The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-05

a greater degree than anything else
now in sight. l think that the propo-
sition, Let the dead past bury it's dead
/ is one which we may we'll adopt from
I this day on, and which we can recon-
/ mend 10 others who have heretofore
not acted with us politically.
L believe one of the propositions
which our friends, the enemy, have
/ heretofore dinned into our ears, is that
! Thurston and his partner. the Devil
/ were willing to do anything to ac-
! complish their purposes. l think that
statement grew out of a speech | made
! in the old Armory of blessed memory,
wherein l recollect our friend, Robert
| Wilcox, was on the same side of the
| fence | was on. That same PROPOSE
! ton should be brought here now. But
as we don't propose to work with the
devil those without the fold are the
ones we want and whether royalists
| now or royalists in the past, or wheth
er they propose to have royalists in
the future, providing they think an
| neXation is the best thing for this
| country | propose to act to them as
| if they had always been good anneXa-
! tionists, and extend the right hand of
! fellowship, ask them to work with us
|
| mon cause.
Il have reason to believe that some
| of those who have been ranked as roy
alists heretofore, believe that the day
| has come when they shall put behind
| them what they would like to have
| accomplished, that they no longer look
| to the restoration of monarchy, and
| looking at things as they are, they
| will come forward and work with us
| from this day on to accomplish that
| which we deem best for the political
| and property interests of this coun-
! try-annexationi Some were speaking
! to me about the matter tonight, and
stated so far as the objects of the Club
were concerned they were in hearty
| accord with them, and would work for
| them from this time on, but as this
| was an orgaization meeting of this
| Club they did not feel like coming and
| taking an active part at this stage, but
would like do later on.
"It has been questioned by some-the
| question has been raised within the
| last week or two what the use of the
| reorganization of the Club will be ben
eficiaI in several different ways. In
times past, during periods of excite
| ment when issues have come before
| the community which have solicited
| them we have had the citizens in this
| town in completely united condition;
many were here in the old Armory in
| January, 1893. You remember what
| the feeling was so intense it fairly
| thrilled the people there. There is
none of that feeling here tonight that
| great issues are imminet, that the
events of the next few days, or hours,
may mean either life or death, but
! now, as then, there are great issues
which have to be met; it means it will
be harder to make those issues now
| than then.
ct is comparatively easy for people
to get out under circumstances of ex-
| element and act. 1t is comparatively
| harder for them to work in a wOrk-a-
day manner for the enforcement of
an object 1t is consequently going to
be more difficult than under those pc
RODS of excitement and semi-warlike
situation. It is going to take more
moral strength to accomplish it now
than under those conditions.
1.-The work to be accomplished now
is work which will not go with rush,
because every one is thinking of that
alone, bat work that will be accom-
plished by each and every member of
the community who believes that an
nexation lies in working for it on his
level best of his own account. The
work will not be accomplished alone
by the election of officers here tonight.
"The members need not think they
are going to leave annexation in the
hands of the officers alone, and do
what is necessary. What is needed is
to have officers attend to the details
Of the Club. to the routine duties of
the Club. You must go out into this
community and each one of you eXer-
else his personal interest among his
personal friends, and those who have
heretofore no decided thoughts. That
is the work that pays, and accomplishes
what is to be accomplished.
IF you know a man who has here
tofore been a rOyalist, who is now
hating on the fence. and does not
know whether it is sound thing and
TO the interests Of this community to
favor annexation, do not let him have
any peace; argue with him, find out
what troubles him, whether he thinks
social conditions will be antagonistic
to him or his friends, whether he
thinks his business will be injured, or
whether it is a matter of sentiment
sticking in his mind; but you find out
what the point is.
You ask if annexation is going to
be brought about by people who want
it at this end of the line. That is to
a great extent true; but it is never
unity in the community to accomplish
the purpose. We have seen that in
American politics.