The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-10-16


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Then " Fisher took the foo. Snd
said: Il d-sirs 70 plsce before this
convention ths name ot s gentleman
who hzs ever been The exponent o.
the American Union Party znd the
cz1se o. Annexation. De gave sew
e-zI yeSrs Of his lie % the cause OF
keeping the S-stes Ot the Union to-
gethe-. and he viii put in some more
O these years in adding 70 that same
Cnio1- desire to nominate ". c.
Wilder" Applause. M. Wooten
seconded this
Mr.. Henry then nominated = A
McCzndless and Mr.. Tc-bert made
the secoDding.
The floor being accorded 10 NJ.
7 B Murray he said:
u desire 70 name mzn who,
though 70. the father ot annexation,
vii zlEsys be with u. His nsme Is
IN. Wright" !. Ehnger seconded
this name
NJ. McCz1dless then thought ];
time 10 reciprocS;e snd named Henry
Wzterhouss. NJ. Henry, snnounc-
ing thst he spoke IS s radical, second
Cd this
NJ Smith wss then recognized aid
sid. I wish 10 place before this
Convention the name OF s supporter OF
The parry OF progress, Mr. Il. w
schmidt" In seconding this nomi-
ustiou. Mr.. Asch said: He Is :
thorough annezstionist, and viii take
Il for breakfast, dinner and supper
John EmmeIuth being the next 70
speak. sid: In addressing this COZ
veution for Club No. :. I desire 10
plzce IN nomination 5 Hswaiisn. We
have uot eentered on one man for
suy personal reasons, but have t-ied
70 pick on one whose record shows
that he i the man for the plzee. I
name .. L. Nsons." Mr. Aksu Sec
onced this
= Ehngsr nominated John Emme-
lUrh, which name was also seconded
by Mr. Akzu.
Then NJ. Tow>e placed the name OF
L c. Ables before the convention and
NJ. Murray sdded his voice IS :
second
The nominations were then closed.
The order Of business called for
speeches by the candidates IS the next
sep, but some hungry delegates
wanted 70 adjourn UntiL7 P. m They
were ruled ont by S majority Of votes,
however, snd the candidates IS nomi-
nzted were called upon
Loud applause greeted P. c. Jones
- be assembled the platform. In part
lie said: III Is proper I should declare
myself here and thst I should
acknowledge NY adherence 70 the
platform I believe in II IS S whole
and I believe IN It in part The time
Ezs come when il must te declared
whether Eastern O. Western civiliza-
non shall hold sway here, and I want
Eastern. I see by s local paper that
your chairman, NJ. Kennedy, said,
recently, that 10 candidate could b
chosen by the American Union Party
unless he supported annexation 70 the
United States
II risked ny life for this one day,
and I pledge myself 10 work for this Il
i takes the entire term in the Senate
% DO %" Applause, and cheering.
J. a. NcCsndless was next hesrd
zud said; II assure you sll that
heartily indorse every plank in that
platform, and the plank fof annexA-
non more than any OF them. Some
people have said thst there Is = mig
ger IN the fence Yes, indeed, there
Is. and We are watching. And Be
hind that fence stands the American
Union party, and you and I, with our
rifles s. home"
!. n. Wright. taking the floor, said:
Il sm surprised 81 this nomination;
81 being placed in nomination; but
an pleased, nevertheless The princi-
PIE OF the American Union party :
annexation 70 the United States. !
fought for that country once, and I
viii again L We join them"
Henry WsterhOUse mAde ringing
speech, and wound up with, LET our
war cry be Annexation,
H. W. Schmidt said: " I an nos
candidate before this Convention in
the sense that I seek the nomina-
ton: but I believe il the duty Of every
citizen 10 do all he can for his country
and i'll ezn be Of service I viii gladly
socept the position. 1 have been an
annexationist from the first, and
think my acts viii show it. / shall
not rest until the question OF snnexa-
tien i settled GApplsusel.
D. L Nsone delivered an eloquent
address in Hawaiian, which wss trans
lated by Mr.. Wilcox, and applsGded-
In psrt. he said: ssYou have no idea OF
the pleasure I feel at thus being placed