The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-18

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perity.
| w. o. SMITH, am to speak on
| behalf of the Provisional Government.
| am sorry no one worthier has been
| found. "a Voice: You are good enough
| Our feeling should be one of gratitude
and pride. I ana proud of the strong
aud brave men who have supported
| the Provisional Government for the
past year. The speaker then went on
| to say a good word for the Ha-
| waiians who had been quiet and
| orderly, submitting to the laws, al
| though the meaning OF the movement
had been misrepreSen to them, and
| they were mistrustful in consequence.
Europeans would not have acted so
under the same circumstances. 1t was
| necessary to have patience and for
bearance with them. Matters of a
| public nature were difficult enough to
deal with under any circumstances,
but now this is more than ordinarily
| the case. The ordinary channels of
expression through the ballot box
have been closed, and there has been
a powerful hostile influence from
| without to contend against. 1t is "a
matter of pride that thus far self
interest has been subordinated to
higher considerations. Men have
support the great principle at stake.
If anyone thinks it is an easy job to
be wet nurse to a baby government,
let him try it and see. The
baby has been teething, has
had the whooping cough and the
measles, and lately think it has been
suffering with the collie, and then the
grandmother in the United States
wanted to come over and spank it.
But it has lived through it all, and is
lusty and growing infant, and with
your aid and support, another year
will find it stronger. [ have just
few words more to say. / don't know
in just what form our future Difficult
ties will arrive. Our grand object is
the attainment of good government
through union with the United States.
We must subordinate personal ambi-
ton and self-interest to this one end,
and then we will move on to success.
Some one in the crowd then pro-
posed three Cheers for President
Dole. which were given with a will.
JUDGE ROBERTSON: L thank the
Committee for giving me this oppor-
tunity to appear as fellow anneXa-
ZIONIST. A year ago [ was five thous-
and miles away, unconscious of what
was taking place and unable to take
part in resistance to the fatal act of
the foolish Queen. Upon the arrival
of the five Commissioners in the Unit
ed States, recognized the same spirit
which told Kalakaua in 1887 to come
down from his high horse, and i'll 1889
told Bob Wilcox to come out from his
gasoline tank. [ was pleased to hear
that the boys of 'S7 were still in the
ranks in 1898. / read a letter in the
Star the other day in which British
sailor was offended at being called
boy, but [ shall never feel insulted at
being called zone of the boys" Old
men for counsel; young men for war.
The young men here were ready few
weeks ago to fight our great and good
friend Grover Cleveland. am not
ashamed to confess that my CONVEX
sion to annexation dates back only
one year. I was proud of my country's
independence and willing to submit to
the monarchy until its abuses and
corruptions were too intolerable to be
borne any longer. We will seek a
new and greater independence in the |
United States, where all our people |
will become citizens of the republic,
where the accident of birth will no
longer be regarded, and all will be |
equals before the law. L believe that |
and no more royalty, the country is |
better for it. Every boy who grows |
up will feel on an equal footing with |
his neighbor. The royalists have |
prophesied that the Queen would be |
restored to her throne. The throne |
was not hers, but lent her by the peo-
pie whose voice is as the voice of God,
and when she violated the conditions |
and abused her privileges, the people
had an inalienable right to take it |
away from her again. Many had |
hoped that she had learned something
from the example of Kalakaua
and believed that she should have a
fair chance. The Supreme Court gave
her q chance to choose her own Cab
met, and everybody knows how she
the compliment in the con-
stitution which she didn't promul-
gate. While we decline to return in
our steps, we must be patient and
The period is one of |
transition and trial, and the future
will depend on our present conduct.
With an Administration like the
we may be sure that what
the Government does will be for the
best interest of the country at large,
and that their efforts will be finally |
crowned with success.
WALTER G. SMITH said:
The 18th of January is day which
stands for a great deal that is inspir-
ing in the political annals of the
world. 1t was upon that day, in 1898,
that the people of France condemned
to death despotic king and made
liberty, which had been the dream of
the philosopher, the possession of the
subject. Then and there the repub-
lican movement in Europe, in spite
of precedents and older activities,
really began it's onward march. Up
to that era most of the people of the
European mainland had been fixed in
the belief that State without a king
and church without a bishop, meant
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