Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 328, 20 November 1891 Edition 02 — International Liberal League. [ARTICLE]

International Liberal League.

This Association met at their , 1 lall on Tu6sday evening. After the«sual routine business wasgone through, Mr. R. S. Scrimgeour stepj>ed up to the President's table and plaoed thereon a mvsterious looking little box. The Pre?ident an . fficers baeked away thinking it t he Akamai. After the scare blowover the box was opened and vv as found to eontain a splendid -olid gold key, also an address, iieh was presented by tbe Presiit and members in general to Mr. J. D. McVeigh in commemoration of his eventful interview with a Mr. Mackenzie concermng a brass koy of theHall. Mr. McVeigh in ; . : i)onse said that this whole matteiv was a grand suprise to him, and he wished to express his gratitude :v;ii thanks for this beautifui pre--ent/ The trouble he had with Mr. Mackenzie (for whieh a learned Judge fined him $25) was in the interest of this association to whieh he had the honor to be a member. He would always highly prize the gold key as an emblem of sincere fnendship from his brother members of the leag«e. Remarks on the pktft>m now being in order. Mr. E, H. P, Wol-~ ters was the first to speak, and eontended tkat qnder exlsting goverument artangements the people got left gvery time The planters, fheir agents and some whole sale houses in Honolulu are the onea who make the raoney, spend it •ibroad and thas impoverish the coantry. Sixty thousand dollttrs a year is ;tlso too mueh tor one person to realize out of the Crown Lan<ls. the peoples' eommon inheritnn< e. There is room on this Islands for one hundred thousand families to live and do well if the lands were appōrtioned honestly and not allowed to be monopoiized bv a few, who arc sucklhg the very life blocd »f the imtion. The Lands are eapahle of prcd ueing tea. coffee. tobacco, ramie, Peruvian bark, rice and all exportable ;ines of produce. Sugar is not onr «)iily hope. In the Colony ofQueensliind th©goyeriiment having refu.sed 4o supply the planter with serf or slave labor, bought up ail of the kicking planters land, a4>portioned them out to nmall farmers apon easyvterms of payment. There is now prosperouB farming where onee the souileßt< planter whipped up his eheup Solomon Is!iinder.—lt is a great mistake to suppose that we cannot get aioug without growing sugar eane. We are latid loeked, aad until the corrupt ring of iand grabbers is broken up, meu will be going around hungry and *lefiolate i-s hundreds are to-d«y t who are able, willing and ready to work. Throw the avai!able lands >pen to ngicu!ture by the tn»sses. Bend good and f :rue men io rhe <>egiBlature and do ».oi iet onri?elv(s i>e fooled as we were in •

' Mr. I). M. Crowley. candidate for j Legisl&tive hooors for the district jof Waimea, Kauai, by resuest, ad;dressed tbe-meetmg, stating that f !no doubt by /avor of the Ēvenmg ; Bulletia, the People of Hoaolulp, | (or as Thurston use tosay thenaob), jknew his movements. He had j been nominated almost unanimoua]y by the natives of Waimea, Kauai. and if elected, he would do- his best for the interest of all worbingmen. Great injustice is done to the poor native on Crown Lands; ovpr there. They have to work a eertain number of days in the year to pay rent for the privilfege of being allowed lo «stay on Crown Lands. They were better off under the o!d Hawaiiaa Chiefs, The white chief hold these unfortunate people in bondage today. Most of us remember *tbe4 thirty years lease grānted to Mr.J Knudsen to inAuenee his vote inthe Legislature of 1890. The na-; merous cases iuipōsed upon the people by the white chiefe on tbe CrownLands, would make your blood boil There is no time to ventilate these atrocities now,! but I hope to be able to at somej future time. - | A.s I predicted tovou some time ago, the Evening Bulletin is running in double hr.rness \vith the Advertiser. i dou 7 t blame the editor for having his little fun. The policy of that paper wonld be the, same, no matter who the editor is, | during election time. Besides the| Bulletin ofiioe has turned outsomej estimable puhlie servants, and they | may be others graduating in tbei Easy Chair. ! They are weleome to term me an j agitator. Daniel o'Connel was one; | eVeryonc who tries to heJp. his fel -1 k>w mān ia an agitaior. —One Lhin& ] they eaanot say truthfully, that I 1 ever apj>lied for a governmont ,office. ī eaii huild coats and do other mechatu<jal works; v and thercfore aan able to say that no government collar, no raatter how richly gilded. will ever be found arourid my neek. Mr. Stulman spoke in Oenuan and was mterpreted by Mr. Wolters said that hill side could j be made to produce grapes and j | farm produce of many kiuds. and j | until the lande are throwa open io j |a liheml maiiner there will be em-j I bitterment of feehng hetween t.he • government and the people. Large | j raonopolist.s 'are not in a good j ' plaee here, the masses need the |iand for smail farms and as in |Ēurope wliat ihe ueoeie want tuey! gener,'illy get. even n' it lake? tiine j to acco?nplish these things. 1 { Mr. Nawahi, \mder the head of fostering home pr6duetions other! than HUgar, would draw attention ! to what was aōcomn!ished in l?rarice ■ after the close of the Franco (lor-! man war, in threeyears mariy mil-1 lions of war indemnity money was! paid ofl', simply by meana of Pro- j tection to Home liidustries. what j the people want »nd mpst. have | is to get the Crown Lands up to agriculture by the peoule. ! The noble fbr Hila (1888) niade i false promises to the people about • lands for the people. In the house | that lying hypocrite helped,boodlerB; auB a'll of that kind, fnd f?»rgot his j promises to the people. liet nl! nationaiUies join together and put| in good men thirt time. We hnve! heen aeceived in the past. The| lanei grabbor must b? driven out of j poiStic:?, we ean get atong allrij*bt» wilhoul BUg*r king«. It time tc>! ntop greupi'tg thc fat pig.