Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 145, 24 January 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

We are not always in a gpecially Chr;gti»n frair.e oi mind, but at j>resent 've have been ?e'zcd with a desire t > read the serm«n whieh wag delivered iast t?unday by the Keverei>d .Mr. B“ckw!th at the Centnl Union, and we should be ever so inueh obl ged to the A - vertig<r and the pagt<>r if they would puhlieh it. We have he.ird 8« niueh eoinnienl on the eennon that we think it would be of great henelii to the gouls of the uninitiated to be ab!e to gain acce?s to the well of wi8d«mi and Chnstian spirit whieh we are told was displayed ia that eemion fn«m the pulpil of the missioaary sanctum. The United States troops seem to be very comf«rtab!y ingtalled in the Bigh«p reaidence, and we n«tice the speed and avidity with whieh the fiir danghters of the land (irop«rted «r home-bred) gather ar<<und the brave warriors and administer t« the wante of the bras? bnttons. With exception of a few Hawaiian girls who disown their m«thers and their country, we are pleased to see taat the highjinks in the improvised barracks are j«erforme<i by strangers. The Hawaiian eannol at this hour look uimn the representatives of the United States here as friendlv nor do we find it becoming for the people of the land to fraternixe witb the represenhit;ves of that uation for the time being. Until we hear from Washington that Mr. 8tevens’ position meets the approva! or disapproval of his government and of the incoming administration. we think that ihe loyal and patriotic cilizens of Hawaii sh>>uld ad «pt a diguified re8erve eocially and otherwise against everyb<*dy connected with Mr. Stevens’ c«upd‘etat. Mr. W. G. Ashley has heen »ppointed to act as marshal uiider the temp<<rary admini«tration and the selecti<«n of this gentleman will nieet with a general appr«val. Mr. Ashley is known as a straightf<>rward energetic mau and is very popular wilh *‘the b<>ys.” He ceriainly does not p«ese83 ihe qualification, to whieh the great m:«jority «f the |«eople n«w m«re than ever object to, that «f being a mis8Ī«nary. We exte«d, as a 8’g>i of our kmd and f >rgivmg apint, a hearty ayuip»thy t<« all the aspirants nh» got “left,” but advise them not t« give up all h *pe «f <<btaining their end, and uot to desert the provisional g<«vernraent, beeauae they have g«t hoka —lot* uf m«re plac»-8 to b« bad with plenty of goveroment J>ap. Mr. A*hl«y will find a well regulat*d and ezcellent poliee force, aJthough, of insufficient number to make the §ervic« aa efficient as it ought to be. As money evidently is no object to the proviaional Govemmeni, h« w4H e*eily be ahle to get M iaiaw—d app»priation wherewith to iwwi «be namber of officen and gaard tbe town prop«iy-

When Manihal Wilaon was appointed one of the objectiona rai.«ed »gainst him by the men who now have appoiuted Mr. ( Ashley wns that he had no legil e«lucat!on and t >e point was rather well taken. This «bjection has evidentiy fal’en t<« the ground now as we d« u<«l believe lhnt Mr. Aih!ev legally acc<>mplished or h;»s ever had occasion to study law. But we by the happenings In the last t<-w days that the , old adage is wrong when it says that what is siuee f«r the gander is a!so sauce f<«r tbe go«se. And still the martial law pre- , vai!s. We have now g«t a regular paid army (G<»1 s»ve ihe mariī) — We have three v«lunteer eompaniee i (when we get them) —we have a) commander in chief who is a eolonel and we bave the men of the *'Boston” (to judge from a letter in last night’s ‘‘Builetin ’ the ’ latter are neany starved out), but in spite of such a f<»rmidable array we slill have the martial law. What is the government afraid of? lt has received the raoet positive assuraiices from the lead ing men among the Hawaiians that the nation fully intends to i await in i>eace, the reeult of the I conferences whieh necessarily will i be held in Washington, London, and Pans. There is not the slightest ghost of a show of any disturbance, and we ean assure the heads of the aftairs that they are gaining neither fnends nor supporters, but on the coatrary losmg thera by their arbitrary and uncalled for and despotic action. We read with a great deal of intcrest the article in thia morning’s Advertis«r by Curtis J. Lyons reprinted fiom an old number of the Maile. We shall in some future issue retorn to Mr. Lyons’ article, but to-day we wish to eall the attention of the provisional government and the Adv?rtiser to the following passage where we believe that Mr. Lyons is especially sound. He says: “Supposing we need a small body of military. Very well, six y or eighiy soldiers may be and are nothing out of the way. But why do they need any other officers than simply a captain and his non commissioned subordinates. , The existence of such offices here ; as eolonel, mnj<«r. etc., only serves to confuse our young people’a ideas of what such titles of rank mean in civili*ed nations.” On another page of the Advertiser appears the announcement that Mr. Soper, a very resi»ectable dealer in writing materiai and newspapers, has heen appointed c«»mmander in chief with the rank as c «lonel. It aeemn evident that there is a hitch heiween ideas of Mr. Curti» J. Lyons (25 yeara ago) and bis political friends of today. lt is satisfaction thougb to know that we are to have a regular trmy irtth regular officen. It has made our mi1i t a r y beart bleed to * see the way in whieh the (three I square meala and $2.00 a day) ' shoulder tb«ir musket and carry on tbeir milit*ry work. We do not know whoee tactics are being used ae a basis for the military operation, bot we bcgin to suipoct that tbo oommanding officwra are uaing Hoyia on “how toplay aar«ral gamea.” A fcw inataoc«i m%bt 0T«n make Captain Gingo’a phy*iognomy iUaimnat8 with a ■milo.

A man inio the Govern1 m«nt Build;ne. He ?howa h;s pa«« ■ ; to ihe •‘voIunU-er” at the gile and ’is alloweU to pn’Cetrd. Outē:de the itatue of Kaniehaaieha. he 1 again shows his pa«s io another : “volunteer” (apropoe we noticed there the other day a “volunteer” who recently -■ rved the coutry —not volunlarily, but in Capt. Tripu’s slni>eil suit) a:id is alh*w«d to pro- ; ceed. Then he arrives at ihe entrance t > the people’.- property. Aliioi iani Hale, and shows for the īhird ; time his pas- t>' a eouple of His I Pi>rluguese M ijvsty‘s snbj»*cts. He { is m>w »Hi)Wcd to transact his business. say to pay the Govern- I uienl $IKX) ior a lieenae. aiul he i gocs out again. The trouble is uot ovcr by any nieans. Although i i he wants to gt t ont of the buildmg, | be again has to show his pass to the snne sentineis who titteen ininulea pr vious ssw it, and he finally succeeds in getting out into j the slreet where he swears —well not exactly allegiance to the Provisional Government. The 1 1 test formation of troops whieh has eonie to our notice is the single fiie or \vhat children generally eall gi>ose walk. fo see an armtd squad in the evening cross palace-square in s:ngle file commanded by a man bearing a lantern, and what l.Kika like a circus poster, from wlieh he reads off his guards. reminds us forcibly of the st ige and Offenbach and we have to enll Mr. Crowley’s attention to the fact. Hut when we later on see some ass press himself into a tramcar full of ladies with his hell full of sharp loaded cartridges and his rifle in his hand then we get serious and eall the attention of the eommander in chief that such action is contrary to all military rules and regulations of any country, and should be stopped without delay. We suppose that Oahu College is the new military academy of the Provisional Government, but even if the offender eame froni that institution he should be “sat ou” and a re{>etition avoided. In the December number of the North American Review appears an excellent articie by Hannis Taylor under the title. “A HIow to the Liberty of the Press.” We recommend this article to the careful perusal of the provisional government’s press-cen-sors. A free press is dear to every representative of the Anglo-Saxon race, whether hebe American, English, German, or a raixtnre of all three. It ia equally d-ar to every one in Hawaii who ia interested in having fair government and *qtial rights.