The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-01

another case during the day. The
speaker went on to say that the AID
vERTIsER has an artless way of in
correctly reporting his speeches. The
report of a speech delivered by
him appeared in this journal the
/ other day which he objected :;
/ he said it made him appear
a much bigger ignoramus than he
really was, and that a school boy
/ could have made much better re-
/ port. He had no favOrs to ask of the
! ADVERTISER, and did not expect any
support from it. If they did take
notice of his speeches, he wanted
them correctly or not at all. If he is
defeated on Wednesday, he will bear
no ill-will to anyone, and will let by
cones be bygones, and will shake
hands over the chasm. Mr.. Neumann
said he had the greatest respect for
Henry Warehouse; he knew num-
Der of missionaries, and the latter was
good one. If you can vote for
Warehouse with a good conscience,
the speaker said, do so but do not
remain away from the polls on my
account. If you cannot vote for me,
scratch my name and vote the rest;
it is good ticket, and worthy of the
support of everyone. 1t is not neces-
sary to vote for me; if Water
house is better one, elect
him-he will not go astray if
he is associated with the respect.
able men nominated by the National
Reform party. He reiterated that if
he was defeated he would have no ILL
will against anybody, and wanted
his hearers to go to the polls and vote
Mr.. Neumann could not refrain
from abiding to his Independent
friends again, he said that the editor
of the ADVERTISER, Waterhouse,
and the good doctor are like Rachel
in TIE Scripture, they cannot be COM
for d. The speaker then told q
western story about a queer doctor
that was very amusing. He COM
pared DR.. Rodgers to the Missouri
physician amidst a great deal of
laughter. Referring to Rodgers again /
the speaker said that the young man /
had made himself very obnoxious in /
town for his persistency in circulat- |
ing petitions. He had thrown the /
Independent movement into convul- |
slons and now was an out and out |
Bush and Wilcox man. Mr.. Neu- |
mann then said that in generous |
mood and at the same time to mollify |
the doctor, and to prevent the latter |
from practising medicine, he would |
If elected promise to get Rodgers n
job of some kind. Referring to the
issues before the people, he had eX-
pressed himself before and was in
favor of supporting the mainstay
OF the country, sugar. We are not
called on to injure this industry and
nobody has the right to do so. He
thought that the contract labor laws
should be repealed, someone had re-
marked that this was not practicable.
If it was not, then the Asiatic
plantation laborers must be confined
to that work altogether and not be al
lowed to compete with the white me-
In regard to the attitude of the
Liberal party concerning the present
Constitution, he thought that every
body should take a stand, and not al
low the present document to be as
sailed. If it is too narrow in some
places and is oppressive, then let it be
amended. He said that all sensible
men were of that opinion. The treaty
question has been often discussed.
The Liberal party have worked them
selves into a frenzy about it, and for
what reason the speaker did not
know. There is no man in this King
dom that knows any more about the
treaty than the speaker did,
and adding-that he had not seen it
as yet. The speaker said that two
years ago while in Washington he
tried to ascertain how the United
States felt in regard to annexation.
A ftoT, a InoJ Of Cn1octfnnirOr hn
that they were very fond
of and greatly admired everything
about the islands, including the seem
cry, the ADVERTISER, the climate,
DR.. Rodgers and many other things,
but they failed to say anything about
He thought the people
had better wait until they are asked,
and if a proposal should be made we
can accept or reject it, as we please.
the speaker favored a
thorough reciprocal treaty with the
United States, it would be of great
benefit to all and would cause our lost
boom to return. In conclusion Mr..
Mr.. WaterhOuse, and urged voters to
go to the polls on election day, and he
then withdrew.
|
the previous speaker, Mr.. Neumann,
had said just what he had intended
the important issues. The
speaker is a candidate for Noble on
two tickets and, if he should be
elected, he would use his very best
endeavors for the well-being of the
country. He has always been in favor
of a new treaty; he was sure it would
improve the present poor outlook for
and working men. Mr..
Williams then dwelt on the import
ance of cheaper labor for the planta-
tons, and said that the planters could
not afford to pay ST. month to labor
ers at the present low price of sugar.
He is in favor of amending the Con-
stitution, with hope that it will help
the condition of the mechanics.
The meeting then closed.