Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-02

ships for the Hawaiian neOpIe-taNa
ton without representation, no en-.
ploymcnt on public works tall this be.
! ing done by alliance or those who
could be induced to sell their birth.
right for the means wherewith to sub.
sisD. Many arrests and detentiOns
without warrant or trial were among
! the personal burdens.
During this time COmmCrcialism and
industrial exploitation were ram
pant. Asiatic immigration steadily In.
creased and touched high.water mark
/ in the interval between the Newlands
resolution and the going into effect OF
tn" Organic Act, the arrivals during
these twenty-five months being close
to thirty thousand souls. while Of 9th.
or natiOnaltics the increase was not
over 500 for the same time.
Locally. privileges in land and water
rights were granted right and LEFT
long leases Of large areas for long
terms being OF record in the Govern.
ment archives.
| Such In brief are some OF the con
ditions and experiences of what has
come to be known as the Transition
Period
The head and front of this conspir.
! aCy, the man Of all men dctCstcd and
abhOrrcd by the Hawaiian people for
his attitude towards them during those
days OF burden and sorrow was San
ford B. Dole. One would imagine that
with the experiences Of those seven
years behind this man would have had
his spirit OF race prejudice. animOsity
spleen or whatever else you may term
II. but no.
After the Hawaiian Islands were an.
noXcd without the consent vi the PEG,
y plc-mind Mr.. senator without the
was asked to frame a sort Of consti.
tuition for these Islands. Sanford H.
! Dole and Judge Frcar were picked out
to represent the Hawaiian Islands
What points did they fight for, and II
they didn't fight, what did they advO.
cate? That restriction to the fran.
Chisc be made in the form OF prop,
orty qualification. You will see, Nh
Senator. that Mr.. Dole was not con.
tented that the seven years, during
which he denied us the right TO have
something to say in our governmental
affairs. but wanted the right denied us
Tor generations to come. But. fOrtu,
nat"ly for the Hawaiians. Congress
saw fit to make intelligence the stand,
, ard, and educational qualification
was determined on, so that, Mr.. Sen.
atOr. We have no Kick coming. be-
cause We can boast today that you
can't find a single State in the Union
whose rate Of illiter0Cy Is as low as
that amongst the Hawaiian people
And let me say further that 1t was this
sense of justice pervading the acts OF
Congress in relation to this Territory
! that weaned us from our longing for
the hereditary condition under which
We had happily lived and to undertake
the measure of individual responsible.
~ contemplated by the Organic Act.
After annexation II turned ont that
with a few exceptions. Mr.. Sole and
his followers declared themselves Re.
publCans. OF course, Mr., Senator. the
Hawalians have been watching and
studying, for, thank God, Dole and his
followers could not rob the Hawaiians
OF these two things. They have been
watching and thinking, | say. for the
last seven years, and they saw that
the Republicans were none else than
the very people who not only robbed
them OF their identity but denied them
the very rights that they now saw in