Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 194, 5 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Ai.«l now :he itir -tcoiide<J fcy the Advert —r. and ub tbat ;.ob'dv ever dreained f • depr:ving tue Hawaiiana of their franc:)t»e. and that -uoh idea tnu?t have eii)4:jat'-d in the d— eed Lrain of a r •yali?t. We really don’t know in what light to 1o<>k at thi!i r*-tnarkable ex :ifciti<*n of ; gall. We beīieve th.tt we are as g;fted wilh as g ■ i an under?tandmg uf the Ki.gi:-.'i !.mgu.ige •- tlie aver ge m<>rtal, but we have never —no. nevtr for u -ec<>nd—bt*en able to d duce from ihe editor'als in fie Advertiser —fn»m the statemeuts uiade bv the Provisional Commis fioner- in the Aiuerican press—from the American j.»urnals fav ring annexatiou-from the tenor of lhc treaty preseated by Secretary F.»ster to the Senate, ur froro t!ie avowed expressioti- ofthe leading annexationists here. that there ever hae beeu the sligi t ,-t intention of asking fur a franchise f>r liie Uawaiians. Thedeclared i»rograuime ol the I*rovi9ional G »vernment as rxpounded in ihe Advertiser has l»een thal Hawaii sht»uld be emb,died in the Union under the «anie form ».f governmetit as the ! District of Columbia, <»r if this should bef»und impr <ctic.»ble, the govtrnment of Alaska was to be tbe raodel according to whieh our future was to be framed. If the Provisional Government has abandoned such plans and have decided not t<» ratify any treaty whieh <loes not give us the right of a Sfite then, by all means, let them eome out and say so, and they will tind their, and <>ur road, lar easier to travel. and we may vet meet on S"me kiiui ot sonn J aiul healthy basis. The question of ihe asiaiics need n t worry the government, or its organs, <>r the United States. We have no treaty with Ohina and any laws relating to Chinese in the States will in n<> way interfere with any alleged riglits of the Chinese here. The Japanese are different, but we eannot see any reason why those Japanese citizens here, who shouId be «ufliciently qualified to vute undertheelectiou lawsofthe United States. sbou!d be deprived of their franchise. The large burde (»f i»ntract lab.»rers wouKl play no role whatever, us none of them wouid be able to re;ul or write the English language or understand the Auierioan Constitution. That intelligeiit men like the Japanese physicians and merchants here ahouhi be disfranchised is an injustice whieh cannot be corrected to<» »oon. The t »tal number of aueh qualified Japauese voters would perhaps n«t exceed 200, and con9equeullv be of very small monieiil, The truth is. though, that the Sl.tr and the Advertiser do not mean wh it they profess in thesr editonai eolumna. Uutil we hear ihe Proviaional Government oflicially and publicly state that they only desire uuiou lo the Vnrted States if the franchise i? grauted to ihe Hawaiians. and they s»o iustruct their Comtnissiouers. aud the other Hawaiians will eonlinue to believe that the iutention is submit this country to a carpet-bag rule of the worsl form and have Hawaii governed from Washington. Too many cooks spoil the broth is au old saying whieh it seems to us is beiug daily illusirated by the

!prr«enl s Ternmei»t. Foru*erIy it *!ways l*~en fou::d sutficient t • ve tht- vcrnment of these Is!ands conducted by fuur ministen nsp mb o fir tboir actkwi6 t tn° repreeeutalives : ihe people. Tnese i ur nim.=-ers were sup- -■ i to c,»rry ;t the lawg as mad».“ by ihe L-g.=lature, and alt ■_< tb*.;• to ;*r: rat :..•• executiv« fui;cti<>: - < f tne governmeut. Tae;r numfcer h*= vlrtaallv b-en sael.e-i t) e_• iU-en ;a lh.U the Aivis rv Council i= s ttmg with the £xecnlive aiui t;icitig a very act;ve p»rt in t;;e functions whieh ight t • be y intr isted t<> the ; f >!ir m ; ;-:•■!■=. if th>- r=- »s »n t>r :ablebreachofallcon8ti- • . n;t; iial pnneipie ir—s from the fact that the Advis<»ry Oouneil has : n" confi leuee in th< abilitj <»f the , ministcrs. why d • they nct remove tiiem itnd replace them by others ? \Ve !• lieve that the ministry is P'. rfcctly competent to carry out the business un>l there ean be no ■ l »ubt tiiat the c.»mmunity has f"ll confi<ience in their honesty and iutvgrity, l»at they s!i >uld l»e !eft .<lone l > ruu thvir rcs|»ective rtments. T A 1 -ry Oonn- * • I eil, whieh it hae j’i-t i>.*en claimed i hefore tiie Courts of the countr\ r sits as a Legis! itive b >dy. should ii"t interfere wiih tiie chief execu- ; v<» of tiie g»vernment. This di»ctrine has been laid down, and | hi»rped on. over and over agiin, during Ihe last L gislature, where there.quile often was s »ine ineliiialion by certain members to meddle in the Custom Ifc»use and Poliee Dep.irtinent. Messrs. L. A. Thurston, S;nilh (th. present A. G.) Cecil Brown, and Uaklwiu, wcre the aiain exponents of the prineiple of noa-iuterference with the Executive, but all th.»se principies ; have been hiowu to the winds j n<»w. We now see tiie Advisory j Oouneil sittiug tnd seriously di=- . cussiug the mer.t= ot a meat-iu-spector. or debatuig sulemnly on i the threadb.<rene=s <»f the military trousers. Appoiutments and d:smissals are tlie »">ject of the special interest of ihe Advisory inen whiie ihe uuf»»rtuuate four executiv<*s are not in it at «II. An Advisory Council may be a very goo<l institutioii t" perfonn neces- j sary legislative work or to be | called on in an einergency —say when the goverument shou!d be cal!ed on to pay a eouple of hundred thousand d»llars with thirtv thousand and their advice would then l»e of great benetit and āpeeial interest to the eommunity. but w<* believe that the Advisorv Oouneil sbould confine it.gelf to ofticiating on snch oeeaeions and n<»t go into a secret and soleran conclave every tiine a po- * lieeman is to l»e dismissed or a patch put on the pants of a soldier. ’ It is beueath the dignity of a b >dv of resjH>nsi’ole aiivisers lo j infringe on ihe <lulies <>f the executive, and it is an iusu!t to the ministers. Another reiuar»iable fiiMncial feature at the present time of scarcity is the d»*sire <>f the G»vernment to seize on the $50.000 of Educational funds. whieh they a!lege is in the hands of oue man wb«»se honesty they do not impugn. Heretofore, for a ?core of years, it has been the proud b-uast of tne Bureau of Education ihal its teachers have never h«d to wait f>r tbeir money, though manv another departuieul ol Gov- • ▼ 1 . • v ■ *\ emuieiii uj»s. ii >• -*.* - *>u hand on t»ay day. And this has beenthereasonthat it has beenable \ to s**cure and keep as eompetent and talented, a bodv of instructors ae it now

hi5, a« the service always been i<iose*i up <n a tli >roogh* ly relub:e pn>le=3»oo. Now, il me monev i« lo be ti'sen roai the c»re of the gent eroen who have given , bonde t<» s*-cure it« 5aiety. anJ wh<)se hone?:y .u: ncver been iiupugneii, ;»nd t'.irned irto tne c-.iTeraous min of !h;il trei - i r y wh•» - e ori1 y j use it t>re- ■ <t -*e>iiS t<» t *f»how const.uu!v incre #nc detic te ;itid overiu<, ■ : t >-v »r tu ■ le.iehen- ; go::,g t > get paid? A'i»l t t’:iey are not n gū.iriy p»id wh-»t guar uitee , have we th it the educilion f lbe j young will b- continued? Gentle i men! P.iu$e! Never overturn a | system whieh his woried well • withi> it eiiiie s:«ecial reason, »nd let tiiat be that that it ie now working ill. Better hear the evils we not of ttian tiy to ihoee unknown. The actioti of the Pinanee Committee whieh was adopted on Monday !>y the Executiveand Advisory Oouneila of segrogating the revenue of the Crown Lands, and placing llieni iu the Treaeury to the credit of the general g-»vern-ment funda1s somewhat pecu!iar to say the least of it. 11 nvever we withdraw that remark beforehand, if it shall be coosidered eonlemptuons »>r iiisulting to say that any thing the CounciIs do is ueculiar. When ihe revolution of the I7th 1 January took plaee the Cro\vn Land revenues \vere stquestered. and plaeeil on special deposit in Bishop and Co’s BanK.to iwait the ; result of the Queen’s protest at | Washingt >n and the dispc«ition | made of this country_ by the L'. ■ goveriiment. The P. G’s. eommissioners proposed a treity.\vhich President liarrison accepted. that the oroducts of these same lands ehouhl be kept in trust for the people of tiu-.se isiands t >r the purposes of edueation, *Or Now to ' taKe these funds and applv thcni i to the payment of debts incurred through the extravagant extraordinarv expenses is b>nh a breaeh of faith to\vards the Q u-en and t»wards the Unit».d States. Should the Queen be restored who will repay these fuuds ? Sho ld annexation he the outc->me who will refund to the educational uses c»f | tiie country the missing eoin ? Anv\vay the g-- ieral revonue of the country should b* sutRcient to pay it« general cxp?nses, and it ;t isn’t, as Thurston used to say. tlie expenses should be reduoed and not increased. We would >lraw Coramissioner Blount's 3pecial atteation t<> ihe tactics of th<»se who urge annexation as the remedy f»r our difRcu!ties. They have hulUl >z*-<l their employees iuto s:gnii g the roll, hired impecunious and w rthless Hawaiians to urge the same -on lheir own race. threatened ,t > , boycott all th< se who did not join them. gone r<>und to private eiuployers to d stni3s all employet9 who were not in sympathy with thein,dismissedgovernmentofficial8, not for not doio2 their duties. but for bein" «een in e>mpany with auy known to be op{»osed to annexation, and now they prop >se. as may be seen in last nighl’s ; ‘*Bulletin,” to boycott ail who support or patronize in any sfaape any newspaper whieh does not advocaie abs<>lutely everything they dc»ire. This they eall elieiling puhiie opinion, and gelting p .» b « le .. , iu, ;uvu _- . ,gs. Other people eall it the worst form , of despotic inquisition and tyranny known. Never during the Queen’s re gn did the government or its eupponew eudeavor to force

men's opiniona, or t<> conlrol their thought? and wor<is. Yet these self—stvled a<i> < at» 1 . ..e».,. _ ean on!v bo;s:er up the:r .-ause ia ■ , th;s way. I D<vt r McGrew continues u> in»ult the Japan< -e Consul >y ref }v»nlii'g and further present:t;g a lot of lving strv t r;uii«<rs in the I eoiumna <<f the Kveniog Go«ipnr. ( We do not believe that menib--r3 of j ihe c »rt-9 dip’i<»:ualiquc shou! i la*e noliee of the 1- eal press in the c »untries t » whieh they are as»igned. aiul we have no d >ubt i tiiat C->nsul Fujii*s -it*ej> is in no w.iv d;sturbe«l by being l-»und »uilty (!) or not guilty (!!) by the anoeialion d«>ctor. \W will repr»ut a part of a sj>eech made by England’s lea>liiig d;pl<>mat. L<>rd I)ufiferin.the amb >s? id«>r to Frauce, a: the British Chatuber <>f Commerce iu Paris, on the 12th i-f February this year. Lor«l Duf ferin has f«>r s >tne linie l>een ti;e victtni of the most vioious an<i sl nderous attack by the French uress of ail shad«,s of politics, aiul degrees of resi>ectability and inAuenee, but he has never taken any potice whatever of them. Sir Edward Blount who pre9ided al ihe dinner referre<l to these newspaper atticks. an-1 this is what Lord Ouffi-rin answered : “lt is new to my experience that an Ambassador, ihe personal representative «>f his S>»vereign. should be caught bv the tH'jnnagt uf the domestic polemiea of the country to \vh< se Government he is accredit-d. Bul 1 have eeen ray s*»!f repeate<lly accused in \\ i<lely circulated papers. wh«>«e statements huve und<>ubteilly carried conviction with thein t<> vast numbers of people, of themoet disgraceful and ahominahle ccnduct, <>f acts whieh. if uroved, wouidjustify uiy being sauimone<l t > the bar of a crimmal court. lt may, of course, be said that thes** assaults are ber.eath my noliee. UVM. thfy are »o far henmlk my notire thnt I hare not thoujh( lt tr >rth trhile to make them the *uhjert o/ ai.y n/firial complaiiit \ but to-night we are for the raoment in E<>g!an<l. Those I see around me are as mueh eoncerned, 1 am sure. with my g'><ni uame as I myself cou!d be, and il ha» always l>een rnv (>ract ee whenever I raeet a lie l > nail il at onoe to the counter. M >reover, as ih® monstr>>us fabric.itton3 t<> wiiieh tir Edward Bl»unt has referrcd, wou!d militate ag,iinst my usefulness as an Aoiba-s.nl >r if <-ven partialiy credit«d, I »1*> n<>l he-i-tate t<> take th;s opportunity tosay that the whole senes of a?ā» rtions whieh have been s<> indi»striously propugaled, including the ahs«rd stateraeiit that 1 arrive<l iu France furnis!>ed with an enormous sum of ui»ney —three milliona of francs, I think, was thesurn n»med —to be applied to the c <rruution oflhe French Press and of French }><>lilieiauā witb the view of breaking up the Franco-Russian allianee, is n<>t oniy untrue in tbe widest acceptation of that terra, but that there is not, and there never has been. a shade <>r a s!iadow of subēlanee in any of the v.irious al!e1 gations whieh lr>m time t«» time have been issued wilh the v:ew of building up thts inconceivable mystiRcation. E haawi n«> ko aiakou Kakauolelo Mr. Thos. K. Nakanaeia. he 25 kenela no kela a rr.e kei- haneri pooleta i pau ka mana o ke Aliiaimoku Liliuokalani ke lawe a hoounaia mai iaia ma ke Keena o ka nupej>a Hawaii Holoml'a. [lmd-wk lf