Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 185, 23 March 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Tnere i« Romething «ad 5n the j momenl when ihu.-iona cherished by miin bursl. and when the true ; inwanlneāp of idoI- -hoWS ; itselfiiithe I.iri: _ f nakelneaa > f the unmerciful i:_'ht of tr ith. When lor ye»re ;i man heen mt>lto ret.iin the C')r.ti>lence of h;s fell >w < itizeiiS, when he h;<« <• »raina!iile<i ttjeir a<imirati>>n tor hi? pn suraed iprīght 15801, when he un<ler ihe cl<xik of friendship h >t< been given influeoa . ■< -i • ••*.. r. trosted wil - «ut a shadow of d »ubt or hesitation, and it then is found that it : ail haa been a ahaio; that a moat fx rf < t duolicity has l»een used for the purpose of g.iining power. 1 and weahh; lhat the confidence j an<f admiration were raisplaced; an<l that the upri'_':itness. patriotism aivl friendship were unreal, aml insiucere, and used jesuitically as p »litical stepping stones: ihen all faith iii human nature, and in man receives a hlow from whieli it slow!y or never retrieves. We r>*gret to say that the latt-st deveIopmente sh><w to us th.tt this oomraunity, in Mr.Samuel Damon, holds a citizen to whom tlie ab >ve remark appliea. A reprint from the Kxaminer rel; ting t«> the sooalied new constitntion, follows liere and makes all comments un-ne<-c<'Hna ry : .Mmister John L. Stevens was aakeil yesterday what he thought about the state.uent made that the original ai.d copies had heen destroyed. “I Kdieve it to be the truth.” *aid h<-, “and L will show you why.” He took ihe correspondent into his priv»te office. and, unlocking a drawer, took therefroro an envelope, whioh was labeled on the outside : ‘ l Affidavit of Queen Liliuokalani in ref'-rence to the coii«*itution.” Ineide was a folded sheet of foolscap. whieh he banded to the reporter. The writing thereon re.<ds as follows : Honolulu, Janunry 2Ist. Mk. S. M. Oamon : You hare stated th<i( a» a eomlilion upon lehieh ynu wouUl oniy authorize the loan hy yjur Jirm of Bishop <V Co. to me o/ thr Jurther sum o/ $10,000 upnn eertain *'curitie» that I neeil no( $p*eil'y. I should ha od to uou the ori<jiual nev> conslitution that it icas wy intention to promuhjate on the day o/ the prorogatinn o/ the la»t l/egisla(ure . January 14, 1S9S. 1 <usure you tha( I am unahle (o omnply \cith »uch condition /or the iole reason such ne tr consti(ution and all ropict thereof and the draft tkere\f hnee bten destroyed, the origin<tl (on>titution hy my oien hands nnd the eoi ies thereof and the drnft hy my ordert. LruroKALAM. Strar« (e in the presenee of L’acl Nei mann. Hcnry Hoi.mes. “This document.” said Minister Stevens, “was given t<» me by Mr. l>araon to keep. and wou!d most oertainly be us-aL against the Q :een sbou!d a copy of this coi.stitution eome to light. I wou!d ihink it a wiae matter lo incor|»orate. inloany grant made ber, a clause that wou!d reuder it null and void shou!d it be proven at any future time that her statemeut in this affidavit was not true.” “Do you believe that she §tates the truth in the matter?” ihe Miniater was asked.

“I have no reas-»n to believe ! otherwiee,” rep!ied. “She musl be aware lhat her future revenue« are deper.dent uj«)n the generosity of the G>»vernment of the L nited State«. a» d that she w ; >uld only endanger tii>-ru by tre.iling falsely with us in this matter." T:ns shows that Damon the pre1 % te: d<-'i friei:<l t the Queen useil a m>>meut of Ananeial embarrass- ; meut t>» trv to ext>>rt from her -• ■ • — • it he. wh>> himaell h.<= stated that he went i. t‘» ihe Adv;s *ry C'»uncil as the friead of tae Queen t<> gu.ard her interest-. u>e<l tiie confidence whieh she felt ia him, iu his peculiar mi.x- 1 p siti »n of friendly a»lviser and b.inker t<> attempt to secure a d<.<cument whieh he me.mt to use t<» injure her caase and j harm her. The answer to him by tiie Queen. he careiully files with ; tiie American Minist<*r for safekeeping, t> be used agaiust her in j the future under cert&in c-»uting-encies as a weapon. Mark well what this new partnersbip of Damon and Stevens propose t>» do with ti;e <1 n uiuenl. “I would think it a wis* uiatter to incurporate into any grant made ner (the liueen) a clause tbat woii!d render it null, aml v<>id should it be proven at any f n:ire time that her statement in this affidavit was not true.” And t<» such anundignifi w d schenie to such adegrading pr »pos tion has the man in whom the Queeu and the native peaple believed, and looked up to, Ient himself. We are grateful to tht Examiner tbat the eyes of this nalion has heen opened to the true character of Mr. Damon. It is evident that the Great Repuhlie must have an erroneous idea of the grandness and magnilieenee of the P. G.’s Pretorian G«ard. Fancy the Commander-in-chief-with-the-rank-of-oolonel rigged up f>r dress [or rather undressj parade in the rig that the New York \Vorld of the 28th of February, describes in the following lines. **Manufacturers of clothing should not heeome excited over the prospect of supplying the Hawaiian mililia with uniforms. The uniform of a Hawaiiau militiaman consists of a small cotton sash as large as a fig leaf aud a pair of brass carrings. Very litt!e cloth w>ll go a long way towards supplying uniforms.” The poliiieal schooI-master who is entrusted with the flogging of the Kamehameha boys was rather premature yesterdar in giving the aehool a day‘s holiday to celebrate the ratification < f tbe treaty by the Senate. When the newe wig learned that the lreaty had heen consgned to the preBidentiai waste basket the male eehoolmarm tried to get his fl»>ck together to a c<»urse of studies over the o!d proverb that there is many a slip helween the eup and ihe lip, but the b ys prelVrred to stay away and celebrate the oonratiflcat\on of the treaty. Politic« make 8trangebe<l-fellow8. A few yeari «go Uie reverend Mr. | OIes<»u w,i9 ciamoring in the streets of Houolulu, loud!y for a pieee of r>'pe with whieh t>» encircle the ! ueek of Mr. R. W. Wiieoi aud a few nights ago the same Oleaon ‘ was loud!y applauding his Co-orator the same \Viicox, and shaking bis hand with fervor. Bob must have feit peculiarly affected when speakiug or attempting to speak bef.jre the crowd whoae “friendly v feelings towards

hiaa h*ve fre.juently demonsirated botfa by dynaoiite and otherw :se. We cannot under-Und trby the leaders of annenliou party keep up lul.i: g t’..eir folIo-Tere t<» ->ep by filse pretences aud ?uteroent5. Here was .a the annexation roeeling iast TueMi »y. Wna. C. Wilder ur.der .'»ud ch • ruig st.iting thal .t ■ - b c»nTictton that the alenmw wou!<i bring lii*' ne»5 that ihe j trealv wa» r.it:fied. wu !e he » f-*w d;»ys 5<r-v<> ,-'v • • i a fr:-:.d f h;« lhattfaer *« i? i»o sh<>w f r tiie ; treaty. Wiiat > exp<oled to be , gained by-ueh au attitude we do n C know, but we ru[‘[x>ee it :s the | on!y way in whieh to keep up the enthusias:u aino<\g lh-‘ othee-seet-ing crowd. A very Iarge assemb!y gathered at the Hotel last night to listen to the Hawaiian National Band's drst c<»ncert. The Hotel grounds and adjofning streets «ere crowded with people in c.irriages on horsehiek. and on foot, and the b»*ys fully eanae up to their f<*rmer high reputation as muaieiana. The renderiug of the overture to Wilhelm Tell wa» very ski'lful aiul retlects gre.it credit on Mr Libornio wh < has been very succe»sful in the short space in whieh he ha» had the.b<>ys in tr.iining. The visitors from abroad enjoyed the singmg and playing very inueh. and expressed them»elves in the most fl.ittering terms. Professor Berger’s laee wa» beiming with pleasure and gratificition over the succeas of the band —they are his b'>yi< after all. In coramenting the other day upon the proposition by a eommittee of the P. G. to plaee the Ineane Asylum under the Board of Heallh. »e facetionsly remarked that Mr. Emmelulh, one of the Committee. might a!so desire to plaee the Pris.*n under the Board of Heakh, as that b<»dy seems inclined to get its aupplie» without calling f<<r tenders. We wiah b» state. fhat we had no intent on of making any personal insinuation against Mr. Emmeluth. We are a\vare that he a fe r years ago, as an ins[*ector of prisons, strongly advocated and recommended that no euppliee of any description should ever be bought by any government institution, except [iubhc tenders had heen oalled for, and that he was “sat on” by the then rainister Thurston who informed the Inspectors, that suggestions of that nature were hevond their scope and office. We shall never knowing!y follow the eiamnle of the Advertiser and beeome unjust or unfair to our p«)lit’cal opponents. The fo!lowing editoria! from the St. Louia P. st Dispatch is worthy of a careful 5>erusal and should make ihe ra<*st hothead-d annexationigts outside the i>lanters. ring stop and c»nsider weil what he is pr<>p<>8ing to leap into before he takes the leap. The view taken bv the St L->uis P< «t D:sj>atch ij not at ail exagger,ite<i or ipes simistic—il simply sh >ws whal the polilieal fature of this counlry will be if the mi6-iooaries succe<rd in carrying onl their seifiifa and nefarious scfaeme». The CoN3E4CENCES. The acq'iisition of the Hawaiian Islands, with a miied and semisavage populaliop. will sddanotfaer race problem to the one we have been trying to solve at hj>tne for more than a century. We have

a*»t for ourse!ves the task o: g >verning pei-ple who cannot govern themselves ami wn » < ai::. t inlelligently jvarlicii<ate in •ur {• : i•' affairs. They are dependents. and must be treated a- such. !*■ r n<> {•r >{«.‘Ses I 3 : >ge up*»n the n.it>ve ar.*l t iint-e i< >}>ulatīon. In other worvls a {>aternftl g »venimeni oi s< <nie -"rt musl be sei up, r<g*rdless f the ■ -n? ut "t t::e i governetl. The people musl be | t »fcen care of like »:.ildren to save them from their own weakne-- and I ine ti» tc’.ty. The t »rm ot thi- _ m nt ia y-t to be de- ’ termined, but of its character there ;embc no do..bt. lt will be a plu- ) t’cr.tc paterua!ism. and t!.e natives are t<> be cared f<»r and kept in good heaith in »»rder t<» keep >»p the suj>ply <>f eheap lalv»r f>r whieh the - gir plantere are const ml!v c!amorine. lf the islands are g >verned fr<>m Washingt >n by eommissiouers apjx*inted in the usual wny, with no knowledge of the situati<»ii or the needs <>f ihe peoj>le. we suall see a repeliib»n of the proconsuiar aboininations whieh did ->> mueh t<> ruin t!ie Roman republic. The men who >>wu tlie }>lautatioii» aiul ali other vuluable lands, numbering not m<>re than a hundred, will invitably get ihe ear "f ihe auth<>rities and the isl:>nds wiil be manag< J so!ely in the inter st of the neh planters. The “puhlie go*xl” wili niean the g<>-«l of the men who have acquired the soil of the couutry. The rest of the populalion will be made t * iuinister to this “g<K»d” as slave !aborers. for lhat is practically what al! but the few white settlers are now. and they will not be anything eliie under American controI. The same result will be attained if the territory is made an indepemienl St:*te. The suflrage being limited the stn»ng-r r«ces will manage public aff.tirs to suit them?elves. l'rivil>ges will be grante<l there just as thev have been granted in the Stales >>f the Unmn and, as popular rights will have no representation in ihe Legislature, the Plutocrats will have their way even more completeiy than in Pennsylvaniaor California. The consequences eannol but l>e disastrous to the country at large because of the added strength given t(» the plulocratic, anti-p»>pu-lar eauee. The nalion will be eommitted by this act to lavish eipenditures and an all but imj»erial policy. Under such a policy the auti-8<*cial influences re{>n*scntt«.l by men like Sj>reckels, Carnegie and Stanf >rd will thrive and proaper as they never nave btfore. This is not an alarmist view. It >9 one whieh every seusible man j musl take who cahuly 8urveyB ihe circumstanee» free from plutocratic {>rejudice or jingo sentimeut.