Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 217, 8 Mei 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Tne foIlowing quctati»>n« Jo not eali t'ir any eommenl; ‘ / oo( uo az< to grin i. do not ,rn ' f and tcW n ot a r Cfpt any ojhcc, ond am actuatcd by no impul«e . hnt to the advane<ment of Hav (L. A. Thuraton to A. April 1S03> ••\.)TICE is bereby given.that, by aud with the advice and consent of the Ezecutive and Advisory Coune le -f the Provi8ional Government tbe i’resideut haa th'.s Jay appoinled .n d eommi^aioneU LOKKIN’ A. THURSTON, Esq. as liie Envoy Extraordinary and Mm -ter Pi«uipotentiary of the I» r >v sinnal Government of the Hawoiian lalands. to reside near the Preeideat of thc l nited Statea of America. F>>reign Office, May 4, 1803. P. C. Advert:ser and StnW May 1893) u Mini»ter to \Vaahington fl2,(XX>. ( Apropriation Bill 1802) The Star is not fortnnate in its attempts of ‘‘making histor\. L«st week it conlained an editorial ia wliieh it. in a very off-handed way stated that Minister Stevens did nolrecognize and offer hissuuport to the Provisional Goverament before the surrender of the Queen, under protest to the United States, and her government. M e don t kuow where the medico-journalistic eomhinalion waa on tb.e day of the revoiution—he w;is not among the iueurgenl3 aud not ;imong thesupporl» rs of law an 1 ■ rder. but he wat> presumably home preparing hia instruments for the services of the heroee who were to lay down their livea. The faiue or name of his maaaging editor was st 11 unknown in this Paradise. whieh remarkable to say. mauaged to get a!ong quite well anyhow, in fact the name of that particular Smith b»d not been heanl furth«r than 8outhern California s>. in uaking hist >ry the Star is ev,dently not bi8ing ils 8tatement ou per*->nal kuowlevlge hul ou he:*rsav ■ r i:uagination ouly. There exist unfortun.it»-’v for the iiist«rioal value of the :uexation piU, aome documcnt »ry evidence whieh belie tot.il!v tlie #t itement of the annex ,tion - daddy. One is the letter fr >m Minister Su vens t-> the Queen'a mm sters written betweeu 3:30 aml 4 p. m. and f,»rwarded by hand of Mr. Chas. L. Hopkint to Mr. S muel Parker, in whieh letter u «ter Stev-ns iutbrm- the Quven's g *veromeut that he bas re» gn zed ti»e provi,= ;on.il g >vernu; ut and proposes t s ipport it. Another d'>cvimentary evidence i? a letter fr.au Mini-ter Stwens to OapUin \\ illse deliver»'d ab >ut 2 p. m. by tbe b»iud of Chas. L. Carter, ab.mt three minutes before Mr. D ;e aod partv entered tb j g»>vernment butlding, whieh letter is »*f the Miue tenor as the one addr- -sed to Mr. Parser and whieh letter uow is or w.is in the uaw departmeul oftheUnited Swt « where it wa« pr»duced bv Oap’.ain M ilt?e for the parpoae of exoner»ting him fi.>r the hlame whieh evidently is to fail on 6omebody. Of course the §urry D»xtor could not be aware of tbeee interesting facts. bat he could have lear,iod somelhing if he had been anoani oa Merchaat

Str»*et on the I7lh aboat 4 and 5 p. m. Because that is where the people genera;iy learned about the rec»3gnition by Minister Stevens of the provisional goverument and it eame about as followB: Afier Mr. Chas. L. Uop.c; i returned from the American I.egiiion with Miniatcr Steven's ietler to Mr. Parker to whieh we have rcfcrre*.l above a rumnr spread to the effect that the Americau Minister had refuse«i to rec >gnize the insurgent* aud thera wa» con8equeat!y consIderable enthu§iasm and excilement in the crowd. S?ver*l clt zens refused to believe the rumor though—citizen« who later on have turued out very uctive annexationist8 aud evideutlv were pretty well posted and there was quite a lively discussion outside the offii'es of Schaefer A Co, and Cartwright. Mr. H. F. GIade arrived upon the scene at this time and hearing what the excitement was over jumped mto a haek and drove to the American Legation, He returned fifteen or twenty minutes later and leaviug his haek outside the Cartwright building told the bystanders that he had just seen Stevens, that the rumor was false, and that the provisional governraent hael heen recognized. Should the memory of the K. K. Consul have heeome somewbat impaired since tne top of the Police-Station fell down on his eupola we ean refer him to about a dozen respectable citizens who were present at the time. The historicaI Doctor if he, liae Diogenes, really is searchiug for the truth eouki also let his searchlight play on Messrs S. Damon and C. Bolte who iu their conference with the ministers at the PolieeStation confirmed that the provisional government had heen recognized. Here now is food for inveatigation and thought for the Doctor. We have simply faruished him with facts to enahle him when he in the f iture want» to pose as the historian of Ilawaii to give us hisU>ry, aud not stori«8. \Vtts it only a re:narkable eoincideuoe,or wbat wasit, tbat made th« Advis ,ry eouneil suggest apeeial mea«ure» againet the k;»huuas and more e«pecially again*t the Hale Nau», a» soou a» they heard about the dsath of Captaiu Wiltse ? “ To he or not to be (the next) is now the question ?” (Hamlet , Emmeluth ) We hear so mneh lately about the Queen as a healhen and wor•hipper of the old Hawaiiane Gods, and the way that the provisional Commi8sioaer8, more especially Mr. W. R. Castle and others headed by Sereno B:sbop, have painted the character of Her Majeety, the impression mu«t naturally have goce abroad that ahf had thrown off all christianity &nd civihzation, and returned to the darkest days of ihe darkest beathenism. How sudJenly *ll this must have eome to the kuowledge of these Christian(!) Geutlemen(I!) who thus enjoy tbemselves by vilifying a woman whom tbey so shortly ago covereil with honor»! We have b«fore us a copy o: a paper read before the Hawaiian Hist rical Socicty on April 7lh 1892. To cur immense •urprise, we aee th*t the alleged healheu and geueraliy horrid Quecn Liliaokalani figures a* Patror. of that Societr. We see that she wa« elected to th»t honorable office upon nominaiion of Mr. \V. F. Allen of the P. G. seconded by Sanford B. Dole the pre»ident of the proviaion*l government and that the meeting wa» pre*ided orer by Mr. C. R. Bishop

' —aow tired of native rale. W « j thal ihe other officers who *ccepted the honor of ?erving ander the ; patronage of ihe now muchly abj u§ed Queen were Joe. S. Emersoa | Vice President, W. D. Alexander correspondiug Secretary. Reverend Dr. Hvde recordmg 9ecretary. Rev. R. R. Hoes Librar:an. and T. G. Thrum treasurer. Ho*v cou!d theee pereons, of whom Bome —like the Vice-Pre?ideut —now eniarge on the evil and heathen ways of the Queen, consistent!y accept to offioiate in a societr ol whieh ahe was tho acknowledged 9atron ? But that is not all; at that raeetmg a mo«l interesting u&{>cr was reao by Mr. Jos. 8. Emerson lrea:ing ou the eubject of the smaller *ods of Hawaii more especially the i tuhipilit and Anmnkua and for information iu regard to these interesting beings or non-beings. Mr. Emerson renders his thanks to several gent!emen whom he mentions by name and “ last but not least to tny friends the kahunas. We uotice that Mr. Emerson dr*ee not acknowledge to have receive»t any information from the Patron of the Historical Society, whom he lately claims “to know ali ahout it” and in fact besides being a patron of the Historioal Society to be the Patron of all the stray Unihipiliā aud Aumalnai around town. The Officers of the Po!ynesian Society of New Zealand f>r 1893 are gazetted in the quarterly report of the said society ami are Patron Her Majeaty Liliuokalani. Queeu of Hawaii. Presideut Chief-Judge Seth-Smith. M. A. Council Rev. W. J. Habens. J. H. Baker. G. H. Davies. Elsdon Beet. E. Tregear F. R. G.S.-F. R. Hist.S. Percy Smith F. R. G. S. — It is evident, that the Polynesian Society has not either found out that there is any disgrace in associating their names with that of the Queen of Hawai,i as the leading members of the Central Uniou Church in Honolulu now wish the world to believe. Mr. John Thomas Waterhouse Sr. published aome days ago, a circular whieh he claimed that he di«tributed on the 14th of January thie year. The object of the circular was evidently to prove that he. like a Jupiter from the clouds. cast his condemning and devouring lightning on the Hawaiian government whieh was not run according to his demand. The Vandemonian languag« so familiar to him but le§s kuown tous.which we pre#ume it i* he uses in the circular, is undoubtedly intended to be insultiug and injurions to Messrs C. 0. Berger. W. H. Cornwell and A. P. Peters;in. The publishing of the circular at this time i» presumably tor the henehl of the court of inquiry whieh Mr. BIount is holding. and Mr. John Thomas Wa r .erhouse evidentiy expects that his ip*e dint wil! eett!e the whole matter and bis bare word that everything was bad urder the Quoen and that everything is good now under the P. G. must be accepted as oonclusive by Mr. Blount. Mr. J. T. Wat«rhou»o—an Ameneau eiliaeu is not a!togetber reliable though. He ia very fond of roshing into print and bas gol into «ome pretty b*d scrapee by ronning bi» bead again»t a alone wall, but onee at

le*st he did get ; nto print and t*>ld ihe plain naked truth and it is «inee that time ih*t people dec:ded to overl<x>k his Iitt!e esc*pades. h:s ineul:?. or assert!ons becaos? he then proved that his word w.is worth nothing, and ihal he wa- by no means above committing any shady transaction from whieh he could derive some benetit. >inoe we have a court of enquiry herea!l f»cts relating to the character for truth and veracity of the men who presume to uke an active part l>efore the said conrt directly or indirectiv are admissible ard we will reprint J. T. Waterbouse’s letter to thelateW. L. Green whieh was circulated in print hv the P. C. Advertiser in 1SS6. This is what Mr. J. T. Waterhouse—an Americ*n citizen, who believes that his words or opinions have anv weight in tn;s commnnity wrote on March 15th 1864. Honolulu March 15,1 HN 4. W. L. Green Esqr. • Deur 8ir. Being de?irou« of making a free, full and frank apology for what I bave stated concerniug yourself andthe firm of Janion, Green .e Co., and Janion, Green Rhodes. and c,f repairing, as lar as I ean, the { ° injurv done to you and to thoss firms by said statements. I uow acknowledge that, in a conversation with Mr. James \ ates of \ ictoria. V. I., on board the stoamer from Panama, in 1862, I purposely lefl him under the impression that vnur firm was in a bad way at Honolulu, aud that you were not a fit person to entrust with goods on consignment. I al?» acknowledge tbat I did, on the 30thofJuly last. write an anonymous letter to Mr. Frank Spemer, of Waimea, the object of whieh was to injure vou in the eyes of said Soencer. 1 alao admit that, in October of la»t year, or whenyou were iu Vīctoria, I stated that Janien, Green 4 Rhodes had drawn biils for f 12.000 to 115,000 on Janion, Green * Co.. whioh were not honored. And I further acknowledg» that since May 1861, I have,ondifferent oeeaaion» and to various per»ons, spoken of the tirm of Janion Green * Co„ in a way calculated to Ieave an lmpression tiial they werenot aafe or aolvent. On a ealm and careful review of the»e statement8 and i.isinuatioD8 injurious toyou and to your firm, I am nnw fully ?atistied that they weneeaeh an<lall of them untrue. unju»t aud without any foundation: and ina*much as for the many year*that I was aquainted with you previo :itocal!ingmycr»ditor* together in May 1861 I alway« h*d tbe higbe»t opinion of your honor and integrity, and of the respectability of your firm, and had oflen so expressed mvse!f to other», I ean on!y account i'or my «ub»equent hne ofconduct. whieh I now see to hare wrong and uncalled for b/ my di9appointment and vexation at baving been obIiged in tb<it year t>» e.-ill a meeting of my creditor9, of whom your firm were the largest, ar.d alao by my annovances at your severe eomraent» on my having then aIIowed my triends, in good :'uth on their part. to offer to mv creditor» a comp->9ition of fifty onU in tb* doiiar. (althouga I dul iutend that finally my cmiitors shoald not lose by m*.) when I ougbt to havo known that my *ssets were more th*n sufficienl to pay every one in full. For all this conduct Iam now heartily **>rrv. and m proof of the »incerity of my repentence, I beg to tnclo»e herewith a eheek for $300. in your £avor, to p*y the expens»a you have alr«ady heen put to in the »uit agaiL.st me, and

lo p»y for 100 pnoleil eopiea of ihi» »pol‘*«y. »hou’J roa de?ir« io prin r *Se ivme, ia order thal rou mij h»ve an opportunity, by «ircol»ting lbeu». of repairing »ny injury you ni»y h»vo »ut ? ered by wL»t I hav« 5«id or doce. I rem»in. Dear Sir, Your obedient »erv»nt. J-'HS ThoMA8 W*TKBHOC9r. Witae»« J. W. Ai st.n.