Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 143, 20 January 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

We re}*Ml the advice g ve.i by Ui. a ft*w day8 ?*g • f T everyb <iy to avoid hetenmg to and circul.-ting empty r :mon and rej»ort?. Ye?terday an ab? jrd rurnor waa flyingall nver town that Colonel C>>rnwell and Mr. Cbas. Cre:ghton had left by the Claudine. B>«th gentlemen hapi«ened to be indisp«sed and remained ut their h»«mes and sorae egregions ao» ra.saing thein around town iramediateiy started the idiotic yarn. At the sarae time eveybxlv wns lost in ihe raoBt impossible guee«work in regard to the mieeion of the tug Eieu whieh tried t«> catch the Claudine, but failed. lt saems to us perfectly immaterial \vhether the Cotnu.iesion fr«ira the Proviiional Government gets to Wuahington, one week, or one rnonth. or one year ahead of an envoy from tht Queen. We cannot f««r one inoment believe that the United States Government on the very eve of an outg«'ing adraini8tratiun shonld take any deci»ive steps in r«g»rd to the fuiure of a friendly country without consuiting other powers and, more than anything else, without euquiring into the true sentiment, not of the foreigners here, but of the 40,000 natives of i the Boil. We learn that martial law ia 8till in force and we notice that the Government Building is still guarded. We ean only rei>eat our forraer exuression of 8urpriie at the {H>aition taken by the Provieional Government it being »o very un-american and so very mueh contrary to the sentiments with whieh the heads hitherto havebeen credit d *vith. Fn>m a n«>ttce in the ‘•Advertiser” we judge that the children fn«m Punahou Soho<«l have resumed their studUs, and we houe that it will be the h»st , - time that we see such a f c*-tious i di»play of extreme laek <«f t.«ct on the part of the managernent ofthat ■ehool. 1 _ It is evident tliat tne Auierican trooj>s are t>» remain a8h«>re and ;»8 Mr. Stevene virtuallv has taken poesession <«fthe country. we shonid eon» der the C. S. f«rc« s .< sutticient guarantee f«r the preserv ton of law «nd <>rder. and the G >vernment c«»uld save ihe add'ti«'nal eip««nse <>f keejung up an unnecessary aruied f>rce and dis inss tlie volunteers. It is amusing t«> remember the Si«eK'h*-s by the ref»rni merabers iu the l,« g slature against the apnr»priati«»n f>r the Qtieeu’e Guard; where they stated that it was perfectly »beurd to have auy guards >t t «e palaee gates as lhat building wai :<s secure (or m««re so) as any j»rivate res dence. Now we eee the same geut emen ccnsider it neces«ary lo ’tax the treasury wiia ihe •xpense of having half • duzen »nned men gu»rding tbe building, whieh one or two ordm»ry pol»ce- j men beretofore were declared more tb»n 8uffici«nt to look »fter Wh*t WM koown m the Buhop rwid«oo» on Kmg Btrcet, l»ter th«, Dudoil pwi— i ianowUwhMd-

quarter8 of the U. S. troops who move i in yesterday. Shades of Paki and Kunia, foster parents of Liliuokalani and parenta of Pauahi, what think you of the gratitude of the f >reig[iers enriched bv your iands and we;ilta ! Oolonel Cornwdl and other membcrs «>f ihe Legislature left for thcir home? by the “Malulani” this ra<»rning. We fuliy exj>ect tonight t > hear a rumor that the **>Ialulani” is going to 3an Fraucisco to land the galluiit Uolonel . and Oily Eiileu route for Washinglou. Weare morethan tire<iat hcaring nativcs and «>lhcrs speak ab >ut the meoib<rs <>f the provisional ' government with batcd bre.ith as if they wcre ogres <>r friends in human shape ready to devour all peopie who ditfer frotn their opinion. We will onee more aeeentuat«» both in our native and Knglish columns, that the provisional government is composed of men wh<>se honesty and integrity are weli-kuown. To believe that they would miauae the p>>wer whieh is now in their poasession is absurd, and we pray all who not supp>>rt or aj>prove of the recent event» at least to banish fn»m their minds all feelingsof unrest and insecunty. At the same time we eall the attention <>f the cxecutive Oouneil and also the comraaiider in chief that it would be wise to instruct their muaket-carrying followers not to irritate or create f<-elings of danger and fear by shooting their months ott’ in a b<>astful or threatening raanner. We could raention sevcral instanccs to this ettect, and we feel confident that such actions are not known to, and do not meet with the appraval of the proviaional governraent. i | The Advertiser has a few days i ag<» cdit<»rially statcd that “every respcctab!e foreigner has only feelings of aioha for the natives” and we bclieve thatsuch sentiment is »harcd by all members of the provlsional govcrnmciit, but it ia i unfortunateIy not altogether the respectable f<>reigners who c»»me int<» iramcdiate contact with the Hawaiiana, and the clemcnt at present employcd by the g<»vernmcnt is to a great cxtent resi>oneihle (t<>g**ther with the martial law) for any feeling of insecurity ; or fear whieh maygrow iotoa race fcehng whieh sh<>uld be avoidcd at all b<zards just now,mod f«>revcr, in tlie riterest of both parties, and for the univers*l g<K>d of thecountry. Betitions praying f >r annexation t<» thc Unitcd 3tat«-s arc bcing cireui >t< d aoiong Hawaiianā. Let everv man act w«thout f*-ar as he j thinks nght. We wiU guarantee that no coercion will be nsed by i th<<9c in powcr. We will assure thcm that no g »v«Tumcnt ><fficial «>r emj>h>vec in private bus;iicss will bc dischargcd, < r blamed f»r doing i whal their conscience bid them to , do. We warn evcryl>>dy nut to believe in any rumors contrary to these scnliuieiite, or to listen to any I«»ssibiy difierent talk fmm the bearers of the pelilione. We hear that the peliuon» are being cmrried «roucd by a half Chinese kwyer named Charles Aehi, and by two discharged polioa offioers Kamana and Kaohaoe, and *lso by a mamber of tba firailer mx of aome notoriety botb in tho divoreo oourt and ino a criminal convenation ■nii.

We complimenl the Advertiser on its temperate conduct in the last few days. That is the only course by which we can arrive at a satisfactory and desireable solution of the situation. News is very scarce as everything for the last few days has been concentrated in politics—and everybody is rather tired of politics at present. It is pleasing to see that the Bell Telephone company declares a dividend of seven percent which must be a very acceptable surprise for the Presideut and the stockholders. It must have been some very very important newspaper-clipping which made the provisional government dispatch the “'Eleu" after the Claudine yesterday. We have to thank the Advertiser reporter for the news that Messrs. Rosa, Bush and Nawahi are to proceed to Washington by the "Australia"—that is news indeed to us.