Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 134, 6 January 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

An attempt l»y the Lef».>rLi) Party I vehte;-«i »y to &x next Tues<lny t>;r . the day of Prorug »tion was a deserved faiiure. Tfiere are a nuinber of bills yet before the liouee, some of them «»f great importance, and if tlie Hoi:te has been \villing t»> wrangle an<l quarrel for m< re tliau seven months, it miglit as well remain in ses-i«»n a fe\v weeka uiore and tinish the \v<«rk properly, Kidicu!ous rumors of another vote of want of confidenc« w* re again circulated yesterday and today. Somebody’9 eoneeienee is evidentlv not good, and the Reforra Farty, l'eeline that it ie iu the minority in the country. is trembling from fear of losing the )Kiwer whieh it has obtained through some mysterious polilieal workicg. The loan bill passed its second reading yesterday. It authonzes the Cabinet toborrow thr>e-quarter9 of a million doilars. rheattempt by the native members to raise this amoiint to five milhone was smothered. We hope that there is no nigger in the fence in regard to this loan, and that it will not turn out to be a job. The conditions are very favorable to the lenders and there has been some rep«»rts tioating that a certain business firm here in town intended to take up the whole loan. We trust that there is no foundation for this report. lt woukl from a polilieal point of view be far more prefer»ble to have the loan in the hands of foreign capitalists than giving a loeal firm a real or imaginary power whieh it would be bound t<) assert against any C»binet. Has Noble Williams resigned his seat as Nolile for Oahu? We ean hardly believe that the honorable gentleman \vould le ve the country f<ir good \vithout tendering his resignation, and if it is in the hands of the Minister <<f Interior. this olHeial should without delay order a new eiection to take plaee. It is very probable that the 8ession wiil last a eouple of weeke vet and there'are no reas «ns why Oahu should not have a fu 11 representation in the Legislature. The National Reform Party voted solid against the C.»binet, always.of course, with theexc«*j»ti«>n of Noble Kna. If other c«»untr«e8, customs were ad«»pted here a c«unmittee fro :i the Nati«»nal R f «r«n Party w.*uld eall on this sl ppery genllemau and jx»litely request him to resign the oliiee wlneu he sneaked int«> under f»lse pr t • »s *s. or if lie should refuse, g ve hiu. a free ride on a rail (..ot P iu»’s) out t«> his duck p.»nd and le«ve him there. An E«igiish t«»ur;sl listenii«g lo th<) v«»le of waat of c »:ifideace debat»* exi»ressvd his opioi«»u th»t this C»binet certainiy must repre- I seut the **j>eople,” because it c<»uBisud uf a Jones, S?mith, Br»»wn. and K«»biiison. He w.«s inl’ »rmed that whiie Browu, Jones, and Robinson were there, Stuitn was only represeuted by proxy—by ihe aileoi man.

While the Dutch Colony held the lobby during the late vote of want of confidenc6, the French manipulator «a< ccnspicuous» by hi» absence. 11 is gold was probabiv t'uere anvhow or is he feeling * .;ia\v on ..it >unt > f the anproachj ing arrival of Santa Claus whose ' feeling- towards ihe Cabinet might not coiucide with luat of “That j Frenchuftan. ’ The machinery still works. but the deus ex-machina will not arnve before the next Australia [ we ho{.>e in time to jtut the finishing touch to the ship before she is Iaunched. At the present »tion of the new Circuit Judg» sto t!ie Bar, s ime ot the foreign la«3'ers made suitable addresaes while all the Hawaiian lawyers —contrary to their custom —kept silent. The Hawaiian members of the Bar cannot yet get over the slight shown to thera b\ r the refusal of the Cabinet to appoint a Hawaiian to the Circuit or the Polioe Judgeship. Mr. Chas. Creighton expressed lns approval of the new arrangements under the Judiciary Act and compired tlie Intermediary Courts of tbe past toajudicial cemetery. Charlie has lately been a gravedigger there, and been surprised by the resurrection of some pretty lively two years old corpses. What wonderful courage has been exhibited by the gallant Captain of the ; ‘Boston” in leaving “Araerican interests v unprotected andgoing on a junketing expedition to Hilo. Perhaps the “Amenean interests” are concentrated in the person of theunique Minister-Resldent whom the “Boston” abdncted for a presentation to Madam Pele The “eoaehman” stayed behind torepresent the Embass\ r . Giant powder has again claimed a victira. A terrible accident happened some da\ r s ago at Waihee, Maui, whieh resuited in the death of one Hawaiian and the severe wounding of another. Tliree natives went ont in a eanoe bi fisli with giant powder. It seems that one of the:n placed a lighted r«g in a tin ean whieh eontained the fuse and uowder and that bef.ire he could remove it the expiosion t’»ok plaee, The inan sitting nearest to the ean was hlown to atoms while the other two men perceiving the dang»Tous situation jumped into the water. One of thein escaped with a slight injur\ r while the other evidently w.is hit in iiis back anel although not killed ternbly lacer t»-d. The eanoe w«s blown out of the water. Ttie surviv«>r conf ssed tiiat tliey hid stole»> the powder from the 'Spreckers ditch where some bl:tSt'Ug w s bemg done. The lawg agi.nāt the s.»le and use «>f gi nt j>owder should be ! m .de st il str cter. H«rdl\' a }'e tr g *es b\* wit:»*»ut s*»m« terr bie accident ltKes l.»ce. aiid the Governmeiit sln»uld mterfere to s.»ve f ,rt trr d»-stnivtii»n »>f the Iife and 1;ii»bs tif such subjccts who j>ersist in ta»uperuig '.ith the dangerous | m:;tt r ai I The resolution relating to tbe sendingt.fa commission to Washington is n«»thing but a gigantic bnbe to the native members by the Reform Party and according to their usual practice to be paid for by the taxpayers.

We are sorry if our expre5sions sh»)uld l>e jarring on tUe ear i tae Hononhle Mr. W. O. S:nith. H.*presentative f>r Koloa an»I Lihue, Kauai, b'it he will tind tir.it onr sentiments are shared by a large number ot men oJ hi# oien >izi > , and who are willing t.> stand up f>>r tiieir opinion. lf anv gnod ean ( ■ • y sending Mr. Thurston aud the »>thers to \Vashingt«m, let the Pianter*s Lab *r and i?upi»ly Ass eialion and the part’ts owning land in Pear! Harl»r put n{> tiie #5,000 whieh is cons drr«*«i ueei ssary instead ot tiie laxpayers at large. 1 iie IManter’s Association has just 1 showu in the iobby of the House that mon»y is plentiful with them so it is only fair that they j should bear the certain expense as well as gct tiie aileged advantage ! of the tnp. The suggestion of Ren. Sraith to send the Honorable Iosepa and Waipuilani to Washington is so ridiculous that we ean only eonsider it as one of the gentleraan's iuisunderstood j >kes. \Vhat good could it possibly do 1 to the country »>r to anybody else j to send a pair of ignorant kanakaa who do not understand a word of Etiglish to Washmgton. lf the object of the c«>mraission is to “gossip’' with raembers of the Congress then let us by all meana select some nien who ean talk English —thereare a very liinited number of, Congressinen who ean understand Hawaiian, and, if the junketing commission is to go, let us send men of some polish and manners who ean give the Representatives of the United States a favorable impression of our country and nation and not a eouple of hack\voodsmen who would go around open-mouthed and say nothing except Auwe!! . Representative Wilcox is an ex- ) tremely pr»>j>er man to gotoWash- ! ington. He is by nature and I education a j>erfect gentleman and i will inake a far >ij>erior impres- | eion than his suj t « sed haole eol- i league. Represent tive Nawahi understands and speaks Engl:sh, and is a native of excellent. education and qualities. but ifany others are to g«» we should certainly suggest that Representatives Bush or { \Vhite, or S. K. l'ua be sent. The i first nained would W »>f m»>re use for the j>uri>»>se <>f the Commission than half a d»>zen Thurstons and f>>r a g>>ssipper who could beat Oily Hill It must be the intention of the Legislature that the Commission l work its j>assage to Washington Hiid back again, or perhaps it is Mr. Thurstoirs idea to get them t<> joiii his dime museum in Chic go, :»nd heeome one of the attr cti<>i»s ti«ere and make some money. We at least fail to see how five g“ntlemeu rej>resenting the Hawaiian Legislatur« ean f ravel in a beooming style t« Washxngton remaīn there f«>r at least three or f.»ir weeks .iss<>ciating with C«>ogressmen and Senators, ajid return h»re f>r a sum of $5,000. We c«»nsider the whoie idea absurd. The couotry has a Minister to represent it at Wasbingtoo. If the present incumbeot does not suit, fire him out »nd send a better man (say the spoonslinging “gossiper” from Merchant street.) If the Minister we have cannot attend to the interests of our country'and

do all the.*> >siping” wantod, ahamlon the office and save $14,000 on the appr«-priation, but to se:.d five gentleuien troin the Leg slature on a purposele~s erraud i? really the climax of the idiocy ex- j hihitwl by thies •. md shaold stopped at all h;tZ«rds. —, . , ■ Nothing yet heard tr >m the Kalakaua Monumenl ConiinīUee. M e hare given t • the ?ub>onhers ot i our \veekly edition who have paid in advanee for six monthsa picturo ! ; of the late King. and it Kgins to i lo<ik as if that \vas all the monu- ' ment he is g «ing to get. i — We have studied iu the lnst num- 1 i ber of ‘*Handierift’ with some ; i intere?t “the hill of fare” for the ’ • coming eehool term. The natnre of 3ome of the studies in the tifth and sixth years fu!ly confirms us in our belief. that the Kamehameha Schools under its present management is a hot-bed, \vhere the pet ideaa of the Keform Party are disseminated, a fact whieh we oertainly consider opposed to the wishes and intentions of the nohle • Hawaiian foundress. Ti)ls speaks ! for itself. Fifth year: (Language) : Compositiou bused on class-study —the French revolution, the j Refonn Era in EngLand, the euppression of slavery i«i America. (Sixth year.) Topics pertaining to citizenship, its duties and privileges —study Hawaiian Constitution. Our office devil (no relation to Thurston’s jiartner, by-the-hye) in some intervals of ealm reflection while he, in view of the prevailing hard times, was economically engaged in the frantic dissipation of nsing the olliee paste-poi f»r Iha luneh, pondered over the het of the Honorables with the foilow- ; ing Btartling result: (He haa ' since h««n removed to the H03pital, and we will keep the pastepot out of his reach in future if he recovers). No wonder the Celestials find | tkeir cause so well chamoioned in i the House, when there are no less than 14 Johns, out of its Hepresentative merahers, and neither of them the Holy Saints John re- | ferred to by Paul Neumann iu his oration the other day. A brace of pronhets is not too mueh for our Legislature. Two Samuels exist, both of whom are true hlue, but whom the Advertiser as usual quotes in their incorrect way (like LilikalaniVtext on Independence day.) • A further study of the Legislative prenomens reveals the fact that onlv 8 Bills breath the atmos- * phere surroundmg the quarter of a million, more or less, bills of a le?s harmless kind introduced by them. Some of them are Billy goats, sorae are Billy-doos. and souie are freight Bills, while one. at anv rate, is a Parrot-Bill. | No wonder so mueh wind circulates in the Hall when there are no lessthan 16“J(ay)s” engaged in chattering in its precincts, though there is but one Rustler, and but one “8mart Aleek” with one *‘slim Jim,” and, thank God, but one “Holy Joe.”