Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 248, 22 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Laet night a j»lacard obviousiy tbreatenin2 in its charact<-r was affixe<I to the gate j>ost of Claus Spretkels’ reridt-uce at Punahou. This preciou-i d'cument bore ttie ueual raw head and bioody bones of the anarchist lb»nked on one side bv a represent!ttiou of a .S(ar and on the other. by s >me mvsterioub l<to’ ing weajx>n, "hieh might b« anvthing from a horse pistol to j a dvnamite bomb. these qu«si— decorative emhleme was a representation of eight j>eople in a eanoe facing a eannon. At the he.id of tbe document was this remarkable inscription: *’(iold and eilver will not elop leaa.” Now, this may bave been a prack»ca! joke ot s )iuebody’s who ha» not reflected that Mr. Spreckels’ wife and daughter are liere. and who, after reading the inciting and yiolent effusions of the Star for tbe laft few weeka have doubtless looked on it as genuinely a threat against the life of their husbmd and father for the poeitive aelion he has taken in loeal politics. If it • hould turn out on invest:gation to be thie the cruel coward who perj>etrated it deserves to be well horsewbipped. If on the coutrary.as it ie etrongly suspected of being,it is a genuine warning delivered by one of the pretiel-eating anarchists whom the P. G. pamper to by emp!oving in the:r army (!) of regulars and vo!unteers then it is high time for the g )vernment to eall a hait on ihe virulent attempte to incite murder and riot of the rabid idiots who eupport the Star and pen its columns of alternate drivel and murderoua hysteria. It is the duty of the government to fiud out how this j)laoard eame to l>e plac<-d where it was four.d aud whoee handiwork it is. One of their most prominent supjH>rters said this morning on his attention being drawn to the placard that the P.G. couldi.’t help it ifsome crank shot down Quaen Victoria or anyone else. W ell if that is the case the 8<>oner they step down and out and make room forsomebody whoean and will look out for those crauks the better. Scarce & year ago the Advertiaer denounced the Drei Hundred as a collection of Chicago anarchistic crauks. Now it uphulds a goverumeut whieh app<*rently is so afraid of these same iutelhgent German citirens as they are now sly!ed that it employsthem to do nolhing. but pois *ning themselve« on eana* ed peas and boiled tongue in the intervals of composing threatening placards and findmg fulmiuaUd(?) silver and dynamite oe other people’a premi*ee after having put ihem there. It ia re*lly a matter of eoneem to everyoue tbat the authors of theee d«atard!y attempts »t terrorism •bould be discovered. aud the guilt sheeted home where it belongs. To do this wili give some ezcuse for the «xūMM>oe of the army of speeiai detectĪT«s and Ionfert who now •uek ihe teats of the P. G. eow or rid« round on b<w«e-back at mght wahine* (whom th«j find) «twI ehieken thi«v«a (whom they

don'll. A Iittie r*»ward offered might -timulate tnera into finding that : ‘g >!d and siivcr" even if il doesn’t “3top !ead" will d:sc.>ver [ who j*?nned tbe lead and who inciīed the idea. — Verb. iap. 9 Whenever the steamer leaves Hon*> lulu.theAdverliser managementgeta fi.ltd with doubts as to īhe capacity of its every day editor to write sufficient sense to be sent abr>>ad. and a lawyer is hired to fill a eouple of eoiumne with s eh wisdom as will paralyze eveutual readers in the United States, ar.d make th< m •o envious at the talents we here in Hawaii ihat they will feel determined to annex us. The pian ia good enough, only we tear it won’t work if the Advertiser doesn’t change iis writing lawyer. Far from crealiug envy or admiration we feel sure that the Advertiser ‘ - on Cooley” will oniy cause some f.iint amusement. W« have uo doubt that the wnting lawyer is an exj>ert on cooiies, (Chinese) but on Cooley he is to say the least, very weak, and away ofl‘. The first remurk, (whieh we also have heard from the lips of a Counciiman) that Judge Cooley’s opinion is not a sj>ontaneou8 opinion, but more like an opinion given by a lawyer paid by the party desiriug his opinion, and that consequently what the greatjurist writes, is not entitled to any weight is about the richest we yet have heard. What a warnmg to this community. Let us all remember that if we oay an attorney a fee to give his opinion on a question of law aud equity, such opinion will be of no weight, because it is not sj>ontaneous, and because the lawyer is j>aid to give it. Ye g'>ds and little fishes! Did anvbody ever bear such inferual ftnvelliug roll If the lawyers iu the Advertiser eamp carry on their busiiifcss in that manuer, it is well that their few remainir.g clients shou!d know it, and in the future wait for sp(jntaueous opinions and save their fees. We ean hardly believe that the Advertiser’s writing iawyer has the unmitigated eiieek to insinuate lhat Judge Cooley wrote that opinion because he was desm*d and paid to write it that way. We have no d>>ubt that he, who is considered the highest autharity in the United States ou the interj>retation of the Uniled States Constitution was asked by President Cleveland to give his opinion f r Ihe guidance of the adniinistratiou, and only a pettv lawyer of the reform party in Honolulu would dare to elaim that such opinion was n<>t honest, but was made for the oocasion and to suit. If,by the way,the Advertiser’s lawyer is correctand Mr. CIevelan-J desirr*d Co«>ley to give an opinion in that direction it must show plainly to all of us where Mr. Clevelaud is on annexation, and were the annexationists are with Mr. Cleveland. There is very little to be said about the Advertiser-lawyer’s abortive attempt to meet Cooley’s arguments. Ue rehasbes the usual lies about the revuIutioa aot being a **movement of filibusters and offio»e€ker8, but of the prineipal tax-j>ayers” and about *‘tbe moet intelligent, j>atriotic and courageous nativea ’ favoring annexation. In the (aee of what eommissioner Blount has soen f<>r himselvea during bis inv«stigation. it needs a remarkable hardihood ev«n for an Advertiser-Iawy«r to eontino« eueh bare-faoed liee. Remembering the general fight for ■poila boodle and offices whieh

has b««n raging among the aupportere of tne P. G.. siuce one of them in Janusry clamored for 60 acres of lahd. Ull to-day when the I *‘c'ub v dema!,Js all ihe ot!ioe? for j their military members, it is d;tfieull to suow what tne in3urgot.ts are to be calied if not otfice-seekere. \Ve have 50 oflen demonstr.ited wao it is that the annexatlon |>arty parades as the m>>st int»-lligent.etc., natives that we hardly need say any more on thal head, bul we wi-uld l;ke to know why tbe P. G. has not offered seats in the Coun- ( ... cus or sent as Comiu:ssioners to 1 Washingt >n some of these “most inteiligent etc. nattves" a step whieh would vastlv have he!j>ed their cai>se. Perhaps the A>iver-tiser-law ver will deign to exj>lain that rather peculiar teature in the matter. There is only one point in the article whieh we really consider worthy of notice and that is when the writer makes the preposterous statement that the P. G. is "not only the best. bnt the strongest governraent that we have had ?n this country for mauy years and the formal endor»ement nj it by the people 1 eill not long be wanting.'’ The mau who wrote thnt if he honestly believes what he writea must be sadly ignorant ol' the j>olilieal situation in Hawaii, We know of on!y one way to get ‘‘the formal endorsement by the people” and that is at the balIot-box. Xow is there anyb>>dy in this country to dav who helieves for a moraent that the P. G. would be endoraed at the ballot box in an eleelion? What is the political color >>f the provisional government? It ia the remuants of the old conde:uned reform party whieh was rejected m 1890 by the poople and whieh didn’t dare to pnt a ticket in the field iu 1892, and whieh, by its ama!gamatiou with the NaUoual Ref»rra Party, heeame totally extinct at that eieelion. Nothing has trunspind whieh bas helped to revive or resurrect the ref>>rm corpse while ihe split between thc National Kef>'rm Party and the Liheraīs has l>een healed by tneir good and friendly work ti">-day for their great mulual cause—the j>reservation of Hawaiian lndependence and the Hawaiian Monarcby. When the Reform Party didn’t dare take advantageoflhedivision in the camj) of the o{>p>>3itiou ia 1892,and try to run a ticket in between the Naūonal Reform Party aud the Liberals, what earthly show d >e8 lhat partv think they have to-day whea the old opposition of 1890 stands onee more united, yes, not alone united, but reinforced by every Hawaiian, who stayed with the Reft>rm Party in 1890. aod by the mteresU of Claus Spreckels whieh at the election in 1890. suj>ported tbe Thuiston eahinel. No misaionary g>5vernment will ever be end>rsed m Hawaii, nor wili any government whieh stands on an anneiauon Dlalf>rm win at the baliot box in Hawaii. The men who have placed themselves at the head of the government to-day tfarough Mr. Stevens’ suppcrt are well aware of the f*ct that thev have uot a ghost of a show at the ballot-box. lf they thought they would have tbey would have «abmitted their actions and principlee to ihe verdictof the people long age. and if that people had endoraed them, anneialion would have heen accomplished to day. It i» »trongly rumored that the government are considering tbe adrisability of calling on tb* prom-

inent men of the Country to a Cv>nferenoe as to ihe future f>rm of the f>>r these islands. The j reas>n given for lUi? - r .ej> that ! eveu the men wh>> have oonstituled ’ tnemselves a g»vernment feel some ! hes;t.ition in askmg the people lo i j>ay taxes without h»ving a v.>ice , in the administration of the affairs i of the o>untry. Tbe main prin- : eiple of free government recv>gnized j and foliuwed all over the civi!ized wor!d ;s that there shall be 110 mxatiou w:thout representation. and as the membt'rs of the j>r >vis;>>nal I g>>verume.it, h»th through t!ieir sj>ēeches and thrmgh their prtvi are constantly uph<>;d ng the j>rincij>les *>f self-g>>vernment and of a g>>verniuent by the j«?v>j>le, il is rather uwkward f>r t'nein to at- ! tetuj>t to hreak ihe very fir». >>f .. ii lh**se fiue-sounding princi( !“S, un>! lrv to collect tax“S without giv rg the taxpayer a.rigiit>>ru chr.uce to s.iv h>> v his t. x-s sliall :>*e\pcndeil. W e suj>pose th.it i>y eili ing u c»nference, our rulers think that they ure giviog their regime u a color of popularity whieh it other>vise sadlv lacks. but il we are correctly infonued, the confereiice will be held by the councils assisted only by s»rae >>f the merchaota who are »f the sarae opiniou as the government. In fuct, it would he au amalgamati»n »f the eoaneiia, and the annexation elnh whieh we §houldn’t be 8urj>rised will he dnbhed a convention, aml whieh will projK>se t» decide the future fate of this country. The hired c»rresp»ndents here t» the American j»urnals would then eoine out with i big headlines and tell the world that a c>>nst>tutioual c»nventi>>n was held in Hawaii and that the Proviflional G»vernment had unanimously heen declar> d a j>erraanent g»vernraent. und tiiat ihe convention had endorsed all its aetiooa : nd its anneialion platform. That would read very niee. and would j>erhaps go down with s»me of the jing»ists in the States. but it w>mld hardly be wliat Pr**sident Cleveland w»uld ealla g»vernment acc»rding to the Araer';cun eoneeption of a free and }>ojm!ur g»vernment. And it wouldn’t w*>rk w»rth a cent in Hawaii. NN hen the Aineriean administrution answers the Queen’s protest one way or the other it is time enough to lalk ab»ut the j>ermanent f»rm of the Hawaiiun g>>vernment and conventions. The Provisional Governiuent ean rest assured that when that day comes, the Hawaiian j>eople wiil take a hand and have a voice in wh» is to nile Hawaii, and it will as sure as there is a heaven a’o»ve us be a g»Terument of the j>eoj>le. for Ihe j>eopIe, and by the people. We ean well understand the indignation of the Star-crew over the ovati»n whieh wasgiven to Mr. Nordh>>ff and Mr. Spreckels yesterday on their departure, and we express our symj>athy to the Star man and the eluh. After having Ihe night previous sent words out to the few stiil remaining anneiationists to etay away from the Oeeanie wbarf, »0 a* to “make the crowd look ilim,” it must bave heeu gu!liog to find that they were neither missed nor wa* there room left for them. Tbe snnexationists may be very niee fellows —eome of them, but they are not the people. The Stor’e eail for the polioe to protect, the P. G. band ia *nother io8tonce of tbe malieioua falsifyirg aod ignorance of the pep«r. Farfromitheing theHawaiian band

interfenng wiih the P. G. b!ower* it »as nVr rr r #j iii'i U the (‘olio* •houUl h»ve int«rfemi it #hoa,d h»ve been to ai4kethegovernaient s proteg»*e prv* rv-. thedeceucy wiūoh h»therto has heer cu«?«'»:iiary bere wneu two bmd> are pUyiu( *t one piaee. if it had been one of the newly &rnved mueieiaua who had been leadmg the P.G. band we could have found ««uie eieuae for the breach of decorum, but Naone who held the ba «n during lterg-r> ■ b?euce iias> playtd rUfho'enl'v K>ug in the lxuid to ku««w wh*t is pr'»iH«r and cu9tomary and on hun f.ill* the blame f«>r what hapjienetl yesterd iy. Tne Ameneana who were 90 awfullv m.id .19 ihe r«t;ir t»*li- ua we didn’t see. We saw manv gHxi j Ameneane cheer:ng lustiiy t*r X «rdhoff and f>r th-ir tl tg- if tiiere waa anyone 9{>oiling f»r a tight lhej’ se{»t their “9{H»il" t * themse.ves in a very di9oreet manner — pre9umably a»l«*pting K:nmemth 9 method of being 9atisfieil by {>utling their indignation and madaea9 on record. And now Queen Vict«*ria has heen and gone, and »l»>ne it again. She h.19 ahown h«>w completely «ho laeka knowledge of eli»juette in addre9sing R«*yalty, and instead of addres9ing the Queen as Mr9 lk*minis she has not only failed to do 90 but has also f«’rg >tten to previously c >n9ult that c«>mpound of idiocv, ignorance and iiliteracy who runs the Star enmmiiiui pnpuloque e 0(jnn.*ritur a» the San Diego hurrn, aiul henee ful weep». *Ve feel 9ure when yesterday T 9 edition of the Star reache* Windsor Ca«tl* and Balmoral that Queen Victoria will immediateiy revise her handb«)ok of R >yal Etiquette, and forward a copy of it to be marked and correcte<l f<>r her fH-rs'>nal use by the paretic individual wh<> wntes tiie Star eommenK ary on thing9 kn<»wnand unleoown —more e«peciallv thelatter. In ihe meantime he will no doubt have leisure to prepare his long-expect-ed wortc on “Thinga I don’t know but whieh I musl di9play eoloaeai imagination on.”