Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 20, 13 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

■ — F''im the Dcily o/ May 12ih 1893. The hystenc*l exhibition of jing'>ism by some of the impolilie and Ies« carefully ediled Republiean papers,over the hoistingof the Hawaiian flag over the Hawaiian Capitol, has received a severe and well-deserved criticism from tbe democratic papers and has done mueh to creat« a feeling of indignatiou and disgust against i the whole annexation move and i the Republican adrninistration whieh concocted. encouraged, and abetted in the late revolutiou. The f«>llowing editorial from an ■ Ohio paper, is a good example of j the tone at present used in the democratic press on the subject of tle “Stars and Stripes” in Hawaii. TiIE HOWL OVER HAWAIĪ When Agei*t Blount as the secret commissioner of President Cleve- , land, ordered down the American | flag at Hawaii, a distinguished senator mada it an oeeaaion for airir.g his hatred of Democracy by declaring in the senate chamber of the United States that it was “not the first time that the Democrats had pulled down the Ameriean flag.” This poor creature imagined he had said something wonderfully caustic and like the wood|>ecker at Niagara, twisted his ear in listen- 1 ing attitude for the reverberation. Bui none eame. Senutors with a higher sense of personal responsibility and gravity of the situation, quietly refused to recognize the lime and plaee as befitting the iudulgence of partisan invective. It had never occurred to this honorahle and d:gnified senator that Ihe llag of the United States could not be prostituted by sanction of government to the protection of piracy, The Stars and Stnpes are to the people domiciled in the shadow of its protection, emhlemalio of freedom and justice. Minister Stevens had gone beyond his authority in hoisting the flag of the Uni»ed States over Hawaii. He had attempted to steal the island and overthrow recognized government authority to whieh he was accredited as minisier. His was the act of a rohber chief. A few bold characlers upon their own motion, through the assistance of United States marines and under ihe thr«atening guns of the warship, Boston, deposed the queen and set up a provisional government. For the protection of the provisional government and and to give sanctity and nrominenee to tbe steal, Minister Stevens lent the authority of the Uniled Sutes under the naiional emhlem, knnwn to all naiiona. President Harrison, in reply to Minister Stevens’ ufficial notification of his aeUon in ihe revolutionary mo\’ement, rebuked the minieter and dis*vowed hie aothority of impairing ihe “ eovereignty of the Hawaiian government by substituting ihe flag and power of the Uoited States.” Mr. Bk>unt, aa commisaioner from tbe Uoited 8tat*a, in pnlling do«o the flag *t Hawaii hae only carried ,into eflfcct the diearowal aod implied order of Preeident meml of pnileeīomlp.

| »cbpiD«9. If Hawaiiansdecideon elo | ' ?er relatioD8 with tbe L niled States, or if it be to tb« advantage of our goT ernment that aonenlion ehould ! be had. lel negoti»tions becondncted fairly, and without restraiat, and j with the autonomv of the weaker j power fullv reoiguiied. That policy whieh is for the best inter- ' est« of all will prevail, and whether anneiaiion, protectoi ate, or former I conditions remain, all will be for ;he honor, glory and advancement } I of the Dnited States. j Tbere is something too utter!y rich in ihe manner in whieh the unfortunate prorisional commis?ioners make an eihibition of their •‘swelled’’ heads as they return sneaking into town one by one like whipped curs. The latest and last remnant of tbat proud body of diplomats Mr. Chas. L. Carter returned yesterday —without hisneg roes- The to-be-expected «tatement of this philo-ethiopian that annexition is dead aure, sooner or | later (probably later) need alarm nobody and is of very little interest. Mr. Carter bad of course to give some showing for the money whieh the Hawaiian taxpayers have expended on thejunketing tnp and . it would never dn for him to admit ihe truth that his miseion has been a total failure. But his exquisite humor and big-headedness comes to ihe sorface when he tells an admiring Advertiser reporter that the : only member ofCleveland : s Cabinet opposed to annexation —Secretary Hoke Smith, changed his views after an interview with him. and after listening to the arguments of Hawaii’a prince of diplomats, C. ! L. Carterl — The following extract is from a private letter from a prominent politician and journalist in the States who rather favors annexation to a gentleman in this town. Speaking about the revo!utionary party he says: ‘Tf the Islands had been annexed there would have been an end to the inAuenee of the revolutionary party by this time. | I don’t believe tnough that annexation now is within the range of possibility unless the whole of the population should express themselves in favor of such a step and even then I douht that could be consnmmated so great has the changebeen in puhlie sentiment on the subject.” When the "Star” made its first appearance tbe name of General A. S. Hartwell was published as one of the officers of the company. The General's name has lately heen withdrawn from the paper and rumor has it that Mr. Hartwell refusedtocontinuehiBconnection with a paper whieh in ita coward ly attack on women and private individuals bas exceiled anything ever printed in these Islands. It has heen a painful surprise to the friends of the gentleman who is published as secretary of the Star Company that he has not followed the example of General Martwell, but has allowed hia name to remain oonspicuously in the printed I sewerage presided over by a man ; of the character and stamp like Dr. J. S. McGrew Mr. Charlee Nordhoff certainly needs no friends to defend him against attacks from soarces like the Star of Oalomel or Mr. Henry Castle’8 unfortunate sacceasor. His reput*tion ean neither he made or marred by the moaquito-bites of eueh iDsignificant menial dwarf This is whai the Chicago Post in an editorial headed An Erpert on Haieaii says ahooi the prominent Herald oorreepoodent: “Perhape lbe most valnmble eontriboUoD to the literature ofthe Hawaiian situation u a letter to the New York Herold from that trained and «cboUrly obeerver, Mr. Cbarlee Nordhoff, dated April pooioie iccun n

or *n esc»pcd jailbird. But now comes the so-called Rev. Sereno E. Bisbop who br the way has lately cropped out aa a regular contributor and co-editor of that “charitable and christian p«perto whieh j Dr. McGrew’s aame pnt« the pro- ; per stamp and tells us tbat Claus Spreckels is the Divin« Providence. We doubt that the CoIoneI j ever has aspired so high as all tbat in his wildest plans of snecuIations and “ deals ” but who ean . doubt the Rev. Sereno more es- | pecially in matters heavenly and god!v and pnnted in that good i paper, the Friend—published solely for religioos purposes ? In the . May number of that unique poh- i tico-christian periodical the Rev. Editor abuses Spreckels for heine the “most dangerous enemy of annexation” and alieges as a reason for this enmity the Colouel’s desire to fl-x)d this country with Asiatics. Any ordinary mind would there from grasp the idea tbat the Asiatic eoolie laborers eome to tbis counlry tbrough the efforts of Spreckels and associates and in j their interest —not so: in another eolumn of that reliable semi-re-ligious and semi-comical periodical the venerable editor gives us the sources whieh bring the heathen “ehinee” here, and the reasons 1 whv be comes, and that is where we get puzzled and ask for the sake of mformation: Is Claus Spreckels the Divine Providence ■or not? For thus writes the animal-torturing reverend; “ A genuine Hawaiian Christianity is an essential p?rt of our basis of active operations for propagating the knowledge of Christ among our nuraerous As'atic visitors (sic I) i ehom the Divine Providenee has sent here to receive Christian light. ,,