The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-25
ENDORSE
TRUST THUNDERERS

EnU5I ! HUMUEfE6J
Verify the poor trusts" are hav-
ing hard time of it. Fighting for
life in America, beaten from pillar
to post in other civilized lands, they
have now been freed by a lot of Fill .
pino school boys, who have left the
shade of the palms long enough to
take a stab at them The following
from the Manila Cablenews tells
about it:
Two hundred and fifty Filipino law
students held mass meeting at
the Opera House Sunday morning,
denouncing the trusts in general and
the sale of the Mindoro friar lands
to the Havemeyer syndicate in parti-
cular, and after seven of them had .
drawn up and signed grandiloquent |
protest to Congress in the name Of /
the Filipino people, the special COM
mittee on the stage and the body of
the house joined in playing assemb-
ly," a difference of opinion as to the
advisability of including in the mes |
sage of protest the names of the con-
| gressmen who started the investiga-
ton giving the youngsters a chance
to exercise their budding talents as
future lawmakers.
A reporter on the staff of La Demo
cracia had heard of tendency Of
American politicians to look for
cheap popularity" He suspected that
too much prominence given their
names in connection with the pro-
test might enlarge the size of Messrs.
Martin and Slaydens craniums to
proportions not warranted by the
facts in the case. He was in favor
of cutting out their names.
Enrique Mendoza rose in opposi-
ton to the newspapermen. 1t was
up to the Filipino people to show
their gratitude to the valiant cham
pions of their interests. He was will
ing to take chances on the swelled
heads.
The audience took sides freely and
for over an hour the wordy combat
ragged. Parliamentary and unparlia-
mentary phrases, such as 81 object"
sit down" and shut up" came thick
and fast.
When it became apparent that the
adherents of La Democracia were
losing ground, a fat Chino mestizo
occupying a proscenium box got up
and shouted: what are we here for,
anyway? Are we here to give thanks
or to protest? We want nothing but
4 our rights as guaranteed by the
Philippine Bill" His remarks were
received with demonstration
similar to the noisy greeting accord
ed Osmena at Malolos. The question
was put to a vote and the grateful
faction headed by Mendoza had it b!
a big margin.
Senior Liquete, at one time of Ii
Decocracia, and now of Lo Van
guardia, was one Of the speakers o
the morning. Senior Liquete though
that political control of the island
and the commercial advantages o
the Payne Bill were sufficient CON
pensation to Americans for the sacri
fees entailed by their effort on be
half of the Filipinos. They SHOULD
not reach out for more. He deplore,
the collision between government
and capital. His remarks, on tn
whole, were moderate and were re
Il law students who followed Sr. Lique
te were outspoken, but prompted b!
their legal training, kept on the wind
ward side of the law in their denun
citation of the octopus. 1t was left t
ST.. Maravillas, a student of medicine
to lay bare with the scalpel the gan
creme spot of our civilization, the
trusts. When, at the close of an i'm
FASHIONED harangue, he shrieked'
1--WE Filipinos would die rather thar
submit to the slavery of the American
trusts" the very foundations of the
Hashim play house shook with the
plaudits of the frantic audience.
A representative of the progre
sistas read resolution of that party
endorsing the stand taken by the Law
students. The latter extended a vote
of thanks to the "standpatters" OF
the subject of national independence
who this time, however, had read thu
will of the people Alright,
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