Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 446, 25 Ianuali 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Circuit Court will hold it? term in February, and it «eems thal the Martial Law will remain in force even then. The provisional government is verv secret in its actionr and the sitting? of the Advis >ry Council ;>eera to be of a Star Chami*er nature. and we eonsequently eanuol expect to be enlightened from that august body a>t to its intentions ond reasons, but we would like to have quoted to ue some precedent or authority where the civil courts of a country have transacted business while Martial law *as in force. On the face of it the idea is urefx>sterou3 as Martial Law is a measure whieh suepends the regular proceedings of Civil Conrts and certainly both 9VBtems cannot run together. Let us see how the wise men in power w ill get out of that difficulty without making fools of them8elves. The Advertiser this morning }>egins to reason at last and makee an etfort to explain the situation 8oroewhat We ehall be glad to meet the morning paper in a discussion nf the alleged advantages or d sadvantages to the country, in ore esj»ecialiy to the native Hawaii;tns. by the change in the form ofour government or in annexation to the United States Our morning oontemporary must rememl»er that while the Hawaiiana don’t read the Advertiser every one ofthetn reads the Hoi.omi a and is guided by what appears in our eolumnp. If the Advertiser by sound arguments ean show that the condition of the citizeus here will be vastly improved both politicallv and financially, we shall l>e the first to abandon sentiment and take up the cudgels for the eauee of the annexationists. bnt it will take m*»re than mere p >8tulaties and unprove<l assertions to do that. Annexation canonly be obtaii*ed by the free will and wish of the uation. W e have no doubt that the Advertiser realize« that f.ut. Mr. Stevens may or may not have had instructior 9 frora Mr. Blaine in regard to his actions, but such instruction8 must have been approved by Mr. F»»ster. and what is more iraportant be approved by the 5nooming democratic administration. The 8entiments of the demooratic party in regard to its foreign j>olicy was forcib!y expounded years ago by Carlisle in the San IX)tningo matter and no ehanee bas taken piaee in tho8e Drinciples. Does tbe Advertiser honestly beheve that the United States will aunex these Islands sgainst the will of the Hawaiiane? 8uch annexation wou!d be an action of hostility. a conqueat in fect, and evea more contrary to American sentiment8 and pol;cy thaa it wonld be for the great repuhlie to annex Canada or Meaieo. We wish that the Advertiser woold specify eoene of the pro•ipad wtMpriM> whieh woold mske th» yld roll mto Uw poekeia of tbe Hawaiian. The engar indoetry woold be ruined. The ptobabUitT ie that the Democratic

admsni5tration will do away with tbe sugar bonnty. Contract labor wuuld be imp*>«9ible under the Cou=titulion of the l T nited State». Importation pauper lab>r wouid be pr*»siib!t.-*U aud no eheap Iabor would be f .uud. Thi= is how we look at it fr>m from a linaneial point of view and we sbail eontinue to hoid such opinion u.stil the Advertiser sho'.vs us thal we are wrong. The Reform Party a!ways f *und fault with last year’s diflTerent cabinets. because they uever presented a p<>licy. Now we ha\e a «olid Reform Governraent, but so far from getting a policy lr‘>m it surrouuds itself wUh the greatest a«crecy, and allows the p>-ople to gr«>pe in the dark in regard to the future. We thiak that the people —taxpivers —are eutitle to know what the government is doing. We believe that the sittings of the Advisory Council should he publie. It ia the business of the taxpavers to kuow how their money is to be spent, and we notice that the Iargest taxpayers and creditors of the governraent are in no way represented in the self constituted , legislative, executive. and judiciary [ body who, contrary to the consti- j tution, exert all the three functions j mentioned. We don’t know who furnishes the j proviaional government with know- | ledge of diploraatic usages Who- | ever it is commits a very absurd ! blunder by having the govern- • ment notify f >reign powers that Mr. Dole is president—of what ? The provisioual- government is, to judge from its own proclamation, a temporary uffair holding the reins of the governmeut until the necessary steps for annexation have lx*en accomplished and a government of that descript ; on has uo diplomatic standing nor any president. It begins to look more and uiore as if the annexation talk is only a sham to mis ead the neople while the true intentiou <>f the missionariee is to establish an Independent Kepuhlie all coosed and dried without any electoral rights being exercisvd on behalf of the people. \\ e should be loath to do the honorable men who eonstitute the provisional government an injustice by insinuating that wish for power and self-aggrandise-meut has been the principal mover in the revolution, but the notification abroad cf Mr. Dole as president is rather a suspicious step and nctdsconsiderable explanalion. We need n<> instructions from the Provisional Government, ordering us not to print iuflammatory articles. We have from the first advocated and preached to the Hawaiians, that peaee and order are essential to tbeir cause and we shall continue to do so. \\ batever happens, the native of the »oil will aome day have a voice in the management of the affairs of his eountrv; and when that time arrives, the natives will stand solid and exercise their Constitutional right at ihe ballot b x. a right whieh we will never believe the men of tbe proviaional government intend to abrogate or infringe on. Bnt. confidence cannot be restored; business eannoi irgain ite loet footing; satisfaction and eontent eannoi eome haek aa loog m martial law, *tar chamber proceediwga, preea eeneoie. and arbitrary rule ia io furoe. The rvj n»*n who

are in power now have taught to the Hawaiians the great priv’!eg*»!» of lib«rty. freed r >ai. and equality, whieh are a part of the • ul and body of everv free-born AngIoSaxon all over the world. The provisional governraent ?hou!d be thankl\jl f >r *n in Jependent and outspoken pre?-. From what other sourc-s could it leani the true feeiinge of the j>e>>|-Ie, a 1 from wbat other s >urce couId it be informed : of misd<>ings aml perpetrated without its knowledge. but under its nauie aml author.ty. A healthy oppcs-ti >n is vital to any government, and a free press shouI>l be ©ncour >ged rather thau sop- ! pressed. The scholars in ihe Kamehame- | ha Schoo!s should be gmtelul to the provisionai governraent whieh has caused an extra week’s vacatiou for the bovs. The school closed a week ahead ol the Chnstnias vacation, because the prineipal and his teachers had to beeome volunteers and assist in the I anneialion move. \Vhether the par- | ents and guardiansof the Hawaiian children in this Hawaiian school approve of this loss of time. is. of [ course, immaterial to the manage- • iuent of t!ie school. If the action 1 of the principal and his teachers is in accord with the spirii of the Hawaiian chiefess who fouuded the school as a evidence of her | love f<*r her Hawaiian countrvJ men is not questioned by the ' rulers of the institution whose ! main ohject seemsto be turn it into a polilieal preparatorj( lor the ■ voung Ha’.vaiians who are sent there to leam how to heeome useful citueus of t!ie country. In the last issue of Handicraft , we notice an artic!e evidently insnired by the Holomua against Mr. J. M. Horner’s T<>bacco Songs aud pamphlets. We are pleased to see that the Editor of the S<’hool Journal looks nt Horner’s aeheme as a bur!esqne and it strongly gives us the idea tli »t the teachers and [ierh:ip)s a!so b >ys are in the habit of enjoying “SmithV’ ehewing gum. The “fanny” eolumn of Mr. 01eson's pai>er says that “tlie Hoi lomi’A calls the Kamehameha i bovs annexationists, bei:uise an annex is b‘ing build t<> the museum.” We fully appreciate the overfl<>witig fund of wit, but must eay that we krow the spirit and the sentiments of ihe boys in the sclioul too well to do them such injustice —the teachers—well that is different. Under all circumj stances. we should be very sorry indeed to hear that any of the boys were aunexed to t.ie museum or ils custodian. The government would not give its advertising to the Hawaiian papers in existence so a new paper was started or more correct;y an old buried corpse was resurn*cled under the editor ship ot Mr. J. U. Kawainui. As no Hawaiians will read Mr. Kawainui'e printed government protegee the ehaneee are that the new laws of the advisory eouneil 1 wiil remaln unknown to the peop.e at large, and tbis generation be deprived of the unmeaeurable i wiedom whien now shinea from i Aliiolani Hale. Bv the way whenever the Advertiser talks aboot the inteliigent Hawaiiana who fully »gree with its eentimenta of anueialion it always meane the new partn*rs (poiiUeal) Mr. Kawainoi and Mn. Kahananoi —this is no r«fleetlon oo Joacph whom we fully believe ie aa virtoous as his nameenke at Fotiphar’s Court.