Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 298, 9 October 1891 — Meeting of National League. [ARTICLE]

Meeting of National League.

The Kational League held another interesting meeting laat Tnesday evening, when affcer some preliminaries Mr. R. W. Wilcox, responding to a eall, spoke at length about hie present jx>litical standpoint and past history — araong others he said that he had been a royaliBt on account of having heen favored by King Kalakaua and had been edacated in a uionarchieal military institutiou in Italy — but returning from there, he bad fouud everything 4ifferent under the uew or reform regimc; theKing had been stripped of eome of liis rights and prrH leges a?id was able to do anything for liim r aod those then in power would not give him anv kind of employment or work whatsocver, nnd in fact, he, as a born llawaiian in his uative land, had been worse oū' than any stranger just comiug in. Now time and circunastanceB had cbanged his politicai opiniou materially —in timcs gone by ho had beena staunoh royali9t, to-day be waa in tbat samc degree a Republican t he was a strong belifver in frer«lom and justicc and was in &vor, of a government qf bp the people and for the people: tbe peopie should have the privilege of aou»e ehoiee in kdection of their ruJers and election of olTicerr;. He was in favor of unives»al (4ufTrageand wouki stand by the poople tn fhe last.

Mr. Ffuntsni9rj %bo ,spokc in frtvor of a repubiiouii f vrm " of j»overiunent and of a ne\» ami x><>pnlAr

constitutionf and in' his' 6prni<m; we would have it in no' distaut time It had to eome and was bound to eome, as nobody and nothing could stop the wheel of progress.

A score of other gentlen£ien present expreseed themselvee in the same strain, all were in favor of a republican forifi governajent ānd correspo*nding constitation s ■-- the greatest liarmony and enthusiasm prevfiiled 'when the League after admitting twenty-three new members adjourned till neit Tuesday. H. von W..