Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 250, 26 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

If it ean he proven thal the tbree men arrest»-*l t«»r conepiracv reahy have «••»utemplated the hid*Hjas offenee for whieh they have heen arre<ted they should cerlainly be uuui«iied. lf ihe Atton;ey-Gener-al and the MarHUal lhrough their vigilauce uipped a con?piracy in the hud. they de«erve tne thanks of the community. but if the e se turn? out to be ihe resu.t <d tlie fertile immagination with whieh the uoliee spies eeem to be gifted aud the whoie conspiracy turns out to be a f:ise, theu tiie Attorney Geaeral will again have 8ucceeded in covt-ring himself with ridicule ami he should be made to step do\»n und out. Whatever way the trial of the three accused nieu turn oiit, we decidedly obje<-t to have the alleg«-d conepir; cy laid at the do<>r of the royulist8. Common decency should have snggested to the twogovfcrnment organs t» g' slow in their infamous and lying assertions. We all remembtr how triumphantly the annexation organs bow!ed when the «ipium in tiie station house was stolen by some wicked alleged royalist. The thief tnrned out to be oue of th<»se pets <>f the P. G. — one of the her<>es rewarded with m office under the new rcgime, and the misplaced how!sceased. Then there was a>iother yell fr>>m the tw«> annexation scribb:ers' iying llir<>i ts when the crown-jewe!a were ab-tracted fr>>m the cr<>wns. lt was r<-<vali;-t- ofc<>vr8e who did it. whieh fullv pr»<ve<l the r<>tterifcss of th«- mon archv. Kesults pointed t<> difl<Tent sources and an«dh w r her<> was finally arrested an<l some of u.e jewels found iu his possession. Then tlie r.<yalists poisoned the soldiers. Upon official investigation. n >thing cnuld be proven. but in the ranks there isn’t a s<>!difcr wh > was in the barracks at the time who doubts liie ehannel through whieh the p»i8«*n g t int>) their pea? —and it was n» royalist ehannel.— Theu dynamite was found on l>r. McKibbin’s premise8 in dmgerous proximity «»f Waahington Plaee. ilere wae >>f-c<>urse a r valist plot t<> bl<>w up the barracks and hlow the heroes into at»ms, but is there to-day anybody in or out of the poliee force who don’t kuow who pul the giant powder in that yard. where it wae louiui by the miraculou8ly appearing ever-vig lant poiiee eapuina. Aiul now oomes the arrest of Mr. Crick —a short whileago ihe edil >r of the P. G. Supported paper styied tbe “Liberal M —md of Mr. Sincla.r a member of the P. G. volunteer forces. aiui one of the or:ginal heroes wuo laid down his life on the 17th ot Jauuary. and has st«x>d ever ready to rej>eat th«t pleaaani performance ever since — vnd immediately the aunexation crew talks wildly ahoul a royali8t eonspiracy, while the Advertiser at the same time admits tbat the nativee are not imnlicated iu the affair. Who then are, we should like to know? We have been told time •nd lime again that all the foreignere in the country are iapporters of the P. G. We hear daily that tbe annexation eluh has from 6,000 to 7,000 memhen, out of whom mora more than 2,000 are armed and

ready to bie*i for Mr. S>f'fcr. We ?ee evcrv from Mr. Damon ? Ananeial ?utemfcut that a large sum is bfcing to supporl an army, and we read with awe ab<>ut tbe great strat«-gical move in t capturing the old 5;ilut!iig gun* at the ?h' >re battfcry (from the royaljst5 ?—who wonldn t have them as gifti—.md al>>iit ;heir safe dep->sit in the palaee yard. And n>>w on lui> of ail tiiat appears the Pr >- vis .>nal Gov-rnment.through itsAt torney-General, with a pale laee, withchatt«-ringteeth,and trenjbling knecs,and c!aims thal three bad.bad royalists wanted to lake furcibie j i» >ēsession of the palaee. and of all ihe men, officers, arn.s. amunition and the g >v« rnmenl’s unpaid hilli there t<> be f >und. And the papers sii>£ Hosanna, a> d afterthe arrest, the Provi8ional Governraent thr<>ugh its Atr<»rney-General leamed in the law rec»verr ii*t usual equilibriura,and smiles serenely aga;n. No, the roya!ists are not plotting and have no intention of committing any violence against ihe P. G. Ooinmon sense.it seems to ns, would teil the government that such a move on the part of the royaiists would be absolutely idiotic and inconsistent with thecourse followed from the day when Sam l)amon as a friend, ami a privy CouncilIor of the Q>ieen, advised Her Majeety to surrender under a protest to the United States. M hy Ihe Queen and her followers who have patiently and peaceful!y waited for the answer to that protest and art ready to wait until that answer should try to precipih«te an ieaue we eannol see. Tne Queen and her 8Upporters are firmly eonvinced lhat the answer to her protest will give her justice and that the United St ites will uiido the great wrong committed in their name.And there wouid be no reason norjust cein planning or eounlenancing unneceasary bloodsb«d. To auppoee that the r<>yalist8 desire t<> hlow uj> tlie Palaee is simplv folly. ’ The Palaee will Bhort<y be turned int > its proper use and d« signati<>n. and the taxpayers are not aching f>>r m«>re br cklayer’s or mason's bills. If there is any conspiracy at all we believe that it will turn oiU t«> be a conspiracy between Whisk°y. Gin snd L>eer to tnke the sense out of the heads of lome idlers and set their irresponsible tongues a-wagging. But such conspiracies—how weleome they m?y be to the poliee spies as a nieane f»r thera to eonlinue their p!under of the treasury — no dang r for the State. The treatment of the arrested men after tiieir arrest is another instance of the inability and veuomoas spite in whieh the Attor-ney-G«neral seems to excel. Wherever was an accused man deprived of the right to see his eoanael and to talk freely and eonfidentially with hira?CertainIy not 1 in any civilized country. It took | diplomatic inlerference to obtain that simple pnvilege for the arrested men &nd we thiuk that the nttitude adopted by the AttorneyGeueral on several occasions tnwards Britith snbjects under arrest ia such that it should meet with puhlie condsmnation. If the At-toraey-General entertains specially hostile feelings towarda tbe British residents in H&waii. he shoald try to curb hia fe«!ings or be preveoted from using his official power to gratify hia unfriendly sentiment8. The mo*t deplorabl« affair in the whole m*tt«r thoagh is the aearch of Mr. J. A. Cammiiu*

premi»es. The inaull and ird:gnity offere<i toward? this mo5t reepeolahle and leadmg Hawaii is to be deeply regretted. No sane man would ever believe thal Mr. Curainine in anv wav would be eon- < • ... nected w.th a conspiracy injunoue t > hie country —and raore es;»ec;alIy wiih a conspimcy of sucn an absurd character as the one whieh the authoritie= elami they have ferreted out now, We understand that Mr. Curaniins will inst.tute a damage-8uil f>r a large amouni and we d«n’t d >ubt that aiiy intelligent jury of his country-men will g;ve him .1 verdict ior every cent for whieh he may as< and the taxpayers wil! of course have t*> pay f»>r the b!undt-r of lue »eifaopointed g>>vernment. Nothmg of any susi>ieious ch;iracter was found as eouhi liave heeu exi»*cted. The broken weapon f>and in Tommy's r>j>ni might ha7e tld a ule. but the c<>adition of ihe weapon 8eenis t« imlieal* 1 that Tommy is not on the war path at present. The royalists were all pra*ying yesterday to have their hou3es searcbed. The prospects of daraages were very tempting indeed, but the Attorney-General seems to have exhausted himaeH by having one warrant issued. One peculiarity the annexationi«t«, and other supporters of the P. G. (for the loaves and fishes) have, ie their astonishing capability «f aeeiug round a corner the exact things that will l>e of value in subtainieg the sinking hopes of their dupes and followers, whether those things are there or not. or even it they should to t!ie unprejudiced and impanial eye l>e tiie exact opposite of what these blatant selftruinpeted prophets pr<>claim it to be. These reraarks are general in their nature, but have special bearin" on tiie g rrulous and inc<>rrect apeeial pieading i ex-Judge A. S. Hartvvell in Thurs< <y's Star. _ Onee upon a time there vas an Ass >ciate .]usticeof our Suprei. - Court named A fr>d S. Hurtwell. who, while he was or the heneh g:iineil a reputatioi. f r impartiality aud knowledge of law and equity, that would doubt!ess in course of time raised him to the Chie; Justice and Chancellorship. And it is a question in our iuinds, even m light of later revelations, whether it vvould not have been better that Pr<>videnc»- should have so deereed his advancement. But it was not lo be. In an evil moraeut he succumbed to polltical temptation aml resigned from the bench to become Attorney-General. FaciU decen$us aeemi. K ver since his reputation for eommon sense judicial fairness, know!edge of law, and general straightf<->rwardnes9 have been 9>iffering such severe b!ows that it is said lh;>t he eomplained to the Suprerae Court that ihe conduct of L. A. Thurston was highly unprofessional in constautly quoting the deci9ion of Hartweli,J., against the motion9 and argumenl9 of A. S Hartwell, attorney. But enough of the personalitv of ihe attorney — learaed (!) in the law, Let us examioe his brief for the defens«. We will not .accuse him of having been paid for it, and retaliate wiih hi« own argumenl that thereby its value is vitiated for correctnes« and justice. We will do the ex-Jadge the credit of believing that when he is paid for anything that he does hia best to earn his mooej. and does not put his elienla to the ehanee of loaiog the eaae

simply because he has already received his tee. N>1 J,idgel W e thmk better of you tnan that. We will als» slip ihe o)>ening paragr»phs wherein the !eurued (1> ex Judgeshows up his >vi.o!e ham! aec»rding lo ihe aneient leg.v: prac- , t:ce—“aocase,abuse the «>ther side.' 1 Judge C*olev’s repuUt>on and standing ;re t<>o weil fixed t-> I>e hurt by anythine a Hartwell eouli say or wr;te. When Johr. *vuox stood up in * the P.*lace of »Iu*yr<,>«'Kl an«l saul I am in the plaee where I am deraanded of conscier.ce ; *t>e: ; the lruth.a* ithetr,ith I sp-.tk.in. 'ign it wh so iist.” he f;.r nshe«l i ’i>r’grt example t > future bnt t‘ie spectacle <>f A. S. H <rt >eii "t.w„ ; up the gauntiet l>r H.awaii’ an l I “makmg a thriliiu<; r ( y" t < Ju<lgeC>oley d« es i; >t pr> s-*nt a s >litary pnmllel t<> tha* «v • > • *- <i h<st<>rical »*xeniplar. He 1>. - < v«d ed every issue th.it Judge Cooiey has sqnarely pr**sented aiul has merely c«>ntented hmiself with reiterating ine stock assertion» <<f the supremacy of the white nee here, and the c<>n?tant corruption of the Monarchical G«)vernment. of whieh he s;«ys ihat *‘neither non-resident capitalists, n«>r resident corruptionists have longer the eoninu of the destinies of Hawaii.” The first statement will be a strong biow to the Bostonians and Germans who are now claimed as such slr<>ng supporters of the P. G..t<> be t<<!d that they bave no longer any eontr«>l here. As to the latter part it is rather nnive on the part of the gentleraan aho dep»sited tlie government funds to his own cr«*dit in Bishop’s b.»nk when g»!d vvas at a premium. and who paid interest oa Hawaiian Hutel b >Dds when thg ivernment had bargained not to d<> so, to admit that h* n<> longer has anv share in tn<; c<mtr»I of this government. Il simply sh <ws his rnagnanimity t(ien that he should attempt to pall>at» that in whieh he no lo;;ger has « i interest. as now “no resident « - iptioinsta have !<mger th contro! of the destinies ol’ Hawaii.” Why this gentlema*i ( ! !) should ex«rept t > Mr. Cooley’s stateiuent tn.it the wiiite populalion ar>* t"reigners is unknown to us also. as three severai times has that g*.*ntleman start>*d off to make th<>se of his family who were b<>rn here int<> foreigners by resi<lence elsew iere, but whelher it was Ihe clim<te. or ouly financial reasons, he has as mauy times br<mght them back to make plain, ordinary, everyday kanakaa of them onee m >re. But with all that varied exj>erience of b»th countries »nd their e >mparative values, vve stili find him claiming that these same evanes cent transit*>ry 9hiftab<>uis are ihe oues —and the only one» —who h»ve “the right” as well as “the p <wer” to preserve this c<>untrv ‘ from all ihe t**rrors <>f anarchy. ai.d in the inter<-st of law, or ltT and good morals to establish a government whieh would secure the just and eqaal adrainistration of law.” We will not discu*s the queation any further ihan to remark acoording to A. S. Hanwell, attorney for the defence, the visilor p>oSsesees superior domiciliarv rights to the resideat owner, and we appeal from that to Hartwell J. in re the Chir.ese immigrant qoeetion ▼. Hawn. Reports. As to hia aaaenion that a lei*urel y calling tegether of Hawaiian vcters wcold not relieve u« from the * Anarchieai” (?) “tend8ncies of Ihecrown”

that has nothing t<> d>> with it. Majoritr rules »od ths Haw.iiiaa voter bas the righl tochooee what he •hali be g>v..Tiie<l by—whet:ier a;i “anarchist m>>narch”( whateverth»t may be) or ar. aanexatioDist auarchi9t (whieh i? apj »rvntir whtl we h.»ve g >t u>>w). His f.irther traver*e <»f Judge C >oley’s rt:iteui.-nt t.'iat “the 1*. I». was .it onee acknowle>iged by the Ainenean Mimsler" by »ayii g that tius is niel by the aeiiiowledgemert “at onoe *>r «ithiu a very short itTK>d" **by all other foreign representetivis" ts abs »- luteiy untrue. T>> lhis day ne;ther Frai>ce. Kngland, l’ >rt g.ii, and t .lan-’.a. witii wh>>tn >>i»’y >ve hive ■ d:olj i¥itie repres>*ntatK>ii outs de j ni the S:.«tes. hava d >ne m >r.> tbau !*cku'>wiv<ige by their r»n>rese:it.itives that the 1*. I». is the governiuent "’e facto and th*t they wouid ask tor iastructions froiu their h »uies goveruments on the matter. > far apparent!y none have c>>iu . The Consuls also haye done no Austria and Rnssia meml>er' <>f >»ne m>>re, except those *>f (»ermany, firm, prominent ainongst the prom«>ters <»f ihe revolution —who with J. L. Stevens unc*m*liti >naily end>*rsed approved and aeknowledged the existence of the i’. («. as the g *verunoeiit ot t!ns e >untry. His argumenls in reg.ird t» contiguity, hom>>geneity, nalional *iestmy, and the iK>wer *>f a Prori*ional gofernraent t>> disp«>8t- of its own. or other peoplee’ birthright, with>)ut consultation wilh the elt?ctors are s>» s* lf-evidently fallacious that we will d*siuiss Alfre*l S. Hanwell t-> his w. ll-de-served p* ttif>.ggH'g obscur.ty wilh the one reuiark “never *>j*en y*>ur m*>uth nuless you have s >inething to s >y, f>T if vou do. y>m will surely put your foot in it.” And you have «lone it this tirae. F*>r the information *'f our f*>re;gn re.ders who may als>> tike the Hullelin, we will say tbat when Kawaiiane eook *l>*g f*>r the purj>o»e of eating it they d*> n*»t skin it any raore than they do a pig. And, further. th»ugh no doubt “Fiiiueg*n.” the B*>ston dog, was as cleanly fed as m*>st foreigners feed t!ieir d*>es, still. f>>r e oking purjK>ses, Uawaiiana only e,*t d »gs whieh are Bpecially fi-*l fr»m their birth up f»r the purj* >.«**, and are kepl froro every apecies*>fcontauiination (tnarine or otherwis*-) until kill**d and eooke*!. F rthesereasons we regard .luen’» st*>rv of Finn*gan as one of th*>se fairy stori. s j>eculiar t» that gentieman of old in hia ollieiai relations and we wonder at the Bulletin’s rejx>rter, who is a Mawaiiao, a*l«*j>ting it.