Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 19, 23 January 1894 — The Latest Proposition. [ARTICLE]

The Latest Proposition.

The roailors of the Star were thrown into a { aroxysrnof iutense surpriso by reading an editorial heaileil Wlmt of thr ex-Quecn in whioh a proposition is maile to the Queen to “abdicute” and receive a peuaion from the present oligarchical government. Of course Her Majesty ought to be lilled with eternal gratitude to magnanimous editor of the Star who now asks for the abdication. The great power whieh he heretofore has proven to possess in the Councilsof the land (except when his owu ambitions are matters of consideration) must. of course, be a sutboient guarautee for the fulfilmeut by the eonneila of his implied promises. Thcre is one thiug whieh K>oks rathor ;«?markablo in this shbw of kinduess at this late day towarvis the Queen and thaf is the statement iu tbo vory . s;ime tditorial Ler claims have been abandoned bv the l uited States, that owing to ihe Muuroe doctriue, no foreigu power oan help her, and oviug to the qualifications of the muchlvrauked colonels aud their armv, her owu people ean t help her. l'' hen we at the same time remember that the aunexation orgaus consUutly have told us tbat ihe Qneeu has no claims whatever, aud tbat her dethrouemeut was the legitimate result of a legitimate revoiution, we arestill more punded over the proposi tion of the to-be or not-to-be, conucillor editor Smith. We might for a miuute be incliuod to take the pro|K>siiiou au »*rie*x if the tiwe-bonorevl auecdoto about the burgo-mastcr

I if5 » G«rn»An rf!hpe trou!H i uot lK*come t*x) apr"po». A» , { oor cont€iB|)onirv wi?l rem6olHsr , tbe olficii»l rfcfcrre»1 to receire bi» sorereiga with expre>sions of < < regret, l»ecaose no salute haJ beeu i fired on the arriral of His M ijesty. I Tbe po<»r ru.m haJ three reason* for his apolog\ , but a> tbe first i was tbat ihe vill»ge po68eased j I notuiog with whieh to tire a | salute, tbe other two were allowed witbout furtber hearing. and with tbe Star's rea>ons for tbe propose«l abJīcatioos. As tl«e UuiteJ St »tes have SOT abanJoutal tbe Queeu s ' cause. it i> hardiy necessary to ! speculate iu eveutuai actions by Eurojean powers or by >tep> ■ wiiieh migbt be taken by tbe people of Hawaii still loval to t!ieir lawful sovereign. Tbere i are abso!atelv no imlic;.tions froiu t!ie UniteJ States whieh ean instifv tbe «b-nrj statements appeariwg iuour loeai jmgo press recarJing a back-Jown of Mr. • O ~ ClerelanJ. We know, of course, tbat Messiv. Hastings anJ AlexanJer bare s<iut their osnal encouraging(totbe P.G.)anJ salaryj>rocnring (to theinselves) r»'jiort bv tbe Mariposa, but tbe beaJ> of tbe governiuent bere by tbis tinie have baJtoo saJ exneriences to ever beliere in statements from its own ambassaJors. Smce C. L. Carter converteJ Hoke Smitb anJ Frank Hastings receiveJ (»resbams solemn assurances whieh the two Hawaiian “st itesmen’’ eommunieaieel to the P. O. tbere is not mueh inclination in the jialace builJing to plaee faith j in the jieculiar hallncinations whieh are the order of the day in the Hawaiian Legation in Washington. However. this is a minor question. Tbe iuformation whieh we receive from Washing ton have so far j»roveu to be raore accurate aml more authentic than anything whieh onr opj>onents ever have heanl, auJ we know that everything is O.K., anel jierfectly snooth siiling. But the point in taking up the Star jiropositiou whieh we Jesire to mention and eall tbe special attention to of the jn - esent goverujtuent and its organs, is this: 1 That although the iight anel the | agitation from Hawaii, anel the policy and iutentions all along, mentiou a wroug aml an ontrage as liaving been committed ngainst Queen Liliuokalani, aiul amemlments for the wrong as being elue to her, such expression is simply usecl, becanse in her title anel jierson the Huwaiian jieojile havo conoeutrateJ their elaim for justice, and their elemaml for reparation for tbe wrong Jone to I them. Tbe Hawaiian j»:ople. have been JepriveJ througli the agency anJ actions of John L. Stevens of their constitutional government and their sacred right to self rulo. The Hawaiian l*ople have nnanimously Jeclared agaiust the jiroj»osoJ loss of tlieir iuJependence and their , c'vil rights, they certainlv caunot ; “abJicate” or abanJon their claims or receive a ponsion. The Qneen is simply a part of the constitutiou whieh we believe the United States are iu Juty. honor, auJ jnstice bouml to restore to | us. Her abdication or pensioning wouU in no way settle tbe debt whieh Araerica through its chief executive has aclmitteJ, is Jue k> the Hawaiiau people. The ; loyalty of tho Hawaiians to tbeir Queen is nnJ'sjniteJ, nnJ it is the hoj>e of every gootl citizen to ‘ see her back on ber throne, but the act of jnstice whieh tbrouch • O j tb.it great American Grover : (CIevelanJ will plaee her tbere, is 1 | Jee to tbe outraged and cruellv insulteJ Hawaiian natiou, auJ not Jue to anv indiviJual. i • j tor these reasons if not for any * j other, tbe proposition of the Star 1 j is absunl anJ uutenable and * wonld certainly never help to so!ve tbe present Jisastrous aud political situation in Hawaii-nei. I - > l . - * -

♦ — : . • j Tme Stnr persists iu its gross ; j insults agaiust the members of the corps dijJomatiqne in Hawaii. It is pleasiug to notice that none of them take the slightest reganl to the slnrs anJ boorish , remarks witb whieh the paper fills » iU columas. It is evident that l the cbaracter of the crowd whieh i cooJuct tiie paper is too well l knowu to mako thetn worthv of ■ geutlemau’s aUention while

jthe «ftter« fTas aU«ys heen eonsidered most jad eal anJ partisan. I I It is inJeeJ toaching to see the ex-Cbronicle man sbitterne» »gainst the family compact whieh yet prevents tbis adventurer from gettiuga seai in the government of this country «hieh be has I graceil (?) with his presenc6 for less than a year. To coonteract the iurioence of the members of the “eompact” he nnw spre«J> b in.se!f ih tbe cDlnmus- of tbe 8t:»r witb any amouut of' soggestions and wrth an īmmense nse of tbe ordiuary catcbworJ about •giving tbe people a ehanee > Jown with close corporations “popular representation’ aml Americanism. Howlv Moses’ Fmcv tlie war in whieh all tbese snggestioits anJ implieJ promises aio to he pnt’iuto etfect. A vote . even witb restriction>: jNot mueh tbat wouU leaJ to Jisagreeable compiications *>r at > Ieast take so long tirae before it eouU be put mto ettect tbat lie wonU heeome tireJ of being kept waiting—if tbe 8tar, by that t4me wonUn’t be tired of kecping bim. He tlierefore proposes a very simple method. althougli it h»rdly >mel!s of any kind of Americanism expect foreign boss-rule and tbat is to eall a mass meeting aml let ten Councillors be nominated tbere; whereafter a bigh official (Emmelutb?) guarantees that tbe CounciIs wouU elect tbe so nominateJ members. Yes, but who is to vote at tbe massmeeting? Presnmably ouly meml>ers of tbe annexation club, auel tbe Jirterent secret societies, because if snch meeting was for tbe “people’’ tbe cbances of Mr. Smith wouU be smaller than ever. But on the other side only raembers of ihe mentioued political orgauization get a voice in tbe matter. Wbere, may we ask tbe man does tbe “Araericanism” tbe >‘chauce for the people’ anel all tbe other “bigh fallutin” sentiments ome in? Verily tbe suggestor mnst bave a very small opinion of tbe eommon sense of people in tbis eoun- , try while we fully realize that the opinion he has of bimself woukl need number twebty boots for a covering. Ax eclitorial in a last evening’s annexation>st paper is a peculiar ; make up, and 'strongly suggests indulgenee in spirits frumenti. Excerpts are tbus presented: The news of SaturJay ought to ' | to eoin inee the ex-Qneen tbat 1 the restoration causo will have no more aid from the UniteJ States j 1 Governmout. * * * It must also appear to Mrs. I Dominis that she ean expect no aiel from Europeau powers. * * l What then of the Queen’s i j future? Politically it is hlaek. * As we sum things up, the late P sovereign has but one avaiiable asset —the privile>je [italics ours] sbe has to abdioate all claims or t ; protcnce of claims upou Hawaiian r i power and authority to the Provi- > sional Governraent. We are inelineel to ihink tbat such a privilege wouU be worth monev ? to ber. ***** Tbe “coming events” seem to * have cast tbeir sbaJows strongly . before tbe writer as, he progresses, in a natural way, to tbe 5 linal result, desired by all loyal 5 citizens, i, e; froni “Ex-Queen” to “Mrs. Dominis” and tben to tbe proper title “tbe Queea" aud ; to whom he will, no donbt, in the 1 uear futore be glad to bow the : knee iu taben of bis positon as a most loyal subject. : . [ Liokel Stagoe. wbo haa again been broagbt to prominont notice bere, was onee tbe pet of tbe ‘gooJv-gooJy people” auj was i one of the first wlio contributed > slanJerons matter to foreign [ joumals relative to Queen Liliu- i okalani. Tbrough tbe services of a Jetective Marshai Wilson was enable d to locate the correspondence as being pusbed throogb > • Clemens‘ News Agency, whieh f then existed in San Francisco. | Waterhouse was the name adopted t by Stagge dnring his Iate rascal- : : ities aud nnder whieh name he i : was jailed and served a term. ! > His ehoiee of jail cognomen t seemed to indicate that he had i not forgottcn the I>ianJs nor tho pecnliar.ties of tbe people, bnt 1 he K ot canght. Following is the story lately relateii of him:

TbePortl.«ml (Oregon> EvenTelegmni of Jan. H f5‘ ves ' ae record of Lionel Sfc«gge. tbe receiver of tbe sus(>emleil Oregon National Bauk. lt quotes the records of the Circuit Conrl; to ; show that on December j Stagge. nnder the name of A. L. Waterbonse. w»s sentencod to »-ue vear s imprisonment in the St «tes penitentiaiy at Salem on a cbarge of forging a name to a $3ō eheek. After seniug lns seutenco Stagge returued to Portland. It is asserted that Stagge. un- | d« r the name of A. L. W aterhonse. p«ssed a forge«l eheek for $3ō at San Diego. He represenl- I ed himself as a tn\veling correspondent for the New York W orld and weut about gttheriug datj» f rauarticle on Southern Califomia mines. W aterhoose weut to Sau Diego with an iusurance . »igent of S;m Frauciseo. and the lutter indorsed a draft for him ou au Oakland bauk. The draft e me back protested and the , Sau Francisco man telegraphed to have W r īterhonae arrested uuiess Le paid the dr;«ft ond the ■ money whieh be had loaned bim. W Literhouse- did uet pay. ami accordingly the warrant was issned charging him with forgery. ; 1 — A considerable sum of money is mw to be expended to obtain, tlie previouslv freely protiered, informatiou, that, tbe \ r eJulia Cardinalis, or Australian lady- • bng. was the boss of the bliglit. ( “Onr Joe” got so mixed up with Iadies. and bugs. and things, that it has required the services of a scientist to!extricate hiin frora his quandary; yet, of course, ‘Joo kuew it all the tirae ; for, hasn’t he got acoess to reference books' Axd, speaking uow of Commis- ■ sioner of Argriculture Marsden, it bas beeu asked bv several people why it was that the excellent nnd valn ible assortment of plants, latelv proffered by a lady of this citv, was not forwarded to Ihe Hawaiian eNhihiiion! 1 Somebody may be willing to tell wby : will Commissioner Marsden telC Thf. American tlag whieh was subscribed for by many people and whieh onee hung upon the pole, near Ilobiusou’ s Hall, should not be allowed to be lost sigbt of like the expensive silk Hawaiian ffag whieh formerly belonged to tlie Honolnlu Riffes, and, for whieh, many fair friends to the corv.s \vorked hard to obtaiu. i Who knows where it is now? Araerican Patriotic Leaguesare being formed in nearlv all of the Eastern States. Tbe boys there know an American when they see him and “only Americans are put on guard;” no mongrels. i i The story goes that, tbe secret raeeting of the Advisory Council ! ( held ou Saturday afternoon, was ! siraply for Uie purpose of disseminating information whieh appeared in the Holomi'a the same evening. Thebe is. a little sbeet in ! Washington called the Post i whieh is veiy mueh annoyed especially because the Holomua has been better iuformed than ihe Post has in regard to the polic\’ of the *Ymerican adrain- | istration. e are trulv sorrv for * •» the Po.st h but we should advise its editor to hang around the Hawaiian Legation in Washingj &n and buy a few tickets for Thurston s dime-rauseum or “alanā’* a “smile” for Majah Frank and then be able to get some of the ‘ official, ’ if uot ver\* authentic, information whieh now j is osed to keep np the spirits j the P. G. in Hawaii. If anybo<.ly ever did notice the lFa.sAinrfton Po*t —they would have been i inclined to believe that the Hawaiian Legaliou was ralher subāidizing that paper than it being sub- : sidizc-d—aud ihal is where the Post was wrong. Bovs in the Marshal s department, not the Marsbal himself, volunteer the information that the ammuniiiou used is 8upplied at the suooters own expense. The ezplanation is satisfactory if tbe nuisance of the noise, eompiaineU of, is stopped.