC
must work at prices they can get
Mr.. Dillingham; is the little wheel O
a company known as the Hawaiian
Construction Company. He has tW
partners in it whom L will not name
because they are friends of mine
Gentlemen, he has not put cent
in the capital of the company
They paid from % to 80 cents 70
filling one cubic yard of that lane
and they charged up 81 per cubi
yard. Portuguese and natives wer
cut out and the contract was given t
Chinese. If Dillingham; goes to pal
lament he will work for Dillingham;
interest, for he will not change hi
boss. Dillingham; is anxious to hav
the Portuguese vote for him so tina
he can vote to build more railroad
for Chinese laborers to work on. II
is going to tax the government an
put into his pocket all except the 9
cents he pays to the Chinese fC
building the railroad. That is hi
object. I said that / opposed th
granting of one half of the wharvC
to him; nevertheless he has vastl
more than he is entitled to. / w;
offered $500 worth of stock in tt
company for services I rendere
in the legislature and cabine
Gentlemen, I told him nc
For what 1 have done as a publ
officer, 1 take no private reward
To-day went into the Interior off,
Oahu Railway and Land Compan
In looking over the list, found fl
shares credited to my late colleagl
Il