The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-07
THE MEETING.

According to the Census of 1896
Honolulu contained 20, o2o 1nhabi-
tants, which at the present moment
we shall be perfectly justified in
calling 80, 1000. Of these 1918 were
Hawaiians and 346S were part
Hawaiians. Of these, however,
there are respectively 415S and
1885 or altogether 58o3, and deduct
ing children from these we have
between $500 or 5000 males who
take an interest in political affairs
and who are claimed to be repre-
sented by the noisy clique of Royal
lists as feeling down trodden by this
Government and being thoroughly
opposed to it.
On the side of the Government
it has been repeatedly shown that
every consideration has been given
to the Hawaiians, that the lot of
the Hawaiian is better under the
Republic than ever it was under the
monarchy, that work is more plenti
full, that land is easier to obtain,
and that when annexation comes,
as come it will, the Hawaiian with
his education and intelligence
will take his proper and due place
as an American citizen, on perfect
equality with any others who may
enter at the same time.
The long talked of meeting,
which the noisy clique, who arrogate
to themselves the sole right to
represent Hawaiians, have been
shaking in the face of the Govern
ment, has met peaceably and
amounts to just nothing. In point
of fact it has been hard matter to
get meeting together at all There
has not been that keen desire to
protest which the clique has been
forever DINING into the ears of any
who would listen, Instead of a
mass meeting of four or five thous-
and Hawaiians, there was a bare
three hundred people, who
were by no means all Hawaiians,
but mixed mass brought largely
together by curiosity to see what all
this fuss was about.
A couple of months ago the birth
day of the Republic of Hawaii W; S
celebrated. If the Hawaiians hated
the Republic as much as the clique
would have us believe it should
have been day of mourning with
Hawaiians. But it was not. Bands
of them went around the night be-
fore, serenading the citizens, as is
their custom on a national holiday.
The sidewalks were crowded with
Hawaiians in gala costumes, who
took part in the festival. 1t certain
ly did not look as if they mourned
over the defunct monarchy.
But all along the noisy clique has
kept up the clamor that the Ha,
waiian was discontinued, and it has
resulted in the fasco of yesterday.
Nothing shews the utter hopeless
ness of the clique's cause than this
utter collapse of all their hopes.
To endorse their protest they could
not get together many more people
than will go any Saturday al, ernoon
to see game of base ball.
In point of fact the meeting of
last night Showed clearly that the
anti-annexationitts have no support
amongst the Hawaiians. The
names of those on the platform were
those of unimportant men. There
were no leading Hawaiians like
Kaulukou, Poepoe, Robert Wilcox,
or Kama. Under ordinary circum-
stances it could hardly have been
worth notice, but at this time it is
significant that on the eve of the
ratification of the Annexation
Treaty by the Senate, no prominent
Hawaiian comes forward to obiecl
and that not ten per cent. of the
people in the whole city could be
got together to even listen to what
the set Of unknown speakers had
to say against it, much less to APP
prove of their sentiments. The
meeting of last night is really a
triumph for the annexation cause.