Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 388, 12 February 1892 — Covert Conservative Annexation. [ARTICLE]

Covert Conservative Annexation.

In tbe Pacific AdvertiBer c>f tbe 10tb ioet&nt, a torreepondent under tbe noDe de plome of "Conier* vative evidently wisbe« people of the country to believe tbat tbe Ka LEo-Buēb»Wilcox aod otbers of the party, are aiXDlest)y bect upon puebing tbe country at all bax ards to perdition, or to & worse plaee sbonld thfre be.snv. Ka Leo finisbed :ts sentence by the Now let it be anderstoodtbat thr word wm ueed 6imply in the seo»e of a feeler a«d bae very apparently served itB purpoee."Conservative,'well knowe that ,it is neitber tbe cry nor tbe tbreat of the defeated as it cbooses to eall tbem, otherwise eitber of the £nglieh papers as be puts it would bave laken noiiee of it. But it bas serve<l "Coneervative" a opportunity tbat be mucb wisbed for is very phewo i© be so by ctrefuiiy reading hie etatement.

In his paragrapb 1 he m&liciousl? quoteg UDtrutbs when he states that tbey were the jparty thflt cau§ed the revolution of 1887. CoDservative well kuowe in his soul (if he h&s anv) tbat if his party—the party tbat bungered for power and oppr€f&ion ōf the native were the real agent« that brougbt *al?out tbe revolutjon c f 1887, and .jtben stuitifies him«e]f ?od endeajvoursby his shewinc to niiēletd } his readers by brazedly stating tbat [ tbe conßtitution of 1887 gave eqaal jrightß at the bailot box. jvative" ought and more tbao prp* babiv knowB that thousands of na* I tivee were §hut out by tbe conbtij tution of 1887 from equal reprcsenjtatior.9 at tbe polls, and en tbe iOther hand tlousan<ig of a;iens. icomparative BtrangerB in the eounI try and witbout ēitizen6hip have | ?ix votesto tbeHawaiians one vote. j Does the aej garance to say that sucb a condiI tion of aUairs i? equal representa» I tiou of ali parties

In paragraph 2• , Conßerv&tive ,? wickedly accu?es the Bußh-Wiico* f&ction of endeavonng to stir up ra«e prejud;ce r whieh is & pu.«illanimou« &nd m&licioutf euUeoaenl of t&ctg. But let us eay for "Cotiseivativeg" information tbat tbere bis been very mueh caut?e given duriog tbe Legislation.and aJso mueh more, to agam on election day, right here in Honolulu, and aleo from information īn other dietricts throughout ihe kingdom. to cre&te&nintense r&ce prejudice on the pnrt of ibe Hawaiian, owing to the oontumely. outrageou& insuit &nd &rrogance he bad toencouater when i**ercising his inherent rights en his own soii. tbe «oil of # hit forefather# and fr*emen; and all this |aml more had ne to eTiccunteriroiE aiier s H&|>j;iiv tfi. e w&? not geh« eml i»ut in the īl.3re th.m glar:nc

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drawn. bai unftrtUD«tt?y tco ;ruj&. And yct ;, C&n§ervaiiye" h&e the eool iojpudecce to aeeuee uec f race r>rtjudice. Ko txcuee eao expluin away eueh groē« injufftice an<l behavio~ on tbe part of tbe wbite tCAO. Howeyer, tbe true n»eaning of "Coaservati ves V' object ie doubtleea to feel tbe public pulee on tbe quoB> lion of annexation, and tbe K* Lso gave him a weak excuee for la3ring bie very gauzy «cbene befbre tbe publie, a»d bi» wbe!e !etter ebowe in &limb Si%litb tbat bis purpoee ie fiebing for public opinion to fftvor bii ecbexne, and tbe Busb*Wil* cox tduo takea thia opportunity of to "ConserTfttiTe" that he will have to erait for eeveral snmmm before bis cberiebed scheme will take plaee, or at leaet by tbe tisae it will, * t Conservati?e' v will get tired ot