Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 197, 10 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

TUc iesi. 'ii * f whetiier iik - r - • - • iieep'ii tne revoiution cuuut>t b—-deiiu-«i by a vj*gue statement thaī ouly uiie ai;d a halt perceut. uf the nigualure- to the aunex.ition eluh beluiig t thul ciuS?. Six of tne , eighteea fint :ueuibtr- ot Exec i- t UVrt and .i«]v;sory Cuuucils were desc>-udaiit= of mi&si«>narie3. and t«ro «,thers were inarried to female desceodat t&. Of tbe five Commia•ionen wbo weot to tbe Statee at»C‘ire anueXition three were direct de.-ceu(iant8 of missiouanea, aud oue by family eonneeliona belongs to t;ie m« ot iiiilueiilial nuaaionary fauiily here. Tne e;guaU»nes uf the un.iextti«m eluh roila. liavmg uot beeu pr»cured by lree wiii, no «iouhl uiauy ol llieiu are uol iuiaoiouariea' aoua or descenddanta. \\ helher or U"t C.>uiuiisaioner Blount ln* auy d«sire <>r authority to reetore the Queen lo the throue from whieh the iiilluenee of ine Unit d Statea wua used to remove her, we do not kuow. But thia oue fact 18 certain that Miuister Stevens waa fuliy e guisant of the plaua of the conspir.it.«ra l««ng before they «ere put into effect, and hud pledged ilieiu his support. and tiiat oi' the United States armed forces, and it waa in pursuauee «>f theee |ilaus that the tro >ps were landed aiid n t to pr»»tect American hves or property whieli were in no danger. And in refusing either to keep them neutral or to supp<>rt the Qaeen's Government with them. he clearly diH«)bey. «i President CIeveland s instructions <>f July I2th 1*87, wlueh were “Your own aid aud emmael as well as the assistance of our G««verumeut vessels il t«)uud necessarv will therefore be promptly afforded to j«rotect ihe reigu of law. aud res|»ect f.«r the orderly Governmenl of Hawaii.’’ Tlie Advertiser of Saturday elnime that never did any idea of receiviug a sugar bounty enler into Ihe hea«ls of the revolutionary augar-planterB. If you don’t read the Advertiser you d «a’t get the news. We begiu to l>elieve that this assertiou is correct after all. lt is indeed the greatest pieee of news to us uow to leani that the pmapeele of obtainiug the sugHr bounty played uo roie in the rev >- lulion. aud that nobody evei dreamed of adv.>cating the d«.sfranchisement of tlie Hnwaiiana. H«>w eame Mr. J. L. Stevensin his disj)alches to ?uggest what bounty it would be «uilahle to granl Ihe Hawaiiau sug.ir pianlers wnen he had accc>mpl’shed his aeheme of ihe conquest of the Islands if lhere was no idea of the bounty iu the mind of the annexationists. And how eame everyone c<mnected with the annexation move to extol on the advantages of ohUining a government on ihe plan of the distnct of Columbia. if they all along were burning all over with a deeire to everybody exercise the fu’..est franch:se ? Now when they eauuol get a s«jgar boanty, anuexalion or uo anuexation. they uv as the fox did of the grapes “we don l want il ’ aud now when they deepair of getting anuexation in the f*ce of the unanimous opjx>■ilion of the Hawaiians, they hold oul the frauchi»e as * tempting balt hoping thereby to induc« the

Hawailan to look upon the fall >f hi- •• ar.trv. and tāed.shonor l<» bie dag. w;th compIacent indifference. The whieh ied t»< tbe revoluti.«n-were the Ēuaneial cr;«is bruugtil on by the McKinley hiil and tne Ioss of tR>Iilical power in the control uf ihe g.«vernmeut. Annexat;>«n under th«< F"fiertreaty wuuld nol rec-'ver the hnaneial proej>erity. as the § ig:ir interrsts wouid ii i be prot-cted, and anuexatiou with a 1 heml frauchise would not reet .re tbern to, or retain ihem in control of the governmēiil of thesc Ieiands, because with a Hawaiian vote they know as well as we do thatthey wouldn’t be "in it” f >r one single day. When the Civil Right« League was s’arted with the avowed object of ;«gitating for State rights the Advertiser sneered at and atteinj>ted to r dicule and discredit t;.e j«rinciple of seIf-governmeut. but now a few weeks after the inauguration of that League, the Advertiser aud its evening eontemj»«r..ry adopt aud advocate the very same principles, and prctend to tight and struggle for the fuli franchise and equal rights of the Hiwaiians. Pardon us f«r doubting the sincerity of the new platform of the annexation papers and the eluh. Former experience with the reform party maices us a little backward iu going into parluership with theni and taking their bare wurd as g"9pel. The uianhood suffrage iu Hawaii would riiea.ii polilieal death to the reform party and w ith all due resj>ect l.«r the alleged high sense of patriotism aiul disiiitere9tediiess wliieh ia the buast of the party, we eannol believe that the aileged patriotism wouid ever iuduce theiu t> c««mmit polilieal suicide iu their frautic efforts to show their unadulterated love f>r the —well, b essed. kanakae. The Advertiser has heen very amused over a lawsuit agiinst eeilaiu geutlemeu prominent in the j)olilics of the Nalional Reform Party and hr.»ught on account of the Elele plant. We will refresh the memory «>f Mr. H. N. Castle to aome of the facts relaliug to this matter. The purchase of Ihe Eleie wa§ made by the ten gentlemen against whom the suit is now brougiit to carrv on the campaign in 1892. when ihe Refonn aud Nalioual Reform partiea joiued hands and forces agiinst the Liberals. The Reform Party wae very anxiou» to obtaiu the eombuiati«>u and ihe leaders of it encouraged the purchase of the Elele j>romi9ing to stand ihe greater share of the expeuse. The scurriIous and contemptible sheet whioh the Advertiser now terme its fōrmer polilieal ally a»siste«i materialiy iu wiuning the eleelion on Oahu. but afler ihe | eleeiion the memory of the Ref rm ; Partv. heeame §omewhal dimmed in regard to ihe promised eampaien funds and has remaiued » > ever s;uce. Shou;d Mr. H. N. Castie hauker for s >me further informatiou in reg «rd to that interesting campaign, »e will refer him to Mr. H. P. Baldwin or Mr. W. O. Smith. Should the extreme cares of eugar and d»vidsnds (or no divideuds; of ihe tirst uameU gentleman, aud the burden of »11 ihe combined offices whieh an admiriog nalion has placed on ihe legal ■houlders of the Iatter. have caueed all trace« of the mentioned eam-

to ’tv •> >.iu fr 'iu tae gigantic umiu' liie tw R*; *rin leadfr.-, «e have ? >:ue !> :*-t? in oor poeeeae ■ ā'ime iritepest:ng I _ r 11 1 on K form politīcs aud the .v ;_v it done. A bill h.i- be->n brousi'it bef>re the New Y >r.-; Leg ?.al:;re ui.ts.a si it a miffderue:i! >rf r Uīy > r -prietor or ur.bl.!ii:er .■! »■ y new«paper t>> m -re{.r seut tht* e•rc : il.-.: - ‘ti "I his pub;:cat >11 f rt::e juiri. - of se* curi'i2 adtt rt -iiii • r .ther j»atr<>nage. It wouhi be iuter<*sliiig if ihe Advis >ry C>"iucil sh>ui ! d f»ll<»w the eiaoipie of ihe Xew Y>>rlc L» gislature t > ?<*e how uiany people s wallow Dr. Mo’Grew !« evening pill and alao find out what the Kuosoa’s boiiajidf subsoriptlons are ai present. The New York Herild’s 'V ashmgton corresjK>ndent telegraphs on March lt>th to his }>;tper that an offici.il of the State Dej artment who knows, inadvertently lel it slip that ex-C<>ngressman B1 mnt will have the assist;tnce of other Commissioners in e >nducting the investigation of Hawaiian iuatters. W'ho tne other Commissioners are, or when, and where they will join Mr. Blount continaes to be a mvstery. One of Mr. Bl»unt s colleagues it is rum ‘red to-day is a New York man, and that he is now en route to San Fraucisco. The other Comm<8sioner it is rumored is already on the Pacific coaet. The Herald also states th.it a nutuber of copies of the Holomua have heen receiv<*d and given to the nro[>er authorities in Washington. The Holomua reflect» the popular sentiment and is filled with articles aiined to j>rove the 8tatements of Mr. Thurston inaccurate. The following te!egram his been received by President Cleveland from the Hawaiian Palriotic League: Honolulu, March 3, 1893. To President Cieveland, \Vashington. Greetings: —The Hawaiian Patriolic League, a union of all native a»sociations, hopes for justice, and that an investigation will be made here l>ef.>re decision as to annexation. J. A. Cummixs, Honorary President. Joseph Nawahi. President. The followir.g is from the New York Herald : “'lhe Holomua is a newspaper published partly in Hawaiian and partly in hnglish, and is the moiUhpieee of the Hawaiians and f<>reigners who are op[>oSed to the clique who have overlurned the government and who resent the high banded aggrt*ssion of Amtrican representativ<-3. This paper has pL.biished its opiniuns freely, bul well within the bounds of tLe lreedom of tuc aa understood in Amenea. l'he advocate of mob violence Mr. H. X. Castle ean stick the ab>vc Iines in his pipe and smoke it. The San Francisc>> Duily Report contains a very straight aud itn panial corre8[x>ndeuct> from Honolulu. from its sp cial correspoudent. Tue letler scores the P. G. heave!v on the appointments made by them. and on the spoi;s prineiple laid down by the g >vcrament. Afler criticizing several of ihe new officials the Report says : Some of these appointmenta as well as othera have given great offense. Tuis particularly i« the eaae in the

judicia. departmenU W hen Presid<*nt D >ie res g -*<1, he iett a viS has iwn filUd bv the i.rom«>tto:: f - eeo>nd Circuit J . lg-* Frearover • ■ • - • : an Ameneaa lawycr ot «xj>enei >'t* and ree gmzed ab;l ty. Judg** Frear is a yoiing A ueric ■ iawyer. thr**e vears :idm;tt<->l t*> tiie b<r ; and w;tb n<> reputation f<>r ai>i;ity. . He w.ts ma<ie C;rcuit h<>wever. because he w»- law [>;irtner of Thurston and C.irter n w in W.,saingt.>ii, and f>r the -ame re>*>u wis pitchf>rked onto the s rww Bench ■*« frieod «t beiug d**sirabie in certiin c>ntiugencies. But llu'» w o* n->t s > b d as the app.>intment of H. K. C>x>per who c>>i>ducted s<>me iwiml of real estate b isiness at San Diego and landed at Honolnlu frora the eteamer fo!lowing the arnval of the Ch.irl**ston w th K ilakaua's b*>dy. He has never >iue appeared in any C<>urt of Hono- > lulu, but hid the courage t> rea>I the proclamati.>n of the Pr >visiona! Qoverniuent, when the men wh<> engineered the revolution kept und<?r c >ver. Nir Cx>perwus eng nge«I as secret.»ry »>f an abstract title c«»n [>any in wh.eh Thusto.i. C.»rtcr and Hurtwell are direct*>rs. The New Y >rk W or.d says that Mr W'. R. Castle made an eloquent plea f>r annexition iu the Punlan Church iu Br»okIyn. The main reason given in favor ofannexati»»n scems to be that the inhabitants of Hawaii do not sutfer fr >m c«»ntagious diseases (Kalawao!!?) and that the Islands would bec >me the hea th r<*s»rt of th<* Uu:te«l States wilhin a few vears. W hat gl»>rious pn>S[>ects f>>r a one-lung bngade f.>r Hawaii nei. Princess Kaiulani Ieft New Y rk nn the 22nd of March in the W hite Star ste;»insh'p Maj*stic. There wtre 210 «aloon passeng°rs many of tbem [>rominenl in various walks of !ife aad <>ver 2.000 penple on the dock cheered and waved their adieu. A s**lect little cn>wd of the creiin of B >st«>n and New York gociety people bal g x>dby on the stearaer to the Princass who looked verv [>relty. She expressed herself as having grown very f>nd of America, but h<d nothiug lo say ab<>ut herself. A eommuniealion in the European editionof the Herald, signed American, relating t<> Hawaii has created consider.ible favorab:ec<>mments and is I>eing greatly qu«>ted by the [K>liticians of the States. The Herald says editorially lhat its corres[>ondent is widely recognized as a sagacious and experieuced o!>seuer of puhlie at!airs. American writes ; Annexation some day or other "f ihe .San>lwich Islands is pr»bab!y inevitable, but the longer this is held back the more cauti>»usly and guar«led'y will it be doiie, aud tbat will be at Ieast an advantage. The more the business proc-eds ihe more it will be seen that we caunot. whatever is done, put that mongrel populalion upon an e»juality wilh our own in regard U> polilieal righls, or mase ar>>tten borough of it in the shape of a Territory. to oresently beo>me a State with , Senators and electoral v»tes. I don’l s<*e how we ean take in the Islands with«>ut a constitutional amendment creating or authorixir.g or dtfining the ?tatus of outlyiDg dependencies. The proposed annexation would lurn a new leaf in our history. Such &n acquisition whieh is certainiy contrarv to tbe spirit of tbs oonstitution

will open ihe y x** others. H.»w»ii oaee in. it wili bec.»me thencet‘>rth the «ir*nu> • ! i. ■ i <ivn -g t hri P'* >:•. »— Cot v ; and in t'srn the wh-»i- W>s! I:. ! , Ii» »uch il !■* ihe hr*t -tep t \t ! oM*. I s>uin 4 t. «t : Ii !'.!■• ' >M' • • ■ thoaid "h'r Uwo &w tndt wth I 09 Uwj woaM n t 80 moeh oue to | c>*me in. Mr. Ctevelan«i «lr»*.id:> ! m"ngrel h .tn«i 1 am sure th*t he wi'l not a 11>*-v thiso >untrr t bo r.«sh!\ hurrieti iut«> .tr'. am;ex*ti«»n I jK»licy. th.«t wouhi cre*te such a | «inmi' r >us jire«v«U*;it. — Tne Haw.-iiian -peeulal >r- ave I j»8eert;»ined thal there are - >:ne |j.)batii >t eann t be a>'«'>mp -:i ’I ( in tne name of p.«tri»ti.-m. (New V.>rs \Vorld). It haa - ment b-*th to the *nne*ation’.sta in liawaii and to ihe Jin>?<in Am<-rio i to behold lhv attitude »1 indiff«*rence ad j*te«i t*y ihe Hr;t:-h (r>*vernment in rec»r 1 t>* the Hawaiian incident. Mr. Thur§t»n and h's coIle:»gu«‘S have in vnn been trying t>» m »se e«uit.il out of English inAnenee. Knglish intrig ies. ati>i Kng ish m.mij*ul iti >ns in Hawaii. Mr Thco. Davie<» has heen m.«de to apj*e;«r as «n Kng'.iah emi9sary w<>rking nj> -‘nlun nt<* favori g annex«ti<»n t<» (»reut Britain, «nd my»terious hint» have been given l»y e >mmissi<>n8r Mara«len and <>ther» that a Hriti»b de«*t w.«9 <»n it» way to Hawaii. Engiand’s jk>Iicy in the Hawaiian matter h»s n«t b en pub!ic!y explaine<l in ihe Kngli»i» {<re-». but lo th«>9»* f.»mihar with tiie j»nneiplee <*f the GIa«l»t<»ne *«Imi'itration the strictly m*n-interfer-enee p »Iicy h.m m*t U'eu a 9urj>r:ae. We puhliah herewith a }*art >t a Ietter reoeived by a gentleman in thi» t «wn by the Alameil« fr *m a i.r>minent English gmt’eman in a poa tion t > km»w what he • taiking «»f. “There in one thing whioh recent events have exj>< -«‘«l uiul oiploded, aml that ia that the Brit’ah G«>vernmeiit have any deeign n|*«>n the lalamla. whieh haa alway* been held ont. p<»9»ibly aa an indncement f>r the Cnit«d St;«t‘‘» lo annex the country, il having l>et n aaid that Great Hntain was in a ferment of anxiety t<* t;«ke i --«*•- si<>n for IhemaeU’e». Hnt I have rea8»n to know fn»m the )>e»t auth«jrity that they • nev-r had anv aueh intention. aml that England wouhl m*t lift a lii g-r t<* pr«»test agaiu9t the United States occupying thera; it being well under9tuod that the Hawaiian I- ands are peculiar!y within thn 8t*h«‘re of Americ*n inAuenee. aml t;iat(«reat Britain h;»9 but a Tery iii9ignificant interest,cofnparative:y 9 eaking whieh wonUl har>lly justify the 9inalle9t interference in the aff;«ir8 of Hawaii. N<* dubt however Englighmen generally 9ympathi9e very greatly w;th the Queen, and would pr*-fer to »ee the rerv j*romising expenment <>f the government «>f the r >untry by th* natives c*rtied out; hut aa a matter of puhlie policy, I think il ihe 9ecret of Hr'tish 9t «te«m«n were kn<>wn they w uid pre- • fer the T T ni»«l Sta»e« lakme po«•eeaion of the ialamia, <>n the gronnd that in eaae of war b»-tween Great Britain «nd Amenea it w<>uld be a very useful p»intof aliaek and tbat Ihe Amenean g>vernment and eountry wou!d be vuinerabie at 90 great ad 9tance fr <m their basi- of oj>erations in a corner whieh w«>uld gre«tly embarra95 them. More over, *9 Great Britain has »ften been charged by the l'nited States with aggresaive act9 in other parts of the w«>rld. and the di9po9ttion to uke j»099e»«!on of outlying eounlne*. Kngli9hm**n. j>erbap9, wo»ild not h» *orry to see a eompleie justification for sucb a polie — both in the past, an«l in the future —by the oonduct of th* United Sutes io the «eizure of th* Itlaods if aueh is c*rried into fin*I •ffect.”