Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 244, 16 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Wben Ihe i iouioter? the annexation eeheune »tarted their en-terpri-e ar.d invited the peopie to join iii tfieir verj* pr nnising «peeulalion quite a number of our fellow citia-ns were eufficientlj b'.inded bv the g‘>iden pr“9pectus whieh wa» i-*ued and took st >ok in Stevena — eum Thurston — eum S-re.io Company. We tind a«* annex iti‘>niēts the lottery eupuorter9, we find members of the Nat‘unal Reform Party and we fiud the the most pronounced *uti-misbion-ariee. They all went into the •eheme in the hoj>e that an immenee bootu would be created and that the almghty dollars would be as plentifui as are the la> s made by the P. G. Now we all reaii/.e thal annexation is pau — verv mueh pau indeed. The eeheme has been bo deeply buried that there are no fears nor hopes for a re9urrectiou. Nordhoff mar•haled the procession whieh f >llowed the corpse to the grave, and he had a grim satisfaction in receiving the mouru«r» who with crepe round their empty pockets followed to the grave all their hopea of •ugar bounties, of land hooma. and of polilieal rewards. Judge Cooley read the linal sermon, and when he threw the list spadeful of •and on the cheaply gotten up coffin, he dfclivered an e'ghteenpage 8ermon whieh made the corps* and the coffin disappear deep into the ground and whieh emphatically will give the United State« n rest in the future from the pranks and capers. cut bv the impennli*t9 and jingoists on the Steven«’s plan. But while annexation has vanished from the sight of the mnrtals. what about the annexationi«t8 in Hawaii? A great number of them jo:ned the insurgenta, eome because lhev honestly believed that annexation was the best thing for the country and some (they were the majonty) because, they firmly believed that aunexation would be a good thiug for thrm. Now they did not join hands with the revolutionists for the pur pose of plncing the missionarie» in power, becau*e on the contrary, many of them fought and worked bolh in 1S90 and 1892 to prevent the Reform Party from ruling this country. and havu’t changed their minds one little bit since iheu. The queslion is. what are they going to do about it? By working for anneiaiion they have uuinleutionally worked lor the Reform Party. Believing the statement8 in ihe j>r>sj>ectu8 of the revolutioni«ts, they thought that lhere was no d«>ubt of the sj>eedy consummation of annexation aud tbat the leaders of the revolution would cnly remain very temporarily in offic*. The projK>sition now made, that the Reform Perty shall remain in j>ower, «ay for th« next four year9 iu the abeurd hope that tbere will then be a cbange in the administration snd policy of the Unit«d States does not meet with great enthn«ia8m or approval. Th* men who defeated Alexander Young. Emmelutb, W. O. Smith and Henry WaterhoiiBe at the ba!lot-box raay favor annexation, but their view* of the capability and fitness of the gentlemen mentioned for public office have nct changed and they decidedly object toa government formed of defeated and unpopular polilieiana. lf anj

of the men mentione<l «abmītted to vote a being t.ikea now on their ehanee 1' >r a s*;at in ihe g >vern* ment they wou!d, by ihe f »re;gn v>ne alone. be snowed under in the m>>5t freezing manuer. The great niaji-nty of the meehaniee and the workingmen and the merchants and the capitalists have no use for the men who form the government now—if they d:d. they would have e!ected them at ihe pr>»per time j and at the proper plaee—G<k1 i knows that they have offered their .'ervices oftea ent»ugh—and the ai»jonty rf the honest annexationi?ts :ire now chafing under the i idea thit they have heen cajoled I under t* lse pretenses int > <iff -ring ! an<l i*erhat>s pr»miaing their support to the Kef<>rm Fartv s elite. But they did u<>t promise eueh support unco;iditional!y and it ie in the very proclamation of t!ie P. G. that they find a release from their proraise9. Accordmg to thal proclamation, the P.G. is established to obtain a closer Union with the United Stat»s. lt being found that closer Union is not attainable the cause for their existence eeaeei and it is now f<>r their supporters to calmly deliberate as to what f>>rm of government the country shall ad.'pt, wheu ihe provisional gentlemen retire to private life after having failed in their mission. The nohle vote thrown for the Keionn Party in Honolulu ean be figured at 300. Of representativ* voters none except their nob!e voters belong to the Reform Party. It is not reasonable to believe that the other thousand or more noble votcrs should desire to see the represenlative8 of a stnall faction remain in power and plaee their despised brothers and eouaina, and relations in oliiee, and we don’t hlame the true annexationists for kicking at having been made the stepping stone for a repeatediy dedefeated pasty to get into power. It is time« now f<>r the anti*miseionary wing of the annexation party to decide if they are to be ruled and bossed bv the missionarics and be victimized bv that intolerant, big<>ted, and unuopular facti<>n, or if thev are goingto have a voice in the ruling of this eountrv.Theyowe no further allegiance to the missionaries. They made a combination with them, believing that annexation couid be obtained. The object of the eomuael has and the partnership is at an end To fi;rther remain in the bondage of that false ar.d untrustworthy party whieh deserted and derided its supporters shortly after the revolution of 1887 goes against the eense and inelinalion of lbis eommunity and the quicker that the boi ds are brolten the better for the country. The handwriting on the wall is getting ulainer and plainer. It is no long>-r a secret that a proposition i« being carefully canvassed in the raost sacred circles of the P. G. for the purpose of working up a feeling in favor of restoring the Monarchy with Princes8 Kaiulani on the throne under a regency selected by the provisional government. The idea seems to be that the Queen sbould be induced to abdicate in favor of her nieee aud if the eeheme should be feasible Messrs DoIej Damon and Smith. wouid be willing to »erve as regents. and virtnally run the country. We are not at thi» stage going to critiicse ihe plan seriou«Iv or or discuas the possibility of the propoaition, heeauae we feel assured that the day for making such a propoeition paseed about five montha ago, and another opport-

unitv will nev»-r arise. We fully understand th« diiemma of the p vernii!ent. A pr<>visional *overnoaent a; a Dermaueut institutiou is au imp>:-?ib ; ililv. We wish to eali the attention of ihe g"vernment t » ihe fact tbat it has never been rec-'gn:zed by the j>resent admmietr»iion in W.ishingt »n. Mr. Blount eame here with vvhat dipIomaticalIy cou!d only be called a ietter i>f iatr >d iction 9iiitable to \vhatev-r g >vernment, he might find iiere. and upon his appoimment to be the Americnn mini«ter Le did not pr> sent any credentials whieh accr>-dite'l him to the P. G —Hi? api>ointraeiit haa never been ■ fficially gazetted in Washington, and nearly all the Eastern papers state that it is a sccret of tii# State Department to j whom Mr. Biount is accredited —a I #ecret as the Xev> York Mail and Expreg* 9»y9. Mr. Cleveland evid*ntly doe8ii’t wish lo share at pre9«nt with the public. Mr. Thurston had left his credentials whenwe la»t heard of him at the State Departmeut—if ne has heen accepted as envoy extraordinary of the P. G. has to be seen. We have some reason to believe that he will have ample time yet to look after hia Chicago dime-museum and also that the ex-aide-de-camp-with-the rank-of-major will findhimselt and important desj»atches rather premature- Even the banquet to the departing consul-generaI to San Francisco mightbe poetponed with luaie advantage for a few more weeks or the brave Knighta māy 8hortly be called upou to give a receplion banquet to their fellow Knight upon his return from San Francisco where, may be, he weut on a fool’s errand. A provisional goverument according to Cooiey is not the kind of material with whieh great powers treat aud whoee representatives they receive and recogniza as being a government on an equal footing and as the republican papers elaim that Cooley has given his opinion on this delicate matter at the st»ecific request of Cleveland the pro«pect9 are tuat the President will liveand act up to the doctriues laid dowu bv the great Michigin Jurist— We remember well that the New Yurk flerald adopted the sugge?tion of Mr. N’ordhotf and recummeuded editorially to the provi«ional g.>vernment—if they were 9tatesmen —to make a compromiie and restore the monarchy and remain themselves in power. We believe that Mr Nordh> fl‘ was mi«led when he niade that propv»sition A11 that Hawaii asks for is justice and all that the United States is desired to do is justice. if right and justice are found to bs with us as we know they are, we must win the point for whieh we «o patiently and 8o persistently have been eo.itending and the United Statea must restore lhings as tbt-v were on the 16th of January. We ask for no comprom.se—and we ofler none. Judge Cooley's art : cle in the Forum on the unconstitutionality of the proposed anneialion of Hawaii bas create general attenlion &nd i» commented on by all the leading journals m America. Tbe fame of the autbor as a recognized authority on all matters pertaining to coustitutional questions etamps the &rticle with such decisive importance as to make it operate aa a decision from & tribunal. The opinion of tha learned jurist bas been like a thunJerbo!t in the eamp of the &nnezationists and ihe New York Advertiser in its impotent rage warns the American peo-

ple lhat from a trio like GleTe!and B!»unl and Cooley :he world oan expect »!mo?t anything. For our we think it is a verr g>»od trio. and we gu> than J.one ofthe p«rticipant? in that o>mbination are a5hame«i of :>-*ir. ’ c' i-- ' I V>* | gether. The NVw V >rk ?t in I commentiug editoria!iy on Judge CooIey ; art cle says. “th it he -eei in the Hawaiian Islands a peaceful and on the wh >ie pr «perojs O 'inmunity, whieh had Iearm-d the civilizeel arta fr»m Ameneana. and waa rea?»nably weii satisri -tl w,th its government, in whieh the nativt-s had some part:cīpation. A Provisional G«‘vernment set up by a revolution, he «»nsiders like all provisionai g>>vernuienta. thew>>rltl has ever heanl of. a governraent t de f.iCto intended to preserve ord* r until a permanent g»vernment j couId be establi?hed. Therefore j he naturally treats a provisi»nal goveriinient set up for the s<de j purpose of otfenng its country as a i gift to a foreign nati<>n as a monstrous novelty. the m monstmn in j the ra.se, heeaui*e no teat> l made lo consnlt the people before the j offer. Although very li?tle direct ; cen3ure is pussed on the projectors of the annexation the whole article is condemnation of the slrongest kind on the entire company—Mr. Stevens, the Kennehee etatesman, who seems to have gotitup; the “Commi8sioners'’ who eame here to push it; and the Pre8iclent wuo seized it eagerly and tned to embody it in law before the people | whoae country it proposed to give away, could have a ehanee to eommunieale with him. If. as : Judge Cooley indirectly describe8 it, it was not a buccaueering enterpnse, what was it?” Tl.e Advertiaer s.iys, that private letters have been received from i Waahington, stating that ihe cor- : reapondence to the New York Her- ; ald trom Mr. Chas. N'ordhoff, far i from injuring the cause of annex- ' ation has had the opp<>site effect on the “officials” in Waahington, and strengthened the 8entiments £kvoring anuex ition there. Now real!y we are glad f<>r the poor Advertiser and the P. G. that they have had such a eonanlalion in i their letters from the Washiogton *‘officials?” How fortunate that i they didn’t arrest Nordhoff anvhow. and prevent him frotu wrilingany more about Hawaii. How extraordinariiy lncky that they didn’t deport him before his series : of letters was completed, but taraely allowed themselvcs to be “sat on” rather severe!y by Minister BIount. Whal foresight and wisdom | our dearlv beloved ru!ers showed | by pocketing their snub in the ! Nordhoff matter meekly and s>> | furnishing him with aome m >re mat erial for bis correspondence wiiieh i according to the Advertiser’8 let- ' ters haa *esisted the caus« of an- j nexation »o greatly. The remarkable feature in th« matter is. though, that in New York tbey haven’t received any letter from Washmgton to the same effect &b the Advertiser in Honolulu has ' because we noiioe at least tbat the j annexation aud jingopapers in that ' citv are everlastirgly abusing Nordhoff for baving killed annexation. The most rabid annexation and pbilo-Stevena paper is tbe New York Advertiser, and in one of tb« iate#t issues of tbat jingo organ it is admitted in ihe most piaintive manner that Nordhoff haa injored the annexation cau»e beyond redemption, and greatly out of proportM>n to his own importance or

I he wfij;ht whieh hie <xrresponeienoe oueiu to bAve carned. Fh« paper finishee its whinin» leader ou Hawaii by sajing that it ie bad enough lhat tiie L'n;it>i - have loet Hawaii, but it :« ten tinu*s more grievou9 t > have !ost through the inlluenee. and a«sistsnce of that Char’.ee Nordhoff. We shou '1 now sugsrest to our A«ivertiser to send it? \Va»hingt >n leU :* «n to the New V >rk AdvtTt>> r—tuav be they will help the edit >r of the latter lo get over his «evere bilious attnck. Mr. Chas. L. Cart«r ihe l.tst of !the provi* onal Mohioan* t > return from hi« fruilie«s err»nd t«> W ish- ) ington. h.».« been c«2etloi as d.etrict Judgef>r Honolulu. It is «>! o«> irse perfectly uatural th.tt he »h«>u!«l be rew.irded f*r h*ving co«iverted (in his mind) Secretary H«>ke Smith. ar.d having intlueuced Gresham aad alao f>r his pr>n»«*ition and ttforts in the *‘black’’ eauae. but we eannol quite underetand why we should have ?ad«lle«l with a new d:strict Judge when we aiready are blessed with two. We don’t supp«>*e that Mr. Carter is to draw any salary »nd as hisjudg ship will interfero >vith his practising of law, we caunot see where the advantage to him is g«>ing to c«>rae in. but perhaps, it is a praiseworthy 3'outhful arabiti«>n in lbe young statesman lo sport a title, aml so heeome able t«> *s»ra” back unele Frank and tell him ‘* You ’re ’nother.” Judge Foater. will ofeourse eonlinue his busine«s aa distnct Ju«lge an office whieh he fills to the entire satisfactioa of the community. We understand that Mr. Foster was greatly surpriseil to hear about the appoinlment of Mr. Carter of whieh no noliee whatever was given t<> him. He had a short while ago writlen to the governmeut mquiring, if a short leave of absence wou!d be granted him if he should decided lo take a trip abroad, probably in ! the month of August. No answer we are informed wa« receiveil to hia request, but Mr. Carter was appointed Judge. Mr. Luther Wilc«>x is the aecund distnct Jmlge for Honolulu, ami is suppo8ed to act duriug the eventual ab«ence of Mr. Foster. \Vtiat Mr. Carter is to do, w« don’t know. It seems to us. that tw«> is company, and three a crowd —and a niee crowd he makea. Shakespeare makes Dogberry in Mueh Ado ab >ut N«>thing “O that I had been written down an ass.” That shows Shakesp«are is a back number umcquainted with the Hawaiian Islands. F>r if ha had lived in these days. he woutd have ma<ie him eaelaim *‘0 lhat I had been writteu d >wn tho Editor of ihe 3tar! ’ And every ono wou»d at onee have felt the f >rce of the alluaion and c<>nsidered it, in view of its late idiot-orial«, at being abeolutelv appropri.it-? and perfi?ctly significant lt h.is been claimed that a newspaper «hould *‘hold the mirror np tv nat«ire.” We d«>n’t know if the Star has l>een trying to do thi«, or not. but if it has, it has most successfjlly held up the mirror of its own nature—and a conlemplibly tergiversiting aud scandalous one it is. But when a paper whieh a few «hort weeks ag<> ass«rted that the whole of Amenea wa« for annezation now come« down t»> tbe stitement that «ume journal« on the coa«l tnm their «ails and that others will hare to and thatnn« letter from one individual in a state effeclually tie« down that state to the chariot wheels of annezation, we ean on!y retractoor ob«<*rvation about 5hakespeare and «ay that he mu«t have known the editor of the Star in a previous «zi«tence when he waan’t named Smith, but Dogberry. Faugh! We are tired of arguing with sucb eoloeeal idiota as pen tbe patently absurd drirel for tbe Star’a eolumna.