Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 122, 19 December 1892 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

\\e hasten to take back all the niee thinps whieh we a.iid about , Mr. John W. Kalua. His latwt | action of c-'ming to life again e >nfirms na in our true opinion that for political ehre«dnes- and eudden surpri3ea Johnny takes the eake. Our svrapathy to all the orat<>rs who were lo have ?uouted over him in Kaumakapili Church yesterday. What unb>>rn eloqaence has been ; atrang!ed. and what ubuse »vill tbey no« heap on ‘'the unextinct fire of Wailuku.” Kalua will be surprised to see what a loi of trieuds he had —when he wae de id. They never sh<>wed up uiueh during his life. And wheu he r“bds all the grand obituaries in every paper in the country, he will hardly be able to recognise himself and know \vhere all the good qualities in him whieh the press has commented on are »tawed away. John! It is better to die and heeome great, tlian to live and remain small. To-morrow is the day on whieh the asseinbled wisdom is to discuss the hill vetoed by the Queen. There ean be no doul>t that the veto will be sustained by a heavy vote, and the hill finally killed, but we expect that there will l>e some heavy spouting ahout Constitutional principles the tranipled rights of the people aud the usual stale rehashed Advertisereditorials. The Advertiser with a great deal of emphasis states that for 180 years, no sovereign in Engfand has vetoed a hill. That may be true, but with all due defereuce to our Legislature the true reason niay be that the personnel of the English Parliament is so peculiarly constituted that no absurd or idiotic measure has any eartnly show of ever being passed while aueh event is hot inipossible m this country. It is to prevent laws being hastily and made by the Legislature that a right of veto is given to the s<>vereign ar.d although it both should. and always will be, used with moderation, there wae in this instance g<>od reason for Her Majesty to follow Her Cabinet’s advice and exerci9e Her prerogative. Danger of hasty and mimature law niarkingisalways presentunder the system of a oneChambcr l.egislature and the veto right is a aound and necessary eheek <>n aueh a 8ystem. There is very little fear of unwise measures being ua9sed where they have to be discussed. and voted upon at different times by two different b<»dies of men. but in our Legislature, the chances f<r undesirable legisiaiion are pretty mueh within poesibihty, p»rticularly when we consider the tnaterial of whieh the august body ia composed, and the meane whieh £requently inAuenee the great bnius *nd votes. Another dish on the LegislatiTe bill of fare for to-morrow is the opium lieenee. Thie meeeuie will undoubted!y be paeaed although a strong oppoailion ean be expected from th« Reform Party. The Cabinet will

stand in a very peculiar poeilion as on a mcasure of such immense importance the vote of ihe Ministcrs should be unanimoua for or against. We remember well enough that the Ministers upon taking ot!ice j rtserved for themselves the right to vole as they individualiy eonsidered right ujv>n all measures whieh were not ex}>ressly mentioned in their i>olicy, but we should deem it very uodesirable if thev should not agree on a matter of principle such as that wh'.eh is involved in granting a Iicense f»r a drug whieh has been combated ia bo iii any places in the world. lt the Opium License Act ;>asses on a divided vote of the Cabinet the prospects are that the law will meet ditticulties in being carried out. with some authorities in favor of it and some against it. e hope that ali sentiments will be dropped and the measnre pass. What has heeome of the Kalakaua Monumenl, and where is the money collected for that object ? There is an occasional outburst in some paper in regard to that matter and then it is dropped quietly wlthout any explanation being given. In the mean time, the fund goes • on accumulating interest, we suppose. It is about time that something was done before we all will be in a condition in whieh we need a monument. Why doesn’t the committee do eomething? If there is not sul!icient m»ney take up the collectiou again. Nothing is gained by waiting. The defeat of Horner’s banking hill discii>ses again the oft-repeated fact that it is very easy to handle this Legislature, if it only isknown how to do it. In this instance there are some prospects that “somethiug will drop,” and s»me politieal manipulator «f the persuasive golden arguments whien turned certain members against the hill may get into trouble of such a disagreeable nature that neither Boss Claus n<>r the French flag wiil be ahle to proteet him. We hope to be in position to give our readers some startling developmpnts before many days. and they will be more interesting even than those whieh certain Representatives have not given in regard to che-fa and opium. When Thurst.n’s band had played the funeral d>rge over Morner’s banking bill and the pr«cessu»n d s;>ersed the three chief mourners as they walked down the street resembl>-d vividiy a bre>kfast c.»st >r, tbe stick in tue raiddle and vineg»r and muetard <>n eaeh side. The g*»od( ?)news fr<»m the state» relatmg t« tbe p->ssibility <>f something happeuing wiihin the next eighteen months whieh might affect the prica of sugar in the favur of these IsUod8 ought t > put thepUnters io an amieahie frame of mind aod we exoect that the appropriati°n hill will get a hoom. Dividends on inveetment8 in the country . dietricts had evideotly heen paid by Ust Saturday and > remittancefl received by a number

of the coantry members; at least goid wa? as plentiful in their pookel' a? milk from a JerWy eow, and they looke<l ae dushed a? in the dav? when .M. (i. rau the eoneem. The amaWur has withdrawn from the T. 0. J. e* 8 ® and it ?eems that the authorities are not verv anxious to find out how that oi-ium was apirited away from ihe wharf withoul a permit. ; I We will now suggest that the [ Attornev-General lake the matter into his hands aml if he does we believe that an exnlanation will be i given verv sj>eed'.ly indeed. 1 iiere j will be no inolination then to j ehiekl anvbo«ly, but scalping may be the order of the d iy. The“(H)eagle-(H)eye” returned vesterday to the purlieus of the capital having again sj>ent histime on a Snow gix>se chase without bringing even a feat!ier to show f>>r his ex}>ense-bill. He has uttered his former swan-song of “\V au hewa e ka haku” to his partner the Amateur and they have umtually embraced and wept about a pint of crocodile tears over eaeh other’s shoulders. and by so doing they have cmtracted sovere fits of sneezing and coughing, whieh shows that they have sotuething now in those h>therto empty vapour-boxes classically y-elept skulls. It is so refreshing to see the brave Bostonians march through the streets with fifes und drums. We wonder if ttiey are escorting their gallant chief out to Long Branch and back again. The tune they play is very appropriate for the occasion. It is the time-hon'>red classical song “we’H all get hliiul drunk when Johnny comes marching home agaiu.” By Gingol The Superintendeut of Puhlie Works goes round in a haek now. But that will be until the session isover when his little mule wil! be resurrected like Kalua. although the salary was passed on the eondition of the abolition of the famouB quadruped. The superintendent says, though that he cannot get along without his longeared pet as it fiirnishes the hram for the eomhinalion. Quite a number of “the unemployed” are grumbling. bocause night watching ou vessels whieh have discharged their freight is now done by the Custom House Guards upon a new arrangement raade by the puth*.ritie9. As the g"ards receive a comf >rtable salary it is thought that the bMsiness could have heen left t<> priv .te individuals, but it is very l iKely that the authonties wish t * have a tnonopoly of the water fr>»nt day afid night. s > as t • b3U-r fi id that confoimded T. O. 1 pi'im. May they succeed. The burning qiiest "ii f the day is: who will g>-t the “sick” the ministers or the meriibers. lt probab!y depends on whieh sacn is tbe biggest. The venerable Mr. Logan of the uigbt organ seems to be angry with us, heeauee we used his name with familiarity—whieh the old proverfo says breeds oontempt. i' Constructive contempt is not known on Ihe §tatutee of this country, Dan, eo you cannot have us pulled up.

Our pur?y iuoney-grahhing loeal Sir Peter Teazle onee upon a time poasessed a friend and some money and al*o a tair representative of the g-xidess ’Aphwhite-d;to. It hapi>enevl th*t tae friend one day wa? hard np t>r monev. and >ir Pet*r with h.s usual generi.>#'.tv lenl hiin some—at a very high interest. of course. Shorlly after with his inl»rn aoepioion agiinst everyb->dy he began to imngine that trs !r;end i.ot aloiie had g )l his money, but al-»thec.-r>--ea of the frail ’Aphwhite-dite. Tortured with jeal->usy S r Peter i decided t > pnt the screw on his i friend and he demaiuled an lini meiiiale pavmeut. ! The loanee up w.th a big sack labelled B sh->p A Co, ap}*arently well tsl!e>l. and planked it under the nose of S.r Peter remarking. “S-> you w.inl me to pay u}>." “Oh uo, not n>>w,” said Sir Peter, whose avarice g «t the best oi his jealousy and who saw his beloved intere-n waning away. “Well.’ said the friend. “you have gottotake it now and no more interest will you get out of me or you will have to extend the time of the loan for une year and m writing too.” Thoroughiy scared that he should Iose his well-paying investment our pearl-grey curled darling immediatrly granted the demand and gave the extension requested. He did not know and hasn’t known tili to-day that that sack simplv contained washers for screws.