The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-08-23
70 Nominate a
Ca1diG ate.
Portuguese Not Inactive.
Will N minata a CaDli-
date Mr.. N. A; Sir
vas Address.

The Portuguese have stolen march
on the regular parties and will meet
at San Antonio Hall this evening TO
nominate a candidate to represent
their Colony in the legislature. AS the
election will practically imply the
leadership of the colony, those who
consider themselves as leaders will
enter the field tonight and organize
their forces for the final struggle,
which will take place on Wednesday
next.
The probabilities are now that four
or five members will be nominated
this evening to make the fight. mas
| much as political lines have disap
| peared and former party affiliations
buried the fight will reduce itself to
one of personal following and popu
larity. 1t is being whispered around
this morning that for certainty NJ
c. Pacheco, Frank Andrade, M. A.
ilva, Major Camara and probably j.
M. Vivas and Louis r. .Medeiros will
be placed in nomination. Pacheco,
Pivas and Medeiros, however, as be-
ing out of the race, leaving, if the
rumor is true, only three candidates
in the field.
Leaving party politics aside, the
gentlemen mentioned are all able,
intelligent and progressive Portuguese
and would make representatives who
would be an honor to the colony and
the country.
AS promised yesterday The Indepen-
dent today gives the translation of
NJ. A. Silva's address delivered at
last Thursday evenings meeting:
My dear countrymen:-Th club in
calling this meeting of our colony to-
night took step which should have
been taken before, the delay is not
our fault but of the whole colony
because, gentlemen, the lack of ener-
gy in us has made us take so long
to realize the bad results of the last
Legislatures work, whom we may
thank for the crisis that threatens us
TODAY, and recognizing the necessity
CT a radical change we come before
you to ask your help, both moral and
material so that we may accomplish
that which us alone can not do
Fellow countrmen, we do not want
another Legislature as the last which
is to blame for what we are Offering
r today; we want a Legislature com
!, posed of men who will have the in
terests of this territory at heart, and
in that body we want one of our men,
Portuguese who will work for our
interests. For this purpose we need
, and ask your assistance to elect our
{ candidate.
, 1t is not my purpose to make you
believe that one man alone can dc
, such election will produce will be
, sufficient to induce his colleagues to
help him in any proposition which he
may bring up for the benefit of oul
colony, because we will prove there
by our interest, we have taken in the
affairs of this country, and finally VIZ
will demonstrate to them that hence
d forth we are to be reckoped with,
/ Let US therefore s low our strength
y aud when this is done new and pro-
4 porous cpoCh viii smile upon our c.
lonr Count.ymen, all of us have
certain part TO perform in this cam
" paign; to the old men who unhapil,
cannot became voters is given tn
part of the old veteran who seein
his mother country invaded by tn
l. enemy, and being old and feeble with
r. out the strength to lift his sword i
r It's defence placed it in the hand
a of his son and bade him so forth l.
o the battle field and take his place. T
(. the Dung men belongs the part of tn
good son who, obeying the comman
of his father, gains honor and glor
battling for his country with his I,
theirs sword,
~ Gentlemen, We could have our youn
10 men employed in all the department
" of this country; some of those thu
a. are there are not any more comp
a tent than we are, but they have p