Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 206, 21 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Flower Cantata to be performed to-morrow night at Kawaiahao Church deserves a full houee. Altbough, the muaie is comparatively light, it ia an undertaltiDg whieh will reflect great credit on the ladiea who will aeaial in it and on the eehool girle and their teachera. We regret that arrangemenla could not he made for a larger stage, aItbough, we believe that all efforta have heen made to make the limited room in the church aa attractive as poeaihle. The singera will all appear dressed to repreeent the flowera whieh are to take part, and we doubt that anvwhere outaide of Hawaii so perfect a flower ehow could he preaented. The Chicago Tribune eontained a while ago a very interesting diacnntion of Kawaiihao Seminary, in whieh the epeeial correapondent admitted himself totally mashed by the expressive brown eyea. What will the result be to-morrow nigbt with the re-eniorcement whieh the aehool hassecured? We dare not picture it, for fear of keeping the war-cor-reepondents and male tourists away from the concert. One of the changes whieh in 1887 was made in the old constitution. was that “no member of the Legislature should hold office during the term for whieh he was elected ! ' and it has always been conceded tbat it was a very wise move indeed. The granting of officee to memhen of the Legielature was becoming a very daogerous prineiple and it culminated in 1886, when, if we remember right, every member of the minieterial party went home with a billet. Th« gentlemen now in power who fathered the 1887 constitution have either forgotten the lofty principles of whieh they ihen were adherente, or they do not find them so applieahle to the “ins ’as they seem to be to the ‘*outs.” We notice at least tbat tbe constitution 5s violated on that point. Mr. Joeeph Marsden has been appointed secretary of tbe Burean of Agriculture. a salaried office under the government. In 1892, he waa elected a noble, fbr Hawaii, for the term of six yeara. and if the conatitution of 1887 ia in force, he cannot hold any office of trust or eroolument before the six years have expired. If tbe couatitution of 1887 is abrogattd and tbe country is running along without any fundamental law, the P. G. should let the people know. Bot if, as we onderatand, Mr. Doleholda that the eonatitntion ia still in foroe, ex<Sept with the changes necessarily cauaed by the abrogation of tbe monarchy then the goveroment ahonld avoid any violation of the constitution on all other poinla and keep the fundamental law intacU The safeguards of ihe coantry and tbe finaneial credit of vhe government depend’s more tban aoything elee on the security with whieh the eon•titution hedges in the Coorts of tbe land. lf an opening » given to hnak down tbe constitutional gaaraotee of independence and impaniaiity whieh tbe Courta now aojoj all oonfidtnce will bf loat md aoarchy wili Tttioally fol)ow. ltis all well and good to aay that tbe goveniscent ia eompnaed of meu

it to be far better and safer for the coontry not to trnst to the *viU not” of tbe men in power, but rather trust M) the “ean no(.” And if the mandatory provisions in the constitotion ean be shirked. as has been the casein theappointment of Mr. Marsden, they ean be sbirked sgain. a.id tbe government ean dismiss anyor all ofthe judges of the Supreme Court if it should feel so inclined. Lel us eome to a clear under9t.anding, gentlemen of the provisional I Have we gM a constitution or have we not ? If not, would il not bejustaswell for the stability of the country to get one made —they areto be found &lways on tap with several of the members of the bar. and although, in the way they hitherto have heen served out, the froth constituted the larger part there is some real stuff in thera whieh could be used to the advantage and pleasure of the people. The P. G. has appointed Dr. Rodgers to be secretary to the Councils with a salary of 175.00 per month. Thie is another instance where the government proves that money is no object. The Councils hold two se8sions in eaeh week and eaeh sitting Iasts about two hours. Allhough, we admit it must be a hard job to listen to the exhaustive discussions relating to the military pants, or ‘ reoord the unexpected resolutions, motions, or statementsof the Council’s enfant terrible Mr. Emmeluth, $75.00 a month is a very good pay indeed for the work required, especially as the work could be done by one of the regular government clerks. of whom most have ample time to do a little extra work. The President’s aide-de-camp-with-the-rank-of M«jah! has hardly anything to do except making calls and looking important, and he migbt as well do something to earn the locrative salary whieh he draws. There is a praiseworthy inelination on the part of some of the Councillors to realize the true uosi tion of the Councils and not assume the functions of a permanent legislature. What has created aueh inclination, whieh has heen developed only recently. we don’t know and we don’t care, the fact remains that as long as the Councils will devote themselves to the mere running busines8 of tbe government they will have the support and confidence of the people, but when they arrogate lo themselves a power and an authority whieh it was not intended tbat they should exercise they should promptly be reminded that they are not a representative body, but simply acting as the receiver in an estate m litigation awaiting the decision of tbe Court. Mr. Bolte aent for Mr. Kaulukou yesterday under pretence of • statemeot made by councillor Emmleoth in the meeting of the Council that Mr. Kaulukou was sporting around with a list containing the namea of eeiiain citizens, whom it was alleged the government intended to deport on acconnt of their daring to differ in opoinion from the powen that be. Councillor Bolte aseured Mr. Kaulukou that such a propoflitiou had never been brought b«fbre tbe eouneile—that it was perfccUy sbeurd and ridicolooa for I •nybody to believe in aoeh an empty aod dangeruua rumor that Mr. Kaulukou could feel aasured himtr1f. aod aesore hia fnends, thst the (Overnmeut never bsd, nor ever wwiM, Wnd their time or their ear to pmpoailiona or plana of such a fooliah and idiotic oharaoter.

W* fuiir beli«Te that Mr. Eolle’e anannee ie br>th correct and to be rehed on, but we must «av that the government orpms are to hl&me £>r the starlir.e of. and the credeoce given to.the ruraor whieh. we wii!ingly admit ia b«ilh iooliah *nd idiotic. The Liberal, a paper subsidized by tbe government. started the ball roIling by stating that there haa beea «mw dwin regard to the deportation of certaiu anti-aooezationi9t«. and went even 90 far as to mention the names of some of the ehoeen spirits. When a governraeRt 9ubeidized paper, owned or managed by one of the officer9 in the annexation club, positively makes «ueh a statement, it seems plausible that the $erious discussion must have been held by soraebixly in authority, and not simply have been the result of Lager-beer and Dutcb gin in the back room of some ■aloon. When thereafter the Star, whose character for veracity and correctness had not api>eared in eo pronounced a light as it does now, eame out with some frantic appeals to iron bands and to Cromwell and other deceased, gentlenr»en of nlibustering notoriety, the statement in the Liberal assumed still more the color of truth and hen finally Hen-nery woke up and also got into & fit of hysteric9 and wanted everybody sent off on the next steamer more especiallvtheQueen, then the rumor assumed a tangible shape and it heeame reasonable for the personB e9pecially threatened to eall tne attention of the foreign repre9entatives here to the encouragement to mob-law and violence in whieh the official organs of the Provisional Government were indulging. We don’t blame the P. G. for no‘ reading the papers mentioned. but they ought to attach it as a duty to the secretary of the eouneila to keep them pcsted on all the bad breaks and exhibition» of idiocy whieh so freqently occur in their adverti9ement-overfed papers. We are well aware, that Mr. Dole has onee stated in open eouneil ,that the goverument is ouly responsib!e fjr what appears in the By Authority eolumna of tha papers, but it ie rather difficult for the people at large to get rid of a sneaking idea that very often the iannexaton papers are inspired from above. Their very mild and pieasant attitude at present. weat least firmly believe. ia the result of an ‘*inspiration.” The Star recently said : ‘‘That the annexationists are eincere in their pledge to the natives their character ought to attest. Suffrage to be sure, ie not theirs to give, eitber to thcm9elvee or other people. Such matters must be lefl to Congress; but one thing they ean and will do whieh must decisively affect tbe Legislation tbat Congrees will enact. Tbey ean decline to aek for any rights for themselves whieh the natives will not share.” This apparently seems fair enough, but it is not until carefully examined that ite jesuitical sophistry ean be clearly seen through. We will paea over the guarantee of honeety afforded by the character of the aonexationista as our opinion 'on that point differs matenally from that of the Star. We are glad io see however tfaat they admit the truth of our atatement that suffrage ia not theira to give, but bclongt after annexation to Congres» alone. It is the last portion of tbe quotation whieh eooUina the duplicity ; “Tbey ean decline to aek for any rights for tbemaelvea whiek tbs Bstives will not share.” Hereto* fxe tbe nativee of this counlry

bave had a manhood suffrage, limited by nothing bot the »bility to read and write, and the prep»yment of taxes. Tbese are the civil rigbts and the suffrage whieh these ; annexationists have Uken aw»y. | a!thongh tbey have to admit that | if their deeigns are succesful they themselve9 will not have the p»jwer to re«tore it The question is will lhey ask for its restoration. The Star doee nut say that they eilher will or cat> ask for tbat. lt simply eay» they ean dec!ine to »sk for any rights for themselve9 whieh the natives will not sbare. This may and probab!v doee mean that they will not ask any rights tbr themseives, or tbat if they do, they will be hedged in. such a very similar way lo noble-voting qualifications that the majority of natives will have to suffer the total loss of those civil rights they have enjoyed for over half a century. If these are not the correct deductions from the Star’9 language, then Iet the owners and condt ctors of that paper say straight out in unmialakeahle language, what thty do mean to aek for, and not seek to delude Hawaiiaas by promising them bread, and. when the time comes to fulfil the promise, giving them a stone. Let them publicly announee over the signatures of the Executive and Advisory Councils, and tbe Ieading member8 and committee of the Annexation League, what they do intend to try toget in the matter of suffr.ige, if annexation comes to pass. Until that 18 done frankly and freely. the Hawaiiane wiU have a etrong euapieion that there is a snake in the gras9, or a nigger in the fence, and will not heed the voice of the charmer, charm he never 90 wisely. On Wedneeday morning, the Advertiser contained an item that Mr. Pratt the Consul General at San Francisco was not to be re called. In the afternoon the Star stated that he had been recalled absolutely and ucequivocal!y. This reniinds us of an incident occurriog about a month ago wheu a well known and infiuential gentleman went to the government to aak, at the request of the busines9 community here and in 6*n Francisco, to have Mr. Pratt retained in uffice. He was 9 deronly assured that he could write and tell Mr. Pratt that there was no fear of a removal. He left the August Presence relying on it» plighted word. and wrote to Mr. Pratt that he would stay in office. By the same steamer the August Presence wrote in defiance of its plighted word to order Mr. Pratt's dismissal. Now apparentiy the Advertiser and the 3tar seem to have got into the eame fix again. By ths one, the soUmn assurance is given Pratt stays; to the other, Pratt goes. Whieh are we lo believe? The Evening dag-8tar. otherwi»e the Medical Slanderer, 1» at iU aaual practice of vilifying the American naval gentlemen in port. Whether it is because the ueual deference haa not beea paid to the father of annexation and his gilded society cliqae, of re-echoing t.oeir sentiments and »landers as tbe uttexances of deity. we arc unaware. But w* fail to »*e how tbe naval o£cer of a repnblic ean be truly 1 styled a royalist. Perhape however | the Star scribbler» are compiling a new dictionary in whleh that epithet may be made to fit. Tbe gentleman whosr«r faeis, tbat is | appar*ntly allnĀmi to ws ha?s

nerer met or (tcd eeen, bot if he is i rov»!ist republic*n or » repubHean roraIi»t. *r** »hoaid like to see wh*t kind of * nwn he i». One thing. howerer, we »re Mtisfied of, he must be a ge*tUmanx otherwise, the St*r writers would not sne«r at him. Mr. Mott Smith, H»w»ii*n Mmieter at \Va*hington, h*s been regarded here aa a etroug annexationist. He >aid recentlv that the Americans in this country (Hawaii) favor annexation for what tney ean make out of iU He cert*inly told the truth. and be ia a eompeleni authority, for he ha» known the whole inner working» of the movement ever einee it» ineepūon. Lord Pauncefote, Engli»h Ainbaseador to Amenea, in a speech recently spoke of “tho»e bond» of amity whieh unite the two great English-speaking peoplea” meaning thereby no doubt England and America. However the Star thinks that he intended to allude to its relationa witb the •‘Bulletin'’ and it ha»tens t-> disclaini the Bcfl impeachment. Amity! No! W e are not on friendly terms. We are after (and a long way too) the u BulletinV’ eealp. J. J. Wiliiams says the Lavsan Island Canary i» g'»od at catching flies. We advi»e him to import some and turn thera loose in the Star uffice. Thev have never yet heen ahle to say “There are no flies on us.” Most of the war corresp>ndent» from the great American journals will steer for other flelds witbin a week. The Hawaiian boom for the newsyaj>er3 is played out. and the Columbian Fair will now Uke its plaee. When the war correspondents have washed off their pa ; .nt and appear m their respective journaJ» as fair corre9pondents, we shall be pleased to read their reports of th it great wonder of the world. The exnerience we have gol. in regard to their ver.icily and power of imagiuation, wili «nahle us to enj«>y their writings greatly, althoogh. for the sake of our digestion we ahall be obliged to take it with a ton of salt. It was under»tood that Capt. Larsen of the Poliee force was detailed to work up the crown jewela and tbe opium steals. Larsen is the cleverest man on the force and we are surprised tbat be in thi» instance seems to be unahle to trace lbe enminala. We are unwiliing to believe the eommon report that Captain Lar§en ha* traced tbe tbieves, and that the cases are in the hands of Marsbal Hitcbcock, who for some reason or other appears to have pigeonholed them. If tbe marsbal has any idea of retaining his good repotation, from Hawaii, of being a fearles» and bonest official we sbould recumn'eod to him not yet to start the pigeon-hole racket, but do bis duty to the Hawaiian people.