The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-11-28
d. S. SpaIdiue.

Mr.. Castle was followed by Col.
z. S. Spalding, the speaker of the
evening. His remarks were inter-
rupted many times by cheers and
applause. He said:
FELLOW CITIZENS: The state de-
partment at Washington having re-
Gently made public some of the ancient
history of these islands, i'll which they
did me the honor of proving my being
an "anneXatiOnistn rs far back as
1868 (cries of "good boy" and cheers),
feel that / am entitled to attend this
meeting (cries of "hear, hear'D. And
l also feel that if it was no matter to
be ashamed of at that date, when l
had the honor of being the representa-
tive of the great American republic at
these islands, it is still less my desire
now to repudiate those sentiments or
falter in my allegiance to the doctrine
so ably upheld by and so intimately
connected with the names of Webster,
Seward and Blaine great applause).
| have great respect for the honorable
gentleman who now holds the port
folio of the state department at Wash
ington. He and Irwere two humble
units in the great mass of loyal men
who helped to save the integrity of
the union in the dark days of the civil
war (cTies Of "hear hear"). ] can for
give almost any weakness in the judg-
ment of a man whose heart and hand
were on the right side in that bloody
strife, but ! confess it requires a good
deal of charity to overlook the propo
sitiOn that the same spirit which in
1861 animated the defenders of that
Christian civilization and advance
ment, by means of which the United
States have outstripped the world,
shall now take back seat, or march to
the rear, and leave the work ofnearlya
century of devoted hearts and willing
hands in the enlightenment of this
people and the improvement of this
country to be destroyed by the ruth
less hand of superstition and ignOr-
ance CHEERS and applausel. 1t is not
nay intention to measure swords with
the honorable secretary in the discus
sion of facts relating to the establish
ment of the present government. That
it was established and has since been
maintained in the interest of the.
whole country, and for the purpose of
giving the whole people the benefit of
an honest and able administration of
its affairs is, in my opinion, beyond
dispute. l publicly declare that the
newspaper statement attributed to
Claus Spreckels, to the effect that
"under the management of the revo-
lutionary government business on the
islands has become depressed
and would have continued to diminish
as long as the new government had
existed" ETC., is not borne out by the
facts (applause). If Mr.. Spreckels'
plantations have not been more re-
munerative during the past year than
for any year since the passage of the
Mckinley bill, it has been on account
of the dry weather, and not from any
fault of the Provisional government
daughter and applause). Mr.. Jaeger
is credited with saying, for publica-
ton, 1.-THE Provisional government
has little to commend it. 1t could not
long endure if left to itself.n Such
statements would have little effect
were the parties uttering them known
to the people who read their utter
ances (laughter). have livedin this
country quite as long as Mr.. Jaeger,
and | challenge any man to name a
cabinet during the last twenty-five
years the members of which were the
superiors, if indeed the equals, of the
men who now hold the various offices
under the Provisional government
Cheers and applause). Now, why are
We annexatiOnists? Iquite agree with
my friend, Mr.. Spreckels, that under
the conditions henames and fears, my