The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-15
VIGOROUS KICK
BY SOCIALISTS
Party of Protest Meets and
Resolutes Against
Some Things.
THEY OBJECT TO IMMIGRATION
The Atmosphere Is Filled With
Language and Bushy
WhiSkerS.
HEY OBJECT TO IMMIGRATION
tFrom saturdays Advertiser, :

do not approve of the Russian immigra-
tion scheme. They said so last night.
They went further: they adopted
resolution of protest against the en-
slaving of the Russian brethren for the
enrichment of the capitalists of the
Islands.
Comrade Rosenstein presided. Com
rade Fred Maxine was present but
silent. Comrade Lightfoot was not
present, but was affectionately referred
to several times. Comrade Schmidt
and Comrade Hansen and Comrade
Murphy were there, with the rest Of
the unterrified and unwashed, and it
was joyous and cosmopolitan occa-
sion. Language flowed as freely at
the meeting of the socialists as cham
pagne at the Pittsburg millanaires
club. joy was unconfned and whiskers
were predominant.
The meeting opened with Comrade
Rosenstein in the chair,-the chair
having evidently been borrowed from
pulpit or bought in at some auction
sale of busted monarchy. Once it
was imposing; now it is bug eaten. But
it is still solemn and imposing and
well set off the dapper beauty of the
| debonair presiding officer.
The chairman had resolution to
present and the meeting proceeded to
resolute. Occasionally there were in
terruptions as the chairman read the
resolution section by section, but these
were very promptly and properly
! squelched by the chairman, who ruled
the interrupters out of order.
The much -touted cosmopolitanism of
Honolulu were exemplifed by the as
semblage. There was an Irishman pres
ent, a Swede, German, Russian, a
Portuguese, a Latin Jew, another
Swede or two, few more Europeans
| and two men who looked as if they
might be of American parentage.
The man with brogue and soft
collar wanted the floor most of the
time, but had to contest his right sharp
ly with the chap who wore whiskers
and looked like an anarchist. An
American with soft Southern drawl
interrupted the proceedings several
times with ebullient bursts of common
sense sadly confused with socialstic
slang and prophecy. A German with
weak blue eyes and dirty finger nails
proclaimed enthusiastically that the re.
demption of the human race must come
through blood and "fidin'.' So
France, he said, had been redeemed,
and so must Russia and the United
States come into their heritage,
through the brotherhood of man and
the power of the loaded rifle.
| An American with rat face and a
quotation from Carl Marx felt called
upon to protest against the condition
of the native Hawaiians whose poi is
sadly mixed with flour, to the discon-
tent of their stomachs and the enslav.
ing of their minds.
Comrade Chairman was compelled ia
enter several times into sharp contro
versy with COmrade Wiskers who want
ed to monopOlize the conversation al
though he was not even a member OF
the "local" but only socialistic but.
term. An interesting row appeared
imminent but failed to materialize
Comrade Whiskers was ruled out OF
order several times and then had his
say, anyway.
The comrade from Erin 3 sod pro
claimed that he owned four bits worth
of sugar stock and was afraid he would
lose if this protest against the Rus
slams went any further. "We can Y
afford to pay but $50 a month fol-
labor" he said. "We cam get good
white slaves for that. What are We
going to dot"
''We may have TO go to work our
Selves suggested a young and en-
tbusiastic member with retreatine
chin. The interruption was received
with the freezing contempt it deserved
"Maybe the sugar planters II hav,
to go to work themselves suggested
an Ancient without hope The sugges
tion met with derisive grin.
ave must vim dis fde by fidin','
proclaimed the anarchist fercely. 81
We to vim are, SO muss We fde. Ii
France it vos TO fde necessary bevor
came vreedom. SO muss We also fide
Subbose a few tousand IS killed, va
denl Ism t many tousands bein kill
ed every day der greed or der gapidal
lists throughi"
He was temporarily squelched an,
the resolution was put TO vote and de
clared by the chairman uuanimousl,
adopted, The meeting then settle'
down to the pleasant occupation o
saving the country, whercupon the re
porter fed.
This Is the resolutioni
We residents of Honolulu, In publ
meeting assembled, assert that we ar
opposed 10 the importation OF workin
men from foreign countries, beeaus
such importation Is never In the Ia
ierest of those Imported, but solely n
the purpose OF increasing the prohI
of the capitalist class,
And Ne assert further that lhl
clause in ihe immigration law Whlr
gives 20 state governments the rlgl
to asf's' immigration mnkes nugaiof
tho intent VI the Law which was
wottfi ihe American working flal
from iofrlgn competition.
whereas, Tho government nf a
TDuiNU urllns h1 ihr labor agent
thc cnpialIfls of these lslnads. las N
pufipd people from hunsla fof tho 81
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