Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 219, 10 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

T e vici >'i6 idiot, who ithrustiiiu the of his hnin'hm. f rw.ini in the eolumna of the rv mng Stnr is «t it sg-iir». Mon‘iiv i:ight he gf>es. into auother rtation fit and bewails the nii' - ike madi whieh the Q ie)-n to remain in the country. e ;tod ihe “8toopids ' of the 6ime ilk. c*nnot under»t-ind. it that the P. G. hae a:ready hr..keo f«ith wiih the Queen and h*T govermn*ut in several minor iiialter», an«i that they .;annot very well procee*l in that line it they vti- to relain auy »upp<jrt of tlie r - eelahle portion of the eommun'ty. lt a propo8ition to h.ii—h the Qucen, h*d heen made on t!ie I7th of January doee the p. rt e mortar wieldiug editor of tiie SUr. helieve that there «mu. 1 have hoen auy thought of a eurr. nder ? T!ie 8urrender of the Q)ieen’s government. under protest t.. the United States was accepted aii.i 'cknowledged by Mr. Dole atter having heen nudeby Mr. Damon on hehalf of the P. 0. and it simply .placed the P. G. in power until the Uuion with the American Rc t .iiblic imd been accomplibhed. ]t m.w the ()nited Sutea rtfuee to receive the Hawaiian Ieland« a8 ofi'ered to them by the small nnnority of the people represented by the P. G.. it is then for them 8econdly to coniider the tenor of Ihe Queeu » prote«t. lf it ie proven h. yond doubt to the gov«rnment of V'.e United States that the revolut "U in Hawaii was aided and ab>tted—y>-8. i>erunp8 even eun-Cf<ted-by th- men represeuting the the lmted JM.it. s—the Cieveland Admini8tr‘itiou, will uaturally ooimider it a matter of amiple justice to uiid«> t!.e wrong that waa com uitted «nd inforin the P. G. t!.:it it would b-* agaiii3t all jnstice aud fairne»» to allow them to reniuiii iu a l> «ilion of power in whieh they wrongfully aud unj :siiv were p ac-<l by the repre8 ut .tive» of tio l n.ted States. \ViH lher theQuoen s!i<>nld at such tin ** be redidii g m Greenland or in Patagonia will he a matter »f . •,,1«, ii d tl' r-nco. 1) the Lnitedj St t s ackn<>wlcdge thal they are ; iu Uie wr.»>e. they w.ll, for the I ( f nalioiml ii>>nor, rectify that wr<>! g, even i toey h»d tJ seud an ex:editi»n t» e >nqmr the rest ol ihe worid t-> aeeoniplmh it. * T’ e !aw rel:»lirg t > ‘* und)*8ir»ble res»d-‘iits” «b»ut whieh the ealoinel d ?triboti g S: .r w riter pr.it s so often d >es n»t ox ?t. A 1*» was m«de in l s ;*0 re!atiugonly t<* J.n>auete r»s dei f»r the uur- , .'f riddiug t o plantatious of tho certain ‘ l dr fliug” Japanese ; who »e t fr >m plautatior. to plant.ti«>n enejnragmg g*uibliug and druukene8S a«d incitirg t!ielalx>rera »>> ri>«t and strike-5. Tbere is not a w»id in il -h.«it undesirable rc»-dent8 Tne term us- d>s “idle . and d ? >rd. riy i>er< «n8 - ‘ and the in- j leuiiou t.f the law wa» simply Jo 1 eheek the ab vr mentioued nuia.nea In t*92 Section 3of the law wa? repe.ilod thereby makiuK the law t»pplioible to resid *uts of ali nat' >n.vliue9 and ihe i«w thon becirae miconstitutional ou it«* f.ce be<MUse the law tries to do away wilh trial byjury, whieh wouldu r t work.eithor uudertheconatitutiou (and W. 0. Saaith stated in the oounell last week thai we had a constrtutiun> or under the tr«utiv8 with the d ?Terent n*tions.

The ?tar had belter hire a lawyer tc draft a new suitable bill r«lating to dep»rtation. We are getting tired of daily farnishiug the s»livated doctor with knowiedge of l*w 1 general facts and historieal d.-.;a and we pr«>p»3e in -the f. ; :e lo take out our charges ag»in«t him in pills and plaster3, »nd then distribuīe them grat:s among the annexationi=ts who just now apparently are in great need of them as th«y one and all look very s ek. Mr. J. B. Casīle, ihe provi9ional Collector-General, is beginning to ahow his cloven foot by decapitating faithful and ab!e clorks who have the ini?T 'rtune to have Hawaiian blood in lheir veins. By the di?missal .of Mr. Ohver Stihman, thebookkeeperoftheCustoras bureau, wiihoul the slightest scintilla of cause the provisional government has onee more emphasized their hostility to the Hawaiians. Mr. Castle, weare told,elaimā that he has acted under instructions against his owu desire and inclination. and we supf>08e theu that the credit for. this lateat outrage fal!s on the provisionaI minister of linanee, Mr. Purter. We did believe that Mr Porter woukl have tilled his olhee in an independent and busiuess-like raanner and not allowed hiniaeh to be bulldozed by the office 8eeking patriots, but the discbarge of Stillman shows that Mr Porter neither is better nor more independent than the rest of his colleagues, but obeys, “orders’ as aoon as the annexation eluheommands. It is ruraored that the offense alleged to have been eommitted by Mr. Stillman is that “he called on Mr. Blount.’ That s bad, we will adrait, if true, but for Mr. Castle’s information we would •tatethat Mr. Stillman'Bcall on Mr Blount 8imply related to eome papers pertaining to the Iuggage of the commis8ioner, and when this gentlemen asked Stillman to sit down and entered mto a short eonver3:ilion with him the young man natnrally did it, notbeing aware at that time that it was considered a bideous ofleuse f»r any Hawaiian official, not wearing an annexation badge. to appear before the Ur.ited States Commissioner. Mr. Castle, we are inf»rraed, to»k oeea- : sion to tell Mr. Stillman that an- , uexati»n was coming dead sure l and thal “they” would make Parker and Neumann sick before long. 0f course we are nnt aware of the nature of the privat» sources irom whieh Mr. Castle draws his unique info>rmation, but he needu t at a.i be eolicitous in regard to the health of the persone whom he uientioiis. nothing. whieh he and his gnng ean do, wou!d be able to ahake the nerves, or interfere w.th tha digestion of a sick canary b:rd, leave alone the Sirsaparilla and ■ lr»n constitutiouB of Sam and | Paul. There is s»mething remarkable in the fact that the few Hawaiiane who appear a» being in favor ol annexation, and who are being | produced before cmnmi»»ioner 1 Elounī a» repre*enting th« ligent” aud ‘ l>e8t” portion of the poople eannol speak or under»tvnd Eugli8h. How Hieii did they get tb» mean» to develop their inlelligwnc« and becotre competent judge» of wbat will be of the moet advantaire for their country? Tuey have be«a uuahle to »tudv, bjcauee there i» no liter»tur» in the Hawaiian l«ng”«g* from whieh they cou!d l«arn anythiag. Th« »pecimens of Hawaiian annexationi»ta pre8*uted to Mr. Blount have reaided during

the greater psrt of tbeir h»ea in the backw xHi» ■iuU’iela. whereth«y haniiy ever e ;ine 10 conUiCt with f>reigner*. Tney canaot read new*papere from whieh they *»uld obtain any inf«>rmation, becau*e mo»t of th« uewspap«r* printed in the Hawaiian language are iuiendtd to be amusiug raiher than instructivc. How then have they 9h«>wu their alleg>Hi intelligence andtheir ”b€5tue»«?" t?imply by being obed;ent toul? of the mieeion*rie3 and the b- »»es of ihe N\>rth Pac.fic ln9tilute and by acceptin2 witbout critci*m or doubl at ai 1 time the w«>rd of any belcnging to theeentral Union 9tock. Mr. Kauhane j and Mr. J >sepa have beeu preach- I ing the Gospe! in two of the moat ) out-»>f-the-way diātrict? while Mr. Waipuilaui ha9 had hi* »hingle a» a Iawyer out amung the rocks iu Kona. lt is a prepo»terous humbug for the annexation party to olainitbat the opinion of lhc»e men ure those of intelligent and eompeleut cilizens; it is perf**ct!y ridiculous to apeak about such men a» Ieadmg Hawaiian», while natives like Nawahi, Kepoikai, Kaulukou. Kaulia. Rlchard9on, Ro»a, Hopkius, Dwight, Swinton, Testa, and many othera are alive and kicking, and it is an impo»itioa on Mr. Blount to p«rade aneh fo»silized ignorant b.ickw>x>d8rnen with their interpreters as if they were men of any standing whatsoever amonf their countrymen. The Hawaiian literature from whieh th : 8 “intelligem” and “ best ” e1em e n t derives its knowledtte con»’st9 of the h'hle and the penal and civil codes. Good reading. we admit, if itudied properly. b rom th» first the three “intelligeut” and “beat” Hawaiiaus might have learned that it is right togive the emperor what belong9 to him and might have deducted a moraI from thefate of a man named Juda9 Iscarioc, and from the second they might with some advantaga have 9tudied the chapter whieh relates to trea»oa agiinst the 9>>vereign and against their country. —Some aehnol books have also b«ea tran»lated iuto Hawaiian but uo works relating to national »Cv>nomy or iwlilieal science arw opeu for the Hawaiian who eann >t read English. Then there are in ihe Hawaiian language a uumber of verv fascinating and 8ensational detective stories. Artbian uight tale». and eueh instructive aod healthy reading as the Holomua gives by the colunintothe paying ; subscriberā as the Hapa Gorila «r Bonakila, or stories a» the Kuok>>a furni»liea grat;s for kitchen ai >1 other use ae the Life of Napoleon the Great or other »s!ections from the encyclopeiiia ad*pted l>r ■undry apeeial purpo9-*3. Theu we fiad auioag Hawaiiau literature sevor.il legends treating about the life and exploita of snndry deceased heroes and a!so tbe lile of the yet livmg hero Robert W ilcoxAnd lhi9 exbausts tiie repr>rt*5ir« from whieh the ignorant and aimple natives like Kauhane. l>*sepa and Waipuilani drain tbeir fund of information and with whieh lhey ar« 9Uppo9eti to grea»e their brain—roaehinery. Can any sen»ibl« man auppoee that more weight •houid be placed on ihe word of such men thah on tbe carefully con9idered. thoroughly debaīed and well matured opinion? of the «du» cated aad progre»eive Hawaiiana in •very respect the eqaal, yes, ofl«a r the superior. of the large majority of the leading foreigo annexationi«U.

A petition ia being circulated among the bils:ne«3 men of Hon->-lulu, praving that Mr. C. NV ii ’»• be appoiuted as Hawaiian C«>na>aiGeneral t“ San Fra c:s«x>. Aa t petition i» earted around by a c!erx in Wildar'soffice we > ipp«.>»e :t will be repre«enteil ;» as: >. laneo • outburst on the part «.*f the eommunity to see ihe y->nt;g g- nt!eman take Frank l’ratt’s plaee. A» the candidate !«>r the office *s a -»>n of the ex-provi«onaI Coma)i59ioner, now eouneil-man. W. C. W i’der, the patriotiam and the ur.ae!fi»h deaire to »erve the country (fur a »alary) is conspicu>»i« in the m»ve. There ara - >me very c>> >1 pr 9p*-ctr that a*‘tug-of w.ir ” will b« the r«ssult if t!ie P. O. should grant the I petition and appoin! Mr. C. Wilder. The removal of Ci'*tisul Pratt. :» extremely distast- ful to C *Ionel Spreckel». who more->ver is under the impres-ion that the recall of , Mr. Pratt has heen reconsidered »nd abandooed. Should the P. G. break fiith with the Colonel we prophecy that «>niething will “drap”—perhaps in the finance department >ir perhaps in the b>jnd business, never mind ! The P. G. isn’t to defy the Col. But let us have the tug-of-war by all means. Rien n/$t mrre your la PMi. I