The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-08

permanent residents upon whom and
upon whose descendants. thei. pIanra-
ton masters lead Us To hope thar the
principles OF American citizenship may
be safely founded. These alien pauper
iaoorers, IN many Instances social
pariahs. moral Iepers and religious ia
I ilatlcs III the country from which they
nail, reared and fostered in lands and
under governments to which the Amer
lean form of government is an anon-
aIE. possessing 40 intellectually and
but little Intelligence. furnish Door
foundation for an intelligent American
citizenship during the present genera
ton and offer but little hope for u
substantial foundation for many gen
erations to come and
Whereas. The Portuguese residents
and American citizens of Portuguese
blood, who form over 81 per cent. of the
total white population of the Territory
of Hawaii, feel aggrieved. insulted and
oppressed by reason OF said letter. and
Whereas. The said Honorable VIII
liam j. Robinson has shown himself 10
be preJudiced and biased against the
Portuguese race in this Territory. and
incapable of rendering impartial JUS
tee 10 any of them who may appear
in his court either as litigants or ac-I
cused of crime; and, further,
Whereas, The statements, assertions
and aspersions in said letter rejecting
on the character, reputation and in
tegrity Of the people of Portuguese
blood in this Territory are malicious
and wanton SANDERS. and manifestly
detrimental TO their welfare:
Therefore Be it Resolved:
First. That we, Portuguese resi-
dents and American citizens OF Portu-
guest birth or descent, in mass meet
ing assembled in the city of Honolulu
Voieing the sentiments of every man
and woman of Portuguese blood in this
Territory, DO hereby emphatically pro-
test against the said language, state .
meuts, aspersions and reflections en-
bodied in the letter written by said
Honorable William ]. Robinson 10 |
United States Senator George c. Per
kins.
Second. That we respectfully Sub /
nit to the sound, just and impartial |
judgment of President Roosevelt. the /
question whether. in the circumstances, +
the best interests of justice will be I
subserved by retaining said Honorable /
William j. Robinson in office as Judge /
of the First Circuit Court of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii.
Third. That copies of these resolu-
tons be forwarded to the President and /
Attorney General of the United States, |
United States Senator George c. Per- |
kins, and George r. Carter, Governor |
OF the Territory of Hawaii"
j. +. Durao moved that copies Of the /
resolutions be sent to Governor Carter /
and Senators Perkins and Cullen and /
that all possible influence be used TO /
have them presented to the President !
of the United States. ]. NJ A Silva |
seconded the motion.
A little tilt between Castro and Silva |
on the subject of cold feet followed. /
in which the former declared that he /
had never had cold feet in his life, al /
ways acted as his convictions prompt
ed and could be dictated TO by no man |
J. p. Rodrigues moved that a copy of |
the resolutions be sent to Consul Can
avarro, TO be forwarded by him to the
Portuguese ambassador in Washing
ton.
Both motions went through with ac-t
claim.
A committee will be appointed to at
tend to the forwarding of the resolu-
TONS
At 1885 D. m. the meeting broke up. /
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