Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 35, 26 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Toat tbe Jcpfcne«€ Governtner.t tnd prees *re ir«tch'n« the fcff»irs fn H«<r»ii cloee’v i«bfcoming more •nd niore evident. In a recent r.umber the Mainiehi Shimbn n, [*tys the Japnn }Verk'y J/ai7j writi g on tbe Hawaiian qu*«tion, remarks ‘ lhat t)>e Hawaiiansought tr be grdleful lo the Japane«e residei.la. F»»r it was the lalter lhat have thus f»r prerenU-d, and will in the future. no doubl. prevenl Hawaii from heine anne»ed U» the United States. Had there not been J<«pane»e laborer» on the sugir p!antations. tbe Mainiehi thinks lhat Spreckels snd other influential 6ug*r men xvould not have so strongly oppoeed annexatiOD. Our contemporary then g'»es on to exhort the Japanese in Hawaii t<» save money and culliv«te their tninds. so that they may be able t<» obttin commandmg positions in th«t countrv to whieh they ore entitied by their numeneal strengtb if not by anything e!se.” The advice givenby the Japanese pa i*er, nhieh «e qu<»te, to the Japaneee resident« here is g<»od. We l.ave pointed out in furmcr is8ues, that ihe Japanfse, who pay their l;ixt8 here and fulfil Ihe necess.»rv voting qualifications ehould not be deprived of the f;anchi»e. because they are Asictics. The Jupanese uffi'.i*te easily with ihe Haw.»iians and they are us a whole, one of the uaost desir.ib!e class of citii3ns whieh Hawaii ever has had. We feel assnred lhat the J;«pane»e government will press its eluim that Hawaii ehall car ry out her tresly obligatioos and we btlie\’e that beforelong the inteiligent and educated cioes ol Jap«nese now here will be enabled to go to the ballot-box nnd cust their vote for gix>d atid pnpular g»»vernment. Tne pre»ent very <tb!e repre»entative of the Japanese government, has we undirstand given this mntter hi8 earnest at tcotion, and we d » not think llial iho Japanese ndministration could have s*rltcled u better reprt8enla tive thau the presenl Consul-Gen eral to carry out the nrce»s«ry ineasiires by whieh his eounlryoien here e»n obtain fairness nno justice, and be pl«ced on an equu fi.»oiing with the other spjourner.b» re. The present Consul-Genera! erj<*ys not «lone the confidence ol lna own |»eople, but he is a!s» r»girded with gre»t esteem by lh» Huwaiian» aud by that Hawaiiai. Government lo whieh he wus aecredited. As »<x>n aa a stable g«»vemmenl by the people i» rem»Uled in Hawaii, the Japane»e ean rest atsured tbat tbey will obtain theii righls. There ia one thing by the wa\ we would like to hear a liUle nmn about and that i» in reg»rd to tlu «»8ertion of ihe Star thut the P G. has **rtbuffed” the J«pane»e goveraoient and flatly rcfu»ed to gr«nt the requeet of the J«panes8 henfur rqual rights. The Star having ihe t»tree to Mr. Oole’a office and e «nfidence ahould be in a poeilion to furmsh pubiicly «ome documentsry eridenoe or otber Mlisfact» ry proof io reg«rd to the «Ileged flat refuwl. We «h»>uld be very gbd if tbe SUr" will irot it outT« we wui w wapiwwni • eommon U “*

Momm D*kos , 8 AoaoeM «tolemeot «hieh ni pnMiihi U ih* ommeil «M«tk4| yMt*Hhjr h »et i» $l*ar isd 6»lis$H|oiy MM ooo1d h»re rxprct«L Hl lhhi pehlīe wuri« 127,500, bot In »o6 »y ohol a>*a*r fc«» **» «M* tfa»> «uwk br tb» pr«e»l»efH»*«»itr .- s J •’i' |j^X:

| poailioo » that if efer »ufBcient I -*>nds are toid, tbe proceed» f»r ’ bem will oe poared into the een•ral rerenue to replece the *n>onnt9 *bicb the goTernme«t i* “honow- ■ ng M for SecUoo L We cannot fiy i .hal »eon*ider eueh cnethod9 very ‘ »i»e, nor CJn we term >t* gnod finan- * nai poticr. Sbould the eiie of >»n<ia rtop tilogetber. whieh there e gx-d reaeon t» beliere it wiiUhe , rea»urr will be eo etripped »if • »eh th.it it wiil be un«ble to meet | .he ordinary running expenees. eaveaione,e*t sfyingtne depoeitora n the PoeUl S.»ving9 Bank. If we todersUnd Mr. Oainon rightly, the ure«*ni imprnremenU will coet f8U.OX> when ompleted. but we (ail utter!y to eee where thal unour.t i9 gi»ing to o»roe frora. Mr. ; Oamoo’a 9talement9 give no -i4ti?factory indicatioo9 in reg.rd lo toat. The minĪ9ter ia desirouō »f paying otf tbe P<»9tnoastsr Gen- : -ral T e nolee, heeauae they bear eo heavy an intereet. The amounl he refers to i» tbe |9ō,nU0 whieh the government owed Spreciele. and >b»ut whieh tbe orgm9of tbe governraeut made ihe most pre|*oeter- i »ue aesertion lhat the debt had heen i»aid. The uotes were never laken op by the governuent, nor Jid the government at any time | have the raoney w erewith to pay | tbem. Spreckels simply eold the uoUs to 9i»me other parties through liroker Damon, and the notes are to day hanging over thehead ofthe , government just as mueh of a men»ce aa when held by Claus Spreckels. Mr. Damon do»*8 not tell ue tbot’gb how he isgoir>g to pay those notcs, but perhaps he has g<»t eome ioysteriou» eeheme in regard to whieu we some day roay getan explunalion. We ref»-rred above 10 the 127'»41.60 whieh under the loau act of 1893 are lo be paiel into the gener»1 revenue from eale »*f bonds. but we noiiee that a further amount of 18,054.42 ie placed iu the eume calegory being an amcunt ad vanced by the treasury to the Postal S.ivings Uank. Aro we to arrive at th« conclusion that Ihe debts of the Pusta 1 Savings Bank are a!so to be paid from the pmeeeila of the ( sale of bunds under the loan act? I If so, it will be some titne —if cver —th 1 1 the raoney denved under the loan act will bs turned inlo the proper chaunels and u?ed for tbe purpose» on llie b isis ol’ whieh the act was paesed and tbr government acthorized to ieaue bonds. The two ami>unts referred to make a total of $35.596 02, and are presented in Mr. Damou’s 9tatement as “amount due lreasury thie dale from Loan Act.” NVe prejume that tiiat is one of the urincipal assets of the treaBury, and it ien’l a very g<*od one especially if Mr. Damon would plaee the amount oi >530,245 10 a» a liability of the trea9ury to the I’ostal Savings Bank. The Bank owns to day >21.542.13, aml it owcs $530,245. 10 out of whieh demands for pay-' ment bave heen made to the tune of$3>,360 luiliug due during the next lhree months. Of course Mr. Oamon may hope that there will be suSicient new deposits to cover tbe deficit, but if no deposits sbould eome in whore will the Bank and the treasury be then? i The fact is that the government oould not carry on for one day with the ordinary genuine revenue tnd meet it» reckiess expeuditures. U is by using the noney gaioed from the sale of bonds and by using the d«posiks in ihe Saring« • Bank that it msnages to make boih ends meel—app»r«nl!y—but suoh meftbuds eanaol Ust wry long. Thst tbo governmeot hss 4jponi tho eoorsiK>ds smoont oI !»■»»« .<■ Mtnp mim. TlM Appfopnttiot < *. f ’ • | .. _w Ls. i n ■ ||

lowed op io s secret snd uoex- i pUined maRner tbey »re jastified s in kicking snd in wsnting“toknow. j Tb« governmeot ha* U*en "in for «even roontha let il n>w give an «eeoanl nf how it has carried oot its stewerdship aod what heeomea if the uxpayer8’ money. It musl be Jone »nm« day Vr. Damon. »odon t »birk tbe d » gre«a»>ie tass auy ioogerI In ihe expUnation of the mis eellaneuu» accounts, we ootice th»t tbe tex-j«yer» paid Ust w<ek#70 f »r printing, aod thīa week $131.75. We d.»o’t wonder tbal tbe **gcntlemen” of the Star and 4dv»rtiser »re tumbling over eaeh other in lheir fnntic eff rt8 to bol»ter up tbe P. G. —and get the £»t advertising.

Js Joe Miller; Ui» hooke of Ge»les” is to be found an anecd<jt« relating to a gentleman who, on vi«wing in « museum the mounted -kelelon of an «ss remarked: *’How frt»rfully and wonderfu!ly are we In reading the Advertiser the point of the je»t strike» u.«, f»r if there is rnythiug m<>re fearfully »nd wonderfu!Iy made than that »»bliviously brazen »taggerer, it is the ol jec: c,f ihe joke above related We willquote from its •\Vedne»day’s issue, a<id then from ils (Friday’s issue), and eimply, like the marriage service, und in “amazsraent.” On Wedne«iay it 9ays in re aholilioa of trial by uativejury; “Smce the Provisio:iai Governraent enme into p«>wer * * * * the st <te hit? heeu advancing by leapa and bounds in all departmeuts excevt that of the judiciary.” On Fridav» >t »aid in re the poliee departmenl, whieh is not eonuected with the judiciary: “The d;sreputable coudition oi the poliee depu«ment is neknowledged on ail batids • * * * the inability of the Provisional Governmenl to refor»n this department. • • • ” Of course. it may not be sign:ticaut in tliis eonneeliun to observe that Wediiesday’s issue was the I last one to go by the f >reign mail, ' and theref<re was writteu to prejudice the foreign puhlie as usuai, agninst everything pertaining to the native Hawaiian». and this m ght prove tc be ihe niethod in the madiiess. for we scircely reg.»rd Brer’ Johnsing as entirely gme in anythiug but hia morai sense, and that obeys the weekly lemur,ds on tho cashier of the Gazette Co. wbo, no doubt has instructions to see that tbe usual lies :iiid iusinuatory »landers deraanded of necessity by Ihe P. G. and it» big four, are duly in»erted even if the hireling has to make a volte-face every forty-eight hours.

Ths Stir editor ia here whnt ia popularly known in the langaage of the wild and woolly West, as “a tenderfoot.” and in the vernacular of (h )old (h)Englaod aa “* greeny,” and in the epeeeh of the kangiroohaunted shores of Austraiia, as “a new ehum, you know,” and in the idiom of Hawaii nei «s e ha le maUhinL Henee he writes an article entltled ‘*Xativea not in it.” He probably doesn’t know a native when he eee» one, eepecialiy since tbe arri val of hia bousebold Tbcrefore he has auddenly discovered tbat in thi» country, the native, who formt the mijjrily by twothird» of the voting populalion, ia “out of sight,” in the meaniime, • to ahow hi» own pmrdy mongrel American »train, he diecouw« over the evil tftd» of whal are kwelty tertned hdf-wbitn. having anything lo do wilh tbe country of tbeir origtn t hceediag.Ungnage aud educttiaa, aai in <rier to 'do eo, •lon ai dM %mn*» !ast Cibinet, evf y «o»«f Whoe» had aa moeh tw» wet« pmi haeneuu, and two

1 Ulfi, »nd haa »imp!j *wait*d Ihe 1 1 dccisioo of tbe United States, trc»t-1 1 ing tbtt lb*t gre*t n*tioo oou!d . < not »ff *rd to b«mirch ita repuU-11 ti«>o for bonor eod ju*t>ce. To th*t > end Ihe pnre H»w*i»sn b»s left |i lbe practicjl p*rt of «riting In j ( Eng!ish to Umae tboro.-ghly *c 1 1 qn»inted with tbe lingusge,*helh- i er while or balf-»hite, »nd ba» ' i c >ntented hioD9ejf *ith writiog in i hi» owo Ungu»ge. or in speaking j i at tbe T»rious puhiie meeting» ! | ctlled to vindicate bi» j«»t eiaim to 1 bi» own coontry. lf tbe Star • ' »neerer and »ianderer w»nts o»me» < let nim re*d oor n»tive Hawaiīan i e »!umr.a, a» we!l a» ihoee of Ka i Le» and Ka Lei Momi. The Bj1- . 1 letin staudi for th.«e of f »reign i birtb. wbo do not hcld with tbe i P. G. and its uelie*. ————

il I 1 \Vbat i» the goTernnient np to. j or ratber wby is it »cjred? Al- i, though every ®ensibie niemberof‘| the »daiinistration must know tbat , there is not ihe -»lightest intention j , or preparation among the opposi- \ tion to res >rt to violent meas- | ] ures, all po»sib!e measnres and pre- {< : c:iutions are ctmstantly bemg taken | j ag,iinst some imaginary f>e. The J, c.>untry could afford to laugh over . this p!ayiYig-at-soldiers burlesque, j if the fmlish attitude of the govern- . raent were not so extreme!y detri- , raent il to all biisiness interesls, and | so promotive of want«>fconfideuce in , the ability of Mr. DoIe and eollea- , igues to run the official shop. Sol- j I diers are parading the streets in ( the nights and ho!ding up peaceful , pedestrians. An army of epeeial ; ( poliee officersoverruns the city.and , \vatches tlie trees, ihe moon, | ( and thec.»ts,instead of the burgiars | and iraaginary coospirators. In , | the raeantimetbetax payers watch , lhese ridicuIons procetdings witli , eome apprebension, wondering where the money is to eoaie from to pay fur the farcical performance. The houses of the membera uf the executive eouueil are gnurded by , special detect>ves for what purpose <t is impossible to tell, and finaliy it is reported in some of our eouteuiporaries that the s iilors of the U. S war-vessels are deprived »f liberty, because an outbreak is ex- ■ pecled. Who is to blame for this undesirable etate of »ffairs? Who is mar.ufacturing the repnrts and , yarn» whieh make JVIr. Dcle aleep- i less, turn S*>per’s hair nnd j make the boys on the B«sion and ' ; Adams fill theair wilh bluestreaks? The government orght to answer thut question and let the eommunity whieh is being aroused by being madea silent partner in the g >verumentalcircus,know whoisrt»ponsible f>r the sillyuctionsoftheoiilitary andother hero c patrolmen, who :>re willing to get $40 a month for tbeir disiuterested wnrk f>r annexation. Annexation indeedl Itis very like!y that any country would be willingtoannexacommuaity when iti» considered oecessary to Uke some formidabIe preparations for tb« , protection of an administration as . is bemg done now. Either Mr. . 1 Dole ha» been bitten bj a mad ,; soldier, and ba» gnt »>me kind of , { — phohia. or tbe repoit i» true that , tbe fear whieh tbe g»veroment ■ ie di»plairing ia caoeed bv disaatisfiction among it» owo hired aop* porters. Tberamorhasitthatthedia»»tiB1 f>ction ia cau»ed bj tbe peaeageof . tbe oew militia-act whioh does 1 aw»y with any p»id, ataoding ' »rmj, the borden of whieh the \ treasurj aiaplj eaonoi staod. Tbe ! meo who now *re paid $40.00 per > mootb, beetdee cxoelknt (wheo' aot poiaoood) grob, naturalij > reeent the idee of eeiog Iheae eoon«nplMwni vwioo» about . • h»vii»glogotoWeck*nd oMoao i theea, whHe tbrr liaen oe tbeir

reign in the »o-called executioo boiiding. Soldier» in »ctire aervk» eao be »uch amoants f»r their servioe» as »hail be deaded by tbe Advi*ory Oouneil. Of«wne hangtng «round Ihe Palaee gatea with a gon, even fi!ling tbe aPimaeh wiih peas aud b»iled tongae »nd pie. mu«t called active serv»ce and a» long as tbe Bi»bop Esute wiil uavest in gorernroent bonda. there wili certainly be »ufficient funds to payfor all tbe»ctivily.Wben thi» i» properiy explained the goverament ean go to aleep agam and all tbe exlra men ean atack their arm» and the colooels, Heuten»nt eolonels, «nd the rest of the red striped brigade ean aeek tbe «rtn» «>f Mor* nheus in tbeir owu little bed» onee mcre. Poor Sammy Damon alone will bave to be awake aod brocd hia ggmtic fiuancial braiu in eff>>rts a» lo hov to well more bonds. By prcmising to build a bridge bere or make a road tbere, t tew roore bond» might be disposed of at 98 and the trea»ury so fjr get a temi»orary relief, but the great halanee of course must ba allotted to the Bisbop EsUte. Should then a stable government ba established as the Advertiser hints *his morning tben it is to be boped that »uch st>ble government will not repudiate the P. G. bonds, whieh would be ratber awkward for tbose who geuerousIy have invested trust funds in those rather doubtful secarilies. Between dyuamite conspiracies (withoat dynamit?), army mutinies, and a bankrupt treasury tbe executive has got a sweet time of it and we don’t wonder that Mr. Dole wants tu eooi off in tbe eool breezes at Kohala. Tbe greatt-st danger thongh is if the gun-smitb »hould )iersist ie fixing cartridges in the powder m«gazine in the palaee. Next time there is an ex iiosioo lbere tbe ‘'Hawaiian question” might bs settled in » most unexpected manner—and not exactly in a mauner aeeeplahle to Mr. Doie and hia sixteen discipie».