Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 222, 16 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Adver iser is very eatisfied wilh tbe urogres* that the aunex»tion eauie is tuaking all over the country and claims that a majority of the people really favor*jthe surr«nder of the indepeudence oftheir country. If the Advertiser man i* »incere, vve tru»t that he will r aise no obstacles or opposition to having » ballot taken all over the country io »a to enahle the United State« cotmuii8ioner to obtain a clear and eomplele proof of what the true f*eling ia among the peoule of Hawaii nei on the annexation que«tion. We hope that the anneiationiets who honestly believe in the justice and strength of their eauee will now aeaiel their opponenlo in a request to the provisional government to make th« neces8ary arrangements for the taking of a b*llot under our now exi»ting •l»ction laws. About 8.000 Haw&iian men over 20 years of age have §igned the roli« of the Patriotic L«ague, and we underetand that the »nnexation club elaima that it» roll» eonl&in the name» of all the way from 1500. to 5000 voi«rt. Botb »ide» will undoubt•dly make their mlemn affidavita to th« trutb of their a»iertioni for the benefit of Commiesioner Blouut who Baturally will be unable to judg« what aide tells the truth. Now if » baiiot wa» taken fairly »nd »qu»r«ly on the Auatralian plan of iecret voting admitting all r*giitered «lectors to a vote the Aroericau commissioner wou!d have an unimpeaehahle proof what the Hawaiian» want. We underitand that a l»rgely signed petition to tbi» effect will be forwarded in » f«w daye to the proviiional gov•rnroent and with the co-operation of the Adv«rti»er and the anneiation club we have no doubt that tb« g >v«rnment will grant this truly American, truly just, and truly fair request and immediateiy t»ke the neceseary roeasure8 to aeeompliih it. The 8tar has printed a. very peculiar list of tbe polltical opiuiom ®f the heavy- taxpayers ou Oahu »nd proroiees similar liats from the other I»lands. The Sur-man to his other qu»litie» hai added that of a mind reader, but, in that capacity he ihowi bimselfaa great a failure »nd aa unsucce»»ful a» be i» aa » journalist and » polilieian. Of ooune ev«rybody who own» prop«rty of any accouut is marked with »n a, to indicate that they are true and strong annexationists. The iarge amount of proj>erty own•d by tbe Ohineee firms is placed under the »’• although there i»n’t » siugle ehmeee firm whieh i» not bitter!y opposed to annexation. Olaue Spreckels is *'doubtful” »1though we believe that he hae expre»sed himself »o «mph»tic»lly •gain»t »nnex»tion that «ven the s»liv»t«d Doctor's »lig.ht)y soften«d br»in migbt bavc be«a »ble to comprehcnd wh*t the "3ug«r King” ’» opiaioo i». The iillin«M o t the cl*»sific*tion i» well illu»tr*ted in the c«m of S. C. Allen. Thi» gentleman’s n»m« ic m»rked d, &lthough «verybody known th&t ho ia & «t&nncb roy&lkt hnt hi» ftra, oi whieh h« ia tb« •ol* mopri«tor ( ia m&rk*d &, pc«*nB*Uj bNUM tho nnMxmt of iu

pro{;>ertT i» very l«rga. If MrAllen &s a private individual is supp‘)sed to be doubtful or divided or whatever do stand« for, why in the name of all the ealomel in the world is he called an annexationi»t in hi» capacity of a busine»»man. The placmg of H. A. Widomann aud th« \\ aian&e Sugar Company, W. G. Irwjn, E. B. Tfaomas, J. OIds. Mrs. T. R. Fo»ter and many other» as annexationist» ie so absurd that only a stranger here or a wilful liar could make such a blunder. The pnuting of the list ae a whole is such an exhibition of **baby play” that it d>>es not deserve auy seriou» att*ntion. It waa either gott*n up to i make awrong impression abroad — | we cannot believe that the Doctor thinks that the U. S. comruissioner ean be raisled by it-or & clumsy attempt t« *'draw out” certain people who have not eome out openly with their opinion to avoid the boycotting, i>ersecution and epite in whieh the annexationist« have shown themselve« as past masters. We are inf>>rmed that lists sre at present being circulated among the foreigners here on whieh tbe signers declare themselves as opposed to annexation. When the Starman sees the nnmea on thoae lists he will open his eyes in surpnse and then he will hire somebody to kiek him for having made an ass of himself in attempting to clasaify the tax-payers according to polilieal opiniona. The dear old antique, medical editor-in-chief of the Evening Sewer, l : ke the Jewa of old, who couid not reply to Pilate’s argument« «nd pleadings criea, **Aw»y with him. Give u« Barabbas.” And acripture goea oa to aay “now, Barabba« waa a robber.” And the situation ia ou a parallel her«. Drivea from every self-erected bulwark of liea. inaiauatioua. cowardly alanders. rancoroua malignancy, and ahameful attacka on th« abaent aa soon as their backs ar« turned, then tbeae loath»>m» cowards appeal for protection from their opponeul —to what?—To the justice of their eauae? To their ability to reply to the puhlie’» eatisfaction? To their manhood? No, to none of these. They invoke the aid of the strong arm of the law to supprea» their opponenl — not for what he has don« to them. Oh no! Th»t would be Ux> barefaced cowardice evan for them to diaplay. But ahelteriug themselves b«hind a pretended regard for the respect due to the representative« of nations they eall for tbeir oppon«ut's auppres«ion (and tbeir consequent freedom from anuoyanee) under the gui«e of » de»ir» to see protection accorded to another. Aa the Whale said to the Shark, “Save me from the grampu», 4e i» your enemy.” And that i« tbe kind of mental coward who in most eaaea w»ita till the victim of hie apleea ia safely »way on the »teamer and prooeeds to vaioroasly wnte him up witbout fe*r of coo»equencefl. That is the truly good and gre»t man who, baving. as he thonght, »nd alleged discovered nsin tUaling »n epithet dimly remembered frum r«»ding Amhmae Bierce’s h»ndling of ju»t »nch c*lom«l-in»pir»d calamni»tor» a» runth»Star,qaieily offen u» th» pre»cription ** to go on »te»iing.” We »hoald h»v» axpected ju»t »uoh »dvice £rom » penon of th» mor»I flbr» of th» m»ria*-ho»pit»l »tnap ev«o if he hadbeiievqd hia own »il*g»tions, whieh howem w» nn *hmit»bly

inclined to think even hie grvj fibre haT«* not yet become e<i eelfbeiotted ae to do. When our edilor Mr. G Carson Kenyon was arreeted for hbel la»t Saturday the otficials in charge of the Poliee Station offered him a treatment that wae a diegrace to the governraent and ealla for eevere cen§ure. Mr. Kenyon wae Ii>cked up in the basement of the ttation houae iu a filthy and foul eell after having been subjected to a search of hie pereon andthe bolts and bars were drawn on him even while v>sited by his eouneel. Of Tcourse Mr. Kenyon’s bonds were raade out as soon as pos8ibly and ooly 20 or 25 minuteselapsed from the time of his arre#t till he wai again at liberty but the petty spite and insulting persecution of the autborities are wortb3' of noliee. No mau who is arreeted on a warrant on a bailable offense is ever locked up before it is seen that he cannot procure bail. Mr. J. K. Bush who was arrested at the same time waa allowed to reaaain in the office of the Deputy Marshal uatil he had procured bonds while an unjust and disgraceful discriraination was made in the eaee of Mr. Kenyon. When Mr. Kenyon called Deputy Marshal Brown’s attention to the unuanal treatment offered to him Mr. Brown stated that it was according to *‘imperative orders.” This answer mdicates that these imperative orders must have eome from the superiora of Mr. Brown and either Attorney-General Smith or Marsbal Hitchcock ehould be held responsible for the outrage. The matter looks so mueh worae sa Mr. Kenj r on had on b«half of the Holomua, hadi somedifficulties with Attorney General Smith in collecting a lawful elaim of tha Holomua sgainst the governraent a few days previous to his arrest. Mr. Smith, contr*ry to any law known in this oountry, refused to pay the elaim before the ownership of the Holomua was disclosed to him. Mr. Kenyon naturally took exception to Mr. S:nith’s improper and illegal refusal to pay what was due the Holomua and told him so in plain language and it is reasonable to presume thathisruffian-likeand contemptible treatment wae the result ol his a!tercation with Mr. Smith who of-course hae the advantage of tbe situation by tbe “brief authority with whieh be temporarily has been clothed.” But does the provisional govarnment auppoae that they by eueh mieuee of their official poeiiiona to gratify their peraonal spite eau gain friendsorcan raise intheestimation of tho puhlie, then they are very mueh mistaken. “The#e Iittle tbings are great to liule man” we will aay with Goldsmitb. When eometime ago Mr. A. P. Peterson swore out a warrant against the editor of the Liberal for enminal iihel, Judge Foeter refused to grant the wanant eaymg, that he would ouly issue a penal lummoni »s he considored that sufficient and it was wilhin his discietion to decide if a warrant or a anmmone ebould be issued in such eiaee. The attcntion of toe learned Judge wss called to ihe fact that tbe judioial act whieh gare him the eaid diecretion oontained a proviso that in case a writtem request was made fbr a warrant, it heeame compuleory on tbe judge to iaeue snch wanani On the «arranto against Keoyoo and Boeb, there doe> not appoa* anj aign that any written requeot fbr tbo warranta waa mado and M

would be interesting to hear from . the learnod magietrate why he made a diecrimination in the two cases ai olherwiee some wry d*rk and unhealthy eoneluaione may be arrived at that our courts eau be r ueed for political jobbery. It wou!d indeed be very nnfortunate for ihe country if it should heeome clear that poliliee are iuterfering in the sdmini»lration of ju»tioe. Heret)fore our courte have heen kept tolerab!y fre« of any euepieion» of pohlioal partialitv towarde psrtie» m litig*tion or • their attorneys, but reports are oonstantly reaching our eare that eueh seems not to be the case any longer. 8hould eueh suspicione be sffirmed and the foreign citi»ens find that they cannot obtain ju»tice when juries and jiidges of different poliiieal opinion» are »itting in judgment, then it will be time for the fireign renreeentativee here to consider the propriety of the temporary establi»hmeut of Con»ular Court» before whieh the subject» of their reepective countries ean be tried and obtain justice. We aeknowledge that aueh a meagure would be undesirable but that the represeiitativei have the power to take such t step is undoubted, and if necessary it should be doue. Princess Kaiulani who, in spite of her tender years, already haa had a severe experience of tbo brutsl and vulgar ahuae and ridieule in whieh the Araerican sensaiional pre>s panders to the low element whieh furnish the penniee for their writer9. apeaka very cheerfully and pleasedly about her trip to the States to a London newspaper man. We reprint the interview with the Princess whieh provet that America men and women are not quite so bad and vulgar ae a.i outsider might be led to believe by reading California newspapers, as purveyed fvir by theirCorreapondent. “The Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii, accompanied by her guardian, Mr. T. Daviee. and party, arrived by the Majestic on their returu from Wasbington. The Princess, who is tall. dark. and bandeome, bears •very indication of the high training ahe has received. “Itisjust five weeka” she said “ainee we left England in support of my elaim to the throne of Hawaii. I was naturally extremely nervous at 1 the proapect of having to face the American people having as well some idea that they were looiewhat hostile to my cause. Yet in a day or two I was delightfully surprised at the marked kindness and encouragement they gave me •verywhere from first to last.- j ean never forget it. I have made two appeala to the Ameneane whieh evoked mueh 8ympathy in my cause, and I received countless kind ietters from all classes in tbe land from people I have never heard i of all encouraeing me. In one . plaee a large body of Volunteere offered themselvee as «oldiers for my support Shortly, 1 may say, we reached New York at the end i of February and were inierviewed i by the usual number of reporten and artists. The next two days we spent at Boston, wbere a lsrge i reception was givea ue. Wo i reacbed WaabingtoQ oa March 8th i and remained 10 daye. The five ■ eommiaeionen from Haw&ii were aleo there. Our nalional flag was flying from tbe hotel, but we did i not oommunieale with them. Our . amwal w«s rery well timed, for it i waa the day beiore Preaident ' Cleroland withdrew the annexa> 1 iion treaty from tbe Senate aod he, l with Mzi CleTeIand, readily rs-

ceived ua tt the Whiie H while tuv jjuardian paui var - portant viaita to lhc Secre; irv r Stale. I gather that he * e , ■atiafied with the officiaI i:.d: »- liona lhat the matter w;U be ,-ettled accorduig t-> ihe tnod< ru ; i i(l of justice. and that the aunexat. a will not take plaee. Indetd, ;t looka iuore pr-'bable ihal the narchy will be rev:v*d. e;t:u?r w.ih the Queen reat- red or aiy, owa 3 , : . eeeeion po9aibly wjth a L’niiai States protectorate. li ii a t.i- ; t xt Mr. Blount has already been ser.t to Honolulu by the Pn <*ident to find out and rejn>rt fuily >u »•■.* 8tate of atfairs tliere and «i x'..v to diacover what the faelīn« ;» amoi-g the nativo p--pulat; •; r>. cially we were received w;th oj ra anua. the receptiona in all the c:ti«* we viaited were epl*ndid. Th* Ladies’ club at Waahiugt->Q he',d a ipeeial soiree crowded w;th S*-n-ators and their wive*. really the creatu of Araerican »->ciety. Mr. Davies addreesed the:u on my behalf. The next evening another large ladiea club gave ua a grand aoiree and thero were 1.”"" j,r e . •entationa made to ine. Then were received by the De >gr.iphical Society where the new 9euat r* were privately pre*ented through my guardian, for theae wera i:ot official gatheringe at all. In th:.» privute way too a leading eenal- r gave a dinner to us where w* met the DioIomatic corj>8 and many •laleiinen, every where «e went, we ■eemed to be weleome, and even in Fhiladelphia where we only h*d a few hours’ *tay a reception had be#n pr«pared fbr u*. YoU ean im the Am«ricau bospitalitv wa* quita real. F*ncy too my phot-graph wai aaked f>r and aold everywhere 1 I believe the Bo« ton photographer I gave *itting9 to r«al!y made a fcrtune while 1 waa th*r* and I received over 100 eopie* ai a pre*ent befora leaving.”