Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 5, 6 January 1894 — RIDICULUS MUS. [ARTICLE]

RIDICULUS MUS.

SOME COMMENT ON MR. DOLE'S LABORS. (Communicatcd.| Poor Dole! Poor P- G's!! at j last tbe reply from Mi. Dole to United States Minister Willi« is toade pohlie. Mr. DoIe in eon- 1 cocting his auswer no doubt had the assistance of s«ch renownetl lawvers, hs Eramelnth, Carter. Hartwell, Smith, Kinney. Thurs* ton, Hatch and the, politic»l, chief j justice; and yet, what do their ; combined etfoits amonul io' ; Notbing more than an ordinarv : lawvers plea at Bar. A brief, j containing a lawyor s lies aud rais- i statements for the benetit of his j elieni. It is called a diplomatic j document. Ca 4 sar s ghost! what a laugh Fresident ClevoIand and bis cabinet must have had over it on the day when they read it. i Let us see what Dole says to Minister Willis. Dole says 5n substange, that he is disappoint- ; ed to leam that the thievmg scbeme projx>sed to the United \ States has been rejected, but nevertheless eiperiAiioes a sense of relief now that he knows it, although he has waited over niue montbs for such relief. The doclination of Presideut Cleveland (o further cousider • that graml thieving scheme, has | received the aeeepiam-e of Mr. Dole; but, at the sime i time Mr, Dole intends to hold ou uniil President Clevelaud’s successor is elected, then bring his thieving aeheme up again. Mr. Dole goes on to say that bis answer to the questiou, “ure ; you williug to abide by the de | cision of the President?" might be made iu a siugle wonl. Wonder if tbat is not a missprint, because “go to the dovil,’’ is four words? He then tells the President of the United States that he has no right of iuterferenoe here. That s a funnv thing. Especially when a President of the United States interfered so mneh in our domes tic atfairs as to unlaw fully aud ; witbout provocation, allow his Representative with tlie aid of tbe naval troops at his oommaud to dethrone thc constitu- ‘ tioual aud lawful soveivign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, on Jauuary last. DoIe was of opinion then that it was alright. The “boot” j is “now" on the othi r leg, he “squeals," aud now wants to know 'upou what then, does the : Presideut of the United States base his rigbt of iuU-rference?’’ j A lawyer is uot needed to auswer that question. Sorae reference 1 i» made to the expressions of i M.arcy, Sewanl‘ Fish, 1‘laine. and a President of tbe \ear 1836, | wnat have they to do with the i present question? Although. if President Harrisou had «cte<l up to the policy whieh Mr. Doie quote« was that of Fresident Jackson, that "The nniform policy and practice of the 1 niUnl States is lo avoid ail | interfereuoe in dispntes whieh ] merely relate to th« interual government of other natious.'’ j Mr. Dole and his satellities wpnld aot be in powei to-day. Mr. Dole very po)>tely (?) iuform Ministor Wiliis tbat bis couimuuicatioa ap|\e»ni to him (Doie) tooontain niis tatements, and erroneous eonc)usions baaed thereon whioh are prejndicial to tbe P. G s. lie squeaka again. i he fact is that suck a plain trothful statemeot of the statu> of the oaae ts laid bofore Dole by Prwsident Cieveiaod tbat be wineea aad ean on!y take nwour * e * iawver’» method of di»w lnR oitolhis pmlioameiU. H«d Ihoae miasUtements (eadod to h*v«* had an oppooile the «iloalion wotdd uo doubt

have been far more pleasiog lo Dofe. Mr. Dole endeavore k» be-littie Mr. Damon. Now, the eommunity knowa reiy well what Mr. Damon's sworn testimony to, Col. Blount w»s. Surely Mr. Dole does not wish to bave that testimony disbelieve<l as being nntroe. W hetber Mr. Damo assored Queeu Liliuokalani “that if she 8arrendere«l uuder protest her case wonld afterward be , fairly considered by the President of the United States, ’ on his own responsibility or not, of no moment. MhenMr. Damon gave the Qoeen those assorance8. it waa understood th«t he was j 1 representing tbe Provisional, Government. From tlie charac ter of the sitnation on the 17th of Janoar>-, and his oonneelion ■ m 9 with the affairs of that day, Mr. Daraon did undoubtedly represent the F. O. at the tirae the yielded. Mr, Dole, wantsio know what “hercase’’ was that \vas to be fairly considered eto., and thinks there is “no case becuuse tbe President of the UnitedStates has recognized the P. G. How innocent. How in the world did Dule ihiuk the President of the United States \vas to take au)’ steps into inves. tigatmg the Hawaiiau Attairs uuless he did recoguize it. He had to recognize it so as to euable his Ooveruuieut to uegotiate. But becanse of snch aeiion. he is not coraj>elle<l to ignore Queen Liliuokalaui’s rights or elaima. Further cOuiment on that stuj>endous Jiplomatic docnment will be made iu a later eommunieaiion.