Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 53, 18 November 1893 — CORRUPTLY PARTISAN! [ARTICLE]

CORRUPTLY PARTISAN!

Mr. W. Ci. Sraūh, the etlitor of tue Hawaiian Star, was arrested yesterd*v on a charge of Iibel. According to the statemeut iu the last even:ng s Star the of the editor was as mern.* as a marriage-bell. Ihe poliee officer left a warrant with Mr. Sinith. and that jierson walked down “by and-by to tbe Station Hou>e where he was rele:.sed ou his own recognizanee- no bail being e dled for. » A more infamous proeeeding has bardly been known in this conntry. If this goverument cora{ osetl of Mossrs Dole. Damon, King aud Smith, desire thc slightest elaim to be considered au honest goverument, they wi!l without delay i emphazise their disapproval of the corruptly partisan act of I Marshal Hitehcock. Tho editor of tbe Holomia was arrested a few weeks ago on a charge similar to the one preferred against Mr. Smitb. The warrant against Mr. Nonie was served, aud execnted in the proper m nner, aud he was told to wait iu the Marshal’s office until the bail bond was made ont. Mr. Oeo. Carson Kenyon, was arrested on a charge similar to the above raentioned. Two poliee captains arrested Mr. Keuyon. dragged him to the Station Hon.se. searched his person and lockod him up in a eell. Mr. A. Johnstone was arrested on a charge of libel and is at liberty after having furuished a bail-boud for ?100. May we then ask what authorized the Marshal or induced him to treat tbe editor of the Star witli snch an ostensible favoritisnb The Captain of the Poiiee, who served tbe warrant shonld be discharged, because he acted contrary to law and eoutrarv to the instructions giveu to the ]>olice. The Marshal should be immediately removed, because ho has brought the authorities of of this country into contempt and hatred throngh his partisan action. The Attorney-General —if he approves of this action on the part of his subordinates should be cashiered aud forced ont of office by his colleagues whose uames are being dragged into the raud. For Heaven’s sake, what are we coming to? Is Sauford B. Dole the man who at one time wasan honorto tKebench as a judge going to sit tamely by and see the government whieh he heads covered with odium ; Because no man ean eome to us and infonn us that he or Mr. Daraon are in fear of this hired scribbler of the Star and afraid of doing to him as, acconiiog to our laws, is done to others. The corruptiou, the infamy. the unspeakable cowardice whieh the goverument has displayed in its show of partiality and partisanship is enough to turu everv decent citizen against them. The kamaainas are placed under bonds for their apj>earance. Mon whom the £rovernment knows wooldo t leave the countrv if there were hundre«.ls of libel ; suits agaiust them are treated like criminals whilea stranger, a new-comer, a hireling of a politieal party is treated as if he was i above tlie laws and regalations | of this conntrv*. We have finallv learned the troe character of Marshal Hitcbeoct. Good government woald be irapossible with him or any other corruptly partisan.