Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 200, 13 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

C<>mraif<i"ner Blount, who l>r-H‘ i!t is ihe cjnosure ofaIIeyes in Hnwaii. h»9 m;sde hiin*elf very popular and re«pected by ail those with whom he haa eome m eonlael amee arrival. Numerous en* quiries fr*>ni our friends on the oth*-r IslandH to his a[<pearance and "who he is’’ have reache<l us. He haa kindly aIlowed Mr. Nalhanie! to htvea picture «f himaelfaiid Mrs Blount taken whieh haaheen d<>ne by Mcs.-rs Severin and Bulsler of this city, and these photographs will be diatributed all over tlie group f>ir the aatisfaction of the patiently waiting. palri<>tic Hawaiian. Mr. Blount’a p<ililical career is s- t f >rth in the following clippmg from the Haverhill Bulletm. Jame« H. Blount, whom l’resident Cleveland has n?med to be cbairman of the Hawaiian eomraission, was. until March 4. the Deraocratic Father of the house of repreaentative8. Upon that date he retired after 20 years’ uninterrupted tervice as a member. He was at the time chairman of the committee on fcreign affairs, where he gaiued a knowledge of the international relation of the United 8tates that especially fits him for the position to whieh he has heen ehoeen. Mr. Blount is a native of Maeon, Georgia, where he was born Sept. 12. 1837. He made his api>earance in puhlie life in 1872, when he was eleotcd to coiigress from the sixth district of Georg a. Smce that time he ha9 heen continuously reelected. At the time ofhislaet eleelion he had a hard fightagainst the F;»rmers’ Allianee. but eame out suceessfully, a!though six of hie new colleagues went down hefore the new element. When Mr. Hlount entered congress Jaraes G. Hlaiue wa« serving his third and last term a» speaker. Since then six other si>eakcrs —Kerr, Kandall, Kiefer. Car!isle, Heed and Crisp—l»ave presided. At the beginning of hia second tenn Mr. Blount was appointed a meraber of the eommittee of appropriations. He was ch»>sen hy Speaker Reed to succeed Mr. Randall on the eommittee on rules. Mr. Blount retired from the houae heeauae he declined lo take a renomination last fill. A ccmmuuicatiou signed Mis•iouary Koyatist appean in this iaaue. calling us to task tor using the word misaionaries about the political party whieh ia fighting for annexati<m. We fullv agree with our correspoiulent that the tenu is verv unfnrtcinate, and eannot coi>vey the true ineaning to our sympathizen abroad, and we shall oertainlj act upon hia iuggestiQn. We have no quarrel with the christians who eame here yeart ag >. and preached the goepel. and died respected and belovedby the Hawaiiana. Men like Fathers Gulick, Alexander. Lyoue, Smith. and Hahlwin, and many others, are deserving of all the i ▼eneration whieh agrateful people has bestowed on them. It hae been the fault of their descendante *nd the clique whieh gathered around them to obtam favon from tfaechie£«, always ready to follow tfae advice of the fathers, that the | claes was brought into disreapect and the word uaed for a poliiieai I k

party of unsoruoulous adventuren, j and we admit lhat the using of the j w rd f>*r that polilieal rabbie was an injustice t > the word and the , ela9s of g>> d men who are des- ' cnh»d by it. Eieunl the ‘ mis- j siouarits ’of Hawaiian polilie*. — In an intervitw with a New Y< rk gent!eraan pmminenl b»th io the !eg\l as in the j >urnalistic 1 pr>fer-; >ns at { re.-ent visiting in Hawaii the questi<m relatlng t>> ■ ihe polilieal future of Hawaii iu ■ case of anaexation was put, and ihe answers whieh we print l>eiow l<<gether with the quest>on will be noticed with interest by our readers. Question • —M’hat right would Hawaiians have shouId the United States annex the Islands? Answer. — First: Hawaii nei would always be a territ<>ry. The citizens of a territory ean not v< te for President. Hawaii-nei could not eome in as a state: As its popu lation is far toosmalI for that. aud th« L’nited States will not admit any more thmly populated regions to statehood. Second: The Governor, Secr£tary of State and other high offiees would be appointed by the Presideo. They would of course be politicians from the East, put into office to reward them for party services. They would be changed from time tc time as parties in America would change. Third: Hawaii wou!d hav« no representative in the Senate. If w<>uid havea delegate m the House of Representative8; but he would have no vote —onlya nght tospeak on Hawaiian afiairs. Fourth- Hawaii wou!d have her territ<rial legisUture. This would give her the nower to legislate on matters of mads § and bridges, schools, enminal and civil laws, marr:age, heaith affairs. leprosy, Ac., —unless the Congress at Washmgton should pass some general law for ihe whole United States — Finally—All emall officers, such as Sheriffs, School commissioner8, road inspectors, &c., wou!d be elected by the people. The United States have now the terntoriefl of Arizona, N’ew Meiieo, LTtah and Oklahoma —These are all hoping to heeome etates. The Indian territory is fiHed with Indiaii8, aouie civilized, with their own l;tws, some wild and treated by the government as children. Alaaka’a adiuinistration is unsettled. Time and again have its pe<>pie asked to be org inixed into a territory but congres8 has paid no attention to theoi. The great principle in America is to have no territory whieh may not hope to be a state. These islamls w.>uld f<>rra the first exception; and henee America hesitates to aunex Hawaii. Mr. H. N. Casfle is at it again. Durlng the last Legislature he very often g>t his scalp into danger by poking fun at the membere in the Legis!ature in his “House Nutes.” Ashf >rd’8 hihle quotations. the Waikapu maid’s kickiug over the traces, Oily Eill’e apeeehea. or the rulings of the **Idor’ were a conaunt source for bis mild satire but under tbe new reg:me he ha« pre8erved bo solemn and aerioue a tone in regard to the meetings of the Advisory Council that we have been inclined to suapect him of taking his afternoon snooze during the aiitīng8 and not listemug at &11 to the fun going on.

Ycsterd.»y bi» vein of hutn'»r ha« huo: open ag.»in and he gives a Very hu n-r • > »nd fiinnv des- , cription of a scene whieh of cour«e J n >b->dy cou!d believe oUee in | ihe eouneil. Tne d;?C J5«ion about | Dr. Miner’« p..>llt:ca! views and h:« | whereabouts on the I7th of Janu- , arv. and the stale of hi« wife « ■ • ‘ nervee at >1 i - ap:>>»iiting hi» jbr th>r-m-iaw nan ■lti. ,j not in , his gū. r.-. y very gmt-«que. but »\e «(.■•uld sv.gg t Mr. | Castle to head tns > .roisuie *‘Hou?e N t.-s" ;nid not put them in hia paper r:ght in th-i of the pr«'C> d : i sr- <>f t!»e c«mnc:i, be- j causes<>me bac&w<> <d9u»»n mignt take thetu au .«<rn>iijr aud l'-nn an entireiy \vrong idea of tbe dignity, business ability, and eommon sense of the Hawaiian Government. The small soul and general!y contemptible disp'ailiou of the Advertiser man eame to the front yesterday in his eo\vardly insinuations tbat the uuf »rtnnate aeeident of the wholesale Doisoning of the government s >ldier? w.is due to the royalists—If such stateraent was made for the purp.)se of making polilieal capital aud to create sympathy for the annexation eauue the blackguurding reforra sheet failed utter!y,as its base s!ur only awakened disgust and contempt in the hearts of every fair-nūnded eiliien. We are sincerely sorry for the men at the barracks with whoui we, or theroyalist8generaliy, have no quarrel whatever, and we hope that the cause of their sickness will be aecertained so as to prevent a recurrence of the aeeident. — By the way the Advert:ser was also ready a i'ew weeks ag<* with 9ome slurs against certain royallst9 whom the paper intimated were implicated in the opium robbery at the station house and the crown jewel robbery at the palaee.—The suspicions of Mr. H. N. Castle has not been substantiated so far but we sbould advise hun to stir Marsl.al Hitchcock up to bring the true culprits before the courts of jnstice aud have them punished.— Humors and suspieions point towards men who certainly cannot be suspected of being r.iyalists and if they are innoeenl it would be as important to be cleared of any suspicions now to them as it is for the royalist officials againat whom the Advertiser h«s made its dirty insinuations. We believe of Manhal Hitchcock that he will fearle8sly do his duty and let justice bedone even if some h:gh makamaka haa to drop.— The sickness of the soldiers wa« ofcourseu8ed as an excellent eauee for getting up a ecare. and the Advertiser bristles m its eolumna with *tateuients of the htroic response to calls hi arms by the provisional 8\>ldiers t > fight shad<<ws. It ia tiresome to reiterate over and over again that the citizens who oppose annexation and the policy of ihe Frovisional Government have no intentions whatever of attempting any counter-revoIution. The case ol Hawaii nas, by the contesting parties, viz; the Provieional Governmeat repr«senting the anneialion c!ique ,and tbc Queen representing tbe people heen laid before the Uaited Sutea Governmeut whieh haa appointed, Commissioner Biount a« eiamining judge aod presumably will give it« deci«ion tccording to tbe facts and eoneluaion* to be pre•ented by him. Mr. Neomann as eouneel for the Queen and her

people ha» as?ured ihe Piv«ident of the Untte<l Stat--t that. whatever the deci»ion in Hawaii wi’l be. hi> ciients wiil abids by it »nd accept the result in a pr»per »p’.r.t. sat;sj fied that justice ha? been done. ■ We presume that the attilude of * the Prov;si»>nal G»vernment w ii be simil.!r to t(iat of the Queen . i.iul ;»s th»y h»v- s«braitted their , c <se t < the same tribunal, they will abide peacefully by the de- ' cision t>< be rendered. If thev ’ shou!»i act <*therw;se, they wouki ' b ■ g>ūlty of contempt. aud they wouul probably fiud th»t ihe : l’nit il State>, aa \ f <urt. is per- ‘ fectly aole t<< Mir.ish for c< utempt. aud »Is < t>* e;.f >rce t!ie decisioo st whieh it may arrive. Let iu l»ave ar>s* on eii th:s righting t.is Tht Prov;s;onal Guvcr;»meut w >ui<l be as safe with an <>fdinary watcnman in Aliiolaiū Hale a» they are with eompaniea «>f s >l<liers and gatliug guns an.l they wou!d sive j a vast amouul of money for the taxp iyers With an empty trea sury it is aafe to say that there is no burniug anxiety on the part of anybody, ju§t at present. to ste > into the shoes of the mini8try, and spend ileepleaa nights worrvmg over the prosp**cta of having to pay the daily military, provision hill with the butter, 12 <>x eheeka. 55 pounds steak,45 pounds roa»t beef, 50 poundi mutton, 50 pounds »tew beef, 2 livers, 80 !oaves of bread besides vegetables, eakea. pies and milk. and no money in view anywhere for the pupoae Hold quietly on to the reins! Gent!emen of tho provi»ionaI. If you ean extricate the trea»ury from its pre»eut mudd!e you are a great deal wiger than your lo»iks betray, and you will be entitled to a plaee in the world’« fair. Mr. Damon s »ys that he is tired of going around b»rrowiug money for the govenunent What p»>saihle reasun is there for "going around ?” Haven’t we the a»»nranee of Dr. McGrew’s soporific pill that nine-teiiths of the couutry’e wealth 18 to be found nght in the aunexation eluh, and ean Mr. D.»mon, f>r a minule. do«ibt that the true patrioti9in, and l»ve for their government, of the members of that eluh is not sufficiently pron«unced to make them ‘‘dig’' instantly as soon as asked ? There is romorafloat ofanengngement helween the Editor of the Holomi’a and Miss Emma Luth. It is a pure love match ou h»r part (how ?he lovea him !) whūe he is Buspecled of being after her *’tin.” The petition of Messrs. f Dunbar <k Co., and the nierchants of Honolulu, i>r.»ymg that a tnea»ure be adouted whereby tbe houae» will be numbertd and the name» of the streeta plac»-d <<n the c«rner» i» extreraely timely and we h *pe will receive the scri«us and favor»ble con»ideration of the <\>uncils — Honolulu b-»asts of a mo»t exceilent leiephone sy»tem. eleclric light». spleudid niad9 (when it doetn’t rain) tramcars aud haek», but, in regard to facilities n #howing tothe weary traveller«n foot his deetioat»oo, it :s the mo«t uncivilized village we have yet wme «cro«s. It would afford ihe greateet d»fficulty n«t ak>nefor »tranger» but fur a gre»t oumber of kam««ina« if tbey «hou!d attempt to pav a vi«it U> a friend whose «ddre«« waa, say Peueaeola Slreet. betwe«n Lunalilo and Piikoi Streels.— Sunley’e expedition to find Liriog«ton wouid be a trifie in eomparison—he kn«w at l»a»l thal

LivinsfiV»n w.19 aomewhen? ia th» m:dtl!e of Africa »nd direction« » herethat >»o«>uld beot?Ained tr.''ai *ny j t«$ing n»t;vH birt n»t;nog in Honoiulu indic-ates where »nyj b<>Jy live?, or whieh etreeta •re whieh. or the cther, »r *ny olher guid*ncv fordiroction s >w- - no re ▼ h»j« th»t the committee. to whieh the m;itter i? referred, wi.l n:pv>n ejr!y and enab!e Mr. I>.snbar t > go to w»rk al >uice —We u . ieret.md th*t thvre will i>e no exj<ense at ali f>r the g >v-rnment, and the amall exjH*ii-e >v h will beimpo?ed nn thch >u?e owner» >va h;»ve n > doubt they will cheeriulljT pi. v.