Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 13, 16 January 1894 — The “American" League. [ARTICLE]

The “American" League.

! TLe annexAtion orgtns have Utelv endeavoreJ to booia np the secret orgAni7Ātion whieh, disgnisiug itself nnder the name of I the “Amenean Le;»gue, ’ hasbeen forme<l as a branch of the anuex ntion elu » for Uie pnrpose of depriving the Dntch, and Portnguese elernents iu the old eon- ! cern of ashare in the b<»Oil!e aod briug the spoīls exclusively inlo the hands of the, ao-called, Americans whieh gitber at the <jnar * ters of the Lengue. A wrong impression may be create<l !tbroad by the use of the n.ime j ‘ Aruerican" League,for this poli tie«1 organization, and it may be believed that it really is eom posed of the leading members of the Americau colony in Hawaii. It shouid be rernembered that the League is eonfined to Honolulu alone andthat, ut tho last olection, there were only registored as vot>irs in the whole countrj' 6136 Americaus. When therefore, the St <r claims that there are 500 Americans enrolled as members of the Secret League it ia plain that either the Star deliberately 1 ies (whieh i wouldn’t snr]irise auybody) or the raembers of the League are not Americans. Again there are no representative men in this secret polilieal organizition. The merchants, meehanie, and farmers are equa)ly conspicuous by their i absenco from the roll of the League whieh is simply conducted as a ward organization whieh makcs an awful noise in its attempis of dictating to the govemment, und whieh virtually does uot among to auything at all. That there is n©thing “Ameriean” iu the League everybody ean see by reading the following rreamablo to the by-laws of the orgauizatiou. We especially recommend the preamble to the kind consideration of our friends in the States who have wasted some sympatby on their “down trodden” countryraen in Hawaii uei. The following is the very | amusing documout, the nuthor ; of whieh really onght to be sent j to the Midwinter Fair and ex- . hibited next to Thnrston,his notcaught shark, und tho Austrian eannona. PBEAMBLE. Believiug thaf the United States of America will establish over these lslands a governnient ■ satisfactory to the Amenean citi/.ens herein residing, we pledge ourselves to mainiaiu and uphohl such government exoepting al ways a viouarchy. Believing thut the safoty of a govornment de}>ends upon the | loyalty of its citizens and eon 1 sideriug a paid iuilitary oligarchy daugerous to and subversire of the interest of the citizons we j strongly recommend the incroase ; of the poliee and tho reduction | of the iuilitary. As the ProvisiouaI Govern- j mont was estaldished to secure i aunexation to the Uuitcd States we p)edge ourse!ves to support said govermncnt agniust auy atid all upnstugs pendmg snch nego- , tiations as may be necessary to I securo aonexation or a satisfac- I tory form of stable goverument. la view of the f*ct that ihia , government is tn,ing to secnro the protection of Ihe United ; States we demand that American citisons [mark the word £d.] be ; giyeu the preference in tiiling 1 otficial or other positions in ihe i gift of tbe governuiont. Boliering that the United ; States will protect oar iudnstries we are willmg to lrost the eare S of our s«gir. rie«, coftee, aud . other iudostries in tbe hands ■ of their j>atriotic staiesm«n. Cons»dering th«t tbe weli-being ol a guveruaieut demands tbe particijiation of all its eitiaens irrcspeoiive of class or creed throagb their represeatatives we protest again»t any aeiion whieh uxay teud to the establishing or centndixatioo of power in tbe hauds of a Cew. icans desire to rnn lslands andof Amenean*. The otber peopla reaiding bere, are aim-

5 p|y ignored- The seoret Leagne bot, witfa tho ineonsistency sovefy eomnion with such | wouhi be politicians, aod statesmen. 4ho 1 ist ehanee io lbe pre- ■ «roble demands tbat “all citi*ens , irrespective of class or € ‘creed ’ _ i shall participate in the gorernroeot tbrougb tbeir represent»tives. and they “protest against anv action whieh may tend to the esta.b!ish r ng or centra!iz ition of power iu the bands of a few. r | Nevertheless they in another paragraf»h demand th«t “Ameri iean citizens be giren the i preference' in fiiling the jobs and drawing the ofl5cial salaries. That wonld seem to iudicate that all classes and creeds may have , all possible rights. but they mnst »11 eome in behiud the Amerie*:' j c:t zens. nnd ir»c*re esj>ecially. we suppose, behind t!ie inembers of Mr. Murray’s Leagae. While these lively citizci»s protnise to uphohl the Provisioml Governmeut, : thev, at the eaoie time with great ; 1 show of consisteucy condemn any roilitrtry ol»gnrchy. As tLe P. G. 1 is the very essence of a militury j oligarchy it is hard to seo how the Le»gne eau sopport it aod at i the sune tirae eomiemn it. But. j we admit, that, we are surprised to soe the League recommendi n g an increase of t b e poliee. We shonld i n d e e d have thonght that the members wonld be highly opposed to all kind of “cops, ’ even if they be- J longed to the * * foinest. ’ lt must be ; under a deep sense of true appreoiation of the qualities of the P. G. supporters that tbe Leagne eas considered it advisable to } demaud more poliee. While such a step wouldgain the hearty snpport of polieemen, composed of the 1 Scbuitzen Verein, the disbanding of the military will create great feeling agaiust the Leagueamoug the droi hundert, who yet sport the American uniforms of Mr. Dole’s pretorian guard. We shall finally eall the attention to tbe paragraph in the preamble whieh ; states that the members of the Leagne are willing to “trud the care of our sugar, nee, coffee, and other indu8tries in ihe hamis of their (Americas) paiinoiie eialeemen.” Great Soott! How very kindl How extreraely eonsiderate! But would it not be just as well for the Loague to eome out and tell tbe “patriotic statosmen” wheie in the world THEin sngar, rice, coffee, and j otber industries are located? With our best will and our groatest eftorts we (aud the Taxi assessor) have beon nnable to find anything belonging to the i members o£ the League except ; the flag pole whieh Egan amlOnnn donated,noly supposing wbat tbe dence they were going to do with the ungainly pieee of lnnlber. We hardly suppose that the pathetic appeal to the patrij otic statesmen of Araerica is for | protection, for the coffee, sugar, and rico whieh the members of the League occasionally are soccessful enough to indulge in at the Chinese coffee —shops in ! this city. The Leagqe, as far as it claims to represent the American Colony in Hawaii, is a ; sbara, and its attempt to dictate to the goverument and make demauds is a pieee of sublime inipn | dence. The great maxim of ‘no 1 taxation without representalion” | has beon forgotten by theso would-be Americans—-bat then taxatiou bas never in any practi- ! i eal w:iy bothered the members ol' i ; Mr. Murray’s secret lengne.