Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 13, 2 October 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

We j»rinte<l in our Satuitl.iy tfis le « letter fr"iu Cb’.ef Jostice J.uM t • Col. McArt* .ir tne e»litor of t • Troy R‘d i'l wb»ch appean in t't t joiiriial un tlie 3rd of 8*-:‘‘eiul>er. Tlie letter w«s nut int nJed for pnb! c*tion, but tlie C.l »nel Hccunling tu !.is eoMm nt.ir e.s “ventnred to publi.she«l it ’ bec .use it W!«ss<“>g.‘0<l We«li«l not expcct that the ietter woul«l L• ve cre te<l Kiieh a sens.-«tion Biu >ng onr felluw-citizen8 as it evideiitly bas f but somehow or othcr. even r body seems to hare be->n cliHrm- d with the opporlo nitv of learniug where Mr. A. F. Jii« 1<T stou l )H»litically. Our issae w is exhauste<l in three hours aud it heoHiue m*cessary to print a Aeeouil eJition Mr. J JJ iu bis lett i hopea that Nordhoff aud Spreckels baven’t Jime “us" mueh harra, aml ne accuses the first uamed goutlo:nan of lu«ving distorted eveiything ‘ *t<» onr «lisaJvHutage.” By uII this “We” ‘Us" and eompany. we auppoee that he means tbe Aaiutly flock of missi >nar es whom he st.t«js are • , honost, sincere bdJ patnotic not* seeking their owu, but the welf ire of the eutire Comraanity." After wh«t we have seen of seltishness, greeJ, b<Kxliing, hqJ swindle since tbe P. G. and its ‘ bonest sincere” ©tc.. supporters eame into p>>wer, it is rather hard for ns to follow ihe romsncing of our “patriutic" Chi f Jostice. But when he talks about the “movement to rid these islaads of the ineohua of m'>narchy,” we consiJer it Becessary to refresh the memory of McArthur‘s correspondent Fi-ora the days of his father «hose good anJ bad qualittes, and whose career praiseworthy io Aome instances aml worthy of tho severest criticism m some, there is oo reasou to Jig uj>. tho merabers of the JuJJ f-tmily bave been peraonae <jratae to tbe Hawaiiau sorereigns. Tbe incubns of tbe monarohy has never boen a souroe of great annoyance to Ihe JuJJs her“tofore. Thev have br«rely managej to we r ihe livery of roya!ty and heen cnlv loo please«l to sport tbe glitteriug uuiforms anj tbe Jecor«tious (aigns of honor) of the now alleged corrnpt sovereigns. They have been the hon eomnuien 0f Hawaiian princes auJ kings, «nd they have fattene«l on tbe lanJ and ia spite of tbeir nataral iuability heen sucking the pap from the puhlie eow. When the Chief Jaslioe now ,speaks in landatory ieims abont the men, ‘*who rid Hawaii of the tncubos of the B»onarcby" he ia a we’ bit ungratefal and rery mnoh <BjuJioioas. Iv eause it shonIJ be remembered that wheu the body of the JeaJ Kiog DaviJ Kalakaaa waa camed mto Honolnln barbor on

bo«rd the U. S craiser Ch*rleston, an<J Liliuokalani took the oiith »s Qoeen of the Islaods K'nplom. tbat the man «bo advi«e«i ber first offic>alsteptbroagh whieh sbe lost manv staaoch ad herents, and mauy ioyaI sapport-ers-to »it: toforcethe resignxtion of the Brown-Cummins Cabinet w*s A F- Jodd Cbief Jnstice, and Chancellor of tbe Kmgd -m. V‘>lnntarily be approsche<l the new sovereign and tbe raourning si«ter »nd whispered his advice into ber ear.-Witboat encouragement he, who always bad ph.ved the sycopliMnt to the then heirapparent trieti by his insiuuatiug advices to become tho chief n<lviser —the |K)wer behtnd tbe throne. Had be sacceeded, we wonhl never have heard from his lips abont tbe incabus of the raonarchy. Had he and h : s select gang heen able to eontinnally inAuenee the Queen tbrongh their selfish and secret advice for the pnrpose of increasing «nd fnrtheringtheir own am bitious devices. Frank Judd wonhl never bave t>iked or written about the glory due to tbose. who rid Hiw iii of the incnbu.s of the monarchy. He of all men to write like thal! He who lacked tbe moral conrage to take the plaee at the head of the revolntiou and stand where Dole stood a few weeks ag >; he who was lukewarm and wavering in his attitude nntil he thougbt that tbe revolution whs a success; he wh« pretende<l to shed tenrs when the American fl.ig w s boisted on Aliioiani ale aud wbo has never said in priv ate conversJlion sufficient t« prove bis I«»yalty to the course of annexation, he, we s»y, now to sing the Hosanna in praise of the men who “rid Hawaii of the incubus of the monarchy.” For aooih the “American” party in Hawaii has to contend witb many difficnlties and many drawhncks to 8uccess in their piratical scheraes-but Frank Judd is the white elephani on their hands heeaoae he will mn amuek and well —write letb»rs. 1