The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-19
WILCOX SAYS FAREWELL AND
RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED
Delegate Says lie Alone Has the Ear
of Official Washington and
Demands Union.


room about 25c people, counting women
and children. Mr.. Kaulia. in opening
the meeting. spoke in part as follows:
Fellow Citizens: AS our delegate will
soon leave US for Washington. you ere
called here tonight to tell him all you
want him to do for you, TO place upon
his shoulders all the burdens you wish
him to carry to Washington to speak
out all your troubles, all i'll feelings, so
that America may know our wants and
our feelings. If yon do not speak, IL we
do not let him know what We want done,
how can we get what we want? We
must look to America for help. and do
not mind all that we hear from our enc
mics here. Those little things are for
Hawaii-nei.
1--WE are like little calves feeding from
the mother COW, and America is the
mother COW, and her milk constitutes all
the benefitsthat are coming to US from
her. We must let America know what
we want, and she will let us have X.
We will soon hear our delegate and then
some resolutions VIII be read to you. We
must work, and IL we can remove Cover
nor Dole tonight, that is all right; IL we
can remove Secretary Cooper tonight.
, that's our business"
Here he introduced Delegate Wilcox,
who spoke in part as follows:
Fellow American Citizens: Tomorrow,
IL the Sierra comes in, i win depart for
Washington, so that can be there when
congress opens the first week In Decen-
ber. 1 am glad to have had this oppor-
tunity to speak to YOU, and to hear
what you want me to do for you, be-
fore leave you. / am sure that know
just what you want your delegate to do
for you. You have but one delegate, and
that delegate is me, no one else has any
business to represent you In congress.
If others go there with anything they
want done here, and oppose them, their
work will amount to nothing.
America looks to me and to the Home
Rule Republican party. The republicans
I in America, the party in which our pres
nident stands are looking to the republi-
Fcans here, of which we are members.
President Roosevelt does not make any
distinction between Missionary Republl-
cans, the Anti-Missionary Republicans
and the Home Rule Republicans, but
treats them all alike as republicans, for
they all belong to one great circle. II
any of these three republican parties
here tries to monopol!ze everything.
passes nigh minded resolutions. the re-
publIcans in America will not mind them.
That Is why those who petitioned to re-
move Judge Humphreys were defeated.
1--WE must stand together and work
for the good of all, petition to congress
on those things you need for the common
good. I want to work to have govern
ment lands distributed among you. not
simply three or five acres, as we see
now here In this Territory but lands
that VIII be large enough for you to
build your homes, to raise your own cat
tie SO that you can plow the field. The
three acres that are being distributed
among some are not large enough to
raise rabbits on them; we want liberal
gifts, such as the United States is giving
TO its people.
II will protect the interests of the plan
tations, for upon this one industry de-
pends everything here; but ! win not
help them in things that are not right.
1 will not help them take everything for
themselves. AS to the labor question, 1
have nothing to say now. but will wait
and see what those at Washington want
done as to that question. I VIII work
for all that is good, and IL / succeed in
getting 100000 for this Territory, that
Will be benefit to US all
Before 1 leave you 1 want 10 urge
you to stick together, stick to the Home
Rule Republican party, and to forget
all the mistakes of the past. If those we
chose to represent us in the legislature
did not do what we wanted them to do,
try and keep back all III feeling toward
each other, keep the bad blood within;
hold your. breath, move onward anu
when the election time comes, those
that did not do as you wanted cast them
aside and elect others in their places
You must also remember that they can
not do all We want them to do in the
legislature, for there three powers
the executive, the judiciary and the leg
lslative The governor has the executive
power and we cannot do much when no
tries TO block our way.
IF 1 succeed in getting you lands.
want you TO keep your land or you will
go 10 the poor-houses. America is like
a new Kauikeaoult; America Is generous
to her children, and those that will
waste what they have will bear the
blame, for we cannot expect America to
be guardian for each and every one of
us. She gives US what We ask for and
we must be our own guardians.
II VIII be away from you until next
June. In November you will again vote
for senator's and representatives.. AS for
me, have two terms to serve and II
you elect new delegate he must serve
after my two terms expire, but II you
elect me again OF course VIII represent
you again. l want you to remember
what Senator Morgan, one of the sena-
tors In America that helped US In the
past said to me He wants US TO stand
together, to send a good delegate TO
Washington, then he will help us: II you
do not stand together and send a 1901
to washington, he will not help us.
IF you want anything, petition right
straight to Washington, and do not
waste your time in idle talk here. hope
you win be together. still upholding the
marty we have chosen. when i return
We viii now have the resolutions.
Mr. J. X. Kaulia spoke or the resolu-
tions. which were ready 20 be read De
fore those who gathered. He then called