The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-29
EMMELUIH NITHDRAWS.
Gives Notice and Reasons at
the Independents Meeting.
small Attendance-- Road
Board in Front.

Forty or fifty people, about
fourth of them Portuguese, had as
sembled at the Gymnasium, Bere-
tania street, in response to the call
of the Independent candidates.
Hon. Antoine Rosa by request took
the chair, and asked those who called
the meeting to direct the proceed
ings.
Mr.. j. Emmeluth came forward
and began at once TO give the his
tory of the failure of the central
committee of the Reform party TO
call the party together. Those who
desired organization were put Off
from time to time with "by and
bye" and the result was unsatisfac-
tory to most right-thinking men,
bers of the party. There was no.
thing that the party need be ashamed
of. They considered that when the
party failed to come together as
whole, it should have had some re-
presentation on the Mechanics Union
ticket. In this they were disap-
pointed and then an effort was made
to get up an independent ticket.
They had gone far enough in this to
show Mr.. Lorrin Thurston and those
who agreed with him that they still
believed in the principles of the Re
form party. He had been encourage
ed by many steadfast men in joining
the Independent ticket. At noon
that day he had become convinced
that the persistence of the 1ndepend-
ent ticket in the campaign would be
to risk the election of the Wilcox
ticket. Mr.. Neumann was approach
ed to see if he would retire as con-
cession TO the Reform party, but he
had informed them that matters had
proceeded too far for him to with
draw. Therefore the speaker decided
to draw out, and he hoped that Mr..
Kaaukai would do likewise. In that
case the Independent voters ought
to concentrate their votes as much
as possible against Mr.. Neumann.
He thought the best they could do
was to vote straight for Waterhouse,
Cummins and Williams. In retiring
he wished to thank the friends who
had stood by him and to the Adver-
tiser for its kind expressions. Gap
plause.)
Calls for Mr.. II. Waterhouse, who
had been present, elected the state
ment that he had gone away.
IN -
ent candidate for the road board,
briefly solicited the votes of the peo-
pie. 1t would not be right to put
two employees of one firm on the
board, as that would make matters
as unsatisfactory as before. The
object of the board was to have the
road money properly expended.
Whoever they elected 1t should not
be Boss Bowler, who should be elect
ed to stay at home. Bowler had got
his share and others should have q
chance. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Robert Lishman delivered the
following address: Mr.. Chairman
and fellow citizens: l appear before
you this evening as candidate fol
the road board, and if you elect me
l feel confident that can provide
you good roads. We ought to have
good roads in this district, as We
have the very best of material for
road making within easy reach of the
main streets of Honolulu. The road
board is one of the most important
parts of the government, having the
life, safety and comfort of their fel.
low citizens in their hands, to say
nothing of the very large amount OF
the peoples money to spend. ask
you to be careful in the men you
elect, and to whom you entrust tht
expenditure of your money. | fee
safe in saying that if you elect Johr
Phillips, James +. Morgan ant
Robert Lishman you will have the
very best streets; your money vii
be honestly spent. What are you
reads now? In summer you arr
blinded and smothered with dust 81
thick that it resembles sand storm
in the desert. In winter you wade
around ankle deep in mud ant
slush, like walking in new plowec
field after a thunder storm, and why
is this? Because your present roaG
makers in dry weather put cart loaC
after cart load of Punchbowl dirt ant
red Eva dust upon the streets. After
the first shower, they scrape it of
and cart it away in the form of mud
only to replace it again the first dry
day. Gentlemen, ,hink how mucl
time and money is thus uselessly
wasted which could be put to better
advantage. Our roads should bt
made of clean lava rock properly
prepared, and once laid down, mo-
constant scraping would be required
But neither our present Road Super
visor nor bis boss, the Minister of thu
Interior, knows anything about roaC
making. Look at the Esplanade TO
day. 1t is disgrace which cries
out against the gross Incompetence
of the road authorities. To-day
after our late rains, the Esplanade
where not knee deep in mud, is ont
great inland lake where the small
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