The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-01
REPUBLICANS TELL OF THE GREAT
PARTY OF OUR GLORIOUS LAND

the petition of the people pleading against
annexation, 1t was Senator Hoar who
helped these gentlemen. He took the pc
tition and presented 1T In the Senate Of
the United States for consideration.
"A word about the Democratic party
and its administration. You all remember
that 1t was Stevens, the United States
Minister, who dethroned the Queen. He
Old 1t without an order from Cleveland.
President Cleveland In turn sent Mr..
Blount here to negotiate. But it was all
farce. If Stevens could have commits
ted an action without first the approval
oe his superior, why did he not act in
accord with his superior's wishes and i'm
mediateiy restore our Queen. This you
certainly know as well as / do was not
the case.
ITO what party shall We then ally our
selves? To the Republican party or the
Democratic? n Is certain that we should
all like to ally ourselves to the strong Re-
publican party, and not to the party -ith-
out any backbone.
"We speak of our Independent party in
Hawaii But search all through the
iUrited States. you will not find any such
party. 1t exists only in Hawaii. Wilcox
may have told you that 1t was through
him that we received our liberal fran
chise. If so, 1t seems so strange that he
did not secure the use of the two lam
guages-English and Hawaiian-for our
LEGAL Legislature. Through his neglect,
If he did work for our good in the United
States, many of our competent Hawaii
ans, who do not speak the English Ian
gCage, cannot enter the threshold of our
legislative halls and speak in their moth
er tongue. ] feel very sorry that our
friend Wilcox did not negotiate better for
our sake. But suffice II to say that it
was not Wilcox who secured for US our
franchise, but the members of the Unit
ed States Congress. To the United States
Congress we owe our franchise and not
to Wilcox"
ACHI TALKS SENSE. :
w C. Achi was the next speaker. MY
first warning to you is. Look out for
yourselves and your family, :" he began.
81 did not select myself as a candidate
for the coming Legislature. 1t was the
delegates representing the people who
chose me as "a candidate. / would not
go to the Legislature of my own accord,
receiving only 500; would rather stay
in my office, where more money could
come to me. But the voice of my mother
! seems to whisper in my ears, Go, my
/, child, and work for the benefit of your
people and country.
I'm this respect feel bad for our friend
: Wilcox. He says that he secured our
? franchise. If he did he failed to do one
Y thing for the Hawaiians. By an act OF
e he United States Congress no native who
does not know how to write or read the
e English language can be a turyman. If
5 Wilcox was working in the interest of the
5 eople. as he says, it Is strange that such
: cautious mar should fail to remedy this
fault. Why did he not look out for the
y welfare of his people In this. as well as
e the franchise matter? According to this.
if we should vote for Wilcox, what can
n we expect from him? 1t is certain that
IT our interests will not be cared for as they
l. Should be. For seven years the nation
y relied Wilcox. What did we encoun-
n ter? We have suffered seven years Of
famine"
n At this point the speaker frustrated
y some unsuccessful attempts of Wilcox
f. which caused the overthrow of the Queen
It anG the loss of Hawaifs independence.
I'm 1892" he said, wilcox belonging to
> the Liberal party, was my opponent while
= we were both running as candidates for
20 the Legislature. Wilcox misled the peo-
l. pie and naturally it resulted In my de-
Is feat. 1t was this same Wilcox and his
IT Liberal friends who endeavored to change
the Constitution. By compulsion the
A. Queen agreed to declare new Constitu-
n ticn. We all know its outcome-the de-
= thronement of our Queen.
: again in 1894 the Government under
- the Republic of Hawaii called for the ma
b tives to register, that they might have the
y right to vote. Wilcox and Kauiia msled
the natives again. and they failed to car
ry out the decree. 1t was the most fool
ish thing they Cid Had the natives reg
istered, they could have sent their Sena-
tors and Representatives to the Legisla-
ture and the Queen could have been re-
stored.
again in 1895 Wilcox attempted to car
ry out revolution. 1t only scored him
another failure, caused the sacrifice OF
lives and the degradation of men. 1t Is
needless to tell you that wilcox fed and
so did his allies and were finally captured
and imprisoned. Can we afford to beal
moi n the Wilcox trouble kings
Ono" was the cry) 81 think If I ha6
led you myself through all these turmoils
there would. have been no chance for yot
t. fall back. (ApplauseD / tell you, fel
low-citizens, the time has wheI
Wilcox should be disregarded (Applause.
Have you not suffered enough for tbs
last seven years? C'Yes.' was the cry
from the audience.1
''If so, then let us have the manage
ment for the next seven years. There !!
no man in this country independent al
4 i am. (Applause.) No money can buy
me. have not taken any Government
office and ] do not seek for 1t.
81 feel the responsibility weighing heav
lily on my shoulders to gltidekyou in tn
right way. Though my own xsrerseaa
business needs. me. yet Igcannot disfsEar'
ms people. Ss xg
Election day iss drawing near. Whel
that day. Comes, it may help you II yo'
listen tos MISREPRESENTATION as well q
tkat of the 1ndependent--to judge who !
the more competent man. And when yo'
have decided cast your vote for tn
best man. k1f you thinlSkI am the smor
. worthy man. vote for me. (Applause)
"wilcox went to Washington in behal
of the interests Of his wife's so-ca ed es
tate But soon he needed money. He pre-
itended that he was there In behalf of tn
people. He sent request back for yo
aged and poor natives to supply him wit
coin. Could you depend upon such
man. who Is not self-reliable? II yo
should vote for Wilcox as Delegate Z
Congress you would encounter the sam
trouble.
'why not select reliable man. sue
as Sam Parker? He Is a man wen know
in Washington and a friend OF Presiden
Mckinley. Is 1t not better that We vot
for Sam Parker?
The speaker then snake most interest
irrly of Parker.s talks with Mckinle