The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-17
THE DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
WELL ATTENDED MEETING HE'D
LAST NIGHT.
Several Speeches Made and Provision
Made for a Committee on Enrolment.
Organization and Address.

The Democrats have taken the first
steps for the organization of the party
in the Territory of Hawaii.
The meeting called for last night at
Progress Hall, adopted the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting be authorized to appoint a
committee of twenty-one to be an
nounced through the newspapers, to
provide a plan of enrolment and or
ganization and to prepare an address to
the people of the Territory of Hawaii,
and to report at a meeting to be called
hereafter. The officers of this meeting
shall be members of this committee.
The gathering was one that filled the
hall to it's capacity, and numbered fully
five hundred. 1t was distinctiVely a
Honolulu audience. There was not as
large a proportion of men who have
been lately prominent in Hawaiian af-
fairs as there was at the Republican
meeting at the Drill Shed two weeks
ago, but by far the largest proportion
of those present were men who have
been residents of Hawaii long enough
to be thoroughly identified with the Is
lands. There were a good many Ha-
waiians present, and those who called
the meeting and felt themselves spon-
sors in some degree for it's success, eX-
press themselves as being thoroughly
pleased and gratited at the numbers
and character of those present.
The meeting adjourned rather earlier
than was expected and some regret
was felt that there were not few more
speeches. The meeting was brought to
a rather abrupt conclusion by the de-
termination of William H. Marshal to
air his own personal grievances, and
the determination of the meeting that
ID -
In fact, the meeting was brought so
abruptly to a close that a resolution
of thanks to c. S. Desky for the use
of the hall did not get a chance of
presentation.
The hall was brilliantly lighted and
people began coming early. The hour
set for the meeting was 1880 o'clock,
and very soon after that hour DR..
McGrew called the meeting to order and
asked that nominations for officers of
the meeting come from the meeting
itself.
Col. C. j. Mccarthy nominated DR..
McGrew for chairman. The nomination
was greeted with enthusiasm. Dr. Nc
Grew, however, asked to be permitted
to decline, saying he did not hear well,
and feared that on that account he
would not make good chairman. The
meeting wanted the Doctor however,
and when Colonel Mccarthy put his
motion there was a unanimous vote for
it. Dr. McGrew thanked the meeting
for the honor, and expressed the wish
that it would assist him by electing a
vice chairman who could hear well.
Some one nominated Colonel Mccarthy
''to be DIR. McGrew's other ear" and
the meeting as vociferously elected Nc
| Carthy vice chairman as it had DR..
McGrew for chairman.
In taking the vice craftsmanship, Col
onel Mccarthy said:
During the proceedings of this even
ing 1 will try to act as the Doctors
other ear to the best of my ability. As
many of you know, / have resided in
this country for a very long time.
| have never voted the Democratic ticket
| in the States. / came here before ] was
of age. But my affiliations in the States
before coming here were Democratic
! was born a Democrat. When | was
boy at home I always looked forward
to the Democratic torchlight process
sions American politics are to me the
| same as they are to a great many pco-
pie here who have never voted them
I have not had any active participation
in politics. l hope before long we will
all understand and digest the principles
of the Democratic party and I have ne
doubt but that the Democratic party
| will have large following in the con-
duct of affairs in this Territory in the
future. / have not formed any slate
in connection with this meeting, as II
is only a preliminary meeting for the
| Democrats of Honolulu to get acquaint
| ed with each other"
Nominations for secretary were ther
called for land Fred S. Peachy and
John Wise were nominated. Wise was
elected and on taking his seat thanked
the meeting for the honor conferred
The meeting was now fully organized
and Vice Chairman Mccarthy called OI
e. B. McClanahan for an address. II
taking the platform, Mr.. McClanahan
addressing the chairman, DR.. McGrew
said it was with diffidence that he un
dertook to eXpound Democratic doc
trine in his presence, as long before III
himself knew anything about Demo
cratic doctrine, DR.. McGrew knew al
about it. But for the honor of beinl
called to address the meeting he thank
ed those present, for he believed it wa
an honor and that in years to com
every one present would feel satisfaC
ton in having taken part in the frs
Democratic meeting in the Territory O
Hawaii. He was surprised, he said, t
see so many Hawaiians present.
showed that they were seeking to be in
formed on the question of party affilla
ton, a question they must settle be
fore long. 1t was a compliment to theI
good sense that they were seeking in
formation to guide them in their choic
of party.
OF the differences between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties, he sal
that there were in reality but few bu
these were basic. The multiplicity o
seeming differences had been create
simply to meet the eXigencies of vOt
catching. But though the difference
were few, they were marked. The Dem
ocratic party for a hundred years ha
stood for the principles enunciated b
Thomas Jefferson, who penned tn
Declaration of Independence. Thos
principles were the right and the abil
ity of the whole people to govern them
selves, and to legislate for themselve
as opposed to the principles of Alexan
der Hamilton, that only the aristocrac
of wealth and social standing had tn
ability to govern, and to the presen
day modification of Hamilton's aristC
cratic ideas as practically put in prac
tice by the Republican party that onl