Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 124, 21 December 1892 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

N :'vv,.:; - e!ecti *n with a majf»rity nf m re tnan 125 vote> a plea_intr ?igu that all cood ?en?e aml detent feeling> have not yet l>een choie<i out of the citizen;- of Hilo by the Hitchcock faction. We congratulate the honorable gentleman on the vote of eoufidence whieh hi- former con?tituents have expresae«l in him and whieh is, «s in the case of Oolonel Oomwell, a direct rebuke to the l>egislature. Thi.~ august body must feel rather pliaken in its l*eliet that it represents the voice of the people. The return by large majorities of two ex-M.inisters seems to indicate that the Xobles and Representatives in legislature assembled onlv r*‘pre> mt their own individual selves and not the men who elected them. Nawahi started rr. m Hilo in a whaleboat and ean be expected to arrive liere at any minule. lt ichar:*cteristic for the manageraent of Wilder’s Steamship Co., that the Kinan eouhl not be detained a few hours to give the member for Hilo an opj»ortunity to eome down by her. lt woukl not have delaye< the hour of arrival at this port of the steamer as she lies a whole night in Kawaihae »nd iuight as well have remained for the same space of time in Hilo. We trust that such exhibition of coortesy towards a fellow niember of the Legislature aiul the rej>reseotative of the second town in the country by the president of the steamship company will be remembered not alone by the member for Hilo, but also by ihe other Repreeentatiwes in the House, and when questions of interest to the company eome up that they will receive their kind (and Hind) attention. Men of the stamp of Joseph Kawahi ean not be prevented from doing their duty by obstades put in their way by the petty spite of steamship managers and he has risked hia Iife in taking a perilous journey in a «mall boat over the oeean to be present at the grand finale and be in at the death of —well of the fox. The “Advertiser” is whining, because the Queeu’s veto was sustained. If the Lottery-bill or Horner’s hanking-bill, had oaesed the Reform sheet would have l»een urging and pr»ying the Queen to veto them and written columns about the sacredness of the roy»l prerog»t ve whieh should always be exorc’sed —on measures opposed by ihe Reform clique. By the way where, oh, where is the great Reform P»rty? Has the man wuh the cloven hoof got in his deadly work and broken it to pieces? The idea that only twelve men could be found to oppose the opium license hill, and amongst those Nohle Peterson who looks mueh &saSaulamongthe propbets. The enlighteaed metnbers of th« Reform Party and the whole National Reform and Liberal Party voted in favor of the opium license, and it must therefore be suppoeed that the majohty of the

pe.tp!e must be in favor of the me.i-»’ire. W e are p!eased to notice that the new n hle fr>m Kauai v«.ted wilh the Iibvral minded part of the House in favor of the liceuse. We have in a former issue tried to show the disadvantage of having m re than one license is-ued. and we hoj*e that the Legislature will c<>usider that point well btf re the b-.ll is finally passed. • With the verv niueh reduced p.'liee f >rc>- the pr 'per supervisi.ni of a mimber of dilferent licenses will be nearly an impossibility and without s'.ich supervision. the system will be a failure and the situation not an impr vement on the present one. The compet'tion between ditferent licenses will result in smuggling ai.d subsequent defrauding of the revenue and the materialpoint in the licensing of opium will be lost. While Chung L"ng he!d the license iive years ago he hadagents on the different lslands, but he was the rcsponsible party for all their actions relating to the opium business and the work of the authorI ties was greatly facilitated. That eomhinnlii n and eompromises wiil be made between the difterent npplicants all over Islands is und>»ubted and the benefit accruing from eompetition will be frustrated every time. The awa licens»s furnish a good example how such c>mbinations are worked and virtually monopolies instituted. The hill rclatmg to the landing here of stowaw iys and fugitives of whieh the Attorney-Genera! bas given notice is a measure f.*r whieh there is great necessity. It has heeome a custom for Captains on > the steamers between San Francisco and the Colonies to use this port as a duraping ground f->r the meii who succeed in stowiug themselves awaj\ t By such acti>>n a very undesirable eleuieul has been created here and it has cost the authonties both money and trouble to rid the towu of it The Marquis of lao has lefc us and we hear that his face will not shine amoug us any more. He has retired to the waters of his river, and will attempt to eool off, and bo able to wear his usual size of head coveriug. — We also learn ot the projected departure >>n Fr;diyofthe Horner family, ;md we must s >y that their resolution is i surprise to us, aud nut at all iu aee rd with the sentiments wilh whieh we all along have cret.iited them. Even if they have been defeated on measures whieh were dear to them, and whieh they honestly beiieved to be good—even if thev have heeoine disgusted with tbe iustabiiity. and m.>re than ficklene»s of their col!eagnes in the House, there are still measures of vast importance to tbe country to be discussed. and it seems to us that their high ?ense of duty and honor would nol allow them to , i desert the post where the people

placed them l»efore the b,itt1e i~ over. even if it i? toUitht to viotor\ or to defeat. The Legi?Iat«re oan sp:\re a j man like Thur?ton. because i»e is bia.'?v«i. vindictive and iwrti«l. lt oan ?pare īhe man from Iho, bec»nse he i~ a nonentity. Buta'lhm g i 'Te otten diflTer in v*r i p:nions fr »m H„n. J. M. Hor: e . «e s v th»t hi? oool and c.:.u c :t.se! ean not l>e spare<l fr«>ra tne Legi>lative Assemblv to whieh he i- an honor aud a support. N\ e hope lo learn that the honorab!e gentlemen have changed their minds and will remain. There wa> * ansiderable lobbying done yesterd:iy in regard to the ouium hill and several ot the pillars of the Central Union Hotel were button holing christian members aiul furnishing them with all the V. M. C. A. statistics. Even the Lord ChanceIlor had recovered frora his Lahaina hookupu and was as busy as a bee, b«t all in vain. The bill will pass and heeome law and Aligoon Ahcastle, and Ahehi, will hewail the los? of their Chinese clients. W. O. Smith has complained to the House, because the sergeant of arms is absent so often. The heavy-weighted upholder of law aml order in the asserably s.vears that the only time he ever leaves the hall is w hen the member from Koloa, Kauai, sends him out to borrow some chewing-gum or sends him for a knife to cut it with. Don‘t vou mind him, Fattv! next time. Let him ehew constitutional princip!es instead of g«m. The “Advertiser” seems to eomplain. because Mr. Ashfurd quotes the Bible and quotes it without reading it, or, if he does, readsit as —say Thurston does. We should suggest to the honorable member from Punehhowl to heeome a pupil in Mr. Castle’s tiunday School class and there Iisteij )to the cataracts of wisdom whieh runs from Hennery’s. There is a beautiful fight going on l>etween the editor of the Advertiser, Mr. Hennerv Castle and the writer of his editorials Mr. W. 0. Smith. The latter elaimā that the former has reporteil one of his jokes in such a manner that nobody could see it was a joke while the first named goosequill knight claims that no raatter what way W. 0. Smith’s jokes are put nobody ever wakes up sufficiently to understand or misunderstand them. A stranger some days ago spoke about the honorable member from Kuloa a> Mr. Ninau. When aske<l why he did so he explaiued that when he listened to the debate in the LegisIatore all the members cried Ninau wheuever the gentleman from Koloa took the floor. and he naturally thought that it was his name. When the truth of the matter was explained that the cry simpiy was a polile—but alas. so seldom heeded—request to eit down tbe stranger said that he fuliy sympathized with the sentiments of the members and ehould in tbe future cry Niaau himself whea tbe hononhle member begins to open his gum conlainer.

We hear that the Hawahan Hardwire Company now intends to oflf.T a pr;ze t<> ti>e ptr- >n wl.o ian eai tiie u<. 1 the Ct:r:stmas dmner wuieh wins tne pr ze now ! uuder c>:tip-t fni. Tiiis :s the tirne for Mong ?-• J< et > g>l in his w<>rk. Our rjmarUs ia ycst rday s le iii r g»rd to horseb.ivk riding bv irrcsponsib!e men-of-war s men eame in very appropriaī.* as a few hours previous tp tue ..;’.>oar.ir.,v of our i>sue. a gentlemat. ;rom the “Daphne” īook the v»wn with storm and atteinpUnl t ■ ni.’.sii tho unsiisjH\‘tiiig ladios out -lioppina. In this instanoe the tiblo- wor> turued and he was pretty nearly mashed himself. If j>o<>ple eannol ri<le they ought to ieave horses aloue <>r get on lo a rooking horso. Turning Merchant Stroet into a circus and doing the usual elown act might be very amusing, and might give inspiratiou to Mongoose-Joe, but it is hardly pn>per and it was not very mueh »pproved of by the Deputy Marshal who gave the voung perlormer some very fatherly advice. The geutleman who, without doubt, is a great suecess in his capac.ty as an officer on hoanl his vessel, has of course the righl to oome ashore and disg«ise himself as the traditional foxhunter —but ifhe hired his disguise from Davis’ store on Nuuanu Street, there are no earthiv reasons whv he should • • wish to return it in so precipitate a mannei* in trying to go olean through the shop-windows—horse ; and all—as if Luning was after him to eolleo’t the money due on the suit—(we nearlv said shirt, but we hate to hurt Luning’s feelings.) We wish seriously that the Attoney-General before the session closes would bring in some measure to regulate the hiring of horses, and carriages. an<l therely perhaps prevent some serious accident from happening.