Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 223, 17 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Th« Austraiia arrived and brought th» new« that President Cleveland has appoint»d Mr. Biount to be th« United States Envoy Exlraordinary aud Mini■ter Flenip<Aentiary to Hawaii. Thia atep atill more confirm« us in tbe aentimenta and l)eiief printed •lsewhere in tbis isaueand written previously to tue arrival ot the j steamer. The appointment of Mr. Blount, in whom the Hawaiian ; peopie have the utm«st confideocs, ie a guarantee that the Amorican goverment is delormin#d to rectify the ontrage committed by Mr. J. L. Stevens. We congratulate Mr. Blount on his appoiutment and we etill more congratulate Hawaii nei on having a man ofthe high character and intelligence of Mr. Blount to repreeent their gre.at and friendly neighbor here, aud we are convinced that the cordia! relations now existing bet.veon mini■ter Blount and the Huwaiians will b« further strengthen*d in ths future exercise of his duties. • The Star sometime ago printed an alleged an»wer of Mr. Blountto the committee whieh presented him with a memonal from tbe Hawaiian women’e Patriotic League in whieh it wai stated that Mr. Blount had said that he had no power or authority to rest *re the Qus«u. Tb« Star lied when it published th»t answ«r and Mr. Blount at the timeeent for th« Pr«eid«nt of the Leugu« as soon as bis attention waa called to tb« 8tar report, and ai»9ured her tbat h« had not intended to convey any such idea to the League * through his snsw«r, and that he wae—as usually—raisrepreseuted by Doctor McGrew's pauer. Tho Star report of the commissioner’s alleged answer was used by that would be Wall Street genius. Tommy Hobron, in his correapoudence to the Sun Francisco Call and from there the lie spread ail ov«r the Statea and reached the eyes of Secretary Gre«ham. By the mail lo-day we learn that tbe Secretary of State has stated to an associated press representative that ifCommis«ioner Blount had given such an answ«r and asserted that l>e had no j»ower to re9tore the Queen then he had b«en indiscreet. Tbis se«ms to iudic*te that Mr. Blount perhsps hss powers snd authority far b«yond the knowledge. hopea. and wishes of tbe alleged progenitor of the annexation and the rest of his ilk. The bitter attacks in the reu«bliean press againet Cleveland, because of his attitude un the Hawaiian annexatiou question indicates better thsu anything «lse that annexation is as dead “ as Caesarism in Italy ” (to use our ■hears on the Star editorials) and w« ean feel confident tbat there will b« no resurrection at th« preseut time or under the present administratiou. The New York H«rald eoniinuee iU stroog fight again«t annexation and Charl«s Nordhoff is quoted all over th« 8utes. Th« prediction aud ass«rtion of the SUr scribbler that the H«rald is alwayson the losing side does not seem (o hold good in this ineUnoe, snd confirma our id«* (hat tb« Star-man is not a miud-

reader or fortune-telIer of any greai capacity. The Herald« urging demand for Mr. Steven« di«missal ha« been prompt!y aeted upon in Wa«hington and no oppor- ■ tunity waa given Mr. Steveng to I reaign in ihe ordinary cour»e of • j «ffair». Mr. Stevenifully de«erve« hi« fat«. Hi« ho«tile and prejudioed atlitude «inee hi« arrival here again«t the Queen and her governm«nt wi« such that bis removal «hould by ngbt have been asked for «s «oon a§ he beg.m cutting hi« wild caper« and attempt« to rneddle in our affair«; We will now leave him to pro««cuti or lihel the Akron Indicator and the other hundreds of Amorican new«papers including tli« Herald whieh haveroasted him and critici»ed him and wilh the magnanimity and great fund uf forgivene«s whieh arecharacteristic ef u» we wish the dear o!d ehappie all po««ible succes« in hi« newspaper cruaade. We do not know if we are becomiug extraordinary dull of eompreheneion. or if the Adverti«er editor i« purpoaely adopting a mv8terious and clouded tone in hia edilorial vaporings, but the truth, i« that we eannol make out what he driving at, or what it ia he iutends to convey to hi« reader«. We have read and ro-read. in the most benevolent spirit. his lately publisbed articlea, but we are farther from under«tanding him than if we hadn’t read them at all. We have appealed to our friend« but they have «adly ahaken their heada and told u« to ask them something eaaier and we have fiually turned to the sworn Biipporters of the P. C. A., and they have looked very wi«e and told u« that tha ideas expouuded by the Adver* tiser editor are deep, very deep inde«d, and not mtend ed to be understood by the uniuitiated, and tben we have to admit that we are not init—no, uot eveu witha«ingle foot. To the eommon raind thedriftof the Star and Advertiser i« to point out tu their fullower« that aiuee the printing of commi6sioner Blount’a iu3tructions, ”everything is lovely and the g«x>8e hang« bigh." The two m«utioned papers accuse the royaliste of deluding the Hawaiiana with false promise3 and false hopea, but what are they doing to the little flock whieh «tiil hold« high the banner of annexation? Have nut both the Doctor and the AdvertĪ6er man iu their hearta given up all hope of anuexation at the present time. Are not the frantic eff >rt« to get the nativea tojoin the aunexation eluha and the admis8ion that the voices of the Hawaiiaoe will be paramount in obtaining the desired re«ult the best evidence of thi« fact? Doe« uot the Star promiae every Hawaiian who desire« it a home«tead •iiced out from the Crowu Land«, although, the Doctor must be a>vare that the F. G. :« husy extending the leaaee of moet deeirable crown lands to large holdere of eueh landa? Does noi the Star wnter promi«e the franchi»e to the Hawaiiane, in c*se of anaexation, although he must know that he or hia party would han no power uor inAuenee U> fulfil aueh promiae? Do not botb the Star and the Adverti«er tell the Hawaiiam about the the golden era to oome and the imoui.t f the work whieh will be opened f<>r the native meehaniea, while at the «am« time thi Star office crowd« out the Hawaiian compoeitors and importi •tr»ngen to fill their plaen? And do they not both lift their voioe>.

and aav, that the pubiishing of the Commisaioner’9 in9lruct:Qns was done for the purpose of bringing diailluaion to the mind of the Hawaiian paople, who still beliere in the high Bense of jaftice of the I United States, and who are eon'r fident that right will take the plaee of wrong aud that the aeIf-goTern-ment of whieh the Hawaiian nalion is temporarily deprived through the illegal and unconfirmed action of tha representatiTe of defunct Amer can adminiatration will be restiired—self government by the peoplo of the peopie and for ihe peopde and not by a aingle clique or elaea, marched into power on the allege<i liberty-defending and fre#dom—upholding bayoneta of the United States. The royal- * ista convey no false promi»e« or faise hopea to the people- It is | not necessary to bo!ater up the cause whieh defend» tbe righte of the Hawaiians to cho»e for them»elve8 whatever form of government they may desir» and their right to retain their independence a» a uation. All tbat the leader» of that cause has said to the Ha- ; waiiau» ia to plaee their faith ab- ! solutely in the government of the Umted State», aud peacefully and and patiently await the hour when u»tice will be done to them and the great wrong done in the name of tue great Republ:c will be undone. If it take« one day, or one week, or one montb, or oneyear. for the chief of th« Americau Governmani to decide up >n what d«cision to give in the ca»e before him is of ■ mali moment. The Hawaiian» have waited with incomparable palienee and fortitude, derived from their tru»t in th« Unit«d i State», for days and months, and th«y are perfectly prepared and raady to await the day in peaee i and paliene» when th« American | government will uphold the honor of tbe United States by crushing the filibu»tering in«urrection creat•d and carried out in its name. And now comes the Star and tells us that if the natives will not be bulldozed and threatened and cajoled into betraying and selling i their country they will risk the councils of the provi»ional government establiehing an independent repubhc and depriving the people of the country of 8eIf-government and the franchise as apunishment ! for having refused tohe bulldozed I or cajoled into obeying them in their attempt to aell the independence of Hawaii. The Star a »hort while ago tried daily to prove the impo8sibility of a republican govcrnment aud di»hed up all kind of arguments against any such pro- | position. Now it seem» that the ded- i dy of annexation admjts it cannot be obtained without the cooaent of the people, and he is now beginning j to ask bimself and his party “what next?” **We have no doubl” writea the Star man, that if the work of the natives should defeat or poett»oue annexation thal body (the P. G.) would not be eonlial to sar the Jeast in its treatment of . the Hawaiian demand for voting pnvilegea under the republican regime—Ye Godi *nd liUle fiuh«§! and thi» i» the way the father of anoexation it educating the people to look upon his ehiH with favor! Tbeee ara the sentiments of Am«rieana? A noa-represenUtive govarnment, Uxation without repreaeaUUoo, a miliUry. autocraoy, Ihoee are th« principles advocated by the men who try to persuad* the nativM to follow them rnder the fiag whieh floated over eueh i men. Foreooth, Mr. Star man, you

hav« succeeded in showing your cloven hoof and ail your fair promises in regard to the eomnioa franchise in case of annexation, never mueh believed, have beeu •ized up pretty correc*ly now. The native» have all the qualifications to posses» civil right« and a franchise under the Amenean Government. you elaim, but under aa independent form of government eueh quaiifications ditappear. and the couotry will be governed by a body of non-repre-8entative men who expect the people to furnish them with the sinews of war to enahle them to hang on to their pelf and power. with whieh the United States representative and forces temporarily have ' invested them. But we hare had so many proofs lately that the P. G. eannoi be heid resj>onsibl» for the irresponsible chatter in the Doctor's porous inky plaster ■o it would be nnfair t«) b!ame the counci!s for the chiidish but vicious sugge8tion made by the old ■ medico, evidently for the purpose ! of creating more enemies and op- ; poneuts of the preseut temporary ' admi nistration. The prospecU are that Honolul u will have no hor»e races on - the llthotJune this year. The reason for this, is that the executive committee of the Jockey Club, or whoever have got the programm« up, have even gone so far in their ■mall mindednes» as to mix politics into horse race8, and the result ie that the uaual festive and popu!ar celebration of the day will eome to naught except the Jockey Club recon»iders its action. Instead of using the usual pro- ; gramrae, the raanagement of tho I club, h*ve dropped th* Queen Lili- ■ uokalani plate and tbe Governor’» I Cup from the programme and «ueh a Btep is naturally objected to by the owners of the race horse8, who nearly all have the honop to have their names marked with anr by the mind-reading Star. Col. Cornwell will not enter hia horses under the circumstances. and it is presumed that Messrs. Rickard, | Focke, and Gay will foilow hie eiample and there will consequently not be enough hor»es entered to make any kind of a decent race. The annexationiet* might count in their nnmbers all the angels who ■ temi>orarily dwell among us, like ! Sereno Bishop, A. F. Judd. John Kalua and Almira. but, they sadly laek true and gov>d sportemen, who kuow how to enjoy life and make it enjoyable for otherB. It is a pity that tbe g>x>d work in encouraging breeding of good horses done in furmer years by the Honoluln ' Jocky Club should be impaired and I fruBtrated to gratify the |iolitical : spite of »ome person unknown who j ha» injudicloo«ly heen aIIowed to manage the preparatione for the meeting on the lllh of June. It is a pleasing contra?t to see the protaising and intere8ting programme ia*ued by the Maui Racing A*sociation for their meeting on tbe 4th of July. No politic* have been *llowed to interfere in their progr*mme, *nd both roy*list hor?*s *s well *a *nncxationist horses will b* ipeeded for Qu#en Liliuokalani’» pl*te —*nd w* bet th*t the firet mentioned will wia it too. The Maui R*cing As*oci*tion will h*ve *ome excellent race* this ye*r *nd will give * good opportunity to the puhlie to spend * v*ry «njoy*bie d»j on th« Kahuiui R*cing Tr*ck-