Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-15
HAWAIIAN women
Want TO VOTE
Petition Congressman Many Things
Oppose Importation Of Male
Immigrants = Will Ask Con.
gress to Pay Queens Claims.

RIeSS 70 ray 0ueeHS Cidlms.
Recommendation to grant the
women here the right to vote ami
petition opposing the immigration
of male immigrants to Hawaii were
The features of Importance brought
cut by the speakers at the Aala
Park mass meeting last night.
These two facts were inserted n
the petitions to be presented to TIC
Congressman before they leave 70"
the States. The two petitions, sign
ed by Hawaiian ladies', were brought
forward by their delegates and pre-
sented by them to Mayor Fern, who
presided over the meeting.
The speakers. after they had
,. listened to the reading of the petit
tions by j. NJ. Poepoe. said that 1t
was proper that the women here
should be given the franchise to
vote, as those In Wyoming, Colorado,
Idaho and Utah. They emphasized
the fact that the Mir land Of Ha-
wall was being demoralized by the
Immigration of male immigrants
only. They said there were many
laborers In the country today, and
hence It was necessary for the "su-
gar barons" to bring some more i'm
migrants into the country. Cap
plause.)
Another thing that the Hawaiian
petitioners want the visiting Con-
gressmen to do while In Congress Is
to appropriate funds from the Fed
eral treasury for the maintenance
and general improvement Of the
leper settlement. They further
asked that Federal appropriation be
made for encouraging and helping
the small farmers who may desire
to cultivate the land which they
have acquired from the govern
ment.
They also ask that the Congress
men now visiting in the islands use
their best effort to pay the claims
OF Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani.
d. Kalauokalani, who was called
upon to speak first said that 1t was
important and proper that the Ha-
waiians express their opinion as to
their needs while the Congressman
are in the islands. j. NJ. Poepoe,
who followed him, said that II was
up to the Hawaiian people to ask OF
the Congress OF the United States to
do what is right and proper for the
people here. He thought that the
people here should ask Congress to
give Hawaii statehood.
T. B. Ryan OF Hilo, who was pres
ent on the stand, addressed the au-
dience. Keewehaku acting as his in
terpreter.
He said:
| II fancy that the local English
newspapers have called me some
| thing like a tidal wave or storm.
! think 1t best to have such citizens
as l, SO they could make the sugar
barons here climb the tree. 1t is
about time for the common people to
stand up together and get homes for
| themselves. Let us pull together so
that we can accomplish something.
What would you think II the
young people would crowd into Ho-
nolulu, when there is no work to be
obtained?" Nothing" shouted Ma
hoe, a typical Hawaiian, from the
crowd.
mo Territory or State can
amount to anything unless the farm
ers have steady farms to work on.
l am glad to see you people come to
! the conclusion that you want home
steads and not 999 year leases. For
many years ! have heard the people
say that the Hawalians are not re-
liable because they do not and can
not hold their lands, but that they
prefer to sell them to plantations.
They claim that the Hawaiians sell
their land as quickly as they get II,
or mortRge 1t to others. do not
believe what these sugar barons say
about you, the Hawaiians.
81 have found by investigation
and personal observation, that the
| Hawaiians OF Olaa, where have
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