The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-10


don't want to hear but must heai
Heretofore 1t has been puplic III
sion pretty generally accepted, that "a
tsax.ai;an had no standing at WASH
;rcton. that the only one who couii
,,,,r,a for a hearing at washington was
q missionary. I never want TO twlt
man on his rnisfortunes, but mis-
sieunry as he stands at washington
TODAY is living misfortune. TWO years
apa they went to Washington for what
nurnose? As a man standing upon
broad platform of Christianity ana
asking the Congress to do what no
other nation on earth would DO TO ROD
you of your rights. Briefly tnae you
sbould not have the right to vote.
should not have any voice In the al
fairs of your own home. They SEM
representatives there and they talked
to everyone but your Delegate and my
self went on and worked hard ana won
But we are not entitled to the eredlt;
that's due to God. for he did it. He
u,,t II into the hearts of Congress to
determine satisfactorily the status OF
our people. The humble cry of the
Hawaiian people was heard and they
were made the equals of any people
of the country. were given rights ana
privileges just the same as man porn
sn New York or any other state You
have had a Legislature and II has en-
acted laws so far as 1t was able to. l
don't attempt to say that the first Leg
isiature of Hawaii was a perfect one,
or that It's work was perfect. But l DO
say that 1t will rank with the work OF
any Legislature of any state or the
Union You must take into considera-
ton the conditions from which the
hos 1rNty
to hamper them in their efforts to pass
laws.
I'VE can summarize the position of
the enemies OF the people. Their first
cry was that the Hawaiian was not
capable OF self government, not fit to
make laws, but when he was given the
right to vote the second cry was Don't
you see what they did; what bad laws
they made: what mistakes they made;
their general unfitness for government?
Then they said they would go to Wash
ington. and Wen fix you, Mr.. Ka-
naka.'
sThey laughed at your Delegate when
he first went to Washington. They
consoled themselves with saying what
a shame 1t was to send such "a man
as Wilcox to such a place. They said
he would get lost in the crowd and
never would be heard of. When l went
to Washington the last time it was
with fear and trembling as to the hor-
rible things the missionaries would tell
Congress about the people here. /
thought IL G question whether the
franchise would be withdrawn in De-
cember or in January. Another thing
they said they would do was to put out
seven Home Rule Senators and put in
seven Republicans. said so far as
was concerned, when the Delegate was
sick, that If they could get seven Re-
publicans better than seven Home Rul-
erS, would agree to 1t, but they never
found them. Senator George Carter
went there representing the other side.
He said to me that 1 must be foolish
to think I could get such a thing from
n Republican Congress, when there
were Republican Representatives there
making the fight. Carriers proposal at
first V-s that he should have five Re-
publicans. and then he got so inflated
that he wanted seven. I told him to
not ask for eight. We started out for
three Republicans and four Home Rul-
ers to be retired. for the reason that
we wanted what I hope you always
will ask for. simple justice. Both
branches OF Congress said you were
right, and Mr.. Carter must admit that
he was wrong. 1t takes a good deal 10
convince a missionary sometimes. but
now he must confess his error.
There 10 for you a great teaching