Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 338, 4 Kekemapa 1891 — INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL LEAGUE. [ARTICLE]

INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL LEAGUE.

A meeting was held on Tuesday evening, Dec. lst to whieh tke,publie was invited, It wag proposed to have special puhiie speakers give short addresses. But owing to the heavy down pour of rain in the evenmg the idea was abandoned, and an inform!v meeting was held. Hon. A. Marques by request made a few remarks, in whieh he recommended a great democratic union as thatis whereyourstrength iies. The rich will look out for themBelves. The present times seem to be specially alloted for general upheaval of old ways. In these days Ohile has had an overtum of the goveroment, so has Brazil and other Republic of South Americ* have had trouble. If all nationalities here unite for the eommon good, happioess in Hawaii nei will predominate. The next Leg?»lature will have great responsibilitv thrust npon them, so let the voters be-carefūl to send good and true men to be the ; r representatives and nobles. Hon. Wm. White from l.nhaina next took tne tloor, and said that it was alniost a sure tMng that his old constituents wotild again send him as representative tg the lature. artd if thev did, he would be glad to act in harmoiīy with all members of the House fortheoountry's good. Tntend>ng candidat phoulel n<U nilow their romd to be Bwayed bv tbe ide« of go:ng to the Houee to inake tnoney by<bnbes or otherwiBe. He was $orrv toseeadifference in theN:it-ii»nal Par(v inHonolulu. but did a!» hr i-oulel io heul the woonu. Tiu» natives. of tho country know n». utlier homē, not

60 with the foreignerc>; if they d!d not suceeed in their undertaking heer, they could return to their own country. He hoped. houever, that the people would unile, and on election day show thatthough there might be differences in politics tbey were as one map. , Mr. »Scrims:eour siid, that the last speaker was one of the few mēmbers of the last Legislature, | who had the courage to stand by what was nght durin<* investigation by House Committees. Blunders had beeti made and errors and | niany other matters condoned whieh should tiaYe been exposed. He had yet to see a unanimously honest body of*members elected to the Hawaiian Legislature, He though t, however, while there is national life there is hope of doing better. and a start in this direction 6hoiild bē made during the present eampaign. Mf. Huntsman eaid, that the b3aten track was there and members would continue to pass a).ong as others had done, and will keep on doing so long as the present system is tolerated. men would iive to be grey haired if they wait for a change,andunless independen t well meaning m£n go to the Legislature at your if hands, and have grit to alter the condition of things whieh are now so rotten, you will alway3 be in trouble and will never own a foot of ground to eall your own. Mr. Curtis said, we never had such good tim© as when Mr. Gibson was at the head ot the govemment. It seems those kin4 of tinies have gone never to return. Poor men without the work is now the rule, while government officials with little to do draw fat salaries. Meeting adjourned fbr one week.