Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 153, 3 February 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

“M v house ?hnll be ealleii a house of prayer. hul ye have made it a den of thieveī." Cunst long ago forhade the m : x;og «>f <ecular with relieio'’' *»r-* in using the ab"ve w>rds. To-day the -otua- j tion is on a i>arallel with then aud the Advertiser, instead of following the eninple <»f Ciin~£. perf >rnrvs the p:*rt < f an A;iti-Christ and defetxls the use r.f the pulpit as a vehicle of pn!ītical propaganda. However it is careful to assert that all polilieal tiuestions are not to be touched ut>on by the blatant hyjx>critical gr>nts whom it- has used as horses lo slander antl scatter fi!th at the victims of its spiteful emuitv. It judiciously reserves some cases of political work lrom the sphere of the pulpit in case the superannuated blatherskites,*who ignorantly do the Advertiser’« dirty work, too loul eVen for its own fingers to be soiled with, raay accidentally tread on the t<oes of the Advertiser‘s friends; say in the following cases reserved by that paper froui discussion in the j>ulpit: “Questions of administrative detail, of military orgauization, of diplomacy, of genefal expediency." “the ments of a eandidate, or the trustworthiness of a party.” That is to say “O blind leaders of the blind” ye may revile and rail at a widow woman who is your Queen,you may iu«inuate statements unfit to be made to deoent ears, you may slur monarchical institutions, but you mustn’t touch in your deuunciations, the Eieeutive Oouneil (questions of Administration) the military otiicers from Commander-in --chief-witb--the-rauk-of-Colonel to the lowest private (questions of military organiz;ition) the American Minist»r Resident or the Mieeiou to Washington (questions of diplomacy) the free speech and free press gag-laws, and the frightful military expenditnre (questions of general cxj>eilieucy) the records of the members of the Advisory Oounoil or new proposed members thereof (the merits of a candidate) or the general dishonesty and self»eeking of the originators of the present str.te ot atfairs (the trust worthiness of a party). Says the Advertiser *‘Such questions are not of course pro;>er subjects for discussion at a gathering for re!igious purposes.'’ Bow down therefore all ye Christians to this new AntiChrist. Worship and adore this new GoftpeI. Abuse and vilify the objects of the Advertiser’s enmity aud rage, but lay not as so mueh as a breath on the objects of its esteem and the sources of its revenue. Follow the Advertiser blindly in religion as in \K>litics and avoid all that tbe Bible eoutains of lessons on this life esp>ecialiy froui that great apostle who wrote “Fear God and Honor the King.” Grovel wiih the Advertiser at ihe shrine of Mammon. Maliee. and every devilish passion, and iheu a\ Ihe eud of life expect to hear that journal, having aiso usurped the throne of Heaven. «ay “Come up ye blessed of my Father,” “Great i* your Reward.” 8nowbottnd trains or street-cars aure not unueual occurrences in northern coantries, but it ia left

f>r Hoaolulu to produce “mudbound'’ car=. The =treet-cars on King 5treet this morning had actuaiiv to be dug through the mud whieh had been depoeited during the rain yesterday and last night on the track. We do not know wbv King Street should be the dumpmg ground oi all the sbil beIonging to the Punehhowl slcpe and why the -:reetā running from Punchbt>wi toward? the sea sbonld be turned into sewers with King 5treet a; their }oint of de«tination. ; After every rain it i« more strongly ' de:non-trated that < ulvert« aoroS' Kins 5treet are an absolute necessity for the ]>reservation of th:s j important ri»ad and for thecomtort i of the uufort jnates who live be- j tween Alapai 5treet and the j government nursery. Tifc mauka side of King Street reminds us forcibly 01 the Red 5ea, but we ean neither. as the sheenies of o!d, have a jubilee and cross it dry-shod, nor do we attain a very hihlieal frame of mind by contemp!atiug it. The “Advertiser” of yesterday is trying to make eapilal out of an alleged otfense of Mr. C. Sneyd Kynnersly of Kohala and cries out for the gore of this gentleman. The matter has heen given, so the “Advertiser” state —into the hands of Mr. W. O. Smith, and we have no doubt that this genlleman with his usual discretion and good sense will drop an affair whieh in itself is of extremely sraall moment, but whieh by being bolstered up might cause mueh more harm than so far either has heen done or probabiy was intended. “The leastsaidthe soonest mended” is a good old “saw” and well worthy remembering in the present instance. Thē Advertiser’s anxiety to see something done arises probably from the fact that it has recently tried to insult Mr. Kynnersley and is consequently “down on him" as it always has heen on every one that has had the misfortune to be insulted by that gutter-rag. From the “Eullelin’a” reporl of the interview between the Editor of that paper and the Advisory Council we notice that Mr. DoIe claims that the sedition law as passed by the Rrovisional Government is taken from th« English statutes. lf this is a fact the English law. especiallv section 3 must have heeome a dead letter as we remcmber no instunce where any government in Great Britain has enforced the provisions of the law against its political opponents and even a cursory glance at any English paper (outside the fashion jouruals) wiil e >nvince the reader that the main object of such paper is to bring “the other side’" into &s mueh hatred and contempt as possible. We won’t even menlion the hjme rule paper«, the principles of whieh are eeditious from the word go. If our present government intends its sedition law to heeame a dead letter as in Englaud, we see no harra in having it on the Provisi<>nal statotea and no reason to kiek again#t it. The American flag whieh wa§ hoisted over Aliiolani Hale was sufficifciitly lar*e to wrap the whole Hawaiian Governaaent in—we suppose as a gentle indication of the proportion between ' tbe gr*at repnblic and Irttle HawaiL The rain and wind yeeUrday combined thougb. to ahow tbat there ia a power eran greater than the Unitad Sutee, and they rent the symbol of fireedom and

Iiberty. T»xldy a «mall ed;tion of the stars and slripe= i= wafting p>eace and security to ihe government and to the people and Iooks soraewhat more in proportion to the surrounding?. 0f course the .Adverti?er and īhe «o-cailed Reverend ?ereno Kshop wiil elaim that the kahuns« have been at wr>rk »2āin. The two parties mentioned are the only one« in the commanity who «eem t > worry over (aud be!.rVe in) the powers of the iiahuua?. >ome ladifs expreesed ltte r surpnse :it tiie cruehy sgain?l the Queea whieh i.- the leadmg featare jin the editioa of the Friend. I The allegeil Chri«t'an editor who has stood convicted before *his \ community of cruelty 10 a poor dumb animal wouul cerlainlv not ■ besitate for a moment in striking j at a defenselt-s lone!v widow, «o we cannot see any reason to be surpnsed ai the latest exhib»tion of the true inntr uiao of tne socalled Reverend Sereno Bishop. The “Advefliser” is already beginning to dispose of the Crown lands. As the Advisory Council denied to the editor of llie “Bulletin” that the organ represents the Provisional Governmeut except in its By Authority Oolumn it is hardly worth taking any notiee of the “Advertiser’s” opinion on the subject. The most important point to be settled now is if the Civil Courts have any jurisdiction at all as long as the Martial Law is m force and who is to settle that poiut we eanuol see. If the District Court is suspended through the Martial Law the Appellale Courts are certainly also suspeuded: and who is to try the appeal taken by Mr. Peterson on this point from the lower court? The quickest and easiest solution is to raise the Martial Law at onee. The continuar.ce of it seems to us as an insult to Ihe Uuited Slates forces as it indicates that they are not ahle to attend to the safety of the town in the ordinary course of eveuts. The Government Building is now simply guarded by four raarines one at eaeh gate and there has heen a great deal of merriment among the L. S. troops caused by the military tacticsofthe Commander-in-chief-with-the-rank -of-colonel with his five lines of sentinels and innumenihl® corporals and corporalV gnards. The guards around town with the cocked rifles have been removed and a generai praise-ser-vice is in order to render thanka that no accidents have hapj)ened through their foohng with pistols and guns. A few of the children whom their negiectful parenls sent on duty as voluoteers have learned aome bad language and a few have heeome inveterate cigarette-smok-ers. Three packagesof this nieoīinecontaining poieon on a watch seems to have heen the regular ailowaīioe for the missiouary kids, but it is still to be hoped that the paternal goverument did oot plaee any ardent iiquor within their reach and thereby give them the ehanee to aink inlo ihe proverbiaI drunkard's grave assisted by an accidentally discharged rifle. Mr. Kaulukou has raised a point iu tbe District Coort claimiog that the laws of tbe United States must be in £brce bere. Thc “Advertiaer” I» mueh mmoeed over thi» and refera Mr. Kaaiakou to the ProtectonU Pioeimmaiion of Mr. J. L.

Stevens. ThU gentlenian in ihe meanlime has expre«je*i himseif from a point of view on & former occasion whi*'b ?eem- to give Mr. Kau’ukon some very : o>i rea- >nf r ra:~ine the point referred to. In hi? official rec gnition of the provision&l government. Mr. >tevens eUtes that “he rec gnizte the provisional goverument to be the de facto government o: the Hawaiian I?:.ind», becau?e it ha? the pos«ession oi and cor.trol ol the goverument archivts. trea<ury and capitol.” To-dav the United States have the contr '1 and p<"s j ?;ion of ihe government archives, treasurv. and eapilol, and enmmon logic would detluct frnm Mr. Steveu’? doctrine that the L nitetl Matesrepresentative aiui f«>rces are i the de facto goverument of the Hai n-aiian Island. Il Mr. Steven’s 1 law was good law a few weeks ago j why is it n >tgo«>d la-v to-day? ll i the present government heeame the de facto government, because it had po-session of the Aliiolani Hale. why does not the present party in possession of sai-l building become the de facto government of the day. There always two sides to a point of law, Mr. Advertiser man.