The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-11

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Yu. |H iH choose n new Nl.o president
fo rkr lhc place w James " kAuIia,
. whom GOD h1s h.en pleased 90 call
away since us lntt came tprsth.r
you have before sou another object
Chat uf endorsing ihr men chosen Co
fN vacancies uu the executive commit
. tee. ALSO o. consider thp work that has
. been don" by committees appointed by
/ the executive committee. ln all OF
these things ] would counsel unanlm-
|ity of purpose and action
"1i,mcWhrr tntl .ul- is not CON
vcntion for the choice OF Senators and
. Representatives To the Legislature. We
are not Yet ready for that great work.
I II viii be necessary for you first TO re-
turn 10 your homes and think carefully
over the men II will be your purpose to
pace before the people. 1t will be your
Indispensable duty to choose men Of
ability and stamina. men who will rep
resent you in "A manner you will be
proud Of
Let us act as American citizens
with nothing but the good of our Ter
ritory at heart. and let us show to the
world that we are glad and proud to do
our duty as Americans.
something is being said about the
disfranchsemen of the native Hawa-
fans, but do not let that worry you.
Stand firmly on the ground you believe
to be right, support the Home Rule
party throughout the Islands. elect to
the next Legislature the brainiest and
best men among you and you will not
go far wrong"
a committee on credentials was
named. consisting of S. X. Mahoe,
chairman; G. Markham. G. p. Waie-
hua. ID. Ewaliko and |. 5. Kahilina.
The report of the committee showed
total of l42 delegates, divided as fol-
lows; oahu, 1874; Kauai, five: Maui,
nine; Hawaii four. These delegates
were declared seated and the conven-
ton was then called upon to listen To
the address of the Delegate upon what
he had accomplished during his term
at Washington. Mr.. Wilcox appeared
In his Congressional dress and spoke at
some length. He was at his best in the
denunciatory passages and was loudly
Cheered when he called upon his people
to stand behind him and they would be
led to a greater victory than they gain
ed during the campaign two years ago.
He said:
/ DELEGATE WILCOX'S SPEECH.
Aloha nul to all of you. We are
now in the family of the great United
States not by our own desire. They
took us as a lion takes a lamb. OF
course, as you all know, I was elected
as your delegate to Congress. 1t was
a hard struggle to win. but We con-
quered in the end. That position
hold until March, 1908.
when we first lost our country and
when the monarchy was overthrown
and the United States landed troops on
our shores, America did not want us to
become annexed. 1t was through the
missionaries that we lost our country
and our monarchy During the time
the Hui Kalaiaina and the Aloha Alma
societies were started and John Rich
ardson, William Aud, ]. *. Kaulia and
ID. Kalauokalani went as delegates to
the United States to look after our
rights.
Then came the war with Spain and
the United States grabbed our islands.
Three commissions from the States and
two from here were all in favor of an
neXation. Well, the missionaries man
aged to get nearly all the land and now
they want the rest
IAN the old folk dubbed together to
send n delegate to look after the rights
Of the people. and / went there as your
ln1lpltn RI ha cd lN,,t ba ,,,ie
sionaries. Robert NJ. Boyd contributed
S4OO toward this fund, Prince Kalania-
naole contributed some as did the old
folks. When i got to Washington ]
found everything was already cut and
dried before my arrival.
II was asked concerning the prop
erty qualification for voting which i
preferred, the property or educational
as a necessary quality. / replied edu-
cation, as / knew all the natives could
read and write. Through me no taxes
are necessary for voting; you do not
have to pay them now as formerly
The missionaries have tried to take
away your votes, but God would not
allow them to fulfil the wishes of
their black hearts. God willed it that
should go to the United States as your
representative as the United States
wanted. Keep to your vote one little
vote is worth everything. There will
be millions OF dollars spent by the
United states in improvements at
Pearl Harbor and other improvements.
What good will that do you unless you
have a vote?
I'VE are now recognized and known
as part of the United States. / can
truthfully say that / have no enemies
in Congress, we have no enemies i'm
Congress. The only place where | have
heard any prejudice expressed against
the Hawaiian race is right here in Ha-
wall, where the missionaries are all
the time sending tales 10 the United
States that we are nobodes and only
cannibals.
The fire during the plague robbed
the poor people of their belongings, and
h, 10 ni.in