Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 314, 2 November 1891 — How Character Alters. [ARTICLE]

How Character Alters.

Sonie years ago an ordinn;ry mo<h;iMĪc, a maehinist by trade, lando n the shore of Owhyhee. The mi!) was neither fat nor lean; but tbe gift of gab and the faculty < f i n _'i*atiating himself with some ; j>le. He was in favor at thai • of the principles that now ae:u kis brother mechanics in tht;ir struggle against the introduction of slave or peon labor, whieh m the end f?upplants tbe white la.rers of whieh he was one. N ow, by n>d luek, plenty ofcheek and t Uk, he is an altered"maiiv He hae ?rown fat ana sleek. and from his ow- r.sation, he has outirely for-?:-•>?.tcin, who and whai he was betore. He speaks, as he catehes his bmth,'(wetbink'he vs'broken-wittd-ed), about eheap labor, at eight cent a day, and find themselves, itnd points Westward as the source «f this wonderful markot to satisfy hia present changed attitnde on the qaea&&B lie oneegppesed. This ohange is due to his prosperity. J4aving reversed his poaition, from feng a hired man to that of hirer, he has grown fat in purse, in person, afrd his brain and heartiīas also an aeeumulalion of fa tty matter whieh. if our diagnosis oi' his condition is correct, has so <fcstorted his mind and )iiemory ihnl he forgets what he onee was and ipnagines that he is the MahaSK6ddypore. This newrt«Klged magnate, whose conscience is ?eared and memor} T T)iearerl, be<irie he has a few thousiind dollars, hfis been the most readv and willing to serve in any eapacitv those , « . Uo are foremost to destroy the inī' rests of the ranks of those -to whem he onee belonged. It seenis, in<ieed, for a nian to maintain his «< j iiiiibrium of inind, when onee be « :nnmences to aceuniujate a tew ijllars. This id the case with our fat t ; md. the noble Hpesoj. the Mnhar ;h of Shoddypoi*e. He has ft>mid a, hiv<> of starvin£ humanity, who wmld be glad to ooiue here at a b ire living, to aid him to heeonio iuoie overbearing thau he is and to snbvert. the interest und i! v-rng- of everv other hunmn' h» tbifc eountrv, <mtside of those ■whom he servc!». How true the old ihai» "man'H inhumanity to I juan, make= connt]es.< n»ilnons; roōum. ,? | ■- -- -•.. Kditor Ka Lko Si r: — j The iP. C... K A(iv('rii3cr , a account *#f the Hai Kalamin a meetiug on Tuesj dav iAfit ls a pHifn i eo»>j;lr»m4>r;ition- ■ *)<re,sar<«ißiu * v ory poor uttera|it at fV ī< a iMv that the l\ i\ a, wi'l ī;ot iake xa mple from. kow rcspectable paper anH tc every it would t.Hen find

fchat theiftCfcB of the -meeting #oubi %idb ®e to ascertain aa4 w©uld beiible (if willing) to give a truthful account of the proceeding without hanging round street oorner« to piek up a garbled version ©f tbe eame and the» etate that they were tl about as follows": Aa to the meeting resembling the combina tion of whisky and broken heads whieh are prominent features in the u Proverbial Irish fair," it was nothe kind, and consideriitg the excitement some oi the audienee were labōring under »was eonducted in a very orderly manner. ! The Advertiser naturallv feels 6ore oa the subject knowing as it does that the <4 bribed clique" has i 4t busted" and those who thougbt they could crush W īlcox, Uush and Nawahi for a~£aUry $300 have; found out their mistake. As to Mr. Akina resigning the Presidentship for fear of hia life v I ean say. being present at the meeting, whieh the P. C. A. reporter w&s not at,that he did not look a very scared man and seemed rather glad than otherwise to get out of the chair. That the statement that the Executive Committee appointed to meet the Mechanics' Union willorganize another Hui Kalaiaina is utterly withdut foundation and Wilcox. Bush,&Co.,still li ve and willhe fonnd all there when the right timecomes. I think Mr. Akina knows R. W. Wilcox too well imagine him anytbing like the /ti , yrannical Presidect of the Ohiiian Eepuhlie. and the P. C. A's attempted sarcasm in styling him :k ßalmeceda" Wilcox falls very wide of lhe mark. Apoiogizing ior taking up your space on such an unreliable subject as a P. C. A. roport. I am etc. Onlook^h.