Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 356, 30 December 1891 — The Mass Meeting. [ARTICLE]

The Mass Meeting.

li»si Monday evening the meeting called by the Native Bons of Hawaii was held. The affair w£s csalled at the request of the law members of the as&n|iation, whieh ( eomprise nearly all the active memibērsat present attending. They werc j»resent about one hundred and fifty adult voters, a numbor of seame» and native children, who were attracted to the hall by the music of the Hawaiian Band, who was kiiidly loaned for the 0e- ... . i casion. After the band had tooted the horns, beat the drums, and sounded the cymbal, and 110 one uppearing to encourage the callsrs, they resolved themselves into t\vo parties, and began the k, tug of Whieh with the yelling attracted a few people, to the number above Hon. A. Rosa, wh<» drqpped*m accidentl v to liel p his l»roth- j .er -lftwyers alortg, was called to thej chiar. in taking whioh, he stated, | he was no candihal£ /or electoralj honore, he was not a uiembcr of| tlie societv. he knew nothing of thōj objeet of the meeting, and he houod j the little ('Oinpiuiy wou!d be or-, derly. j Several speakers were ealkul up-1 on t(rvoice Iheip views. whieh with \ the exception of Mr. Kanui. and j Mr. Lilikalani werfe received with | silence. The latter gent!eman, | with aM his frivolity, atated facts| when he said, ail who spoke« j had vvandeied awav froiu the sub- j jiict. He had no any party ordivision of the govoriimetit' could givo awav ihe indept*wdence ; o£tbe Kingdom. (nor would it l>e! reeeiyed by any one) without thej willing coutfent of'lhe. people. Mr. Kanui, sjioke tuure sei)Bv :»ik| h? than all Uie kanaka iawyers t»r,t ,V*r that were at the meeting, incindn>jr *uoh ' legal lights &s the ear spHtting K;i ulukmi, the whionvmg Arhi, and;l

©tbers, when he*sp©k9: Tbt&t whai' bad beea said atoat ropublics asd annexatio», were only Bēports <?n the wiGg. I ask 3roii, wao are tfaese peogle in out eo«ritry, that are ©ngagedin sovile a scheme? Is it the Queen a»d her Cabmet? A treaty is ,being negotiated. whieh wil! lead etraight to anaoxation. Aanex&tion 15 as unconstitutron<il as the forcing of the revolutiooary constitution of 1887 upon us. A t Ihe end of the epeeeh n?aking resolutions denouncing any change of government to thai of republic ? or to being anaexcd t waspassed, by a few vot\ng for it, the inajoHty taking no stock in the whole af-. fair. Proaa first to last: the band play!ng, the {t tog of war." asd havlng to wait forty-five minuws after the time announped before an audience, respectab!e enough to. talk to gathered together, are evidences in tßemselves of the fizzle in the attempt for a mass meeting.