Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-18
DELEGATE WILCOX
TALKS AT WAILUKU
Continued from Page j.

nois plainly told Pratt that il there
ever was man who got hCha QeCO
| Pratt was that man. He simply failed
| because he did not introduce Jhat
measure to Congress through tho
proper channels; that u.s. through the
hands Of your Delegate, who was tho
properly constituted and accredited
representative Of Hawaii in Congress.
| All other courses must be nil,
Dole was there to eurtaiI your
rights, but God has willed It otherwise.
Dole even publicl? uttered his reCrct
at the full rights Of franchise szt,nl.
| ed to Hawaians He said he was on
the committee but vas not responsible
for it, and did not concur with the ina.
jority Of the members Of Congress
who wisely bestowed the franchise
upon the Hawaiians. What did your
| Delegate do? He said tina, he would
! rather die in Congress in his endeay.
ors to give you the full right 10 vote
than see you, his beloved people. lose
the right TO vote. This was made pub.
lie in the American press. even
asked Mr.. J. II. Robinson, memOsr
! from Indiana, as to the truth Of that
report. He said. Young man, YOU
owe the franchise 70 the Delegate Of
the Territory Of Hawaii. Tell your
! people So" Both the Democratic ana
Republican parties in the United
States are run on the basis Of houe
rule. Great Britain is a great horne
rule country. There's home rule in
Porto Rico now and also in far of Phil
ippines. And there is Home Rule in
Hawaii nei. All the States and Terri
tories Of the Union have county aud
municipal governments, and why
should not Hawaii?
The next speaker of the evening was
Hon. William Mossman, and be spoke
for over an hour-and a long, weary
hour II was-on the great good the
Home Rule party did in the last Legs
lature in repeating the SO tax on female
dogs. The praises Of the Home RUE
party was eXtollcd TO the stars Tor
their noble deeds in wiping Cd this
utes, and how the poor natives have
been saved the enormous sum Ct s.
year through the untiring efforts Cf
the Home Rulers, even though il took
the Legislature sixty days Il accom-
plish this boon. Even II there was
nothing else done by the Home Rulers
during the last session but to wipe IF
this dog tax, which was likonod 70 The
tax on tea, which was one Of tba
causes OF the Revolutionary War. tba
Home Rule party had secured q grand
victory. The speaker explained IN DO
tail in very mopotonous manner all
the bills which passed and also those
which did not pass at the last session
of the Hawaiian Legislature. In his
opinion the twenty.sCven laws passed
by the Home Rule Legislature exceed
ed in their beneficial results all tue
laws passed by former Legislatures
| for. see the dog TAX and what a boOa
il is upon overtaXed humanity to SOC
some Of the taxes taken off.
Fred w. Beckley and D. KaiauChl.
! lani Sr were the next speakers IN
they likewise sang Of the rraises Il
the Home Ruler heroes Of the last
campaign, the party and lis bsneyn.
lent platform. Il was after II
o'clock when Senator KalauUkalaui
ended his haransue in his usual BON.
bastic and gaseous style which was
however, the prevailing spirit Of toe
evening.
Wilcox had been sitting quietly -
the platform all the evening eyiDg his
audience, and occasionally casting
side glance at the large number 81 re
publiCans present And as he aTC'e
from his seat and extended his kindly
Ifclicitations TO his audience, most
hearty applause greeted him. His
countenance was abla2e in moment
and with gestures indicative Of his IL
ward feelings be said:
Il went to the United States Goa
gress, as has been explained by my
secretary, as your Delegate. II wa the
only one OF the 3j5 members Of that
august body that came beyond the
seas. This body represents eighty
millions Of people, 50 you cen see the
most exalted position in which your
Delegate was placed and the great non
ors conferred upon him. When | WAS
thus hOnOred you were also hCDor7I.
My enemies have been raising he
cry that Wilcox is failure and they
are and have been trying in every pos.
sible way TO injure me. They do this
because they are jealous Of me and
the most envious position that nold
| through you. They hate not only viii.
cox but they also hate you, for TO hate
Wilcox is TO hate you. They sent del
egates of their own TO Congress to
hinder, ObstTUCt and in every possible
| way to inJure me, but the results have
been in every instance they came
home as failures, weeping before Jour
Delegate. They think so much Of
themselves that they place ~ a Little
above cattle. What do We want mon
ey FOR? Did not the United states
slvc us eighty millions Of dollars dur
ing the twenty years Of the R"clDroo
ity Treaty? And what were the ma.
ural effects OF that treaty? why ~"
country was so prosperous 'hat me
Door Hawaiians mortgagod and suIi
then lands and were pushed 10 ~