The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-11
Saturdays Speeches at
the Drill Shed.
WISE SPEAKS IN ENGLISH
KaIauokaIani, Bob" Wilcox and
KauIia Address the Crowd
in Hawaiian.

in Hawaiian.
About five hundred Hawaiians and q
sprinkling of haoles attended the mass
meeting of the Independent native par
fy in front of the drill shed entrance On
Saturday evening. A small platform
seated the committee and the speakers
and torches in the hands of men and
boys clustered round the platform, fur
nished sufficient light to enable the peo-
pie 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 D. Kalauokalani Of the Ka-
laiaina society at 750 p. m. The delay
was on account of the request of the
officers Of the Laborers' Union to allow
time to have a 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-
lished by our forefathers. The history
of your country is in your hearts, as
well as in mine, and you love it, and
not only it, but your aliis-one and ALL
For seven years we had been under
oppression-our inalienable right was
taken 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 supplication. 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-
sides ]. K. Kaulia and John Richard
son, have travelled through the United
States for our cause-and Congress
was deaf to us.
Is. oils" Proffered.
"On July Z, 1898, Congress accepted
the "spoils'' proffered them by the rob-
bers, and from then to August IL, 1898,
our freedom waned to become a thing
of the past. Our beloved flag went
down on the latter date-never again to
hoat-because Congress has now made
us part of the United States.
With little hope left before the pas
sage Of laws to govern us, we of the
kalaiaina society, decided to send r.
w. Wilcox, f. Capyless and ]. Hele-
lube as delegates to Congress- and tho
American people last November. Our
oeiegates lectured in all places from the
racine Coast to the Atlantic until they
reached Washington.
Ihey mad been refused aid by MANY
While still others, encouraged them In
their labors. They called on Soma of
tne most influential journals of tha
united states and were given to undar-
STAND that there was no hope. and that
Hawaii was gone, and forever
In congress, the saying was af,rn,
ed, SO, through the columns oF tho -
halaiaina. l informed you of the sol
emn fact 'oi
"No More Hope.y
In my circular I stated There Is M
more hope for restoration Let nc
pay our taxes, and prepare to exercise
our fuii rights Of citizenship to the ex-
treme"
In closing his remarks he said. .Je.
me say this to you. It was not only
the Republicans nor Democrats who
heiped us to get our votes frae of |
restrictions. 10th parties aided no t. |
was not only Republicans who he,ned
20 steai our country. the Democrats
.oo put we must remember though. !
ma. 'here are exceptions in the ranks
OF the Republicans as well as of the
Democrats"
Ihe speaker also explained the nur.
poses OF the convention held on the stb
ana 9TH, and Of the adoption of the
platform to be read by J. K. Kaulia
He said:
we are citizens of the United States
will be on the 14th-and under The
Territorial law. we are the eouo,s of
every other citizen. and to show thot
the anti feelings which have beer ,ata