Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 34, 26 October 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Star han ereu excelled j it* thc line of vile iinie- j cencv bv allowin;; »*3Uietuiiig j whieh »igns itself Jostice to pnblUh a m<»st cowardlv and eontrmpt’.ble attick on the Queen. t Joatice whoever, it is (we are loatb P) l>elivvc it to be a woman or a raan) bases this l.**test nnealle.l for attack on the Qaeen on the K>ttery bnsine>s e j ahoahl pav no atteotiuu to the i letter nf Jastice if īt waSu’t a I goo<l einmple of t»i8 bigotry and inronsistency of the gang whieh spends its tiroe in deriding at. j and abcsing the Q u*eu. The Lottery llill was passed in the Legi»lature and becaioe law. lt was then presented to the Queen for Her signature and »he was advised by Her cabinet to sign it. As a coustitotional aovereign she had no ehoiee in the matter. Tbo very raob whieh has been how!ing at her for opposing tho con»titution of 1887 now howls, because she acted np to the spint and fundamental pnnoiple underlyiug a constitutional governraent. The old Psalm—singing women represented bv Justice were not elect- d by the people to represent it in the legislative assembly of the country. The men lawfully olected exercised tbeir constitutional rights by passing ■ anv act proposed to them, and eaeh ono was individuallv responsib!e for his actions to his constitnents aloue aud not to a lot of ignorant women who did not nnd—thank Heavens—do not exercisc a poliiieal franchiso here. To grant to a nnmber of ontsider» and women at that, rights whieh nr<* bv onr constitution vosted in the LegislHture would bo an absurdity and an outrage. The weakness evhibited by the raen who snp|H)rte<l tho LotteryH:!l by now saying. that they didn t know what they were do4ng is indeed a pitiful sj>ectacle. The petition ciroulate<l iu favor of the lotton*, vrere certainly not circulated and siguetl secretly. They were presenteil and ahown in every store and every street-corner, and over 1200 foreignersin HonoluIuattachedtheir names voluntarilv and knowingly. The petitions in f«vor of j the lotten* bill seut to the Legis- ■ lature wore signe«l by a very ! l»rgo number of people • nd tho meu olected bv tbe people wero in duty boond lo favor the iueasore. We do not care to dncnM the roerit of the bill with Jostiee or the other old laiiiea. They l»ck Ihe knowledge nei'essary to’ judge soch a meaanpe and are in no way eotitle*l to lie heard in preference to tboee who helieve Ihe act to have keen benefioial to the coootry. We are «k> oseii to heari g the reforoi j p»rtv and tbe missiooaiy elenienl , calling themselves aiways * the best people” and *'the beat elemem tbat it is hanlly worthj of not ee. We w,mid like tbongh to be informeil someday why »hey b>Iieve themselves saper;or to

tbe people who refose to join their ranks and their churcfaes. Tbose of them who bave eome nnder oor apeeial notice have l>een mostly distinguisbed by their intolerance, bigotiy.hrpocrisy.and meolal and physical corruption. ; Neitherby iustinct or by edncation. ea6 the men and women represented by Jnstice be called gentlemen and lavlies. Tbe less j said aboot their l>eing ‘*the : best,” the better. | In reg4rd to tbe accnsations of J;ist:ce ag.iinst the Qneen. that she bribed the meml>ers of tbe Legis!ature to vote for the lottery bill we ean sim|>ly stamp them as foul lies. The bribing done during the last Legislature was done by Ie»ding men of tbe j refonn party. We challenge Justice and “iU>” ilk to pnnlnee } one iota of proof to b:tck “its” »lirtv asserti*>n against Her Majesty. while we 1 otfer to bring forward proofs whieh woold r»-8ult disastrous for soroe of ‘the best” meu referred to by tlie Star-correspon.lent. Threats. bulldozing, promises, cash, and financial services vtere nsed alike by tbe reform clique to obt iin votes to oust cabinet after cabinet so as to bring the conntiy into the iuost deplomble poliiieal sitniition and thereby find a reason for advoc,iting anuexation —a raeasnre den©nnced by the false tongue of that Christian leader of the reform ilk Mr. Tliurston while he was negotiating with tbe American Represeutatives for the b;irtering of Haw«ii's inde{H*udence. If the refor:n party aud its inouthpieces like »Justice and Curtis »T. Lyons desire to mke np political reconls we are ready every time aud, by Heavens, thoy will eoiue oot in the small end of the horn. Now Commissioner J»e will be happy. He has long sought to shiue as a lady, inan but failing dismallj haa at l*st imported the onlv kind of lndif* with wliom he could l»e popular. and tliose are Pr>fessor KoelH»l s lady-bngs. Mr. Johnstone is making a violeut attack on the half whites this m»rning. Evidentlv this great “Amelienn” jourualist (!) is not the progeuitor of any of that despised mee. Onr esteemed couteniporary the Star does not yet realize that the word “ missicnnries' is synonyra of a certain polilieal party in Hawaii. the stock-in-tmde of whieh bas l>een their alleged Christianitv and tbeir veiy »ctual note-shaving and asory. When Mr. 8mith of the | Star, some day gets proofs of the great love with whieh the “roissionaries ' view him and most of tbe American members of the Annexation Clnb wbo do not be I long to the “inner circle.” be ; he will be more moder«te in bis | adul»tion of the *ring.”