Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 26, 24 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

I —■ I | On W«Jne*d«y nij:ht. Juoe 21. ' 1893. a pl*c»rd obviou«ly tbreatening in it« cbaracter wae af- , fixed to tbe gate poet of CIaue 1 Spreckel8’ reeidenoe at Punahou. j Thi* preciou* document bore the I ueual raw bead »nd bioody hooee ; of tbe anarcbist flanked on one side by a repre*entation of a Star , and on the otber. by aome my*teri- : oue Iooking weapou, wbicb might , be anything from a bor«e pi*tol to i a dynanjite bomb. Below theee | qua*i—deoorative enahlem* «ia* a repreeeniation of eigbt j»eoplc in a | eanoe facing a eannon. At the ( he d of tbe document wa* thi* re- ; markable in*cription: “Gold and j *ilver will not elop lead.’’ i ■■■- Now, thi* may have been a prac- 1 Ueal joke of *omebody’* who hae i not reflected that Mr. Spreckele’ ( wife and daughter are here. and | who, afler reading the inciting and ▼iolenl eAPueion* of the Star for the laat few week* have doubtle*e looked on it a* genuinely a tbreat j again*t the life of their hueband and falher for the poeitive action be haa taken in loeal politice. If it *hould turn out on investigation to be thi*tbe cruel coward who perpet rated it de*erve* to be well horsewhipped. If on the contrary.as it 5* *trongly *u*pected of being.it i* a genuine warning delivered by one of the pretzel-eating anarchiet* whom the P. G» paraper to by employing in their army (I) of regulars and volunteer* then it i* high time for tbe government to eall a halt on the virulent atterapt* to incite murder and riot of the rabid idiote who aupport the Star and pen it* eolumn* of aiternate drivel and murderou« hyeteria. It. ie Ihe duty of thc govermnent to find out how thj* placard eame to be plaoed where it wa* found and whoee handiwork it i*. One of their most prominent supporters said this morning on hi* attention being drawn to the placard that the P.G. oouldn’t help it if some crank shot down Qa»en Victoria or anyone else. Well if that ie the eaee the sooner they step down and out and make room forsomebody whoean and will look out for tboee cranks the better. Scarce a year ago the Adverti»er denounced the Drei Hundred as a eolleeiion of Chic»go anarcbistic crank*. Now it upbold* a government whieh apparently is eo afraid of these same intelligent German citizens as they are now styled that it employ* them to do notbing. bot poieoning them*elve* on eanned pea» and boiled tongue in the iuterval* of oomposing threatening placard* and finding fulminaled (?) eilver and dynamite on otber people’e premiees after having put ihem there. īt ia re*Ily a raatter of eoneem to «veryone that the autbors of these deetardiy attempts at terrorism abould be dnecovered, and ihe guilt aheeted home wbere it belongs. To do ihia will give eome excuse for the rxu»tenoe of Um army of ep$eial rtetective» and loafers who now suck the teat* of ihe P. G. oow or ride round oo boree-back al mght a#tcr wahinea (whom tbey fiod) aad ehiekee tW*ves (whom they don’t). A lilil* r«ward oflfered that "gold and sslvw” «venifh % u » «411 I th*k*d and who in-1 - , : -•* -- 1" ’A'hene?er the sm*mer i«a ve* Hooo- f

w« feel sure that the Advertiser ‘*on Cooley” will only eauee eome faint amueemeoi. M e have uo doubt tbat tbe writin* lawyer ie an expert on eooiiea. (Cbioesv) bat on Cooley i he ie to eay tbe leaet, very wrtk, and away off. The firet remark. ; (whieh we al*o have heard from the lipe of a Councilman) that Judge Cooley ? e opinioo is not a eponlaneoue opinion, bot more like an opinion given by a Iawyer paid by Ihe party de*iring hi* opinion, and lbat con*equently what the ereat juriet write*. i* not entitled to any weight ie about the riche»t we vet bave heard. M hat a warn- | ing to thie oommunity. L«t us all remember that if we i>ay an »t- ' tornev a fee to give his opinion on a queslion of law and equity. *uch ; upinion will be of no weight, beeauee it ie not *pontaneoo*, and i ljecau*e the l»wyer ie paid to give 1 it. Ye g' <le and liule fishe*! Did anvbody ever bear eueh infernal ; dnvelling rol! If the lawyer* in ‘ the Advertiser eamp carry on their bu*ineB* in that manner, it 5* well that tbeir few remaining elienia ehould know it, and in the future wait for *pontaneoue opinion* and eave their fee*. We ean hardly believe tbat the Advertieer’B writing lawyer ha* the unmitigated eheek to ineinuale that Judge Cooley wrote that opinion becau*e j he was desired and paid to write it ; that way. We have no donbt that he, who i* considered the highe*t authority in the United States ou the interpretation of the United State* Constitution wa* a*ked by Pre*ident Cleveland to give hie opinion fi r the guidance of the adrainistration, and only a petty lawyer of the refi>rm party in Honolulu would dare to elaim that *uch opinion wa* not honest, but was made for the oeeaeion and to suit, If,by the way,tht: Advertiser’s Lawyer is oorrectand Mr. Cleveland desired Cooley to give an opinion in that ūirection it muet show piainly to allof u* where Mr. Cleveland i* on annexation, and were tbe annexationist* are with Mr. Cleveland. There is very liUle to be *aid about the Adverti*er-lawyer’s abortive attempt to meet Cooley’s argument*. He rehashes the uaual lie* about the revolution not being a *‘movement of filibusters and office-*eekers, but of the prineipal tax-payer*” and about “the mo*t intelligent, patriotic and courageou* natives” favoring annexation. In the face of what eommissiouer B)ount has seen fi>r himselve* during hi* investigation, it needs a remarkable hardihood even for an Advertiser-lawyer to eontinue *uch bare-faced lie*. Reraembering the general fight for epoil* boodle and offioe* whieh hae been n ging araong tbe *upporters of the P. G., *ince oae of tbem itf January clamored for 60 »cres <>f land, till to-day when the **club” demands all ihe office* for their military memhen, lt i* diffieuh to know what the insurgenta are to be called if not office-*eekers. We bave so often deroon*trated who it i* that the annexatlon party parades a* the moet intnlligent,etc., natives that we hardly need say any more on that he«d, but w.e wontd like to know why tbe P. G. haa not offered *eata in the Councils or *ent as Commiseioner» to Wa*hingtion aome ©f these “most inteiltgent etc. natives” a step whieh wonld va*tly have he1ped tbeir eauee. Perhap* the Adver-tiser-lawyer will deign to explain that rather pecoliar feature in the matter. There u on!y oue poinl in the artiole whieh we really oonsider worthy of notioe and that i» when the writer makes tbe prepcwteroo» stetoment that the P. G. ia«not only Ihe bc*t, but the «trongest goverament ihat we have bad in UWWM Wl ******** I:'*®** ** ***** fe*mal e&donam«ot by the peopl«

Party, heeame iotally extinct at that eleelion. Nothing bas tranapired whieh uae helped to revive or resurrect tbe refr>rm corpee while the *plit between tbe NaUonal Ref rm Perty and the Liberais I bas heen healed by their gf*4 » D<i friendiy work to-day for their great motu»! cau*e —tbe pre*ervation of Hawaiian Independence and the Uawaiian Monarchy. When tbe R< form Party didn’t dare : Uke advantage of tbe division in the eamp of the oppoeilioo io 1892,and tn- to run a ticket in between the National Reform Party and the Liberals, wbat eartbiy ehow doea ihat partv think they have to-day when the old opj>06ilion of 1890 *Unda onee more united. yes, not alone united, but reinforced by every Hawaiian, whe *tayed with the Reform Party in 1890. aod by the mterest* of Clau* Spreckels whieh al the e!ection in 1890. supported the Tbuiston cabinet. No missionary gcvernment will ever be endor»ed in Hawaii, nor will any government whieh *tand* on an annexation p'atfi>rm win at the ballot box in Hawaii. The men j who have placed themaelve* at the head of the government to-day through Mr. Stevene’ *upport are well aware of tbe fact that they have not a gho*t of a ehow at the ballot box. lf they thought they wonld have they would have *ubmitted tbeir aelione and pnneiple* to the verdict of the people long ag«, and if that people had endoreed them, annexation would have been accomplished to day. It is *trongly rumored that the government are con*idering the advisability of calIiogon the promineni men of tbe country to a eonference ae to the future form of tbe government for these Islands. The reason given for this step is that even the men who have constituted tbemselves a government feel some hesitation in askmg the people to pay taxes without having a voice in the adminietration of the affairs of the country. The main prineiple of free guvernraent recognized and followed all over the civilized world is that there shall be no taxalion without representation, and as the members cf the provisional governmeut, both througb their apeeehe* and through their pres* are constantly upholding the prineiplee of eelf-goverument and of a government by the people, it is rather awkward for them to attempt to break the very first of all Ihoee fine-sounding principles, and try to collect taxes without giving the taxpayer a right or a ehanee to *ay how hi* taxes ehall be expended. We euppoae that by ealling a conference, our rulere think that thcy are giving their regime a a color of popularity whieh it otberwise sadly lacks, but if we are correctly informed, tbe conference will be held by the eouneil* aasisted only by some of the merchants who are of tbe same opioion a* tue government. In fact, it would be an amalgamation of the eonneila, and the annezation eluh whieh we shouldn’t*be surprised will be dubbed a conven|ion, and whieh will propoee to decide the future f*te of this country. The biwd correapondente here to the American journals would then oome out with big headlines and tell the world that a coD*titutional convention was h«ld in Hawaii »nd tbat the Provisional Qovernment had unanimously heeu declared a permaneni (overnm«nt, and that the convention had endorsed all ite ae tions end ito annexatioc platfiorm. That wonld rand very niee. and would perhape go down with eome of the jingolste m the 8tates. bot it CIeveland wooid ealla government tion of a free and popular governmeni. And it wouIdn*t work worth » cent in HawaiL When tb« AmerI w ww. ... ' «. _

ini* sbe bu not only fiulcd to do bo but hu «Iso forgott*n to proriou»lj consalt that compoand of idiocv. ipionmoe »nd illrter«cy who run« Ihe St*r populoqtu cogno»eitur as tbo S*n Diego burro, and henee thoaeecornful weeps. 'Ve feel sure when lbe editJon of the Star reaches Windsor Ca»tle aud Balrooral th*t I Queen Victoria will immedi»tely ■ reriee her b»ndbook of Roy*I Eti* ■ quette, »nd forward » copy of it to be marked *nd corrected for her personal use by the paretic indiridual who writes the St»r eommenli »rr on things knownand unkuown —more especi»Ily thel»tter. In the '! meanlime he will no doubt have 1 leisure to prepare his long-expect-ed work on “Thing8 I don’t know but whieh I must display eoloeaal | imagination on.” i) ' We are painfully 8urprised to } notice » eommuniealion in tke , Bulletin of Thur»day last, signed by Father Jaraes Beissel <>f Paia Maui m whieh the writer eommiia a aerious breach of that decorum whieh sbould be easential to » man of his ( calling. We were in hopes that . someone had forged the signature ( 1 of tne good father, but upon investigation we find the letter to be , - genuine and we think that the sentiment expressed in it should cause the head of the Catholic ( Church to take the matter up and , eheek his subordioate from in the future attemptiog to sow discord and batred among bis flock not alone towardsthe Hawaiian people, but also towards the courta of law and justice, in this their adopted i country. If a crime was committcd i as tbe father states against the young girl, tbe enminal should be • punished and uodoubtedly > be punished if there was sufficient > evidence to fasten the guilt on the accused. The prostcution and the 1 defense presented their evidence > before a lawful jury and a judge. > Fatber Beissei was not present at i the trial, and was consequently i not in a position to judge of the ■ weight of the evidence presented as were tbe jury and judge, and he has tberefore no right to elaim that tbe verdict was contrary to law and evidence. His reflections on the Judge shows ignorance. A judge has no more power to puniah a man who is acquitted by a jury tban has Father James Beisael himseif. Upon a verdict of not guilty being given all the Judge ean do is to acquit the accused and that ends the matter. But the Rev. tather a!so takes oeeaaion to deliver a harangue against the Uawaiiana whieh is uncalled for in the extreme. If he will look over tbe calenders of eaaea at the difl'erent conrts, he will find that the majority of rape and especially seduction cases are agaiust Portuguese men and tbe comnlaining wituesses Portuguese girls, and it would be well for the reverend gentleman to purify his own flock first before he stamps the Hawaiīans broad-cast as being a lieenlioua people. His final appeal to lynchlaw and mob-violence, we will not deal with* A aaggeation llke that »a coming from a priest of the Catholic fkith ean only fill ua with oonsternatioo aud surprise, but remerabering Father James’s erratic tendencies, we wiil in charity hope that he did not know of what he waa speaking. We noiiee lately that the different writers who hope ag*inat hope tbat the United Statee will not restore the l»wful government in Hawali, uee the term th»t the United St»tes will notdeclare w»r »g»inst tbe Provis!on»i Government for the purpoae of r«storing the Queen. No, de»r, we don’t think that they wilL Tbey didn’t decl»re war when Mr. 8tevens ovqfthrew the ls wfol governroenQ »nd tbeve is no neoeestty to declare war to undo his evil work. A short hillei doox »ddrereed to Mr. IMIe wiU be snffident, and will «ct like a magic word, »nd »11 wiU be haek in the old groov«e. Doo*t iaaegiiM th»t there is gotng to hs»iqr warw th»t to make tbe P. 6. thing, from the e»od-hagt to the ctowb jeweis. from the Comm»nd to the piano »nd the T»nkee-Doodle-Bodgen. Tben haa nerer heen »ny doofat or hemt»tion on tbat seore. Tbe 8t*r is jabiUai.becaaee Mr. Oole h*s given »s hi« opinion th*t jrestoratioo of tbe Qoeeo to tbe Om»e is “3iplouuUc*I]y impoee- ' : - ■- •"- -V • * .. ■» V — ‘-"K*

rj » sad lo»d, acd we don*t doobt that he m»ny» time ba§ wished himsetf back to hts jndicial cbair, vbere hi» dolee jar nienU only was interrupted when bruther Judd stirred him up to write oot a deci■ion on some ten year old (or voung) eaae. Now, to be *ccused daily of uttering the most drivelling rot whieh tbe paient non eompoa mentis of the Star inventa hims6if, and tben saddles on to Dole is really a bardship, and he has onrfullest symnathy. CouIdn’t j we get the Star to explain to us why Mr. DoIe considers restoration u diplomatically imp*»sible.” We are »ure we can’t get Dolc to do it bimself- —he never was an anthority on diplomacy—but the omniacieotStarman may do it for bim to our great amueemeni and rdific ation. We will tell the Star man a secret whieh he ean whieper to Mr. Dole and that is that nothiug is impo6sible for the United Statee. that is juet, and that the U. S. dare not do anything that is rigbt. And they don’t eoneull Mr. Dole’e or anybody elee’e viewa or eonelmetion on what is diplomatically poeeihle or not. We reprint to-day an editorial from the San Francisco Fost to ehow that we are not alone in our idea that Mr. Thurston found eome difficulty iu being recognized in Washiugton. Aa certain eastern napers closely connected with the adminietratiou write in the same strain perhaps the P. G. organs will have to realize that we as usually are better posted and better informed to what is gomg on in the eapilol iu Washington than they are. We find that the Star statee that the M annexationists are no more dismayed” “at Judge Cooley’s Forum argumeut than they were at Claus Spreckels’ demand for his $95,000.” Considenng the panie stricken searcb for old stockings all over town whieh this caused withoutanyone being fouud who would take tbe P. G.’s acknowledgments of indebtdness, and the fact that it was only when some financial genius etruck the idea of simply transferring the Queen’s government’s securitiea to Spreckels to the new owners that the deal was effected. we are glad to hear that the annexationi«ts are no more “dismayed” (“1 thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word”) this time over Cooley than before over Spreckels. With his uaual illogical inconsistency the burro proceeds to spread his aeiniue fatuosity over two-thirds ot a eolumn toshow that Cooley was quite right, and anyhow the P. G. should endeavor to foilow his advice to the eye—tbough not to the spirit and forthwith “by a turn of the wrist” (he doesn’t say whose) prociaim itself permanent and a republic,notwithstanding the fact that tbe U. S. government has not yet decided whether it is permanent or not. But little tbings like that do not trouble tbe Starry crank with the e!ongated »ural appendages. He proceeds to dish up his UHual allowanee of displayed ignorance and lies when dealing with foreign contemporary history and mangles that of the recent struggle in Cbili as he did that of Nicaragua the day before, out of »11 recoguizable ahape, and dedoces from this queer conglomeration that it ean now advocate the eatabliahment of a republic here without being accused of inconsiatency, a!though it previous!y denouneed (by order of the P. Gand rts members) »11 ide» of advocatiog an independent republic bere even for an instant, and denounced the idea as cranky, and the man and men who started and upheid it as being wortby of the moet condign punishment whieh even the crazy brain-box of the Star idiot con!d inveoi. Well may PrendenL Dole and the other repptably qaiet aod aennhle memhen of the P. G. exclaim eaeh nlght (with one exoeption th»t of the 20th inst.) «ie«ding the 3tar, “S*ve us from our friends, 0 I>ord.” ————— ■*■ tbcistox’s poainow. Wh»t will Secretary Greaham do with Lorrin Thopston, Miuister to the United State» from a body of mea cailing tbemselvee the P.rovisional Government of Hawaii ? Thi« cbantry haa not acknowledged the revolntionista; ao far aa a Hawalian repreeentative is conoerned tbere haa heen no political change in the Isl»nds, and at Washington the aothorities have remalned praotīc»lly neutr»T. Tb» appeannoe of Mr. Thuraton

ig more aenooa then the raising of the flag in Honololo. That wae the fooiiah act of an irres) onaihle servant, whoee mental noakeup never fitted him for the duties of Minisler; it waa contrary to tbat justice whieh aome nations respect j and was in no way binding on this Government. Tfae men who have appointed Mr. Thurston to represent tbem in the Unitrd Statee j were amiona to anpear h* be acting under the sanction of a Government that could not aff->rd to recognize rebela and revolutionists,' ar.d they raised the Stars and: Stnpes as a guar.»nty to the world . that we had adopted them. Tbe ' Ameiiean Government repudiated : their assumption of protection and hauled down the flag that had heen ; used to excuse andcover their own : treason. Mr. Thurston’s appointment will give this Government an opportuuity of going on record, and the ; attitude of Secretary Gresham to- j ward him will be watched with in- ; terest. Tbose who have noted j CIeveland’s course iu Hawaiian ( matters will ineline to the belief that Mr. Thurston will not be recognized at present as representlng any Goverr.ment, and that not until Mr. Hiounl has made his rep<*rt will the United States do anything that may be construed into a declaration f>r the revulutionist8 or | monarcbists of the islands