The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04
A SECOND MASS MEETING
SPEECHES by DEMOCRATS AT
DRILL SHED.
Public Address Adopted and Disuibu-
ted-Spceches by Judge Davidson
John Wise and Mr.. McClanahan.

ted-spceches by Judge Davidson,
John Wise and Mr.. McClanahan.
The Democratic meeting at the drill
shed Saturday night was presided over
by DR. MCGreW and Col G. j. Nc
Carthy. The meeting did not last Ions
closing shortly after o'clock.
The first business was the reading OF
the plan Of campaign which had been
prepared some days ago. Next was
reading of the committees address To
the people of Hawaii This was done
by Mr. McClanahan. The report dealt
with all the live questions of the day
on the Mainland, and Indicated the ell
fects of such policies on the Islands.
In the report on plan Of campaign the
number of delegates to be sent to kan
sas city was made four ON motion of
! Capt. Charles Dement, the old commit
tee of tWenty-one was reelected to car
~ on the campaign until after the Ter
ritorial convention.
| Judge J NJ. Davidson was the hrst
speaker. Though suffering from a Sc
/ we're cold he spoke for several minutes
quite earnestly and elOquehtly. john
Wise intended speaking in Hawaiian,
but changed at the last moment, ana
addressed the audience in English as
/ follows
ct is with pleasure / take this oppor-
/ tunity to address few remarks 10 you
/ tonight l am not going to eulogize the
| Democratic party. Neither am | ready
/ to declare what 1 will be. l nave neil
nations and sympathies like child, and
/ grasp the first hand extended to me-
and that is the reason l am mere To-
night. We have been accused of being
un-American We have been pulled ana
/ threatened that we would lose our iran
chise if we did not join with either par
/ ty. We have been advised not to ally
/ ourselves with the Democratic party,
for they were nothing but anarchists,
/ and there was nothing good in them
/ We have been lectured not to ally our
| selves with the Republicans because
/ they are composed of the very people
who robbed us of our country. If we
/ HaWaiians have yet in our hearts love
of our country, that as true sons of the
soil to which we first opened our eyes
on this sea-girt isle, the lands where
our sires roamed in freedom, l say that
if we have hesitated with affection to
/ and have held ourselves aloof from the
political parties, are we to be called I'M
/ American in our conduct? We have
been bulied for not jumping in ana
Joining the Republican party.
1--WE have been DISTINGUISHED for the
last seven years. Today l am proud to
say | can look every man in the face
and have a right to vote and can use
it with discretion. l think the Am
erican people have adhered to the great
est principles of American government
by following the lead of that greatest
of Americans-Thomas Jefferson-let
me speak his name with reverence-who
said government should be 'Of the peO-
pie, by the people and for the people.
Let every Hawaiian who has been dls-
franchised look to the principles of the
l,,g. civ
franchise.
I'VE have also been advised not to
Join the Republican arty because thai
party is composed of the people who
robbed us of our country. They trleo
once more to place the shackleS on us
and make us no better than the cooleS
in our native land. The leaders of the
Republican party have put nail In
their own coffin. However, l trust thai
there is vet some good in the Republi-
can party. l have been true and
staunch Royalist, for the cause of whicf
| was a prisoner a year. l am proud u
say ] am now an American and WheI
it shall be my pleasure to take the oatf
to uphold the flag of the Union and the
Constitution of the United States, II
will be with hopes that l shall be
better American than I have been 9
Royalist and I will stand in first RAM
and fight for my country and my nag
F.. B. McClanahan followed Mr.. Wise
He spoke with great force and was fire.
quently applauded. Following Is the
substance of his remarks:
II think voice the sentiment of every
true Democrat when l say that l appre
ciate to the full the sentiments | haV'
Just heard from Mr.. Wise. The charge
if ever laid to the Democratic party o
trying to bulldoze the faltering Hawaii
an while he was trying to make up hi
mind as to which party he will join, il
a false charge. If we have man VIII
can get up and say, l believe because
know we gain man in our ranks Wh
can tell his friends why it is that he Is
Democrat; in such man we have on
4 who will grow old in the Democrat
party. l believe / voice the sentimen
of every true democrat in this hall to
night and in this country, when l lau
and praise the stand which the Hawaii
ans as a body are today taking in tina
they are going to stand on one side q
another only after they have inVestlgal
ed the merits or dement's of both par
ties. We are not ashamed or afraid {
take our principles and emblazon ther
before the people of this country /
comparison with the principles of tn
, Republican party.
"And so. conscious of their assume
power. they have taken unto themselVe
discord and are today scratching an
lighting ike cats ana uOBS' 1ueIe
U one thing I want to urge upon YOU
A gentlemen here present and fellow cit
Zens, and that is this: That those VIII
take their stand in the Democrat
ranks will find harmony and unity.
DO am not afraid to take my chances
90 voting shoulder to shoulder with Il
M Hawaiian race, and standing or fallir
w by the laws which they make We b.
lieve gentlemen, in the princip
that the majority should rule
, country We believe there is
" the Hawaiian people, ripe and ripenin
is that which shall make great statesmt
a and we are not afraid to take OF
chances with them, when man like Il
one who has preceded me upon tn
stand addresses your people in wor'
which cannot but touch your hearts al
start within you a feeling that such
er man can be with us in controlling q
government of this country. ] beliey
also that any political party is like al
CT business affair. 1t must have unity
be successful. I don't believe in 81
er rule or states and cut and dried pla
forms. l believe that every man h