Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 17, 22 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Fron the Aitiy of Apr. 91. 1893. The Fiower Cantata to be perform«d to-roorrow mght *t Kawaiabto Cburch de««rve» a fuli houee. Although, tbe mueie ie eompaiwtively light, it i§ an underta*ing whioh will refiect great credit on tbe ladiee who wili »aeibt in it and i on the aehool girls and their teachere. We regret that arraneeroenta c<mld not l>e made fur a larger slage, althougb. wt believe i that all efforte have been roade to make the liraited room in the church aa attractive as possible. Tbe 8ingera will ai! appear dre?sed to repreeent the flowere whieh are to take part, and we doubt that { anvwhere outside of Hawaii so perfect a flower fihow could be preeented. The Chicago Tribune eon- 1 tained a while ago a very intere6t- ; ing di»cnotion of Kawaiihao j Serainary, in whieh the si»ecial cor- | resj*ondent adontted himself to- ' tally nuinhed by the exj»refiaive brown eyes. What will ihe reeult l>e lo-morrow night with tbe re-enlorcement whioh the eehool hae eecured? We dare not j)icture it, for fear of keeping the war-cor-re«j>ondents and niale tourists : away from the concert. One of the changes whieh in 1H8> i wr6 made in the old constitution. | was tbat “no meraber of the j gislature ehould ho!d olhee during ’ the term for whieh he wae elected’' i and it has always been conceded j that it was a very wise move iudeed. The grant:ng of ofl5ces to members of the Legislature was | becoming a very dangerous prin- j eiple and it culminated in 18S6, | when, if we reraember right, every j member of the ministerial pnrty went home witha billet. Th** gen- j tlemen now in power who fathered ! the 1887 constitution have either | forgolten the lofty pnneiplea of j whieh they then were adherents, or they do not find them so applieahle to the “ins ’as they seera to b>* to the ‘'oula.” We notict &t least t that the constitution is violated on that j>oint. Mr. Josej>h Marsden has been aj)pointed secretary of the Burean of Agriculture a salaried oHiee under the government. ! In 1892, he w»s elected a nohle, for Hawaii, for the term of six j years. and if the constitution of 1887 is in force, he eanuol hold any olhee of tru»t or eraoluraent before the six yeart have expired. lf the constilutiou pf 1887 is abrogaUd and the country le running along without any fundamental [ law, the P. G. should let the j>eo j ple know. But if, ae we under- | atand, Mr. DoleholdB that the oonetitution is still in force, exoept with the cbange8necesearilycaused by the abrogation of the monarchy then the government should avoid anv violation of tbe conslitution on ail other jx>int» and keep the fundamental law intact. The safeguards of the oountry and the finaneial credit of vhe government depend’s more thau anything else on the security with whieh the oonstitution hedgee in the Conrts of ihe land. If an opening ib given to break down the conslitutional guar»ntee of independence and imparūality whieh the CourU now ■anoe will be loet virto*llyipHra < «oeh to h«» facV bat I it to be far better aud eaf«r for tbej oovmtry not to trusi to the , Sr iU 1

The P. G. has appointed Dr. Rc«dgers to be secretary lo the 1 Councils with a salary of $75.00 j»er monlh. Tbis is another in=Urce »b re the govcrnmen: prc>ve« that rooney is no object. The Couociis hold two scssion8 in eaeh week and e*ch sitting lasts about Iwo bours. Although. we admit it most be a hard job to Iislen lo the exhaustive discu38ions relating to the military pants, or record the onexj>ected resolutions, m»tions, »r staUraentaof the Couneil’- enfa*( tf.rrible Mr. Emmelulh, 175 00 a montb is a very good j>ay iodeed f r tbe work re*juired, espeeialh' as ihe work could be done by one of the regular government clerks. of whom most bave ample time to do a little extra work. The President’s aide-de-camp-with-the-rank-of-Majth! has hardly anything to do except making calls and looking imj>orUnt, and he might a.- well du somethiug to earn thelucrativesalary whieh hedraws. There is a prai»eworthy inelinaj tion on the part of some of the Councillors to realize the true nosition of the C<>uncils and not as«ume the functions of a j>ermanent legislature. \Vhat has created «ueh inclination, whieh has been develoj)td on!y recently. we don’t know and we don’t care, the fact reraains that as long as the Councils will devote thcraselve8 to the mere runniug busmes8 of the governraent they will have the supjx)rt and confidence of the people, but when lhey arn>gate to themselves a power and an authority whieh it was not intended tbat . thev shou!d exercise they should 1 proraptly be rerainded that they | are not a representative body, but siraply acting as the receiver in an estate in litigation awaiting the decision «f the Court. — Mr. Boltesent fur Mr. Kauiukou 1 yesterday under pretenceofa statement madeby councillor Emmleulh i in the ineetiug of the Council that i Mr. Kaulukou was sporting around with a list c<>utainiug the uaiues of i certain citizens, whom it was alleged the g )vernraent intended to dejx)rt on aeeouul of their daring to differ in opoinion from the j powers that be. Councillor Bolte | assured Mr. Kaulukou that sucb a pr«>jK)8ition had never heen brought befure the councils—thatit was perfectly ubsurd and ridiculous for anybody to believe iu such an empty and dangerous rumor that | Mr. Kaulukou could feel assured himself, and assure his friends, that the government never had, norever wou!d, lend their time or their ear to propoeitions or plana of such a f«K)lish aud idiotic character. We fully believe that Mr. Bolte’s I assurance is both correct and to be relied on, but we must say tbat the government organs are to hlume fur the starting of, and the credence given to,tbe rumor whieh, we willingly adra>t is both foulish and idiotic. The Liberal, a paper subsidized by the government. started the hall rolling by stating that there has been terimu di*~ ewmon in regard to the deportation of certaiu auti-annexationist8, and went even so far as to meniion tbe namea of some of the ehoeen spirits. When a gorernment «ubsidi«ed paper, owned or managed by one of the offioers in the annexationclub, poeitiTely makea sucb a 3tatement, H seems plauaihle that the imm āueumon must h»ve heen heW by somebody in »utbority, and nol simpiy barebeeo the | whose character for v«racity and urltk QQ1TUI [.- ’ . \ » •« .- - - , •#

idiocv whieh so freqentlT occur m tbeir adrertisement-overfed papers. We are well aware, th*t Mr. Dole has onee stated in open eouneil that the government is ouly responsib’e f>r what appear» in ihe By Autliority o>lumnsufthe jK»j)ers, but it is rather difficult for the j>eople at laree to jjet rid of asneaking idea that very often the iannexaton j)*pers are inspired from above. Their very raild and ple3Sant att : tude at preaent, we at Ieast firraly be!i«*ve. is the result of an *• inspiratioD." The Star receritiy said : “That the annexationists are s»ncere in their pledge to tbe natives their > character ought to attest. Suffr;ige to be sure. is not theirs to give, either to themselves or other people. Such matters must be left to Congresa; but one thing they ean and will do whieh must decisively affect tbe LegisIation that C«ngress j will enact. They ean decline to ask for any rights for themselves whieh the natives will not share." This appareutly seems fair enough. but it is not until carefully examined that its jesuitical sophistry ean be clearly seen through. We will pass over the guarantee of honcsty atf >rded by th echarocter of the annexationists as our opinion on that jK)int differs materially from that of the Star. We areglad to sce however that they admit the truth of our statement thatsuffrage is not theirs to give, but belongs after annexation toCongress alone. It is the last portion of the quotation whieh contains the duplicity : “They ean decline to ask for any rights for themselves whieh the natives will not share.” Heretofore the natives of this country have had a manhcod suffrage, limited by nothing but the ability to read and write, and the prepayment of taxes. These are the civil rights and the suffrage whieh these annexatiouists have taken away, a!though they have to admit that iftheir designs are succesful they themselves will not have the power to restore it. The question is will they ask for its restoration. The Star does not say that tbey either will or eau ask forthat. lt simply says they ean decline to ask for any righte for themselves whieh the natives will not ehare. This may and probably does mean that they will not ask any rigbte for themselve8, or that if they do, they will be hedged in, such a very similar way to noble-voting qualifications that the majority of natives will have to soffer the total loss of those civil rights they have enjoyed for over half a century. If these are not the correct deductinns from the Star’s Ianguage, then Iet the owners aud condvctors of that paper say straight out in uumulakeahle language, what they do meau to ask for, and not scek to delude Hawaiiane by promismg them bread, and. when tbe time eomee to fulfil the promise, giving them a stone. Let them publicly announee over the signatnres of the Executive and Advisory Couneile, and tbe leading members and eommiUee of the Annexation Lesgoe, what they do intend to try to get io the matter of suffrage, if annexation comes to pass. Until that is done fraokly and freely. the Hawailane will have a strong suspicion that there is a snake in tbe grass, or a nigger in tbe fence, and «U1 not heed the voice of the charm«r, charm he never so wisely. On Wednesday morn:ng. the Advertiser contained an item that Mr. Pratt tbe Oneul Oenenl »t 8an Frandaoo was noi to be re oalkd. In Ihe afternoon the Star sUted that b« had been recalled abeotately and uceqaivocally. (Ttūs w«iBd« a» of an inddent

The Evening dae-Star, otberwise the Medic*I S!anderer, is at its nsual praclice of vilifying the Anierican navai geutleuien in port. \Vbether it is Wause the usual def**rvnc« has not heen d*m1 to the i father of anntxation and hia , j snciety eliipie, of re-echo:ng their : sentimente and siander:5 as the ulterances of deity, we are unaware. But we fail to see how the naval officer of a repub!ic ean be truly glvled a royalist. Perhaps however the St ir 8cribbler? are eompilinp a new dictionary in whieh tbat epithet may be made to lit. The gentleman whoever he is. that is apparentlr alluded to we have never met or even seen, but ifhe is a roya!iet republican or a republiean royalist. we shouid like to see what kind of a niiUi he is. Oue thing. however. we aresali?fied of, he must be a gfntleman\ otherwise, the Star writers would not | sneer at him. i Mr. Mott Smith, Hawaiian Minister at \Vashington, has always been regarded here as a strong annexatioaist. He said recently that the Amcricans in this country (Hawaii) favor anuexation for what tney ean make out of it. He certainly told the truth, and he is a cornpeteut authority, for he faas known the whole inner workings of the movernent ever since its ihception. | i Lord Pauncefote, English Ambassador to America, in a speech recently sjioke of “those bonds of amit} r whieh unite the two great ' English-speaking peoples” meaning thereby no doubt England and America. However the Star thinks that he intended to allude to its relations with the *‘Bulletin” and it hastens to disclaim the soft impeaehmenl. Amity! Nol We are not on friendly terms. We are after (and a loug way too) tlie ; ‘‘EulleHu’a” scalp. — J. J. Williame says tbe Lavsan 1 īsland Canary is good at catching flies. We advise him to import some and turn them Ioose in the Star office. They have never yet heen ahle to say “There are no fliea on us.” Most of the war correspondents from the great Amenean journals will steer for other fields within a week. The Hawaiian hoom for the newspapers is played'Out, and the Oolumhian Fair will now take its plaee. When the war cnrrespondents have washed off their pa!nt and appear m their resj>ective journals as fair correspondents, we shall be pleased to read tbeir reports of that great wonder of the world. The - experience we have got. m regard to their ver.icity aud power of imagination, wili enahle us to enjoy their writings greatly, although, for the sake of our digestion we shali be ob!iged to take it with a ton of salt. It was anderstood that Capt. Larse.n of the Poliee force was detailed to work up the crown jewels and the opium steala. Larsen is the cleverest man on the force and we are surprised thut be in this instance seems to be unahle to trace tbe criminals. We are nnwtlliog to helicve the eommon report that Captain Larsen ha» traced the thieves, aud that the cast-s are in the hands of Mamhal Hitchcock, who for some reason or other appears to have pigeonho!ed them. lf the marshai has any idea of retaining bis good reputatioD, from Uawaii, of being a fearless and boo«st official we sbould reconaipend to him not yet to «tart the pigeon-hole racket, but do tue duty to the Hawaiian