Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 12, 18 March 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Froin the Daiiy of Mar. 16. ; \ Are the r*is le*ring tbe einking | ehip? j ( • 1 Mr. P. C Jone* h*« resigned from his poeilion, »* Minister of Fi- |' u*nce — ill be*lth hei n g re*son giren for tbi« etep. M h»t do»* thi* re«ign»lion mean ? It i« difficult to believe lh*t the work 1 of tbe two l*st month* «bould h*re m*de «ueh * h*roc with the be*ltb of Mr. Jont«, •« tn necessiUte hi« re«ignjition. When Mr. J>>ne« went .nto the Brown C»binet s« Mini«ter ofFin*nce. there ; were no indication* th*t hia he*lth waa imp*ired, *nd he wa« in fact rerv loatb to leare the office when he wae voted out. Hi» re«ignation *t tbe pre«ent moment »od the j sppointment of hi* eucce»»or give good grounds for epeeulalion» a» to the motor in the ‘*inner circlc.” • Mr. Jone« wae never a penona grata , eitber to Mr. Cl*u» Spreckels or to Mr. W. G. Irwin, and be haa now been »ucoeeded in the office ** Mini*ter of Finance by the bookkeeper of W. G. Irwin * Co. (Ld.) Mr. T. C. Porter. Doe« thi» indicate that the change ha» l*een made through the inAuenee of. Mr. Irwin or hae Mr. Porter »imply boen »elected as being con»idered tbe be»t man available for tbe offic« ? It i» hardly rea»onable that Mr. Porter »hould have given up hi» permanent, and well paid poeition with Irwin * Co. to a»»ume an office whieh nece»»arily mn»t be temi»orary. without baving «ome *8»urance th*t hi» poeilion with hi» former employers would be kept open for him. If »uch be the c»ae it aeem» evident that it i» tbe Spreckel» inAuenee whieh ha» brought on the ch*nge of the per«onnelin theexecutivecouncil.and we are plea»t-d to »ee a move made by the P. G. whieh will be ao very unfavorable to their anne*aticn eehemee. The euepieion in the United SUte» that the revolntion and annex*tion pr >pn»ition8 emanat«d from Mr. Spreckel« *« • hnaneial »peculation has done mueh to prevent the aeoomplienmenl of the plane. and «oeh «u«pioion» will n*tur*lly heeome stronger yet, whea an employee of Spr>-ckel» i« plac«d in the mo*t re*ponsible poeilion in th« government. In regard to Mr. Porter we b*ve very little to s*j. He hae pl*jed no role in the politice or finanoee of thi« oountry «nd we *re not *w»re of *ny qu*lificatk»« in hiū* whieh oould juetify the eelectien of him ptr as. He did oot eveo c*rry i mu*ket or nanist the insurgeotB in any w»j, «xoept *t the Wihae hniL He i* *n «xo«U«nt •oooont*nt, butwedonot mM* k- hM . «boril M U «o*i WnkteMr tn? crftio*l >w

— into effect ae by the lwt Le«wUtore. Thif »mendroent d*s *w»y wiih tbe elauee whieh preveoted Ihe tax-*sees*ors fr>'m being dieraieeed excepl for cert*io reaeons. and whieh Tirtoally g*ve thoee officiale a iaortgage on the offioe. With the experience of C. A. Brown before tbem tbe LegieUtore aieely decīded to knoek that eect»oo of the law oo the head and the tax-aeseeaor» are now, like all olher officiale. reeponeible to tbcir euper;ors »nd hoid;og office during the pleaeure of eueh euperiors. We are pleaeed to learn that Mr. C. A. Brown will n >tbe retained in office after the end of thie month, but will be allowed to re»ign as 3000 ae the amended law takee effect. It ie a pity that the government, whieh fully recogni2eg that he has made him»elf impossible ae a givernment officiai, should have aesisted him and aliowed him to eatiefy hie pelty venomoue spite by dismiseing Mr. Lloyd, a faitbful and trusted officer of the governmenL It is to be hoped tbat Mr. Brown’s 8ucceesor will make the proper amenities for the outrage committed by bis predeceeeor. The Advertiser hae found out that Harper’s Weekly ia an important paper in the United States, and we hope that the famous journal will feel flattered over the acknowledgment. The Advertieer man eonaolee himself over the anti-annexation views bf that paper by saying tbat if George William Curtie had been alive the paper would have apoken differently. The mind-reading and epiritualistic powere of the Chief Grinder of the Organ, are only exceeded by hia conspiciroue beauty. Hie aseertion, though, that Harper’s Weekly ie advocating anytbing whieh might be conetrued aa “ignoring and overriding the wiehee of the Hawaiian residents in the matter** ia an unuaual diaplay of abeurdity or miaeoneeption uf facts. To judge by the way tbo'number of leading American journals are oppoeed to annexation, and also from tbe re»ult so far of tbe miaeion of Mr. Thuralion aud colleaguee, there must be agood many uf the Advertieer’s fnende who. like George William Curtis, hare left tbis world, but would h«ve apeken and acted very differ«mtly and mueh more to the aatisf«ction of Henry if yet alive, Who are ihoee Hawaiian reeidents who oall opon tke United 8tatee to grant oe Ihe bieeetng of ctable govrrnment i. e., onoHnaaaoe of An tbvre agy joJn

book ofth!8 country h*ve beeo m*de directly or indireclly for the financi*l benefit, and throogh the in8trument*lity of the »pit*lista of this country. It w»stohelptbe planters snd the moneyed men that the tre*ty wss m»de whieh jj»ve them » hoom onp»r»llelled in hi»tory; whieh en»bled them to dr»w fr»m 30 to 100 perc«nt dividenda on their sug»r stock, »nd whieh more tban tripled the v»Iue <>f the pl»ntatioos. Every I»w made relating to daties »nd texes was carefullv »rr»nged to suit the pl»Dters. Everything »P|«r Uiniog to sug»r mills or pl»nting was sdmitted free, or »s good as free of duty. The taxes were »ssessed on the first d*y of July, wheo »11 the sugar in the country w»s alre»dy exported, and any attempt to chaoge soch system w»s howled down *s being injurious to the pl»nting interests. Laws were p»S8ed whieh ea»hled the planters to flood the country with p»uper labor. Hordes of Chinese were let in. They eame here as a sconrging pl»gne—bringing with them no womea,and no mclinations or intentionsfor »domtstic life, but »11 the vice» under the sun. 20,000 male Chineee were let looee among t))e popnlaiion containing » tot»l otf about 15,000 women—whai comment are needed to show wb»t» Hell ha» been the result of such iniquity. But Mr. Bishop and his sssociates needed eheap labor, and the natives eommitttd suicide by passing tbe l»ws giving it to them. And still Mr. Bishop is “tired” of native rulel The Christian Church whieh the money grabbers bave defiled, by using its name and inilaenee, to obtain their ends among tbe Uawaiiane, has heen protected and assisted by »11 kind of laws and measuree propoeed by Mr. Bisbop and the other u tired.” men and willingly granted by the native rul«rs- . Roads and wbarves, and bridges have heen bnilt, not for the benefit of poor native, whoee horse could mau»ge to pass on any trail, or cross »ny atream. but to allow tbe sugar-loeded carts, to bring more and mure sngar to the ooflers «tf Mr. Bishop. The segregation lawa against the lepen were passed—not tos»ve the remnaots of the dying race, but to protect the foreigners here, heeauae tbe dread diseas6, although eeemingiy oonfimng it»elf tothe poor nativee, might some d»y have refosed to reoognise as superior the o)ay of whieh the capitalists and tbek l»milies are suppoeed to be made. Do we realise what the sanrgation Uw» aean? Do we mdtos What agooy H is f-r the hoahaaē to eee M» wif. forcibly takea «way foomhis home, or for ih> Mir*hartn mshrr heine • 1 rjuw» Mped to diminiah tbe di-

The Adverti*er is e*tr«nely »nxū os to eee the*e IsUnds annexed. Ia ito editorid yesterdnj it ahow* that »nnexttion to Amene* onlj h»s heen decided on, bec»Q»e it w»9 considered the e»*iest obt»inable—the Atneric»n9 having the reputation of doing everything in » ruab »nd tbinking it over»fter-w»rd9.The*nnex»tion-org«nthre»- j tens th»t if tbe Unii«d 9Utesdo not I t»ke u8 we will h»ve to *»k Kngl*nd or Japan to gobble oa up. It 9eems then that the so often reiterated 8tatement8 of the greal k»ve for the United States, whieh it h»« been as8erted wa» the prime mover for the Ameneana in Kawaii to revolt and »sk for annex»tion,i8only superfici»t; and thatlovefor power, gaia, and wealth, is U»e real motive whieh inspires these annex»tionist8 who *re willing to b»rter away thi9 country »nd this people even to the chief of Timhuctoo, if he only will *llow them to retn»iu in office and prevcnt the Hawaiian* firom obtaining »ny civil righte in their own oountry. It is well that the AmeHean nation ghould fully Iearn the true feelinga of iheee self exp»tri»ted adventurers who now eall on the American Repuhlie fbr protection »nd fio»nci»I »uooor. — In ite nnapeakahle meanneea the Proviaional Govornment refusea to pay the volunteer» of Meehanie Engine No. 2 for their homea, whieh were presented to the boys through » puhlie subscription. The men who 8ubecribed money for the purch*se of the hona, we h*ve no doubt, will gl»diy see the volunteers realise » few dollars. Tbe volunteers have done good and efficient service for hardly any reeompenae. They have heen ahelved by the eeiahliahmeni of » paid department, but we thiuk that the city and the government owea them a debt of gratitude for the williugness »nd promptness with whieh they for yeara have responded to ©very eall of the heila, inetead of rewarding them by attempting to rob tbem of the private property of ibe eompaniee, even if this property waa obteined through the aeeieianee of the friends and admirers of the time-honored department. Let ue hope that the Executive Oouneil wiU be honoiahle enough to matter. Arumorof an Alliaooe, with matrimooy for )te object. between a repreeent»tiv« of the U. 8. navy and a repreaentative of Hawaiian aociety h»B reachpd ua. Perhaps the State» wiU be Mtisfied With this partial »unexatioo of the Hawaiian nation and abaodon Gingo’s doctrine of “whole hog or nothing.” We regret to learn of the o!d gentleman arrived here from returu to his home thi» week when .. - • - • ••■ - *•« ■*>“ nth|wraljM. ;f-, ■ ■ '• • v '' ■ Ua punihakou xae na Llon». « teViwT t I D» lohM» omL bw k» 1» 3a« nel | tfalH I |%n |b> 2fed.