Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 190, 30 Malaki 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

comaiih«i»n «iel**gate<l bv Presideiit CIeveland ia the name e inwni 10 people t<> inveotigat<* the <>nd'ti*>n of affairs here b<)th bef >re and «inee tbe l<th of January has arrived. Not»ilhstauding the etl>>rta of ihe Pr<> j vieional (i<»vt.-runaent :uid it.« eom- ; mi.<«s : )?i»-r- *•> haelen the American ’ Nal'.'-n ai 'i li"Vi*rnment intodoing something in the annexation line. j froni whieh it c<»uid not retre;*t witb h<»nor, Cleveland i h:<s d-teruiin* d to checkmate their 8che i.es and to d<» nothing upon the demand- <>f eilher side unt:l a full, fair, and free investigatinn h ts been made into the truth of the matter. T1ub is just w hat we have eontendcd nouid be d<>ne by that Great Hepuhlie whieh has iiitherto been a synoiiym for jostice and equality. And now the pr>K>f ia here. Comniissi<>ner BIount*»i Georgia has been sj»eciallj deputed by Mr. Cleve!and t »exauiine intothe whole busiuess. Thcse other gentiemen : whoiu nen >paper rep>»rt liad credited with being part of the eomiuiss:on, an*l wh<>se names had been hailed with delight by our ; other-people’s-c<»untry-selling annexationists. because <>f their j>reviously ex[»rc>.'cd views in favor of that line * f aeiion h»ve been omitted. Tiiis is significaut as showiug ihe l'r“si<lent’s desire to have no sympt<»m of j»artiality or j I>reju<lgment attaching its**if to the investigation Therefore we. as <lo aK others who l»elieve in j ;stice aud right ; dealing aud re confident of re- ■ ceiving it from tiie l<aiuls of the j Amei ie ui nation,cordialIy weleonie the adveut of Cmmi»ioiier Bloui.t to tli* s<* sh<>re>. Believiug as we ) do that there i> l>ut one possible , outc*me of these events of the year 1S‘J3, believing that t >e half eeul try ag >’> d*>iug> <>f the Britisli wili l>e exactly paralleled by the A'nuTicans, wh<> will not allow theuiselves to be outdone either in generosity or fairness by the former. we extend to the coinmissioner the right-hand of cordial weleome. and simply ask hun to investigate an‘d see f>r himself,and reiK>rt, as he willdo. fairly without prejidiee, ur leaning towards either side. One thir.g h>»wever we trust he will uot d>. and that is t*> remove the j*rotectiug ;cg s of the A ineriea llag untii the American ration are urepared either to rest<*re the unjustly aud f»rcibly dispossessed Queen to that thr»»ne and power, fr<.*ni whieh alone tlieir forces and I the mtr:gues of their repres-ntative coni|»eilcd her to leave, or to take these islauds as an absolute part of the territory of the L‘mted Sutes. To do otherwise would. as all meanē of seif defense have been Uken from the Queen’s aduerentē, be to leave the towu and govemment at tue m«n*y of a rapacious snd ungovernabie hord« of auarcbistic and piunder-seekiog mer(«oaries mis-calied the standing array of the Provisional Governmeut. And this we feel assured Oommisaioner Blount wiil never,

■ do when he coau>rehecds the ex- | at ei gencies »)I the situation. ln ■ the meantime Iet every true friend : of Uawaii, her freed >m. and her Queen. remain perfectly satisfied that justice will be d >ne and fair- j lv t*o toevery b>ly. Be pret*ared t»gve truthfuliv ev-ry informallon required and Iet tbe maliee and men<Jacity of the other side be the m»>re painfully apparent bv their striking coutrast with our quietude au<l trust in the bonor ' an»i justice **f America. lf it is the object of Commissioner Blount to learn what the true sentiiuents oi’ the Hawaiian j,>eople 1 are in regard to anneialion the easiest ai.d fairest way wou!d l>e . tbrough the taking of a bailot by ■ the reuresentative voter? now registered all over the countrv- The eleelion laus of the country {»ro vide f<»r secret balloting under the Australian system, aud we do not kuow of auy more just and satisf.*ctory method of obtaining an unbiassed aud leariess vote of the peoj»le. As the anneialion eluh elaim» j to have enrolled ra*»re than a majority <>f the Oahu voters on its books. we should think that a gen eral ballot wou!d be satisfactory to all parties. if this proposition should be fuund l’easible we recommeiid it to the consideration of ; Commissioner Blount who would be in a better position to judge the situation frora such proceediqg than from Iooking at any number of hsts with innumerable bogus | siguatures. and siguatures of nonresidents. sailors, non-voters, and ! sehoolboys in whieh we have no d»mbt the annexation lists abound. j Mr. BIount is not here to 1 leam the views of Mr. Dole, IIartwell, McGrew, or the American s<*hool-masters —those views have bee»i fu 11v and exhaust- | ive y by the Thurston commission. He is ii< i here either t<> learn the viewsof the Queen »>r her Miiiisters, i Paul Neumann has fully shown : them, but he is undoiibtedly here t»> hear \vhat the nuiuerous Kauaka« aud B»las, and Keonis. aud Keaxas want, aiul t!iat he ean in no way leani better than through a popular v.<te. \Vhen€ver the Commissioner 5s ready for such a siep thecountrv is ready and the sooner the better. T.he Hawaiian Women’» Patriotic League tendered C »mmissi<)ner Blouut a c«»ncert last bv ihe Ha- : waiian Nati<»nal Band whieli renj ered a very fine proer.»mme. TLe Commissioner expressed himselfin very fiattering teruis on the pr<)wess of the musiciijiis and enjoyed the sweet Hawaiian mel<<die>. Ssv* ral promineut Hawaiians have calied on the commissioner who received th*m with the utmost courtesy aud affabilify. < The Hawaiian \Vomen’s Patriotic League is evidently w.<rrying the Advertiser reporter whoexcelseven himselfin lying about the doing? of that orgauizat»ou. Vesterday he dished up some reraarkable staiemeuts about a namberof the prominent ladies having resigned, for whieh there was not a particle of truth. Likewiae the yarn about a contemplated hookunu for the U. S. Commissioners wa » ihe result of his own imaginalion. The eolleelion of money taken up by tbe League is for the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with tbe establishing of branch-leagues on the otber Islands

and a generai canva?s. " hile the Hawaiian womea and aien weleome to tbeir land the represenlative of ihe l nited States who?e presence the_v, and nol the anneiition party have re<juested. th»*v do not propo»e to attempt to induence hi» ?ound anel iinpartial judgment but cnly to plaee bef*re him the lr -s-:it ’iienl-md w;«h> - of the j>eop!e. They Ie.iV- t-> ihe ‘*<-ivil z-d" foreign ct zen? in Honolulu. who. bytheway, have both j here and thr ■i;gh their l' *imn;ssioner? in \\’. -hirgt *n »tr"iigly ' objccted to the sendmg of any | eommi-.-ion f r tne purp> se of 1 investigating tne Hawaiian s tuation. to make f>.>ls of themseives by making the towu appear as a ōth c!ass American viliāge on a fourlh of July d.y and decking themselves, and their horses out like the proverbial travelling cir-0U'-troupe. lf dags and b»dges and bunling. and lotid streel talk cnu!d settle. aud decide the destiny of an independent nalion. then the alleged Ameruans ( 9 ) in Honolulu would l*e iudeed qualififd to co*iquer the world and bring every country under the \?tars and tbe Stripes, whieh they profane by appealing to it for the puriK*se of trampling ou the weak, defeating a woman, and fighting against all princip.es whieh uphokl equality liberty and civil rigbts. i The Advertiser is suffering from a bilious attack th's morning and makes us the butt of its spleen. We fullv 3vuipathize with p<x*r * * r Hen-nery in his sickness and re commend him to try a doze cf anti-annexation medicine —it is evident that Dr. McGrew’s annexa- ; tion pills are unsuccessfui. Tbe Holomua is a Hawaiian newspaper, cont;:ining f r its Hawaiian readers the samec»lumn of uewsand matlersofloealinterest,as I do the Knglish papers. The English p»ge in tiie HoLomua is published for tbe purpose of showing to those who do not uuderstand the Hawaiian language what the policy and course pnrsued by the paper is. To reproduce ili- newsmatter iu the English langtiage woukl simpiy be Ioss oftime. The Advertiser need not w. rry over the large d> ficit whieh it claims that the Holomua faces every week. The morning screech must trv lo comp.are us with the‘*Kuokoa” and that is wiiere it is away off We are not a manuahi paper. Every man wiio gets our paper pays for it. and our subscription lisl would perhaus maKe Uen-nery ouen his eyea over his especially if he saw the uames of our readers. The true reis**ns why we have heen selected to stand tne brunt of Hen-nery’g mental bili*»u3ness inot altogether tu be found in the disappointment whieh he and h;s partv at present are suffering under. It is the news received from \Vashington that Caesar Ceiso Morem has presented to C’leveland a eerlain newspatier whieh eridently has had iheefiect of creating a strong suspicioy in the mind of tbe Presidenl as l«» the truth and correctnees of the statements made by the proviaonal government’s Commisaioners. As Mr. Moreno has received ihe Holomua quite regulare it is extremely pro’oably that this is ihe paper referred v>. Anybody who reads our paper must admit that whatever *e say is the plain unvarnished truth — we m*y eoueh it in «trong and

unmistakable language. bul it remain» the truth all the ».ime, ard it carri<» conviotion with it. I The di»rnii»ai >1 Me-srs M :tSmith and t'rai ī Pralt r-< -.■'*';.v 'y aa Min:s:er P- . ; te .*. \ry t > \Vashirg’ >n and C«»n? il '> ner*l I ?an Fr.>.i ' - • mi t» indicale that the P. G. d n»t antiripate the annex?tion of the countrv * I in a great deal of ,* hurry. I: is rumore*.i that Mr. Chas Co*>ke will »ucceed Mr M >tt Smit: and tiiat Mr. J. B. Caatle is to be ap{.K>int*'d Consul-Gener-il. C.istie «■ d C»>ke ruust be pn*vidnl f>r Tne enonnous brain-jK*wer whieh j Mr. Cv..<te w II bring with him t > Washington will ..v>-r- i.nlow th*> corps dipIomat-ique au.d makethe other diploo*ats l">*k stmll and lillipntian ak*ng of ltus Hawaiian ) Tallyrand. The Adrertiser. with it- usual disregird oi truth and i ■••i> v. ■<tates that a large numi»er >f >• it - zens signe<l the annexiti 'n r II vesterday, and tii.it “n* l“s- than 50t) n.uives” have s:gne>l it a!s>'. We ch:\l ; enge the m>nnment.I iiars wh<* pad that hir-ling <>rg n t<* pr >duce a list <*f even half th it number <>f natives «?ntit>* vote who have sig:ml any 8’ieh d<>cument. Of c<>nrse we exoect that paper t<> maiiilain a disoreet ailenee on that matter as io<>st of its native natnes e.»'is:sl <>t empl >yees rounded-up b\' their e:nployers at the risk of losing lheir j >hs. and i schoo!boys wh<* have heen hull dosed by their teichers int * d<*ing something whose effect they had no C'iraprehensioa ol. | We have nevt-r seen anything to admire either in the character. pers *n, <’r cond ict, social <>r <liplomulie of Mr. J. L. Stevens. We have many tiiu<-s on the contrary found mueh to denoōnce au«l to | desp:se. But *ve have never f-lt so strongly on the matter as t»> wish hiiu even a tilhe <: f the misfortune w hieh b» f-ll hi.u to day, T> be «i ibb l “ i g-:U Vman ' by the Morning Scaveng>*r is tx> fr<ghtful and awfu 1 a visit.ition f r even tbe \vorst evil that Mr. 31 - - . e this cnuntry and it? people. What Mr. Stevens hadone to Half-bake<l Hen-nery. bi? padded reporter, or his gang of bittcriv envenomed slanderous anonv n<>us s.T.bblers, t<) e.ill this fearful punishment on his hea<l, we don’t kn<>w. Bnt there il is. They have fearlessly, and without regard to the consequences, pronounced him in their slanderous aml vilifying sheet to be a gent!eman, well knowing thal whatever they say, ihe community will al onee believe the >* >rst in th e opiK>site direction triat ean be eonceived. Mr. Stevens, we are truly sorry f<>r you ! The Pr>*viaionil Go*ernraent seem to be g-tting into hot water all round. When they firststarted out ou their career «>f self-respon-sible self-elected g>>vernraent of all the rest of the people by themselves, they announced that no otfioials would be dismissed except those not in aeeonl wuh them. Judging from wbat they have d>>ne in this line so far there ean be nob»dy in aco»rd with them. noi even hyphenate«i Smilh at W a»hiogton, f>r. of the few whom they have not dismi»sed. the Lil»ral, Ihe Drei Huadred, ihe secret miiitary dictators et hoe penue omne are constantly denouncing and demanding their officiaI aealpa. What more scathing »atire ean be found on the P. G’b. elaim to rep-

went eilher the pe>)ple. the wealth. the property. or eren the goT«roment of Hawaii ! The «pect.»c!e ot 4 non-colebritod I\M.t‘*r »Unding on a strect c>*rner ii.«tr:hutirg hoi.lp i ot thc : •\* 4tiou club frev cn»tis to aii Ch;ueee. I’>*rtuguese .»n*l J4p4n»«e vn.o wou!d t.»ke |vw«e!»«i *n ot ihe b’.ti ’o nbbon wa« * melhine to ni i kea h>>r«e i4iigh. heu, however, tae “Ruah” had »nch**mi and the j»ere *nnel and nuu»ber »>f the c»*tnwere le rned the Kahunas*eker and le{*er-h>»Ider-' tf-*«ith-a- > i v.tni->he.i m>m hi- p!ea-*ing 4itd gratuit«)us t f*!i .»nd j*nve«le>l to regular >h> upalion of lrying lo get some one t<> t.t»;e his o>,n1 eoelione if no j> »y oan be g>*t. Wfio look >>tT their *nnexation badge at the wharf? as il a metnber *>f the A<lvis>*ry- C<»uncil? 0r i.« this a tin|»>t yarn?