Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 66, 5 December 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The f ict bas been bronght to oar notiee, that several school children —evidently c h i 1 d re n ■whose j) »rontsareconnected with the Provisional Government —rird tiking st ilionen* to school. that is impressed vith the Hawaiian Pi >vnl Coat ofArrns. al-o with the Ute King’s ]>rivnte rnoa<'gram. The childreu «ay that they "got it from | the - 'Uiene’’ It is mmaterial how they go? it. l?ot, what , right have the me ':bers of this (bnvnnaeut, Execative and military. to allow such dis«Vnse of pfoperty, whieh slioold h»ve l becn pro]>orly cared for, nntil tho j)D-sent polilieal difference was sett1ed? Have they no shame? Havo they no decency? We feel perfectly sure. that j llis Excellency Samuel M. Hamon woukl never countenan.ee such- wilfal perversion of trust —for in ono senso it is a trust, they ure holding all such proderfv in trust only—had he been * i made aware of the iutention of such action by those having personal charge of the property. W’e hesitate having to draw Mr. Damon’s attention to this act of vandalism by those who onght to know bctter, us he ulroady has a burden weighty enough on his shoulders, but, thero is no oue iu tbe cabinet who shows any desire to see “f;iir play done. The stand whieh he has taken against the Star and its clamoring clique for the dismissal of the Hawaiiaus who hold governmeut ])ositious, sliows that he endeavors to be fair-minded. We were sorry to see him accept the office that he now holds, bnt recent eventā have shown him to be a friend to those officials who attend properlv to their duty, whether they he* Boyalists or Auoexationists.