Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 189, 29 March 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Hawaiian \Vnmen’s Patrintic League wa= fin»lly organized on Mon<lay last. "Everybndy who is pomeh-ol v" in Honolulu s<>ciety were j*resent j >ined the organization. The names of the officere of the league are a ?nfficient prCK>f of the inif»ortance of the >>rganizati»n, aud an emphalie j>rotest of all Hawaiian women, old or young. rich or poor, from one end >f the country to the other will carry great weight in the settliug <if the question at i<sue. Who have a better right to be heard, when the indej>endence and honor of a country is at stake, than the mothers of the coming generati<*ns. the wives and daughters of the present. It has heeome the dutv of every woman who loves her country, to whom her country is her home-with all what that word meane. to eoine forward and inake her voice heard in upho!ding the existence of her home in independence and peaee under her country’s fiag against all evil echemes to barter it away for the benefit of a seltish. money-seeking clique. That ie what the Hawaiian Women’s Patriotic League will do. On the roll of the League will shortly be foun*i the uames of every Hawaiian woman, and wno would believe f>r one momeiil, that the great nation amongst whose many virtues reverence and gallantry towards ihe weaker sex stands forem<*8t, will igm*re the j*rotest against the pr<*posed outr *ge by the womeu of a nalion, whose weakness sh<*uld have been itn deagainst designs for eonquest, rij>eued in the hniin of an imheeile. but ambit;ous diplomat. and carried out by the tbrces of a friendly countrv, momentarily hlmde<l and led astray through the j*andering lo the vauity inherent in that young and progreesive nalion. We praise the Hawaiian women for the step they have taken. The gratitude»*f Hawaii is due to them for havmg entered into a fie!d for eign to the incliuationa and nature of m<*st of them, but they have established the fact, now beyond question, that the Hawaiians as a wliole —men, womeu and chifdren. do not wanl to sell their couulry and Burreuder its iudepeudeiice. They have performed a duty aud giveu au exaiuple t<* the Hawaiiau men whieh should make ll<e cheeks of many blush with ehame. To the Uawaiian men who are yet hanging haek aud lukewanu iu sbowing the love for tbeir country whioh must be Iateiit in their hearts, we will quote the words of Mrs. T. R Foster the hoiu*rary president of the Hawaiian Womeu’a Potriolic League at the meetmg the olher day. t?hc said: I aud uiy family Lave never puebed ourselves forward nor ever have been willing to take a prominent part m any organ;zatiou or s»ciety, but when ihe indej*eudence of our country and . onr bonored flag is threatened, I conaider it my duty aa weli as th* duty of every other Hawaiian woman to eome to ihe front, and do all in our power to save our conntry—our home.

The active offic*T8 of th* Leagu*. are ; Mra F. W. Macfariane —Presidenl - .lame- eamphel!/ VlceIW<SDU “C. O. Berger ) “ W. M. Giff<ird —Treasnrer “ Grace Kahaiewai — SecreUry. There V<esideB a number of honorarv officers and a!so an eiecutive and a finance c<*mmittee who include amongst them the best known. m*>st res;>ectetl. and wealthiest of Hawaiian ladies. Tbi? oreanization of the Hawaiian women in whieh inleiligence. sociaI standing and weahh are so promiuently represeuted will make it rather awkward for Mr. J. L. Stevens and the P. G. Commissioners to pnxluce the “more intell>gent Hawaiians who are all in favor of annexation.” Whal dr*es Mr. Stevens n<*w think about his lying assertion t<> Secretary F<*ster, that the only parties opposed to annexation were the lo.ver elemenle amone the natives, s *me scheming politicians. and some hood!ums lrom California. When Mr. Stevens in a week or two ret:res int theobscurity where he belongs. we should urge him to give 8<»me explanation of how he eame to make such gross and infaraous mis-statements —if he was simply imposed upon by the annexation adventurers or if he used his leisure hours to make up his reraarkable hallucinations. He might also exj*lain to the world at Iarge, who it is he places under the differenl classific.ttions whieh he mentions in his dispatch. Ifhe, say under the heading of the lower elem u nt of the Hawaiiana, ranges Mesdames Foster, Allen, Ward, Parker, Macfarlane, Berger, Pratt, Cummins, Wodehouse, Oimphell, Bush. Gay, Giff ird, Norrie, Aldrich, Peabody, Stillman, Haalelea, C. A. Brown aud innumemhle others who were present in the Arion Hall last Mond.iy ? Does he, uuder the heading of Califoruia h>odlums or poiilieal sohemers, allude to men liae Campbell, Allen, Trousseau, J. O. Carter, Walker, Gulick, Widemaun. Berger, the Macfarlanes. the Gays, Dreier, Siuclair, Center, Rickard and so on ad lihilum ? If the Kennehee Jourual some day will eonlaiu such exi*lanations we ean guarantee Mr. Stevens quite a sale for his pajH-r in Honolulu. All the ladies and geut!eraen mentioned above would be interested iu learuing what they are in the eyes of this rococo-built American diplomat. President Cieveland has expressed great annoyance over the manuer in whioh Mr. J. L. Steveus in his official dispatches has referred to the Queen aud Govern ment to whom he was accr<dited. Mr. Cleveland’s remedv for any simiiar arrogauce in the future will be to appoiul gentlemen to represent his country abr<>ad —a rule evidently not adopted by the Harrison admiuistration. The black-listers (we hada!most said b!ack-mailers) who are going round bulld»zing government and olher employees into gigning the annexatiou j*etition have received «ome rather severe checks. Oue of them. wh«jse elaim to mle or ruin lhis country consists in having eome here about a dozen years agc as poor as the proverbial church-rat,and who ainee has carefully invested abroad ali the money be could drill ou#ofthe community so as to save paying taxe* en it wbere be earned it, met his match the other day when on

infcrming i prom!n?nt government officiaI, who up to lhat date had b«en a i*earty ?ympdih : .ier with and supp»-»rter of the P. G., thal if he didn't -gn he wou!d put his name wiih the 'Hher9 on the hlaei !ist. he was told that he ra g’ t b!acs-list and be d i that il wa« J•.-t - ich ft-Ilow? as !ie and h s kidne_v who were n.inine the wh !e busiu>-ss bv the;r inailiale i greed f r ffice, cv«upled wilh their !ack of ehiim, eitner by b:rth or , property. I» any voice in ihe directiou of nffnr9 f the country. I Jcc ike. — iiui no e->ff e and pialol» f-r two fcilowed. And it ie jusl such inen as these that are obj>-ctionable. Out of the thousand alleged signatures t> the innexation petition how niany of them have the Ieast st ike in the country either as citizens or even property holders? How many of them eau even elaim the right to vote in tbis country for representative—that raost easily obtainable franchise of any in the wurld, namely, one year’s reaidence and the oath t>) support the constitution? How raany of theiu are there who haven't had tinie yet to brusb the dnst of San Francisco from ofl’ their shoes? Or how many of them haven't even dreamed of washing that or any other dust frotn oft’thsir faces aud out of their hair? The actually reputable citizens ' and property-owning residents «f this country who have signed that petition are nuraericaily mueh in a mmority, as a cursory inspection even >>f the petition will show. and as for American citizens many of the best known are c»nspicuous by their absence. Wnen it is considered that by the last registration of voters not over 600 were American cilizens it will eleirly be seen what kind of signatures are being obtained. The usual unempl->yed or temporarilyP. -G.-emp 1 o y e d riffr a ff are of course there. and so are the rest of the hungrv crew who hope to gain empl»yraent and shekels by tailing enlhusiastically with their m>mths oj>en after the irresponsible agitators who now avowedly state that thev run the P. G. and that their wishes must be bowed d»wn to. or the Councils —allee samee Chinaman —Must go. Another insr.lt to Amenean diplomacy has taken plaee ! The new Marshal has arreated John L. Steven’s Chmese c>ook for gamb!ing ! But perhaps the “hueolie” dipl»mat (to quote differentiated S:uith's epithet) won’t kiek this time as fr»m appearances he d»esn’t use a c>x>k as mueh as he does a funeral eoaohman. But serious!y speaking the P, G. and its secret directors must look afler their aew marshal as he has|stated that he firra!y believes in and will act on the followiog absohite!y heretical propositions: (1) That heclaimsto be Hawaiian born and that sucb on!y are entitled to run the aflairs of this country. (2) That there is no anuexation in it for him if Hawaii ean on!y be kept iudependent. (3) And last and worst that he will not dismiss a faithful servant to make room for anyb>xly.wbether the P. G., the Drei Hundred. or even the secret military dictators order him to or not. And in proportion as he sticks to theee sealiments so will the

place-grabbers and the resl of the crew dislike him and the h»nest and i>atriolic uuu -.u auu respect him. The Adven ser yesterday puhlished a rep rt »n Hawaiian annexati»u bv a committee of the Umou Le g»ie Club in N- w Y »rk. The m -rning i aj>er was very elateJ over ihe rei»->rt whieh fav >red annexatiou and rec >muiended the ad >pti»n >f a r - >luti»n urging the pass.ge of the treity by the Senate, but lne organ f»rgol to menlion that the res»luti«n was defeated at a meeting in the C'.ub whioh sh»w- that the Advertiser ha« not succeeded in impressing the Uni >n Le>gue with its own superior views. Uf the awanii of rei»>rters fr»m American papers the S.in Francisoo Kxiininer man seems t» be the only one who is gifte«.l with the ability to tell the truth and who presents his readers w;th a ci>rrect view »f the situati»n here. Editorially the Examiner is in fiv»r «>f annexati»n, but that d >es not prevent its puhiiealion of all the facts pertainiug to the situation. and the accounts given fr»m Hawaii are very exhaustive and ;is a whole e >rrect. The Chroniele man who. evidently. is unahle t» gather nny inf >rtnation »r news. confines hims-If t» pruducing a lot of vihficatious aml slanders, partly furnisbed him bv s»me interested j parties whose gull he seems t» eujoy t» be. and partiy the fruit »f his own lively imagination. We understand that he. in spite »f hia graphicaily described >l!sgust with everything Hawaiian, still is willing to unf»ld his tent and dwell a iittle longer among us. Perhaps when he knows us l>etter his disgust f»r the Hawaiians will wear s»mewhat »ff. and his admiration for the very superior Central Union congregation will be m »iifi>*d —especiady when he realizes that journali3in in the tr»pics is rarely a financi»l success ufter the backers have been called upon to furnish the necessary “tin” (with all respeet f>r Mr. Emmelolh) f»r four consecutive weeks. ln the meanlime we 8h»uld advise the Chronicle to send sotneb dy down here to represent it. whose natural bump of veracity is Bofficiently developed to enahle him to distinguish betwcen what is true and what is not. We don’t know though if such an animal could be found on theChronicle staft. The New York Herald is making a determined and strong fight against disgraeeful annexation. The Herald is one of the most powerful journals in the United States and its »pinions carrv great weight. Tbe f»llowing editorial is feprinted from tne issue of the 26th ult. That Havniian /?>i#i»'*s. The Herali> has given from one to two of it« valuable columns a day for aome time to opinions of the American prese on the Hawaiian business. We may be wrong, but from onr poiut of view we think that the press and a few politicians are making consummate fools of them»elves. From the way certain polilieiana are ranting in Washmgton. and from the way the prese is ranting all over the countrv one would thinx that tbe paw of tbe Brit ; sh lion was already laid upon these sogar Ī3laads of āpreckele dr Co. It's all well to be patriotic and to ahouU “We9tward our slar of

empire u'ee» ite way." But how •bout thdt Iitiie ni<g-r in th:it >.in FrAQCĪMO l'enoe ? Where ie tne mi#sing word. f*r we don't dc*ubt there i* one ? Who ean gue«s it We therefore advise the p.-vsent ■ admin’Stntion. whieh his but a few mor« d»v? to live. and the c»>ming one th*t they may s> wed C > at h*lf spee»i on this anu«Xklion buaine?s. If thejinjr>isteare eager U> dos<>mething let thetn pr nveil to find out for the enlightenmetit >f a «nirioue puhlie why ihie innexatir>n e»’heme ie sprung at a time *o opp >rtune f>r the Sprecltel* sug»r < ono^m; why it is puehed *oeager!y .tg.tin?l the will of a majority of the Hawaiiana; why the naval power of the United Stat<'« w.is -> promptly ust*tl t<> supp«>rt and protect the revolutionary inovement whieh deposed the Queen; why our Minister at Honoluiu ha<tened t«> proelaiio a pr»tectorate of his own volition. th«s wielding a power whieh not even the i*resiident of the Uuited St »tes himse!f oan eonstitutiona!Iy exerci*e; and fiuallv j whv lhere has been such precipi it-ite baste at \Vashington to eon9ummate annexatiou by trying t > rush a treaty through the State bef <re the representatives of the Queeu eouhi reach the capital to protest against it. Tfie ljnited St ites has res}>on9ibilitie9 enomjh already wiihoul eeeking outlyiug respon9ibilities. We eau’l see in wh*t way lhe*e sug:ir ielaiula of Sorackel8 Co. ean help U9. We always have had a!ways will have their trade. W* . have now and always wiil have without annezatton all the navai privileges we want. In 9hort. aun><zation meana new ohlīgition9 and re9pon8ibilit:e9 without any adilitional advant »ge9. Now, if it were Cuha and the . \Vindward l9lands we c«m!d quite j under9tand that the American heart c<mld be fiml with the patriotism of hygone days. The apirit of, 76 and tbe veterans of 1812 c«mld be revived in their de9cendunts. But that we 9h*m.d go out of our way to knoek a ohip oflf the Hritiah lion’a 9h<>uldtr on these we9tern i9land9, two thousand milee from our eoael, appears very mueh like France a ezpedition to Tonquin. England will not waste her powder on these voloanic islands. If we really want lo provoke a war with her she rnay »mie day t<« the mark, but it will 1>« a stniggle for the Windward Islands. and one whieh will be worth her while. We advise every American Btatesman. every American newspaper, every American citizen to watch m the direction of the r:»ing aun and not b.>ther themselve9 about where it sets.