The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-11
EMMA SQUARE CROWDED
WITH LISTENERS.
Aessrs. Bush, Ashford, Marques, Ross,
Etc, Expound their Political
Gospel.

ing:
Hon. A. MARQUES: My friends,
two years ago the National Reform
party did me the honor of sending me
to the Legislature as a representative
from the third ward. | have always
remained true to the National Reform
party. If / did not succeed III my
contentious for your rights it was be-
cause 1 was not aided by those who
ought to have helped me. All my
votes were in your favor. The plat
form of the National Liberal and In
ternational Liberal parties have been
published in the papers. The fact
that that document has not been
attacked by our opponents proves it
to be a good one. The mechanics and
the Hawaiian people will stand by it.
Mr.. Wilcox jokingly said the other
evening that if we do not prove true
to our pledges we would be shot by
you. If, after being elected, should
prove faithless TO you, / will really
merit to be shot. / would strongly
urge you to vote for G. w. Ashford.
c. w. ASHFORD: Gentlemen of
Honolulu, and particularly the gen.
tlemen of the Third district: I have
been selected by couple of political
organizations representing Liberal
principles to run for the Third ward.
We propose to put an end to inequali-
ties and injustice. Mr.. Marques has
asked you to vote for us. You can't
do it. You here have no sack like
your next neighbor. All of you can
not vote for mobiles. Our platform has
never been attacked. 1t contains too
much common sense, truth and JUS
tice. Our opponents dared not attack
it. Our opponents are confined to the
rich. The plantation stock has the
right to vote. We propose that the
man himself should have the right to
vote, and not the sack, plantation
stock, or the mules he owns. Gentle
men: If you want justice look to this
party and not to the enemy. The rich
are never just to the poor in any coun-
try or in any age [cheersl. Never,
unless justice is wrung from them,
like water from q sponge. [ want
equalization of taxation. Now, the
only equality is the poll tax of S..
Taxes on real estate are eXacted in
full from the poor, while the rich do
not pay even one half of what they
should. Last June four assessors and
a chief met in Honolulu, in what they
called q board of equalization, discus
ing plans of equalizing taxes. They
were instructed by the ministry to
reduce % per cent. on sugar taxes.
Did they reduce your taxes % per
cent? No, not per cent! We be-
ltieys to aaYa EiggBRtsi 9g ff entst t ds for
eigners. You are going to have them
if we can help you. If your rights are
worth preserving you can't sit at
home and wait for others to bring
them to you. eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty" You must be on
your guard. You must register. An
other feature of great Importance to
the poor man is the secret ballot. No
body will watch except God almighty.
You see then that you can vote for
the man you want irrespective of in
fluence governing you. Regarding
Portuguese and laboring men L will
resist attempts proposed to absolutely
flood the country with cheap coolies.
/ believe in preserving the home
labor market. do not want to bring
coolies, who live on rats and rice.
/ am friend of the sugar industry,
and L am also friend of the work
ing man. / wish we'll to that indus
try and want to see it flourish. But
/ also want to see the Workingmen
flourish, to be sure of a days work,
and to receive q fair days pay for
that work. So, when | say L want
the sugar industry to flourish, also
say that it should not prosper by
feeding upon the blood of the work
ing man, I would protect him so that
the workingmen of the country may
be able to support themselves and
families in decency and comfort. One
day, newspapers are full of rumors of
annexation to the United States; the
next day, of absorption by England,
and another day, of capture by Ger
many. You must send representa-
tives who are respected by foreign
governments. If they are not res
pected in your own country do not
expect them to be respected from
abroad. I now say to you q very
cordial aloha.
Capt. J. Ross: My presence here
is enough to say that 1 accept the
platform and will stand by it. Our
platform is q safe document giving
people popular government. The
other night, a platform was rail-
roaded through which was an ambi-
guous document. We shall support
and assist every effort to maintain
your welfare and independence.
j. w. BIPIKANE: Aloha Oukou.
l am Bipikane, veritable bullock,
and one who does not deceive you
with borrowed ideas. This bullock
before YOU is branded with our plat
form. / am going to gore the consti-
tuition and drive it to the wall. I'll
hew it down with an axe if necessary.
That constitution has boiled my
breast since its PRONUNCIATION.
want equality, that is only what I
ask. I had been taxed $50 for an
estate less than an acre, while Brown,
that lovely creature of WaipiO, Eva,
paid only $40 for an estate covering
over 10000 acres. If Bipikane fail to
do justice, you are at liberty to shoot
my forehead! [Cheers and cries of
well do it'll
SAMUEL K. PUA WAS introduced
by Mr.. Bush as the coming young man
he being only twenty-fOur years of
age): Gentlemen: [ am a stranger
before you, yet l am not q stranger to
your rights. have suffered for you,
and I have been on the scaffold, as il
were. In my effort to restore your
rights l had to languish within the
prison cells. (After reciting several
quotations from Sir Sidney Smith
and other eminent persOnages, Mr..
Pua sat down with feeling of utter
satisfaction at his maiden effort.
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