The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-12
Saturdays Speeches at
the Drill Shed.
WISE SPEAKS IN ENGLISH
KaIauokalan, Bob Wilcox and
kaulia Address the Crowd
in Hawaiian,

About ave hundred Hawaiians ana a
sprlnkling of hnoles attended the mass
meeting OF the Independent native par
" In front of the drill shed entrance on
Saturday evening. A small platform
seated the committee and the speakers,
and torches I'm the hands OF men and
boys clustered round the platform, fur
nlShed sufficient light to enable the peo-
nile to see the faces of the orators.
Though several representative Hawaii
ans were present. the crowd was made
up for the most part of the barefoot
class of natives.
The meeting was called to order by
President ID. Kalauokalani of the ka-
laialna society at 1850 p. m. The delay
was on account of the request of the
officers OF the Laborers' Union to allow
time to have wash" and general
clean UP.
Kalauokalani spoke in Hawaiian. and
his words were attentively followed.
His speech was forcible and without ex-
preston of enmity toward the whites.
In substance his remarks were as fol-
lows:
KalauokaIani Talks.
Permit me, Oh friends, ladies and
gentlemen, as well as our fellow foreign
citizens-the time has come when the
objects of this meeting should be laid
before you. The United States Con-
gress has given us laws which make
us a Territory, despite our efforts to
maintain the independence which we
had loved from the beginning of our
last monarchy-the independence estab-
Iished by our forefathers. The history
of your country is in your hearts, as
well as in mine, and you love 1t, and
not only 1t, but your aliis--one and all.
For seven years we had been under
oppression-our inalienable right was
Vaken from us, everything was taken
from us, yet we lived in the love of God
and liberty We had sent delegates to
Washington praying for the restoration
of our lost independence. We have
solicited the aid of foreign powers but
to no avail. Not only the people did
this, but the Queen too, strove hard for
our dear independence. With all our
fervent prayers the people OF the
United States have turned a deaf ear
to our duplication. They took our
land, our flag and our freedom.
"At first. we believed, that some Eu-
ropean power was honest enough to In
tervene in our behalf. but, alas, none
even suggested the least hope.
Remember. fellow citizens. too, be-
siols ]. X. Kaulia and John Richard
son, have Travelled through the United
States for our cause-and Congress
was deaf to US.
uano;Iav Proffared
"On July z, 1898, Congress accepted
the "spoils" proffered them by the rob-
bers. and from then to August IL, 1888,
our freedom waned to become thing
of the past. Our beloved flag went
down on the latter date-never again to
fioat-because Congress has now made
us a part of the United States.
with little hope left before the pas
sage of laws to govern us, we or the
Kalaiaina society, decided to send X.
w. Wilcox, E. Capyless and ]. Hele-
luhe as delegates to Congress and the
American people last November. Our
delegates lectured in all places from the
Pacific Coast to the Atlantic until they
reached Washington.
"They had been refused aid by many,
while still others, encouraged them In
their labors. They called on some OF
the most influential journals of the
United States and were given to under
stand that there was no hope, and that
Hawaii was gone, and forever.
"In Congress. the saying was affirm
ed, so, through the columns of the Loea
Kalaiaina, I informed you of the SOL
emn fact.
"No More Hope"
I'm my circular stated There is no
more hope for restoration Let us
pay our taxes, and prepare to exercise
our full rights of citizenship to the ex-
IRENE"
In closing his remarks he said: Let
me say this to you. 1t was not only
the Republicans nor Democrats who
helped us to get our votes free OF
restrictions. Both parties aided us. 1t
was not only Republicans who helped
to steal our country, the Democrats
too But we must remember though,
that there are exceptions in the ranks
of the Republicans as well as of the
Democrats"
The speaker alse explained the pur-
poses of the convention held on the 9Th
and 9TH, and of the adoption OF the
platform to be read by ]. X. Kaulia.
He said:
:, I'VE are citizens of the United States
will be on the 14th-and under the
Territorial law. 'Se are the equals of
every other citizen. and to show that
the anti feelings which have been laid
at our door are false. Let us do what
is right! Use your voting privileges
for equal rights.
Remember that had our delegates
been less fortunate In knocking out the
voting restrictions. you and would all
have had to have hard bread and mo-
lasses number 3 to eat whilst the haoles
would have the best quality OF bread
and butter"
with few more words of advice,
Kalauokalani introduced r. w. Wilcox.
"Bob" Wilcox Speaks.
Il. w. Wilcox arose amid cheers. His
speech was almost the same at at the