Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 142, 19 January 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Manial Law «eems ?tiil to be in force and the Government bui!ding ie ?till guarded by armed men. \V« be!ieve that the provisionai government ie making a mi»take in continuing thie attempl al military diēplay atter it ha? become an acknowledged fact that I evervbody ha? adopted the eitu* | ation peacefully. and intenda to await iu eolution and abide quietlv by the re?ult wliatever it may be. Martial Law is a rneasure very rarely u?ea and only when there is an immediate cause to expect bloodshed and insurrection or civil war. To take refuge in aueh a m*asure in this commuuity seems ridiculous. We have always credited the gentlemen who eompose the executive Council of the provisional government with being men «>f sound sense and of a ealm and conservative diaposition, and we are eurprised to see tbem ellow the city to rem!*in in the abnornial and undesirable i?tate of todav. The New Era whieh the Advertieer nictures in such g!owing tcrms as heing the era of liberty freed>mi and equality has st.irted in a way whieh rather reminds ns of Rnssia <>r Siberia than of the great and freo Kepuhlie of the United States. We have in the Legislatnre listened to so many speechea ag<inst the K*gistraton Act—ts provisions b**ing revolting to tlie Anglo Saxon fwling <>f individual libertv —that wefeelsh >c<ed t<; see the same men now consider it in acc>>rd with the said AngIo-Saxon feeiings t<» m.ike it mcessary to travel with a passp«>rt in yoi r poeael if y«ni wish to enter the pr*'pertv <>f the pe«>ple —the Govemmenl buildmg—<>r w;sh to return to your h>>me aft**r 9 o’eioek in the evening from a s.nall gatne of r>>unce «>r l'rom }'our besl g>ri! Whatev« r will be the result of the present state >>f atiairs —be it anneialion or ii.dep*ndence urd>r any f>>rm of g >vernment —the day roust eome when the voiC9 f the pe«>ple and the will of the nation will be decl;*r*d at the ia>il9. Now we should e >nsid**r it to be the best p>>iicy f r ihe pr*>v aiona g vernment whieh we are ready t>> be!ieve acts f->r what they hone9tly c«>ntend t>> b-* the best «f ttie whole nati«>n and n« t f r personal «gcrand s«-ment. t > try t>> sm«M«th d«>wn ail ill f«*eling if any sacn exist, and by a c>ns rvat:ve and wise ruling endeav r t>« snrr<»ui d lheii)eeives wiih a p-«rty «h> w««uld be str«>ng enong k » t«» enp|»ort them tlie p**ll» But unnecesaary mei>8iire9 as Martial Law aiil never meet the appr*»vai *>f the l*rge majority and wili do ui- r* harm p*»liticallv tban ean be remedied in a burry. The liquof iu>rci were re-opened ihia 0K»rn»ng to the great salisfaction of »11 psrties. Th« open!og of the saloons is » sensibls *tep, »od ve expeot it to be fbllowed withont del»y by th« r«ecinding of Ihe M»rtud L*w.

The Advertieer seems to be very glad. bccause a lot of Consuls have rec gniz*rd w;th reacrvatione the provieiona! government. The Ref >rm orzan has gotd reason to be I glad . s it hai obtaioed nearly three eolumn? *»f A'lvertiseaients by it, but t;iat ;s really all tne importat>ce whieh ean be attached lo that busines'. Consu!s have no diplomatic power and as long as there is an executive departtnent of a g »vernment with whieh to transact business the C»nsuls are duly bound to rec >gnize it even if it was h«aded by—say Thur8ton’s partj ner. A refusal wou!d justify the i executive in eaneellin ihe exeqna- . turof such Consuland temp>rarily transferri .g it to s >meother person and the refusiug g**ntlemau wouldu't be in it. The diplomatic agents have not as far a* we ean find yet r“cr>gnized Mr. Stevens’ provisional goverument, but will wait f<>r instruction from their respective governments. We think that the government is incurring a very unnecess»ry. expense by keeping up the display of armed Port'iguese and Germaos. Although, the Advertiser speaks in high terras of the volunteers wh flock en masse to offer their services to the provisional government. we hear from very go*id authority tbat the “iloek” is paid and fed by the tax payers. It ie evident that the execut.ve gentlemen of the provieional g >vemment have read s>me newspaper accounts from South Ameriean republics <>f revo!ts in whieh uiiiitarisui alw»ys pla}* a b>g role. but when Pnnahou Scho<«l is drawn on f<>r the pnrpose of getting the “kids” t > do night watch- j jng under arms in the t<«wn we are just cr ssing the b <rder *>f the | r diculous, and we s iy w;th Lou s the Eighteenth that no weapon , kills a j>oiitical opponent quicker I and surer than ridicule. The Punahou C <i *ge r*-iiowned f<«r its many and lenglhy vacati<uii Bhould nee ail tho tmie «hieh is supp<'e<d t<« be d-*v >ted to 8tndies f«r thal obj ct —G<>d knowe the children n**ed it—and n<<t ail*>w thera to play at s ldi«T8 in eompany with m*-n fr<»m wh.»n tiiey c*n Ie.<ru n»>t iing suitabie f r school children t< know. We iinderst <iid th.*t the pnneipai <<f the C*>Lege onee w <s at West P<>int an<i that th s s th>- re:.g .<< vi y he aliows the b <ys t < b- t r od mlo w ilehmen wit i *<<t e ns t• > g themselves. th ir p r ot-. r g • r diaiis. Tnis j *nrnal h >8 th«* g *1 t th<* n t>*>n . s mue« i i>*- n s t e roviei->n > 1 (» >v r i >-• t ;ts sup|M>rt*rs and « > • u fi n*zi’> e ie estab i8fied >nd *g-v—I uj«** «, we ehali e ipp rt t a>-d bey t iu a prop- r apir t, s w- *i »th s »*e. m the interest-<fth<* p-aee, pr<<ep«-r ty, and welfare *.f all Ci i88es *»r 8ect» in the land. Toe rcfueal of the Pr»viaional Government to allow i Repreeentative of Her Majeety to procecd by tbe u Cl»adm«” f«»r tbe Sutce ie rath«r cbildlike; for doee ioe executive eouueil re*lly helieee for one moroent tha tbc «meal of tbe fire Gentlemen who left thie morn-

iog at Washinirton w-īll «ettle everything without any enquiries a§ to tbe olber «ide of the §tory or without any conference with the two other trenty powere or wīthoul receivintt an expre«§ion of «entiment§ froqi the native Hawaiian. who ie not representad in the Commis§ion. The L'nīted States don’t do buāine§§ that way and tne only reason to regrct the action of ihe Provi«iont»l Government i§ lhat j there will be ruore delav and unore time li ii before a final §cttlemeut ean be reached. j It haa been §tatcd that the Pri>viiional Government broke it§ word in not a!lowing the Queen tn §end an envov. We do not believe thi§ to be the fact. It i§ p )§§ibie that one of their bo<ly or even the 1 executive eouneil had agreed to allow an envoy t> go a» f.»r »s they were concerned, bnt we under§tand that all mea§ures have to be pre§ented to the whole b >dy of c>uncillors and that majority rules in ! its decision§ and that the Gentle- | men who were willing t<> acceed the point to the Queeu were outvoted. I■ " —