Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 207, 24 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

j» >#- r**»»i lh<? Lo;tery Act i »nd the Opiuin Līeen?-? Aet ni? alw;iv- l>een |>araded by the an- j neKi?!**! ’-* -1 a- ihe t»vi> i>rincipal reas <■« f>r th<* late revolution. Th--e t>vo alleged inhiinoua m*-a9- l uree are «aid t<> have iui-de i •• native rul>* ” inipo9s i b 1 e j f>r the fit :re and anneia- i tion heemie ari imperative neeee- > s:tv t>> s.ive t!te c<untry moraIly and finanoi !y. > leh statement8 bv the ann‘ X itionists have heen puh- J liahed freq>ientiy and have bt-en use<i ag:iin and again b<>th by the t I*. G. C'>mmission and by the I loeai aj«>i'>gi:-ts f>r tl»e late revn- i iuti*>n. >er»-no Bish<>p has en- j larpe<'l on the subject in h;s usual twsddiing manner and the extraordinary envoy Mr. John L Stevens has written piges about the lottery and opium rings in Honolulu and tri»-d gen r.illy U> make an irapressioa that -vhat he calls ihe “b»'tter elemenl,’’ id est the annexationists.had nothing wh itever to do with the acts mentioned. It is about time to show that the opium and lottery nngs, if by tliat term is raeant those who favored the two acts, consisted Iargely of the s irne men whose names now are prominently enrolled on the liet of the annexation club. Tlie “P. C. Advertiser” onee lhreatened to puhlieh the Honolulu petitiro iu favor of ihe Lottery b II, but rtfrained from doing it after learuing that nearly all the advertisers in the paper nad attached lheir natnes to the petition and would strongly object to such ' puhliealion. We will now en- j courage the Uhristian morning | trun>peter to fulfil <its threat and show up unm>*rctfully the rien who favored tbe vile «eheme. \\ e have before us a e >py of the said j>etition, and >ve feel convinced that it will l>e a great !esson and of inlenee i.iterest to the virtuoua patriots wh > revolted on accouut of the sc.iiidalou8 bill to tiod the uamee of all iheir ardent supporters. fiom tiiat <<f aiineialioii’e pioa dowu lo the furnishers of military b<'ols and rotten pants,aud frornthe advisory C'<>uncil down t<> the viceboes in the Custom Houae. \W admit that it is sad for the insurgeuts iu their eff >rts to be-§rr<>>-,«h tbe o!d r»*g<rne to see tbe artificiai props on whieh the apologies for their tre»soii r»st. cr»mble awuv one V>y one. and leaving their seifish, greedy, and crimi.ial molives exp»8<*d in all their hideous nakediicss. The Opium license bill wbs sup- , ported by a omsider*bie nuuiber of the ref,»nn p«rty. Two of tbe ministers in the reform cabinet, Mes?rs. Oeeil Brown and Mark Robinson v<>ted in favor of the bill whieh was carried by a Iarge majoniy. Mr. Mapsden,one of tbe P.G. Commissioner8 to Washmgton voted wit t >Hith bands rnd feet iu favor of ihe measure, whieh later on was used in tbe Statcs as a good gn. *,nd f»r tbe destruotion of tbe Hawaiiau government. lu the eiaborate fiuancial stateraent published by Mr. P. C. Joues in the £xaminer, bis estimatee of the revenues of the country for tbe Mwioa t>->»-<J «« ' **** o • ** * » ** tbe money to be <koi*«d opium liewM.kai t)M M. npMk ed tbe act althoogh «vtty member ■ of it knew that tbe rctpoonble

! maj rity of all interests in tbe ! eouutrv favored the measure. The 1 depleted treasury needed the re- } venue, whieh woa!d h,ive accrued 1 fr >m the sale of the lieenses and • the imporlation of opium, and ! opium would un<ier the bill not | hav»- becn oue whit less scarce or difficult to obtaiu tiian it is to-d.iy. Wheu the aun» xati nists use the j K»tt*-rv and opiuin 'aws as reasous ! an<i exc 118**8 f>r asking to l>e de- ; priv*<l of seil g<)vernment they are on dnigerous ground.and Mr. J. L. • Stevens siiouid have been car>.f'il ‘ « wben iie -i.irted throwing dirt to | see lhat it didu’t hil,first and forem<>st, his accc?s> rics in th>- piratii eal aunemlion scheme. ■ i «< Aaother reas>m given by t>e ;innexationists as an excuse for the i | revoluti»n and f>r tfae requcst t > be | : admitted t > the Araerican Union j [ haa not heen us»*d f>r obvious reasons quite ao l<>ud as the hilla ; we have r» f.;rred to above,and that reason ean be expressed ia two words. Claus Spreckels CommissionerThurston hasbcen eomnlaining bitterly ever the irou sugar hanā wliieh he claimed th>-1 Spreckels had on the neek oftlieplauters;u Hawaii, and Mr. Thurston’s party has endeavorcd ,to prove that Sprecke!s really was behind all the corrupt aud uasatisfactory governments whieh they elaim have tnined the country since 1884. Mr. Spreckels has even been aecused by them of being behind the Lottery aeheine, aud in fact been pictured in Wasnington, and we suppose a!so to President Clevehind’s representative here, a8 being the personification of all that is evil and » curse to Hawaii. We heard the head of a prominent firm here, cxpress himself, a few days bef»re the arnval of eolonel j Spreokels, to the eff *ct “that ‘ we ’ I Wv>uld not tolerate Spreckels dicta- ; ting to us, we have got rd of his *>r anyotber one nian rule Kere,and j a reptition of such one-man rule wouki simply mean ruin to all of U3 ” Aud whathas Cok>neiSpreckels ever done in Hawaii whieh wou!d give anybody the fiintast ground , to l>elieve that he woukl eomo’il any action whieh eoukl lead to the ruin of the oountry financially or morally? lt ean be answered in one sentence:. he has made himself eterually desj>ised by the- Central j UnionDlantersand merchantsbvdefendi»g theHawaiiansand becomiug their true friend. He has by his exaraple,as a just and honest man, who gives the owner of the soil his due, made the descendants o! the Cnristian teachers in Hawaii astiamed of themselves —and no man ever forgives the man who shows him up. Tbis is what Spreckels has done to deserve the enmity and hostihty of the ulanters and nierchant8,and to be vilified by them at his haeii while he is smi!cd at to his face. Clau? S«>reckels brought his hard-earned tnoney here and invested it and thrmigh his *hrewdness aud fearless enterorise he succeeded, and made more rooney —and we are glad that he did. He started a bank here and thereby br«ke dowu a monopoly whieh bad been like a mill-stone round the neek of the mercantrie community. He has been ready and willing to iuvest and lend money at a reasonable rate of interest Uw»eby forcing interest on money down to a he*lthy basis from the u»ariooa he : g ,, t where it fbrraeriy hed heen held by the p«wnbrōkera wbo styled theroeelven hnnkM. H» has wiihin t«tj reoeot timea aaeisted financially tbe rerj planUn

and merchant3 who have buc&ed him for jea«. aud who are re»idy to cut hi« thr >at a« a thauks to him f*r not it-av:ng iheai lo lheir own devicrf—and ruin. He hae nlaced freight rates. exchange mtes, and factlilies to d;spose of the pro«lucts of the laad, on belter terajs tbau thev ever c»>uld be ob* taiued at b.'f>re. and tben he has finaliv t >LUiuitted tīie crime 1 1 uiaKti;g m iney. And th .se who eiaim that tiie g veruments whieh have beon supjK>rted him have been e >rrunt and d ttnagiiig to tiie intere-ts >f the eou trv tell whal ts not true. Never his ihe country prosper<d : īs i: has und**r ihe so-ca Ied Spreckels‘ :n;ni3tri» s. Money and credit were alwayg plentiful whieh is more than the regime of to-day ean say. Spreckels' firm opposed the Lottery hill toot!i und uail, as he would have doue hiuis-lf if he had betn here, and as he would any measure whieh might be detrunental to the country and the people. The absurdity that Spreckels ever shoukl do anything against ihe interests of the eountry! Whut benefits. the country benefits him and onlv idiots would accuse him of neg!ecting his own interests or business. We all know of the beautiful dreams whieh visit our annexation planters in the night, and whieh show to them the contract with Spreckele torn asnnder and a refiaery in full blast on the Honolulu esplanade. Dream on! Gentlemen! in peaee. Dreams do not always eome true; but keep on dreaming il is pn>b.ibly all you will do before you get through chewing the too big mouthful whieh you recently have bitteu ofl’ whieh now threateus to ehoke you. The Star now adtnits that the sngar plantfrs are not a.td never have heeu ih favor of annexation, and that even the royalist papers have never accused them of it. Ex.ictly so neighbor, we have eontended time and time agiin that you, and Mr. Thurston, and the rest of the annexationists, were lying m<>st ontrageously when yuu c!aimfcd that ninety percent of the wealth of the country favored annexatk>n. By admission in the Doctor’s Saturday issue. it is clear now that we /have been correct in stating that the weallh of the country is opp.āsed to annexation and to the revolutiun. But how do Messrs. Tiiurston and Castle and the rest of the Commissioners apf>ear afler the statements made by them to the Araerican government, and to the g<x>dnatured Sunday-Schools who allowed them to give them a fill from Hawaii? Itis beyoud a doubt, even to the dullest mind, that the Hawaiians are opposed to annexation to <>ne man; that the most importaiit* industry here — the 8tigar industry—is op{w>sed to it, that the English residents. both capitalists and otherwise, are opposed to it (of course wilh the exeeplion of the renegade Englishman from Van Hiemen’e Land .vho would foreswe;ir heaven—leave alone his allegiance to his fatherland —for a ehaoee to realize on bis Pearl City iots, and the Chinese employing milli*>Qa;re (?) Sc>tchman of iron farae. who has filled J. L. Stevens with admiration for hii weaUh and complacency in as■iiting in his scheme.) But, ia then the natural queslion, who in the nama of heaven are in favor ol annazation? There are the ielfezpatriated shopkeepers and ckrki, h«aded by annexation s papa, whe

revo!ied on account of the L<>ttery bill afler having pet;tioned for its passage. Then there are some school-teachers — bīrd« of i>i«- »g • ■ like Mr. Oleson and Mr H w:u**r — | or brillant genii lik 4 » liie spec ; :nen who nusqnote3. and , Qiisnnderst4nds Herl>ert >p-“ vr ! f.>r the benefit or otherwiv of the pupi!s in Krt >:re-t scho- t!ie.. t:. rv - ->- Revere .<l S»-reuj Bi-;i“t>. w-hoae eiaim to heirl m the j annexition soheme isbss..l ui>- :i ■ his facility in vi!ifying and abusing and *anderii.g the w ..u.<n whom th;s n:»ti >n c.»lls Q>t-en in whieh wurk he ts ab!v a->:<t> <l bv • * J i hyj>ocritical evil-m:uded female j pers>>ns who have disgrao<?«i th- | name <>f wonuo by joiniog in the ; att »cks on thoir Queen, w!i > h:»b friend»xl and helped them »nd , their charities f<>ryears. Aiui ! »-t. I but not le.ist, is there the t »nicneeding geut!emin who is tve<l <>f nutive rule — Lhe m.in. whom j natives made wealthy. who sh»>ws his patriotism by s;>ending and in- ; vestinghis m.mey ahro.iJ. wh > has , allowed the name »>f his wife t > Ih? j s illied in the raind of hercountry- ; men, bv placing her house aud homestead at the dispositiou of the hostile armed forces who made war on her-f >ster sister, aud who has | allowed the patriotic monumeiil | whieh she erected for the benefit of the Hawaiian race to be used ns a field for an agitation whieh has for its object to k> 11 and destroy the feeling of patriotism and love of coimtry, whieh the chiefess who founded the Kamehameha School desired to develop and f ster in. the young. And this is the gang whieh has aske»i the Uuited States to stea! t!iis oountry and rob thc natives of their land: The j br«zen g»ll! The impudent 1 eheek.” N>>t one of them br»ught ! with them to this country one cent of money. Not one of them has heeome anything except a p»r;»site on the 9<>il of Hawaii-nei, sucking out its life b!o>d and weallli and investing it somewhere eie*». It the aimexatiou’s papa must die under the Stars and Stripes to find neaee in hia gr;»ye. he has !>ad ample of timc to go where it floats since 1S69 when he landed h-re—-«e admire the feel»ng of patriotism whieh tnakes him fond and proud of his fiag, and on!y hope that ihe gre;»t fl »g has as good reason to be as proud of fi>>atmg over him as he is of parading and displaying it. If the man who tiolds Pauahi’» wealth is so tired of her n;»tive land,the worid is large and nob.>dy will worry if he goes forth and Ukee all her weallh with him — even the Board of Edacation ean manage without its President as long as its present sUfT of polilieal school teachere hold ?way. D<> all of you just as y>>u please but do not presume to arrogate to yotirself t!ie righl to disp>se <>f tne life aod destiny t-f th;s country at.d ihi« nation. D*x;tor McGrew is the responsible »?ditor of a paper whieh in f.»lse statements and g»rbled rep>Tts, excels auything yet published in this city. At the same time the Doctor edit«>rially tel!s us lo have implieii faitb in his bare *wd and believc that the polilieal rights of the H&waiiaua will be the eondit on, witbout whieh no annexation trealy will be accepted. Our •paee is too valuable to point out i the falsehoods whieh the doctnr dishes ap every evenīng. Int»-r-r views whieh never took plaee and > whieh are retracted in tbe fol!ow- . ing iseoe fiil hia paper. The alan- > deroas comments on tbe work o

the Haw*ii*n women'a patrii'tic lognf, f>r whieh the D"Ct.>r woaMn'l d*ir to pro»iuce hi* lyin< *>aroe of īof‘-rni»lion —reports of j wh*t i«s*id»f coiiDrenc*s between | th« pr.>iu:nent »ot -r? in the M»waf iun drauj*. eau»h»t»cally den;ed ibv the DarticitJ«Jits —st-iteineate • * a!leged a« cv>nJtng fn»:u the Adi utiral aud olher naval ! officers, and w.lhout a aeinUlU of | truth or rv.j> n f“r them thie , kind of mcvi clne is what ihe d -ct..r i atteujpts 1“ luake a bealthy puhlie i awallow d.tily with.>at r. gurg u« UoQ ,tt UM j**cts to er > i l e • a I paj>er reCOgniicd f>r il- e rrvctiu-i 1 and reliabil ty «inee it« e?tabl -hraent. Fri»l iy niahl, th.nigh, th« ; doct >r exce d- l hinun?lf in |> :b1 lisbing a vile and lyu;c «C»tcment ! untlcr ihe huading ti <i i! ab<>ut an allegctl $h«>rtage in the custum hou«e. Inste.id f enquiriug in that oQicc. it ti»ere w»s any tr?itK in ihe rcp<«rt. tiit* D*ct >r. in his well known ro«e a» s t>»wn-g >«' p, rusbc? mlo print.b'*lieving that he is scrv;ng a ap.eialle de!icious pieee of scandal suitcd to the c»rruj»t taste <>f the amiex:tlionists. always on the look»ut for fraud and dej>ravity aniong the royaIists, whoee character the d >ct >r is inclincd t<> judgc from his own. If an enquiry had bcen ma<le the doctor wouhl have Iearne<l that thcre wcs no scandal whatever, and that the late Collector-General and his eoukl weleome an invcstigation <>f all their aff.tirs, knowing that everything was in tip-top ahape in their dcpartment. If the h*tar w.as a decent journal it it wouhl not have l»egun to throw mud bcf»re inve?t’gating the ni8tter. but then. it i» true. that the marine Doct<»rnever cared vcry particu!ar!y about inv<»tig ition9 — in fact objected t<> them very mueh indeed. But the Custom-Mouse i» not a Marii.e Moepital,dear D'>ctor! And A. S. C.rghoru i» not J. S, McGrew, we •honUl retnark. The IIn\aaiian (Sazette of March 7 eonlaina the text <»f t!ie treaty fnr annexing the Islunds. and in . its coinments ujxm the sugar bounty l>usinc99 ahowa slight re»pect f>r the opinion of 5 >mc «>f our ahle pub!icist who he!d that the bo>mty would not h <ve to be paid to the Mawaiian» (with onc-half to the Sugar Trust) unics- C<>ngrcs9 9o ordered. Says the li <zette: “The tre*aty inake9 Mawaii, Ameriean soil and there Ī9 ctrong ground f«*r ho!ding lliat the Mawuiian grower9 of »ugar will )>eeome entitled t . any bounty pa;J to other American growcr9 as 90011 as rat fications have l»een cx-chang*-d ” So we havc alw ys maintained. A full-fleilgc«l Ainericiin not eulille*! to a K>unty would be a rarc bird. The Hawaiiana had rather bc and bay the moon ihan aueh Americans.—Seu> V»rk .\ntion.