The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-08-17
FOR SELF
PROTECTION

I'VE are not banded together to
drive out the Japanese and Chinese"
said President Matt. Henernan In his
opening speech at the Citizens Labor
Club last night. but we are bound to
protect ourselves and II 1t comes to n
question of them driving US out or our
driving them out, It will be the white
men who will stay"
Thus did the president of the new
club lay bare the underlying principle
of the organization, and his remarks
were enthusiastically received by the
thirty odd members of the club gather
ed in their room in the Waverley
block.
I'VE are gathered together as Ameri-
can citizens to protect ourselves and
our rights as American citizens" con-
tinued Mr.. Heffernan. I'VE have moth
ing against the Chinese and Japs as
people, but they are not citizens. We
believe that men put into public offices
by the votes of the citizens should en-
ploy only citizens in all their private
and public work. We are here to keep
the Asiatics from running us out Of
our own country.
"a white man should employ white
man. We don't want to take the
bread and butter away from the Asia
tic, but we are not going to let him
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dorse those men for election that will
only employ citizens in public and
private"
There were number of other burn
ing addresses along the same lines,
Dinny Fox, II. German and Larry Dee
taking an active part Prominent
among the laborers were Dick Sullivan.
Jack McFadden and Spider WEIGH. it
being suggested that Sullivan take up
the collection, as being the one who
could probably collect the most.
Larry Dee said that the club was
just the proper thing. White men,
among whom he included the Hawai-
ians and all other citizens. should stick
together. Blood was thicker than wa
ter. He had been in business for years
and had never seen the town SO quiet
as 1t was just now. 1t was getting
so that white man couldn't run q
saloon any more because the yellow
men had taken the business. Any citi-
zen who refused to sign the clubs roll
was unworthy of the proud. privilege
of being an American citizen.
H. German wanted to know where all
the Hawaiians and Portuguese were. 1t
was for them as well as the Ameri-
cans that the club was formed.
The only Hawaiian present suggested
that there had been no notice in the
Hawaiian papers, and it was thereupon
resolved to give notice of the next
meeting in the native and Portuguese
press.
r. Wagner wanted TO call the atten-
ton of the club to the fact that e. P.
Low, of Hilo. was candidate there
and was employing Japanese here. He
thought that the Hilo voters ought to
know.
It was resolved to wait until after
the conventions and then pick out the
candidates they wanted and endorse
them. Someone in the back asked what
party they were going to pick their
candidates out Of He just wanted to
know, but no attention was paid to
the question.
The only avowed candidate present
was Jim Quinn, who avOwed repentance
for having any Orientals In his en-
ploy. Whereupon the club volunteered
to fill their places with citizens an
offer which Mr.. Quinn professed his de-
light at, at the same time warning
Larry Dee not to employ any more
Japanese himself
Another meeting of the club will be
held next week.