The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-29
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but" said Ruuki, ''you are all standing
on your feet when you all should be on
your knees as Daniel was, and 1 believe
our prayer will be answered. If you can
not do it here, do it when you go home
TO your wives, to fathers, to mothers, to
your sisters and brothers-yes, to your
friends and to all you meet at your home.
We all must pray to Him above us, the
Father Of US all, to deliver us from our
enemies as Daniel did. If We are sincere
in our prayers, I am sure that they
will be answered. If our prayers are not
answered, then we are wrong and we
have no one to blame but ourselves. We
dc not help one another as We should.
The trouble with us people Is that a
great many of us do not like to see 9TH
ers prosper. When we see one of our
ccuntrymen walking up the monument
of success, before he teaches the top.
we envy him instead of helping to thc
last step which he is struggling hard to
reach and is about to reach. We dig at
the very foundation and tear the monu-
ment down and as result this honest,
hard-working man falls down with 1t and
is crushed. We should learn to help one
another of our race
At the conclusion of Puukis remarks
Delegate r. w. Wilcox was introduced
and made few remarks. He said:
II understand you are here for the pur-
pose of passing resolutions for presenta-
ton to the Governor asking for an ex-
tension of time for the Legislature to
complete its work. It Is the right course
for you, the people, to do; it is necessary
that he should give the Legislature more
time to complete the work now partially
done by them. There are some very i'm
portant bills which should be passed and
fbecome laws, such as the County and the
City bills, the Loan bill, the Appropria-
tion bill and a bill for the Leper Settle
ment. These are all for the benefit of
you Hawaiian people. 1 am in a position
that ] cannot do anything myself to
help you. This lies with our Governor,
and you, the people, have the right to
appeal to him in the manner that you
are doing tonight. Pass and adopt the
| measure which will be presented you
| this evening. If your request Is refus-
| ed. well and good: the people at Wash
ington are watching us and all our do
| iEgs. They will be the judges of what
is done here by these people who are
irving to defeat and keep US down. As
your Delegate, I can only watch things
] here and make a report to Washington
Thurston's paper abused me the other
| day because 1 saw fit to select a son OF
the late George Richardson as my can
didate from this Territory for the West
| Point cadetship. I pay no attention to
such abuse. I made two selections-one
a full haole boy for the Naval Academy
at Annapolis. and this young half-Ha-
vsaiian for the other place, a military
school. I could not find pure Hawaiians
| among us of proper age and education
4 to qualify, as the examination is very
severe; and, further, this is a right oi
my own No one else has a right tc
dictate to me who I should choose. II
Is prerogative of the Delegate of this
{, Territory. In conclusion, 1 will say tc
you, as I said on other occasions, be
firm, stick together, be true to the In
dependent Home Rule Party now th'
Independent Home Rule Republican
party. You must not listen to the flow
/ cry talk of the would-be lawyers ant
politicians, for they will lead you astral
and do you a great deal of harm. There
fore 1 ask you all to adopt the resolu
tons"
r. n. Boyd then stepped upon tn,
platform and read the resolutions signeC
by five members. After 1t was read BoyC
said, '.AlI those in favor of the resolu
tions as read, signify by giving three
cheers" This was done, but the three
cheers were somewhat of a disappoint
rnent. their volume not coming up to ex
pectations. The question of those con
trary was not called.
The meeting adjourned at $50 O'Clock
About 100 people, altogether, gathered a
one corner of the square. The meeting
was very orderly, about 80 per cent o
those present being women and children
The resolutions, copy of which eoul'
not be obtained, are sufficiently explain
cd aboye