Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 161, 16 February 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

All men may freely sj»eak, wnte and publish their sentiments on ali subjects, being responsible lor the abuse >.f that right. and no law hhall be enacted l > restrain the liberty of epeeeh or of the press, except such laws as may be neoeesarv f«»r the protection of His M«jesty the King and the Royal Family. t Hawaiiau Conetilution of 1S64. All men may freely sj*eak, write and publish their sentiments on all s*ibjects, being responsible for the abuse »>f that rights and no law «hall be enacted to restrain the liberlv of sj>eech or of the press. ( Hawaiiau Constilution 1837.) All Hawaiian Laws and Constitutional j)rinciples not inconsistent herewith (ihe Proclamation) shail eonlinue in f»rce until Iurtber order of the Executive aiul Advisory Councile. (Pn>ciamation of tl»e Provisional Govommenl. 181*3.,) The Loloml a tighis for freedom of speech and tlie Liberty of the Press to the bitter end. The Editor of this j»aper Mr. J. Sheldon was arrested yesterday ou a warrant issuei.l from the Advisory Oouneil charging him with pubiishing a contemptous arlicle against the j>rovisional government. A writ of habeas corpus was tuken out )ast night and the case eame uj* bef>>iv Judge Whiting this moru»ng aiul was continued till tomorrow at 11 o’eloek a.m. For the provisional government appears Mr. Hatch while Mr. Sheldon is represented by Messrs. Ashford, Peterson, Creighton, Rosa, and Kaulukou. The case will bring s<»me very interesting points of law before the Courts. We regret that thcre in our Tuesday issue unintent»onally aj>peared some remarks ofl’ensive lo the Fortuguese colony. We 1 u11y api>reviate the sterliog qualities of the Portuguese citizens, aithough, we eauuol agree with the annexation views of A Sentiuella. We ree , onuuend the Advertiser to ohiain the services of a eompetent interpreter whenever it shou!d wish to translate aome of tlie articles in the Hawaiian j*ortiou of our j*»per. The translation furnishe»l by it under the headmg ‘*A lie naile».!” in its Wednesday issue. of oue of our Hawaiian articles, migbt suit the intentions of the Advertiser Editor, but unfortunately th« correct translation Ī8 so that no charge of se<lition ean l)e ooucocted from it. (>rders for subscription8 on the Hawaii Holomi a ean l>e left at the office of the paj*er, oorner of Nuuanu and Queen Streets. Readers who are afraid of being o*mproniised if seea entering our offiee ean obtain the paper at the Hawaiian News Co. This information 5s put in for ihe beuefit of ihe unmer»us readtrs who borrow tbe paj*er from our regular subscnbers —being afraid that the payment of tb«ir five-oent pieces, migbt make us wealtby and proud. We ean assure them that we don't run tfais eoooem as a huaneial enterprise, but «imply far th« beoefit of mankind gener*lly *nd tbe Re-

form Party special!y so it Is immateriai to u< if tbey buy. borrow or steal the paper —we know that they all read ii every single d»y. The aj>p>>intment of Mr. Ohillinewonh to ’oe 8ber.ff ol Maui wih meet with general approval. He is a competent and efficient poliee officer who de*erves promotion. The Maui people leared that the rrovisional Government whoiud liave rewarded Mr. Kalua fordoinc some dirty work in ihe annexation line. by appointing him. but it is a matter of congratulation that better counsels have prevailed and that Mr. Kalua has beea iett severely out in the coid. The provisional government is beginning to kiek over the traces. and its supjK>rters object loudiy. When the reform party gave the &dvieory and executive Councils the temporary power to administer the necessary business of the eountry it was not the intention that the Councils should branch out as a full-fledged Legislature and tamper with laws whieh have been passed in a regular way by the proper representatives of the people. The legislative power with whieh the l*. (». was invested was simply f>r ihe j»urpcse of enabling them to pass acts absolutely necess try for the carrying out of the goverament under its changed form. When the Lottery hill was repealed some objections were raised, but as the law was generally opposed by the Ref>»rm |»arty and it virtuaily was dead through its own provisions. the rcpe«lingof it was only looked upon «san unne oeesarv aod not over wise actiou of tue government. The law licensing opium stands in a very difierent position from the lottery act. The opium law was passed with a large majority of the Legislature in fact if our memory is correct, only eight votes being rec »rded against it. It was a measure approved of by a large j»ortiou of the reform party, and the business community generally, and the rej>ealing of it is a gratuitons insult to the men who favored the measure. Nothing has transpired since the passage of the act whieh could change the views of the sopporters of the law, and the action of the Advisory Councii must be considered as a pure m:<tter of missionary sentiment unworthyof any j»e >ple’s administration. Snch a high-handed step will n>»t make the g.»vernment j*opular or inspisc confidence in it. W hile besides the legality »>f such aelion is very questionable indeed. Apart from these vtews the Goverument oan ill atford to lose the revenue whieh would have been derived from the Opium liceuses. The heavy running,expenses of the Provisioual Government will very soon empty tbe treasury and eveu if the g>»vernmeut was ab»e lo b.*rrow, it would be a very dangerous course to adopt to use borrowed money for any purpose except puhlie improvemenls. Some verv temptlng prospects are beld out by the Advertisw to the depositors in the Poaul Savings Bank to induce tbem to uke government bonds in Ii«u of their money. It is rather too early, it wems to us, to speculate io the idea

that the U. 5. will re»Jeem or a??ume oar national debt, and that therebv the bonde will command a premiam. There is many a slip between ihe eup and the hp and there is yet the possibility that th e annexalion scheme will eome to naught and Haw:iii be left to get out of ber debt as best she ean. The propoeit ou to estibliah a paid F>re Department ha< alre.»dy been coromented upon in this [>aj>er. ,The change w:ll be extremely anp >pu!ar in the eunmunitv. l>esides beingan >thercause of an increased expenditure, whieh should have disc »nraged the g >vernment from making the change Mr. Damon in the Advisory Oouneil made the remarkable statement that the raoney in the treasury was the people’s and that they were entitled to know how the provisional g >vernraent eipended it NVe are not 8iirpr:sed to hear such liberal sentiments from the Vice-Preeident, and they have undoubtedlynot met with the approval of sorae of his colleague3. However they to be appreciated if acted and we will perhaps then learn how the great financier. Mr. Jones proposes to make both ends meet and still contmue the present policy of increasing eioeneea and decreasing the revenue. We eouki then pn>bably find out how mueh money is to be expend* ed on the uniforms of the great armv. Also if the taxpayers already have had the pleasure of paviog for the masquerade outfits of the Commauder--in--chief-with-the rank-of Oolone'. his deput es and the Frar.k-on-the-President’s-statf-with the-rank-of-major, and also how niany more are to he r:gged out in the proūsional Iivery. Also if the pienie fo the pali tor the Caiifornia newspaper reporters and Messrs. A. Brown and McChesney has to be paid out of the treasury. and how mueh the "refreshments" araounted t». 1be reporters are undoubtedly thirsting for information and so are we. What has heeome of the investigation in the Board of Health out of whieh the "Advertiser" has tried to make so mueh eapilal. Has that blackguarding sheet at last found out that it is the constant victim of mi8chievous caoards with whieh eoine practical jokers always seem to delight to stufi’ its guliib!e editor. The morning slanderer has heen careful, tbough, this time, not to menlion any names of the alleged corraptiouists, else we inight have enjoyed a lihel suit where brother Henry would have eome out iu the small end. It has heeome a matter of fact, thougb, that uobody pays any atteution auy mure to tbe stale promises of disclosurts, and general aitempt at vilifying ia the reform organ. but its editor has got a h»bit of dragging the name of the Provisionai Goverument into is mndsling ng artic.es as if it represented that body— whieh faot is greatly to the deiriment of tbe administration. If there was any reason for an inve»tigation in tbe Board of Heahh and tbe Advertiser was anthorized bv the governraent in etating that sach investigation was taking plaee, it »houid be pusbed at all ftazards and the entire proceeding» and their reealt8 made

public. The government ?houId not lend itself toassist the spleen of th* Adverti?er. and cowardly st ! U' citizens in the dari. and then drop the m.itter. l.et there be light Mr Dole ! even if it is a provi-ional Iight. Where is the Advertiser s great onminal Mr. 1 . >neyd-Kynners!y I? he sliil unhn;:g ’ Didn‘t the m»rning raor.»!ist ?-tate that the provisional wi- lom had decide»l lh.»t no apologv wouhl Ih' aeeeple»!. but s-vift pun>hme::t w.>uld : >Ilo»v tho la»M Briti?her. N"t a shilling - »»■ rth of 8ati8faction »li<l the governraent get, whilewehear that tt>e elheienl Deputy M;«rshal had a right g Hxi auld time. when he wenl to jail the >on of J«>hn Bull who dared to tl >at the Bntish Jack over his own house aml hoiue. — Another ra»jah! bah .Iove! This time it is Mr. Dole who gets a staff. We appreciate that Mr. Hastings has not a?sumed the rank of eolouel whieh might indicate that Mr. Dt>le was beginning lo be prond. After his coronation it will be in order thongh to give the Amenean ex--vice-consul-general-with-the-rank-of-major a higher rank and raore goid-braid on his unif>rm. Shades bf Gynberg-Drink-enstein what has l>t.-corae ol’all the expected rej>ublican siraplicity after all tbe sit>re on the glitter of Kalakaua’a court, of the promis> d golden era, free l’iom uiss and. feathers, of the Adverti?er’s eonstant sneers at the f>rmer coI«»ne’s and inaj«>rs and » ther omamenlal oflicials! The dem»>cratic f«>rm »«f government has inaugurate»l a new era of pomp and go!d laee, but instead ofits being the yonng Hawaiiana who are being nu»de raonkeys. it is now sobcr and staid foreigners who make cgregious fx>ls of themselves by assumning ridiculous titles. and still raore ridiculous un*ifornis. very inueh in discord with their busi-nes-i in private lii’e, and wiih their knowledge of railitary matters and eti»]uette. It is reporte»l that there is.a kiek in the army. because Quarterinaster Hall objects to pie for the nien every day. He is s;tid to l»e willir.g to let the oflicers eat pie, but theprivates mu8t be re<luce<l to pie onee a week. And this is hv>w our democratic adini»iistration treats its warriors and traraples on the rights of the p»»r. No j>ie—uo fight. This raight lea 1to a pie riot the re?ults of whieh eannol bi imagined for a moment. Let us hoi>e that the (iuartermaster-Gen-eral will bend and give way to ihe men. To lie cheated out of the lots on Punchb >wl and all the tal billets is bad enough. but to be deprived of Chinese-made pie for breakfa»t, dinfter. apd supper is more than human nalure ean sUnd. Beware, while it i? time, or HunUman will take the matter up befcre a higber forum. The Advertiser is complaining because the Kaumakapili Churcb bells are tolled every morning to eall the people tc>getber U> prayer3 for Ihe Queen. It is undoubledly the object of the meeting whieh worries the Advertiser. not tbe noi?e of the beils. It says at Ieast nothing about the hideou? noi?e emanating everv hourduring the night from the palaee yard. In?te*d ot the proper monotonons soldier like eail» whieh any weli regnl*ted force is »uppoeed to u»e the mi9-

c*lUneous «entries vell at eaeh oth**r. if they were oxc»tinjr * ii''sr-hj?ht. and an?wer haek at eaoh other in the nn>st ditferent and valgar vernacular. People in the vicinity are comp!aining Ioodly over the nuireince, as al> > over the frequent discharge of tirearius during the night. Almost every night some gun g e> o£f. but iu>thing seetus to i»e done or ?:\:d Hy the oomruanders on dutv. For the purposa of guanling the pal.i e whiPh really onlv i:» a matter of fonn aa the bui!dmg virtual!y iunder ihe imme<liate pn*tei'tioii the l*. ?. sentnes «iUMMt >harploadetl cartridgt*> woui'l sufficient. The baseuient of the palaee or wherever the guanlroom is wouhl be the proper plaee f>r the ammunilion. but it should be drawn out of the ritles inthehands ofthe ignorant aiul irresponsible soldiers. Private advices by ihe Mariposa state that four German war vessels are on their way to Honolulu. As there ean be no doubt that some English vessels will arrive iu port, the prospects are that tlie beef-monopo 1 y will have a boom —and that the military officials will wear their new uniforms out in makiug official calls —that is it anv body calls on the P. t». The following clipp'ng from the \Vashington Post. is pr d.utcd for the sj>ecial benefit of ihe s »-calletl Reverends Joe Kmerson and S<reno Hishoj» as a sign that all superstition and heathenism have not vet heen concentrated in Hawaii nei, but lhat there is still some left in their father’s country. Perha|>s it may decide them to return to whenee they eaine aud do s<nne missionary work evidently needed nearer home. Five years ag> Mr. Hlaine having been told of ihe many wonderful pre*lictions by an astrol<>ger, as he called himself, conscnted to have his fortuue t<>Id. Mr. Hlnine it neeil hftrdly be said was n<>t a heliever in the prophetic {x>wers of the a!Ieged astrologer and was inclined to laugh at thoee whoee guliihility enabled these impoetors to exist. Many eommon-plaee stitements. the st >ry g >-s. were given by the H8trolog>>r, hut one impressed itself upon Ihe m<nd of those to whom Mr. Hlaine aflerwards related the incident. That was that Mr. Hlaine wouhl <lie in 1 iS93, and hef<>re the 28th of January. Mr. Hiaine s deato occurreil on the 27th day of January, 1*93. The Provisional GoTernment might have consu’.teil I)on Cesar Celao Mi>reno befure it made its appomtment of a president. The present iccurobeot do«*n’t suit the Don. and he volunteer- u>formatiou to a Wasbingt->n rep.orter as to who would bave 8Ht'sfie<l him. He is reported to have said : ‘*If the L'nited States do not annex thoee Isiands the be«t fitted mao tor b«;og king, president, or governor of that country is the Hon. Hobert \V. Wilcox a staiesman a gentleman and a scholar whoee Datriotism eannol be chaUengeH." Aloha ! KingBob! Relatiug U> Mr. Dole the Don ia reoorted to bave said: “The present president of the Provisional Government in Houolulu i» Mr. <*audford B. Dole a lawyer of good ability, but a missiouary'9 aon who will never have Ihe re«pect or coofi«lence of tbe natives, wbucordially batesthe missionaries, and look upon them a? lcecbes bound to su< k tbeir bloed.” The Don's experience of our »o-called reverend« correspond* eyidently with our own.