The Hawaiian gazette., 1892-01-05
LIBERAi. MEETING.
Candidates For the Road Board
Announced.
WILCOX DENIES HAVING WRITTEN
THE NEW YORK WORLD
LETTERS.

Over one hundred people assembled
at the old Armory on New Years
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. ID. w. PUA, OF the executive
committee announced the Liberal
party's candidates for the Road Board,
which are Samuel c. Dwight, Samuel
Mahelona and Abraham Fernandez.
The confirmation of the candidates
by the Liberalists was delayed till
they receive from them a public state
ment of their views. S. Kekukahiko.
was appointed a 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 "Wilcoxn from every
part of the hall compelled him to
come forward and address them. He
avoided his usual noisy style of speak
ing.
r. 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 a revolutionary character
abroad and they have blamed me for
them. They said that am guilty of
sending these letters to Mr.. Moreno.
| 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 name has been attached.
Now, can you believe that wrote
these letters? [Several voices: Mol.
Is it not most strange that il the Mar
shall is aware and really believes that
a Hawaiian is engaged in this work
of revolutionizing 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 MIR.
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-
tion of his cabinet appointment. /
iidNC COiiCoBOh0[u Wtlti anu StlAi
do. None of those letters published
here are mine. In my own letters to
Mr.. Moreno 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 Worldl
of December IL. This is without
doubt the work of an enemy. They
know that | am the nations leader,
so they put my name under those let
tiers 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
have stated in public, and / 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
dDDtdI. IL OCCauSC VI lIC SlChCA hOW
pervading our affairs. 1t will not
emanate from me. There was rea-
son for the revolution of 1887. Who
were your leaders then? Several
voices: Kaulukou and Rosa.l What
did they do? Same voices again: they
simply looked at u.s. Therefore they
aided the revolution. Can they
claim to be patriots? The present
Marshal acted as a detective for the
revolutlonists during that crisis. All
the private instructions of the King
were exposed by him to the Reform
Party. 1t was this great service to
| the Reform Party that had kept G. b.
Wilson so long in the Water Bureau.
| All the other supporters of the King
were dismissed from office; but,
strange to say, traitorous man still
holds sway. [Cheers.l The Queen
has declared that this nation is fortu-
nate in having such a man as G.. B.
| Wilson. [Cries of: Away with him.
The foreigners are not advocating all
| independent government for us. They
| favor annexation with the United
States in order to get the two-cent
| bounty on sugar. When L was at
Hilo recently high Government Of
fetal declared that he would favor
candidate who would promote Mott
Smiths treaty scheme. That treaty
virtually means our ceding Pearl
Harbor to the United States, and al
lowing them to erect forts there.
The Queen has signed that treaty, but
the President of the United States has
not signed it yet. Congress is await
ing the approval of our Legislature.
If the candidates of the Reform Party
would all be elected, Puuloa will
surely be ceded to America. The
natural results would be that Pearl
City lots will be greatly enhanced in
value. That is their sole ambition;
they are creatures without souls.
Money is their ruling motive: they
care not for our independence. What
matter is it to them ii you are all
driven to the mountains? If you give
Puuloa away that is the first invita-
ton to the elephants nose to come
| in and the eagles claws would follow,
and lastly, you would be set aside.
! Who are these in our midst favoring
annexation? Is it /, who bitterly OPP
poses these censpiratOrs? III Mr..