The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-27


that bloody strife. but ] confess il re.
onires good deal OF charity tooveTlook
me proposition that the sanIs spirit
Which in 1851 animated the defenders of
that Christian civilization and advance
ment. hy means Of which the United
States have outstripred the world, shall
now take back seat. or march to the
rear and leave the work of nearly a
century of devoted hearts and willing
hands in the enlightenment of this
people and the improvement Of this
country to he destroyed 10y the ruthless
hand of ignorance and superstition.
Cheers and applause.) IL is not my in
tentiun To measure swords with the
honorable Secretary in the discussion of
of facts relating to the establishment Of
the present Government. That it was
established and has since been main
tanned i'm the.interest of the whole coun-
try 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. | pub
licly declare that the newspaper state
ment attributed To Claus Spreckels, To
the effect that under the management
of the revolutionary government bust
ness on the Islands has become de
pressed and would have con-
tinued to diminish Ms long rs the new
Government had existed" ETC., is not
borne out by the facts (applause). If
Mr.. Spreckels' plantations have not
been more remunerative 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 Provis-
ional Government. daughter and APP
plause.) Mr.. Jaeger is credited with
saving, for publication: The ProvIs-
ional Government has little TO commend
it. 1t could not long endure if left
to ITSELF Such statements would have
little effect were the parties uttering
them known to the people who read their
utterances 0aughter) | have lived in
this country quite as long as Mr.. Jaeger,
and i 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? quite agree with
my friend Mr.. Spreckels, that under
the conditions he names and fears, my
business as sugar planter would not
be benefited by having this country
come under the laws and restrictions of
the United States regarding Chinese and
other labor Qaughter). If / owned the
whole country and belonged to the sugar
trust, think it very likely would not
want to be annexed Qaughter). But,
here again, as am only unit and as |
believe the future welfare of the country
would be better assured by annexation,
/ am willing to take my chances under
the stars and stripes-especially as | be-
lieve such union would prove II benefit
to the country from which we on these
Islands have drawn all our support
great applause). We are here this
evening to consider the publication of
the views of the Secretary of State at
Washington, and perhaps decide the
question as to whether or not we shall
give up the idea of annexation (ciies of
"No. no; neverr0. If the opinion eX-
pressed Ivy the honorable Secretary of
State could he considered as the voice
of the people of the United States |
should advise that we ''save our Breath
to cool our porridger' But from the
somewhat forcible opposition expressed
by the press and public am led to be-
lieve that the Secretary found the snow
coming down the side of the mountain
very rapidly after his letter was made
public daughter and applause). There
fore | am forced TO give my opinion
that it would be unwise and unadvisable
to give up the fight before the back
counties are heard from! Here IA voice
in the crowd shouted: Let lis
give up our guns hot. and cart
ridge belts empty" Cheers and
applause.) Here must beg your indul.
gence for personal explanation. Sec
rotary Gresham says in his letter "Mr.
Blount states that while in Honolulu he
did not meet single annexationist who
expressed his willingness to submit the
question to vote of the people, he did
not talk with one on that subject who
did not insist that if the islands were
annexed suffrage should be so restricted
as to give complete control to the fur
eigners or whites, while representative,
annexationists have repeatedly made
similar statements to the Undersigned. y
had the honor while in Washington, OF
an interview with the honorable secre-
tary and was asked 10y him to give my
views upon the matter quoted. My
reply was that while did not consider
it proper to submit the terms of treaty
to the people, before the treaty was
made, in Hawaii any more than in the
United States, l was and am perfectly
willing to say that under the constitu-
ton and laws of the United States land
especially under such restrictions as the
representative of the U. :. government
might themselves see fit to mas e)
would allow every native voter, with
the ordinary qualifications, to vote al
any and every election to be held Zap.
plause.) may not haYe been classed with
the representative anneXationists,
by the honorable secretary but as | had
been called upon and had given him my
opinion | object to his wholesale denun-
citation of 'annexationists' under the
charge that they would rob the natives
OF any rights natural TO them under the
circumstances (cries of 'hear, hear, and
good boy'0. When the time comes for
re establishment of the right of
suffrage in this country the
native population may depend
upon the annexationists to demand fot
them the privileges Of republican cit zen
ship as fully, certainly, AS granted
through the great political party to
which the honorable Secretary belongs
by the grand old state of Mississippi to
its citizens daughter and applause).
further object to the position taken by
the honorary Secretary in the assump-
ton of the right on the part of the
President of the United States to arbi.
trate between the present Government
of these Islands and any party whomso
ever. without being specially invited tc
such arbitration by this Government
(cries of "hear, hear'O. And heartily
concur with the resolution YOU have