The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-10

Palace Square was crowded last
evening at the royalist mass-meet-
ing, there being about 1000 people
present, about one-third of the
number that turned out at the last
meeting that was held there. A
large number of these were China
men and supporters of the Provis-
ional Government who had come
from curiosity. A stand had been
erected for the evening, and it was
gaily decorated with Hawaiian
flags. The National Band was in
attendance and played several
numbers before and during the
meeting.
On the platform were c. w. Ash
ford, J. L. Kaulukou, J. f. Bowler,
L. J. Levey, John Phillips, F. FL.
Redward, Antoine Rosa, G. B. Will
son, T. A. Lloyd and J. K. Kahoo-
kano. G. w. Ashford opened the
meeting by saying that Kaulau-
kou had been appointed chairman,
and L. J. Levey, secretary for the
evening. He then introduced Mr..
Kaulukou as the first speaker, who
said:
To all of you, natives of Hawaii as
well as foreigners, / wish very good
evening. We have been called to-
gether in this great meeting to con-
slider our rights, personal and other
wise. as you know, at the present
time everything is not satisfactory.
| This party that is now in power pro-
poses to hold a constitutional conven-
| ton, and we are here to talk over this
situation calmly, without arms and
| in q quiet manner to find out what
our rights are. 1t is the custom in
| other countries to call these mass
! meetings, and / earnestly ask you to
meet here without any violence, and
| when the meeting is over to go to
your homes quietly, and let there be
| no breach of the law lest we be accus-
| ed of not being fit to rule. / want
| YOU to listen to something that /
think you should hear, and that
| greatly concerns us. This is this
| coming constitutional convention.
| The Provisional Government proposes
| to establish republic and that that
| may be carried ont in proper man.
| ner they intend to have new consti-
| tuition. In order to carry out this
idea an Act has been passed, provid-
! ing for an election of eighteen menl-
| bers to constitutional convention.
| Nineteen members of this convention
are already declared elected in
1 : L. r Aix
| and this is a majority of the whole
| convention. The election of these
| eighteen members is to take place on
| Nav I'd. This convention is supposed
| to represent the people. These dele
| gates are to meet and make a new
| constitution, as / said before the Gov
| eminent already has nineteen men,
| bers in this convention, and this gives
! them a majority. Is this fair? Is this
| right or just? These eighteen dele
| gates cannot act freely or as they
| wish to act, as the law provides that
/ they must take an oath against res
| toring any monarchical form of gov
ernment ] want to ask you if you
! have ever heard OF anything like
| this If this method is carried out,
we will never have any peace in this
| country. Who appointed these nine
| teen men They were not elected
| by the people nor 90 tneY voice the
sentiments of the people at large, and
if they form a constitution it will not
voice the public sentiment. If this
action is not just. what are we to do
Let our rights slip, and go for good
If we sit dumb and enter no protest
this will be the grave of our rights 1t
has been fourteen months since the
Provisional Government came into
power and we have waited with pa
tience.
Mr.. Kaulukou then rambled on
for few minutes, but only repeat
ed himself over and over. H.
claimed that, as the United States
had not yet settled the matter, the
Government had no right to take
this step.
J. K. Kahookano was the next
speaker. He said, in part:
The annexationists propose to call
Constitutional Convention, and to
that end they are calling upon all TO
register, and above all, they want the
Hawaiians 10 register. But we all
know that this Constitutional Con-
vention is only blind, as their ulti-
mate aim is annexation. Why is all
this eagerness for us to register? But
for me- EOOw their purnOSe The