Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 21, 20 Mei 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

From tht Doily o/ May 17th 1893 Tbe Australia arrived and brooght the new? thal Preeident CleveUnd hae «ppointed Mr. Blount to be tbe L'nited Statee Envoy Extr»ordin*n' and Mini* ater Plenipotentiary to Hawan. This etep atill more confirme ue in tbe eenlimenle and belief printed elaewhere in thie iesueand written previouely to tbe arrival o! tbe ; eteamer. The appointraent of.Mr. Blount, in whom the Hawaiian peopie have the utmoet confidence. ia a guarantec tbat the American goverment ie determined lo rectify the outrage committ<fd by Mr. J. L. Stevene. We congratulate Mr. Blount on hie appointment and we still more congratulate Hawaii nei on havmg a man ofthe high character and intelligence of Mr. Blount to represent their great and friendly neighbor here, and we are convinced that the cordial relatione now exieting between mimster Blount and the Hawaiiane will be furlher Btrengthened in the future exerciae of hie dutiee. The Star eometime ago printed an alleged answer of Mr. Blount to the oommittee whieh preeented him with a memonal from the Hawaiian women’» Patriotic League in whieh il was stated that Mr. Blount had said that he had no power or authority to restore the tjueen. The Star lied when it. published that answer and Mr. Blount at the timesent for the President of the Iieague as aoon as his attention waa called to the Star report, and aaaumi her tbat he had not intended to convey any aueh idea to the Ix‘ague through his anawer, and that he was—as usually—iui8represented by Doctor McGrew’« pat>er. The Star rej>ort of the commissioner’s alleged answer was used by tbat would be Wall Street genius, Tommy Hobron, in his correspondence to the San Francisco Call and from there the lie spread all ovtr tfie States and reached the eyes of Secretary Gresham. By the uiail to-day we learn that the 6ecretary of State has stated to an associated press repreeentative that if Commissiouer Blount had given such an answer and asserted that be had no power to restore the Queen then he had beeu indiscreet. This seems to indicate that Mr. Blount perhaps hae powers and authority far beyond the knowledge, hopes, and wiahee of the alleged progenitor of the annexation and the rest of hiailk. . « The bitter attacks in the republiean press against Cleveland, heeauae of his attitude on the Hawaiian annexation question indicates better than anything else that annexation is as dead “as Caesarisrn in ltaly ” (to use our shears on thc Star editoria!s) and ve ean feel oonfident that there wlll be no resurrection at the prceent lime or under the present admioistratioo. The New York Herald ooniinuee its strong fight against annexation and Charles Nordhotf is quoted all over the Statea. The prediction and assertion of the Star acribbler that the Hera)d is alwaysoo the losing side doea uot wem U> hold good io tbis innlanee, and conftrms our idea that tbe Star-man isnota miud>' reader or forlune-4el3er of any great «ap«oity. The Herald’s urgiag dcmand for Mr. Stcven«’ ■iiamiaHai haa been promptly acted apoo ia Wa»hiugton aad no opportonity w*s giveo Mr. 8teveo« td reaifn in the Ofdioary oeane of afiain. Ur. Sterene fully deear*ea UaMla. Hi* hoeUk aod pmjQ$-1 oed atutudc ainea hla anieal Htm |

1 — 7 The procpecte are that Honolulu will have no hor?e raoes on ihe lllh ot June this vear. The reason f»r this, ie that the executive : eommiUee of the Jockey Club, or I wboever bave g«»t the pr»gram!ne up, have even gone eo far in their emall mindedueaa ae to mix politics into horse races. and the reeult is that the usual festive and popular celebr»tion of the d»y will eome to naugbt except the Jockey Club reconeiders its action. Inetead of osing tbe usual programme, tiie rannagement of ihe clob, bave dropped the Queen Liliuokalani nlate and the Governor s Cun from the prograrome and such j a step is naturally objec:ed to by the owner« of the race horees, who i nearly all bave the honor to bave their names marked with anr by the mind-reading Stur. CoL Cornwell will not enter his horses under the circumstances. and it is presomed that Newre. Rickard, Focke, and Gay will follow his ex- , ample and lhere will consequently i not l>e enough horses entered to i make any kind of a decent race. The annexationisU might count in their numbers all the angele who w # i ten»porarily dwell araong us, like i Sereno Bishop, A. F. Judd. John s Kalua and Almira, but, they sadly laek true and good sporlsmen, who knuw how to enjoy life and make jit euj«yable for others. It is a pity that the good work in encours aging breeding of good horses done m furraer years by the Honolulu Jocky Club should be impnired and frustrated to gratify the polilieal spite of some person unknown who has injudiciously been a!lowed to manage the preparation8 for the me<“ting on the llth of June. It is a pleasing contrast to see the promising and interesting programme issned by the Maui Uae- i ing Assnciation for their meeting i on the 4th of July. Xo politics have heen allowed to interfere in i lheir j»rogramine, and both royalist [ horses as well as annexationist horses will be sj)eeded for Queen ■ Liliuokalani’a plate —and we bet that the first mentioned will win it | too. The M ui Racing Association . will have some excellent races ; this year and will give a good opportunity to the puhlie to spend a very enjoyable d;ty on the Kahului Raeiug Track.