The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-28

be early called together to designate
their wishes in the premises.
THE opposition will be alert anC
vigorous; it behooves us, therefore, tC
be stirring, and allowing no false bea.
cons to guide us into by paths; press
forward with steadfast determination
shoulder to shoulder, to the common
goal"
In response to question as to the
reasons for the original organization
and the whereabouts of constitution
and bylaws. Mr.. McStocker stated that
it was organized as an enrolment club.
| He did not remember that the club
went into details regarding bylaws
and constitution, and in answer to
Maj. Mcleod he said: THE Annex
alton Club, when organized, was an
enormous body of men; no hall in the
city was large enough to hold the mem
bers. When the constitution was draft
ed it provided for the appointment of
committees from time to time. When
the club adjourned there were in the
various committees hoard of officers
and with the executive and other COM
mittees there were about 40 men.
consider that this meeting tonight rep
resents the committee. 1t is not nee
essary to go on in the old path; condi
tons have changed, and we have them
to meet. What we want to know is:
Shall we call the Annexation Club to-
gether? Do those present think it adj
visable to have the Annexation Club
take the first step toward the end for
which the Government and the Club
were organized?"
Lorrin A. Thurston was loudly called
upon for speech, and he gracefully
responded He said in part:
II am not an officer or member of
the Annexation Club, but l was asked
to come here and see what the members
were going to do. | am not altogether
familiar with your mode of action, be-
cause was not here when the Club was
organized. But l understand the main
object of the meeting is the calling at
tentfon of the people to the necessity
for annexation; there is no more i'm
portant thing than that. / have heard
are weakening on the annexation prop
osition, but l do not agree with the
people who say so. Circumstances are
such that there has not been the neces-
sity for our getting out on the street
corners and talking about it. The re-
cent change in the political situation
in the United States warrants our push
ing the measure from this time for
ward. If there are persons who have
apparently grown lax in their desire
to have the Islands annexed, it is the
duty of the members of the Club to
talk to those people and get them
again interested.
There is one thing l am sorry to
see: the fight between the editors of
the Star and the Advertiser. The ed
itorS are both anneXatiOnists, and it
is poor policy for them to make faces
at each other and call names. If the
Annexation Club, the American Union
Club, or the American League want
to push forward the claims of the peo-
pie for annexation, for Gods sake let
them go in and do it; don't let them
kick each others shins in their hurry
to keep one another from doing it. l
was not here when this club or the
others were organized, but 1 believe
and the American League is an annex
alton club under another name. l do
not believe there is any waning in
the community regarding annexation,
for we are in greater need of it today
than wo ever were before. There are
a good many of you among the officers
and the various committees, and in the
reorganization you should use caution
and judgment as in any business prop !
osition; get the best men you have
men you can depend upon for good, |
hard work. 1t may be that the bulk
of the work should be done at the 9TH
er end of the line, but there is some
to be done here, and as it is so long
since the Club met l think it would be
wise to call the roll and ascertain the
feeling. | was told before | came here
tonight that eight of the officers have
left the country. There may be some
back sliders, and it is the duty of the
Club to ascertain who they are and
bring them back. Annexation is what
the Government was organized for, and
it is the pole star toward which we
are gliding, the same as in 1893. ZAP
plause)
On a call of the Chairman for furth-
er remarks, B. F. Dillingham; said IN
part: Il do not think that l can say
anything that will add any weight to
what Mr.. Thurston has just said. But
l wish to express a thought regarding
the controversy between the papers.
1t has been a mistake, in my opinion,
that there should have been differ
ence between the editors of two papers,
whose policy is for annexation. There
is no questioning the truthfulness OF
the old saying, United we stand; d1VId-
ed we fall The matter OF name
in an affair of this kind amounts TO
but we must have concerted
action, we must work for the end for
which the Club was organized and