Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 273, 1 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The 31st of July pas9ed quietly yesierday, the government having refnsrd to rtcognize it aa a puhlie holiday. That the present govern inent r» fused to celebrate the Hawaiim re8torHtion day, ean be looked at in t.vo or three ways. One painl of view is that they naturally would consider it awkward to reme.uber a day where t’ae independence of Hawaii waa restored, an action whieh they ao highly diaapprored of when performed for the second time a ehort while ago by Mini«ter Blount. On the other side it etrikea ua that the niee gentlemen who conatitutetiie P.G.ehould have rejoiced that the Hawaiian fiag waa restored fifty years ago by Admiral Thom:»a, heeauae if EngIand had kept its grip on ua, none of our n:ce rultrs would have heen in aight to-day, and all proepects of red stripes for Dole’apante would have nil. nor would Senator Emmelulh ever have heen heard attacking prize-fighting or Salvation armiea on these pineapplegrowing shore». We think therefore tbat the governmeut should have made a day of rejoicing out of yesterdiy, and held a praise service in memory of an act whieh caused them Iater on to b« hfted out of their individual obscurity &nd be dotbed with a brief but highly appreciated authority, That the rtfusal to recognize the day as a bo!iday was caused for tbe purpoae of iusulting and hurting the feeliogs of the Hawaīiana, there ean be nodoubt in oor minds. Th« Hawaiiaoa ihiok a great deal of the restoration day, and it «bould be r«memo«red that Ihia y«ar ia

the fiftieth annivers*ry of that important erent, and if we remember rijthl!y tbe la«t leg;elature made a epeeial appripnation of 13,000 for a proper ceIebratioo of the jubilee. But it «eema that Mr. I>j1« and colleagues are doing all they ean to emphaeiie their contempt for the peopie, for ihe will of Ihe people. and fur every measure passe«I and providtd for by the lawful represenutivea of the people. That a man like \V. F. Alīen, who is 90 deeply indebted (if he kuows what gratitude is) to the Hawaiiana and to the Hawaiian rulers, should be the one to urge this graluitous insult l*> the iiawaiian is cl;aracteristic of him and his ils. Tnat Mr. Haleh sbouid Uke such a s f ep was nalunl. He has declared war ag.iinst the Hawaiians. und tl»e glove he ha? thrown to them will be laken up in due time. hut with Mr. \V. F Allen, it is a ditferēnt matter. However. we will defor a further anaiysis of ihe rootives of these men. and c»ntine ourselves to prumising the Hawaiian? thal there will be a restorati >n day in Hawaii whieh will be celebrated in spite of \V. F. Allen C*>., and ceiebr»teds >thatit will go down into the oiatory as thegreatest gala day known in Hawaii —and the day is not far dist:>nt.