Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 25, 17 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Frovi Iki i/y o/ Jwru Ioth . 1S93. It ia refresbing to read the lectupe* whieh Editor Arthur Johntton of the Adverti9er deliven ; gratia to the mon»rchy and it« j iupporters. If th« monarchy, he mt«, bad heen able to boast of «ueh a minister* ae Sam I)amon. , th«n the prospect* are that it wouid be in the swim yet, and be ju«t aa sohd and happy a» is the Prori«ional Governraent. The memory of Editor Johnston J« evidently getting very irapired. The softning of the t»oi-like mixture in bis cramum ie getting more pronounced. Why, man. ihe mon«rchy did try Mr. Damon and his political allie« as ministers and at the firet election after their appointment. the majority of the people arose in it« migbt and voted thein elean uut of office and eight, and one of that m«jority was Witor Arthur Jobn«ton f who at that time waa the half-white (1) editor of the Elele, and certainly didn’t consider hiinse!f a emall }K)tato in the fight, but rather took (and «till takes) the credit for the succes« of ihe cam}»a'gn in 18‘.K). And now three short vears after that valianl fight in whieh he scored th« Datnon ministry to hie hearl’e content, and was even haulei up for libel by Thurston. heeomea out oj>enly and says that if the monarchy had only selected «uoh mini«ters as l)amon, everything would have been lovely. Yes, the monarchy did try a reform ministry, and their hands ean yet be traced in every financial «Latement whieh is now presented. Is not that haunting, threatening, always, aj>pearing a}»parition, the Postal Savings Bank, of their creation? Hasnotevcry succeeding government spent their time and ■ broken their haeka in finding ways and meana wherewith to pay back the money whieh the people }»oured into the Thur«ton cabinet’s Saving Bank. and whieh Tuurston }>oured out-<.rod only knowa where? Is not the very man who is Mr Arthur John8ton’s model of a minieter of finance now providing and manufacturing law after law, wherebv’ to prevent or at least delay the payment of the money deposited under that reforra ministry. and now demanded haek by the taxpayers of the country? Indeed the the monarchy has tried a reforra ■iinistry, and it was a failure then, ju«t «s mueh as it is a failure today. The hints thrawn out from time to time by the Advertiser that the cabinets under the monarchy would not have been wil!ing to pre- , sont w<ekly financial 8tatements is | cowardly as well as al>eurd. The finaucial condition of the g'»vernment und«r «ny of the former administrations wa« far better and far more oolvent than 18 the pre«eut stai« of afiairs. The ineinuaUone that the former cabinet« were corrupt need hardly any refutation. Theae inamualiona, whieh in the oo1lapeed manife«to of that doting mi«led, o!d sinner, Stev«ns, took th« «hape of direct —but unaubetantiated —accosations, have been di«proved by the very actions oftheP. G—lf anything oorrupt <x>u)d bave been fouod in the adminiatrat)on« under tbe monarchy, i» it likely that the preae.it government whieh has uaed all meana to ju*tify >ts existence would have kept aileai? īo oommenting upon Steven's manife«to a New York papef saye that the beat aod «ure«t deaiai to hia cbarges of oorruotion again«t theQaea»’s admini#tr*tion lay« in the fact, that, althougb ihe P. G. look Baddenly poeaeeaiou of al! officiaI huaineee and docn ments wilhoui giving the ineumhenU of theoffiee* ihe 8!ight««t opportunity or ohanoe to “fix” thisge «p, nothiog haa ever heen etated or prcven by the «aid P. Q. to ehow that iham «m anything wrong oroor-

j praising the reform miniflter»-with tbe file of the Elele ly*fore us keeping us poated on the tune he a \ while ago s*ng sgain?t them. we » I will know how mueh or rather how liUle imjx>rtinee to plaee on his j opinion? and remarks. Bv readirg the renewed atUcks j on the tjueen, as a woman and wife. bv Stevens and a!so by the Hono- : lulu c*>rresp)ond<nt of the Minneapolia Time«, Mrs. .W. Hall. ; lhere c>»me« toour mind an addrees whieh was read to the Queea on the 22d of April 1892 upon the j»resentation to her of a fine grand piano subscril>e>J for by citizens of Honoiulu. The coramittee whieh presenlxd the piano and addre?s to Her Majesty consisted of Mr. John H. Soper (now ciramander iu chief iof the N. Gs), Mr. J. F. Hackfeld | (a partner of our politicaI friend 1 the k.k. C)nsul Herr Glade) and Mr. John l’hilii*. We think that the best answer to Mr. Stevensfl and Mrs. Hail’a fllanders against the Qneen is the publicition of that address whieh we puhliah here: **\Ve desire to anproach your Majestv with the most prolound feelings of loyalty and the truest friendship for you as our beloved Queen and a Hawaiian lady, and venture raoet respectfully to aflk your Majfflty’fl accej»tance of this mueieal instruraent as a token <»f our loyal homape. Blending as it does the pr>)ducts of the Hawaiian forests with the ekill of foreign artisans, it is svmbolic of the : bappy bonds of friendsbip whieh unile »ur Hawaiian Kingdom ' with tb« neighboring shores, and ; while we pray that ils harmonious notes may ever help to cheer and 1 soothe your Majesty and lighten the sorrowfl of heart whieh are the mheritance of all mankind, may it also serve to gladden your Majesty wlien in the enjoyment of happy and unclouded eoeial pleasure and to remiud you of the faithful Aloha j of your loyal subjtcts. Praying that your Majesty may long live to reign over a happy prosj)erous ; and ontented people, and to realize tlie highest and best ambi- > ti<iiis that exiat in your heart for the service of your kingdom, the accompliflhment of your duty and the love of your country. we are j with niost respcctful grettings. Your Majesty’s most dutiful flubjects (Sigoed on b°half of the donors) J. F. llackfeld. John Phiilipa. John H. Soper. On the 12th of May, 1893, the Queen in acknowledgraent to the loyal «ubjects who donated the pianotohergave a musicaleat the Palaee, to whieh the contributors to the ( magnificent gift were invited and to whieh they nearly all went tak ing with them their wives and daughters. \Vhat shall we think of—ean we eall thera men, who a year ago woald drafl the address above printe<l and would accept the hospitality o( the woman of whom they now speak in the vilest terms and would take into her j presence their wives and daughters who to-day are told--and tell 1 themselve9 —that the Queen is -< a ! person not fit to be known by j ladies.” Here are some few of the ; namee of thecontributors on whoee beha!f Meflsrs Hackfeld. Soper, and Phillipa, addressed the Queen, and who with their wives and daughters barried to obey ihe Queens invitalion, and went to her with as their address pretends <4 the profoundest feeling of loyalty and the truest fri«ndship. M * W. W. Hall. J. B. Atherton, C. R. Bisfaop, J. T. W*terhouse Jr., B. F. Dillingham. C. M. Cooke. G«o. P. Ca«tle. E. D. T«nn«y, J. A. McCandless, J. S. McC«ndi«98, T. C. Porter, J. J. Egan, H. Guon, M. Mclnerny, I. H. P.tj. &M. Dm*k>. U. Bn*B,Ow.C. Pttttar.F. M. U.tch, | ___ _ , _ „ _ ~ j 2 ' . ,.v* _ _ 1

with read you a sermon on trne t ' christianity and let him take for < i his text the words of that troly i humb»e. truly giod m<tster whom 1 vou pretend to fo!low: Woe unU) < ye Pharisees and hypt>crite«. t 1 i \Ve reprint t»>-day an edit«>riil j from the New York World, in !, whieh that great paper is critic . ; ising Mr. J. L. Sieven’s address to j the American pe>»p!e. As a whole r the American people didn’t seem to get int<> a rerairkable degree of excitement or enthusiasm over Mr. Stevens. and he remains as obscure , and unnoticed as did his partner > in the pirate business the late eapUin \Viltse. The New York Post ? exj>resses a regret that Mr. Stevens wasn’t horsewhipped before he left Hawaii—a fale whieh that paper considers would have been not alone jiistified, but extremely appropriate. Tbe vilificalion of the Queen has created one burst of indign<»tion, because it is noticed '< that these vi!ifications and damn- , 1 able slanders are neither substant- i iated nor even attempted to be 1 proven. but are simply the resuh , of gossip by the malicious tongues 1 whien were wagging wiihouī i hinder in the narlors of the un- 1 gentlemaniy cur whom the # United State were unfortunate enough to have selected as their representative here.