Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 243, 15 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

It is rr-fre«hing to re?ui the lecture» whien E*litor Arthur Jobii*MO of the Adverliser deliver» gratie to the monarchv and its BUUporters. Ifthe monarchy, he B»ys, had i»een ab!e to boast of »uch a mini»ter as"tm Damon, then the prospects are lhat it wou!d l«e ir the swim yet, and ba just as sohd and happy as is the ProvisionaI (jovernment. The memory of Editor Joho5ton is evidently g**tting verv impired. The 8oftning of the poi-lite niix- • ture in hiā cranium is gettingmore pronoanced. \Vhy, man. the monarchv did try Mr. Damon and hie political alliea is ministers and at the fir»t eleelion after their appointment. the raajority ofthepeople arose in its mignt and voted them elean out of office and sight, j aud one of that raajority was Editor Artliur Johnston, who at that time was the half- white (!) editor of the Elele, and certainly j didn’t consider himaelf a small potato in the fight, but rath*»r took (and 8till takes) the credit lbr the i euccess of the campa'gn in 181)0. 1 And now three siiort veirs after , that valiant fight in whieh he scored i the Damon ministrv to his heart’e i J | content, and was even haule l up • for Iibel by Thurston. hn eomea out openly and aays that if the mon- j archy had only selected aueh mini- i §ters ns D.imon, evervthing would : have been lovely. Yes. the monarchy did try a refonn ministry, and their hands ean yet be tr»ced in every financial statement whieh is now presented, Is not that haunting, threatening, always, appeanng apoarition, the Postal Savings Bank, of their creation? Has not every succeeding government spent tbeir time and broken their b icks in finding ways and means wherewith to pay back the money whieh the people j I<oured into the ThiAston cabinet’s Saving Bank. and wnieh Thurston i poured out-God on!y knows where? ; Ib not the verv man who is Mr Arth- ! * ur Johnston’s uiodel of a minister of finance now providing auimanufacturing law after iaw, whereby i to prevent or at least delay the ! payment of the money deposited under that ref>nn ministry. and now demanded back by the taxpayers of the oountry ? indeed the ihe monarchy has tried a reforra 1 ministry, and it was a failure theu, just as mueh as it is a fiilure today. The hintsthr'wn out from time to time by the Advertiser that the cabinets under the aionarchy would not have beeu willing to pre•ent w. eklv iinaneial statements i« cowardly as well as absurd. The financial condition of the g »vernment uuder any of the former administrat:ous w«s far better and ■ far more solvent than is the present state of afl iir9. Tbe inainuations that the f >rmer cabinete wexe corrupt need hardiy any refutation. Thes« insinuntiou«, whieh in the col!apsed manifeeto of that doting misled, old sinaer, Stev«ui, took the ahape of direct—bat unsubetantiated —accusations, have been diiproved by tbe very actiona of the P. G —If anytbing corrnpt oould have been found in tbe tdministrations under the monarchy, is it Ukely tbat tbe preeent governmsat whieh bas used all mean* to

ju8t;fv its existence wouki bave kept »iient? In commentiug ap'n Steven's manif »to a New Tork pa;er say» that ihe best and surest denial to his charges of corruotion ,igainst the Q ieen’s administration i*ys in th- fact. that. although the P. G. b"ok soddenly p<>«5e3sioii of ail oliieial busines3 and documents without giving the incumbents of theoffices ih- siigiib-3topp.»rtuoity or ehanee t » "fix” things up, nothing has ever been stated or proveu by the s.id P. G. to show that there was anything wroog or cnrrupt, or anything in the 1'>rmer aduiinistratiou, whieh e >uid not »und the falle»t investigation. The pap.-r adds that it svouid bef»rtunatel »r the l’nited Stat»-s if their officials couid »tand such a sudden and thurough investigatiou of their olhe^ —in most instances there would be a shocking and. gruesome taletotell. In the meanlime we will let Mr. Arthur Johnston go on praising th« refonn ministers-with the file of the Elele before us keeping us posted on the tune he a while ago sang agiinst them, we will know how mueh or rather how little importance to plaee on his opinions and remarks. By r8ading the renewed attacks on the Queen, ae a woman and wife, by Stevens and also by the Honoi lulu correspondrnt of ihe Minnea- ' polia Times, Mrs. W. W. Hall, I there eomee toour mind an address j whieh was read to the Queen on the ‘22d of April 1892 upon the i presentation to her of a fine grand 1 piano 9ubscnbed for by citizens of Honoiulu. The committee whieh ! presenled the piano and address to Her Majesty consisted of Mr. John H. Soper (now c »ramander in chief of the N. Ge), Mr. J. F. Hackfeld (a partner of our political friend the k.k. C<»nsul Herr Glade) and Mr. John Philij»s. We think that the answer to Mr. Stevenss and Mrs. Hail’a slanders against the Qiieen is the pub!ication of that address whieh we publish here; “We desire to anproach your Majesty with the most protound feelings of loyalty and the truest I friendship for you as our beloved Queen and a Hawaiian» lady, and veuture raost respectfully to ask your Majesty’s acceptance of this mueieal instrument as a token of j our loyal homage. Biending as it does the products of the Hawaiian forests with the skill of foreign artisans. it is svmbolic of the hanpy bonds of friendship whieh unite »ur Hawaiian Kiugdom with tbe neighb.»ring shores, and while we pray that its harmonious notes may ever help to cheer and §oothe your Majesty and lighten the sorrows of heart whieh are the mheritance of all mankind, may it leo serve to gladden your Majesty wnen in the enjoyraent of happy and unclouded social pleasure and to remind yon of the faithful Aloha |of your loyal subjects. Praying that your Majesty may long iive I to reign over a happy prosperou9 i and contented people, and to realize the highest and best arabitions that exist in your heart for th« aervice of your kingdom, the aeeompliahmenl of your duty and the love of your countrj, we are with mo»8t respectful greetingu, Yonr Majesty’s moet dntiful enbjects (Signed on behalf of the donor») • J. F. Hackfeld. John Phillipa. John H. S*p«r. I

Oq the 12th of Mav. the Queeaia acSnowIedgoient to the loyai 9ubj><t3 who donatctl the pi*no l*i hergave a mu3icaleat ihe Pa- • laee, to whieh thecontributorstothe | aiagn!ficer.t gift were invite-i and j to whieh they near;v all we«t lak ing with them their wive« and , daughlers. \Vhat «halPwe thins of—ean we eail theiu men. who a year ago would drr.fl the address above printed and would accept the hoapitality ol the woman < t j whom tbev n >w epeakin ihe viiest terni5 and wou!d tike into her pre*ence lo* :r wives anddaughterā who to-day are told- -and tell themeelves—that the Queen is *a pereou not rit to be fennwn by j Udie«.” Here are o<>me lew of the I names c»f the contribut>»rs on whose behalf Messrs Hackfeld, Soper. and 1 Phillips. addressed the Queen, and who \vith their \vives and daughters hurried t<> obey the (iueens invitation, and went to her with as their address pretends “the profoundest feeling of loyalty and the truest friendship.” \V. \V Hall. J. B. Atherton, C. H. Bishop, J. T. \Vaterhouse Jr., B. F. Dillingham. C. M. Cooke. Geo. P. Castie. E. 1). Tenney, J. A. McCand!ess. J. S. McCandiesB. T. C. Porter. J. J. Egan, H. Gunn, M, Mclnerny, J. H. Paty, S. M. Damon. C. A. Brown, (Jeo. W. Saiith. Cecil Brown,Geo. C. Potter. F. M. Hatch. Bruce Cartwright, J. A. Hopper, Dr. J S. McGrew, Mrs. Mary Cook, Miss Castle. A. F. Judd. S. B. Dole, W. F. Allen, Rev. E. G. Beckwith and E. C. Damon. What further comiiients are necessary? We heard a howl against the lottery — and it was proven thut the ho\vlers near!y all “were there.” We hear a howl against the Queen and lo! We see again that theh>>wlers “are there.” Go to! you hyp»crites, you 9candalmongers, and you fawning parasite8. Let your reverend Beckwith read you a »ermon on true cbriatianity and let him take for his text the worda of that lruly humhU, truly good master whom you pretend to follo\v: Woe unto ye Pharisees and hypocrites. We reprint to-day an editorui from the New York WorId, in whieh that great paner is criticising Mr. J. L. Steven’s addreas to the American pe\>ple. As a whole the American people didn’t seetu to get into a rerairkable degree of ezcitement or enthusiasm over Mr. Stevens, and be remains as obscure and unnoticed as did his partner in the pirate business the late eaptain \Viitse. The New York Post «xpreeseB a regret that Mr. Stevens wasn’t horsewhipped bef're he Ieft Hawaii —a fate whieh that paper considers would have been not alone j'.i8tified. but extremely appropriate. The vilification of the Queen has created one burst of indignation, because it Ī9 noticed that these vilifications and damnahle slanders are neither substanliated nor even att3mpted to be proven, but are siraply the resull ofgoB8ip by the malicious tongues whien were wagging wiihout hinder iu the narlors of the ungentlemaniy cur whom the United State were unfortunate enough lo have selected as their repre«entative here. HIMIT» »TI\tXI OS 8AWAU. The World ia enabled to publith in fall thie morning, in advance of ihe arrival of Mini«ter Steveue in Ihie country, tae elaborate address whieh he haa prepared indefense of hia eoune, and in support of the eeheme of the annexationista whoao wiiling iustrument he ha* be#n.

It shouid not be f»>rgotten in reading this address lhat Mimster Slevei s in the Kenehee (Me. i . Journal , of whieh he is the editor, gave uol.ee on the 24th of last Noveraber thal the governmeut ! jind tiie people of the United Stat*s ( wou!d s«x>u be called up>>u t»> eon9ider the question of annexation. He appears to have bad a pre•eienee respecting what w.»s about to happen, that would be remarsab.e uu >n anv i>ther the rv than i that he had inside informatu>n >>f the plans of the conspir>*cy w'hieh \\ a? 9ubs quentlv devek>ped In this frcsh manilVst«> Mr. Stevens sets lorth as niAin auses i of the r-volt certain matt-rs whieh ' had noi b*‘f >re be»*n alleg-»d. \Vhat now appears to trouble his r;ght- ‘ eous s<iul chiefiy, is the altegcd ! immorality >>£the l te Q ieeo. He attacks her chnractar whith >ut I pretense of proof aml without •emhlanee of diplomatic reserve. I The argument appear to be that the Queeu, heing an immoral ; woman, was pr»moting a eoiulilion of “barbanc and Orienl>l sensuality.” Tnis justified the revo>t of the respectahle and \vealthy elaeaea aud creates & kind of pious obligation, that the United States ehail annex the country. The reasoning will not seem so eonvincing to everybody as apparentiy it does to Mr. Stevens. It is noticeahle that Mr. Stevens gives little information regarding the condition of the population. their moral and industrial statns or their fitness for c:tizenship of thie Republic. Perhaps he has left that to be rep«>rted upon by Mr. BIount. Mr. Stevens appears to be chiefly concerned ab >ut the aflfairs and the future of a small minority ot the inhahitants. chiefly foreigners, who, as he ttiinks, are entitled to have their own way whether the Hawaiiana like it or not. A considerable part, and the most eloquent part, of lhis address is a labored attempt to make it aopear that the annexition «>f the Sandwicb Islands, whieh are about as f.ir from San Francisco ae lreland is from Boston. is anal*igous to the annexations of vari>«us parts of this continent whieh have from tirne to time he-n efiectcd. He seems to think that ihe l)nited States are bound t • cr>«wd the st.»r of erapire westward without limit of distance. This sort of reasoning will sometime make it necessary t > annex all Polyne»ia and Asia, {>ossibly the whole £astern Hemisphere* Ultimately we may aequire Nova Scotia. Hayti and Cuba by approaching tbem from the eastward. The people of the Llnited Stat-9 are not all likely lo be fire«i with a marauding and conquering mania by Mr. Stevens’s ardeut glorification nf what Greece. R >me and England have done in the way of eolonial deveiopment. It is the geueral conviction that we have no use for e ilonial dependencies, aud that they wou!d work more harm than good to the inelitut one of liberty whieh we find it hard enough to protect in toeir integntr under existing conditions. with a large supplv of aborigmal and imported races not trained to just appreciatīun of them already on our hands. l'he Un:ted Sutes do not want to annex Hawaii. It is not and never could be fitted for Sutehood. Wbat oor commerciai iuter«sts require tbare ean be secured in other ways more m keeping witb our traditions and more mindful of the 1 rigbts of th« Hawaiiau people.