The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-11
WILCOX'S
GIvE-AWAY
SPEECH
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Hk urHn tH, subject hnurh some
members pzIrrssal ibe belief that the
chang. would bring more satisfaction
within the party ana the matter was
brought tn "a vote. ON the show of
hands Chairman kalauokalani declared
the motion Tor committee lost Em.
mcluth called for roll cali aud again
the floodpates of oratory were opened
and several members discussed the
proposition at length.
Kalanianaole got the floor and Inn
passonntely pleaded that the party
give the power to govern their own af-
fairs into the hands Of the people. He
said there was a time coming when
there must be such action II the party
was To hope To grow or succeed and
he thought the preparation should be
made now for the growth and the sat
isfaction of the people. He shook I'm
the face of the convention n draft OF
the constitution prepared by the CEN
trial committee of the party, and said
that IL there was a single duty before
,the convention II was to change the
rules so as to give their rights to the
voters Following his address. which
was listened to with great attention and
applauded loudly when he concluded.
there was a roll call. which showed
that the change in opinion was radical.
FOR there seemed to be hardly any noes,
the vote finally being practically unan-
imous. The chairman asked as to the
committee. and while there seemed at
one time chance that the reorgani-
| cation would go into the hands of the
platform committee, 1t was decided that
I T. a. 4. 4
that named above was appointed.
Before a motion to adjourn could be
\ introduced Moses Kaaikaula rose and.
saying he had resolution of great in
terest to the party, read one declaring
| lack of confidence i'm Kalauokalani, and
proclaiming his seat vacant. Instantly
there was IA demand for the eye OF the
chair and in the storm of talking which
ragged was the deep bass of the man
| from Maui and the shrill treble of the
woman from Waialua. KaailIaula de-
clared that it was time for the party
to have a new president He said the
! chairman had frequently been unfaith-
| full to his trust in that he had Ovcrrid-
den the wishes of the committee, in
that he had opposed secretly the plans
as expressed in resolutions OF the COM
mittee. and presumed to be the entire
party.
There was much talking the drift of
| which was that there should be nc
change in the leadership at this time
the women declaring that the president
was true to his trust and should be
| upheld Wise made the point that
there should be nothing done now, ow-
! ing to the fact that everything con-
corning officers was in the hands OF
the committee in charge of the reor-
| ganiZation of the party. Finally, when
the talking was becoming personal. Ka-
! lanianaole suggested that ii was nc
place for the making of such a spec
| tacle, and moved a committee to con
slider the charges and report to the
convention. This was Immediately
adopted and the chair, Wilcox presd-
| ing, named Ewaliko, Kaohi, Kanul
| Emmeluth and Mahiko.
Another attempt was made to get the
question of nominations before the con
VentiOn. Markham wanted this taken
| up, but he was not successful, as
! Prince Cupid again took the floor and
| insisted that the rules would preclude
! this before the platform had been re.
ported, owing to the early action OF
the convention, and his suggestion pre-.
vailing the convention adjourned unit
10 o'clock this morning.