Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 347, 17 December 1891 — PARTIALITY. [ARTICLE]

PARTIALITY.

V- ■ have before us lctters in refer . to a certain aDplication for the purchase of a strip of govem»irnt land. The land had been b-. :ht frora the late Hou. Chae, K iiāina, by the late A. B. Bolster, who remained.in pofisep!-iVn of ttF' iiue up to his death, about tfeirly years. Through the labor of the Burveyor'H Departraent, the laml was discovered to be an unaw:'.rded pieee of property, and t » claimed by the government, i • sequeßce of whieh application :ade for the purchase ofv the *trip of land by a son of the oeeup,mt. l'he application was originally A. !Rolster, jr. to the Minis ter < i Ink vwho felt equitably disposed to B «ve the sale to tbe es tate i«stead of to the applicant, whi w-a» agreed tō~ by him and f:ie partiee iaterested. A sum was £xed. the money paid, giv«i for tbe saote, the bargaifi be\ iūgbonafide, acd only needed ttm papers from the govpr«faaent toperfect the Ulle of the applieants. Previouß to the appiicat|on mad£ by Mr. Bofor the la*d, £ears he h»d inqijirftd of a Vūi)tf(mn, ibr means wberewith to mak« gooS h» porahase ia case the«hoolā KraQt his request. fhi« geßilet3oāu, who is not only a >ut ia alfio a mihliean aad a consckmsleB« «i9Mr t hearĪRg all ftbout the affair. withoOt iutere»tedbeyoad ■ iag ib»*p&ksanU al«o mūM» 4ffi3acation fer the land. rtis «i£i§Qp* tion, ho*ever, oauie in a&wr t&e land Bad beon sold by tbs Minkter of Interior to the Sstatoof the d«■cwMwd A. D. Bolster, in the mansic* stated in the forgmng portion of the article. The sinner, nothing daunted, set hia epirit to work, and t>y that wmm a wedge into the iwgaiti attd Bplit it with tlie sleugw h«tomer inAwnee aaāfosidenmi lii|pT innmiill nf th n n Aminir tratiaaJ&wr mĀiCi hy »yi»g, to &e MiQifiter: tbis thing tnoet be makto- ; ' wU mawm, because tbe sipuer . ill rtopd&ea»vivial aad Bpmtnous sßeaasaad be !U dispoeed to-i ward ns ftftd rak» the very against us aa did the witch of Enl* or, and -thus boycot the Cabinet with spiritß little and great whieh tlie puhliean hae bottled up iu itcre to use at command ad lih. * The result hae been, a eheek to the sale as at first ogreed upon. Mahope a» naual backing out. ~and by some meansobtatningthe receipt lrv>m the ageat who hae ch;\rge of the Estate of thc 4 A. J). BolBter. The plea* may be advanced, that the Minister was hastv, and the eale would be ijSijgal. Perhaps so. But hofr aboqJtshe land and harbor privilege grao4»d for the consideration of one doUar at private sale, to a priViite firin or hydra-headeu corof thfe eitjr ? Ia it because it il poor Abe, the |minter, and noi * ayodie*te of land grabbers r4isur-

•rs, ancT Diercileas human parasi%es, that is in qnestion ? Or wbat ? Hae juetice and right-doing ceased to exist in Hawaiiv? Are the ehaniea. of whom Abe is an hon@rHble aiember, to be drawn in t» j -iii handfi against all that is just and trup and honorable, and against of situple justice to a poor uian and his fimily ? We hope I not, for justice and humamty's, ■ .., ■ . j This is.a,fair« specimen of what; will be in' st€re °for every hoaeet. i hard Forking man. His poverty is a criwe in the sight of the rich, and in that our administration, the ehoiee of a rulftr, who seeks only her welfare, at the cost of justice and the liberties of the People of Hawaii nei. If this pieee is to be tolerated, and white elenaeot' of the community, are willing to join hands and stultify the fair fāme of their anceetors. by supporting such outrageous against themselves as a class and their kindred in rnisfortuue, then we eau well forego the allianeē of our ur»orQ advanced brethrert, and trust to a powep beymid the rich of bribery and selfishness to rectify the injustice practiced toward the poor man. '