Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 239, 9 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The A'jv*-rtiser comes out ia its u«uai mv«terious raanner and makes ihe i>)ld assertion that it 13 ‘ perfectly l> g;timate for the government t • coliect the revenue in advance and st>end it. W e vvoul i like to know whjr the Legisiaturee then st everv session have gone into the lot of troubie and \vork to make the neceesary ca!culat : on for the purpose of making both ends meet and reguiating the expenditures accordmg to the expected ineome. We should like to have it eiplained what earthly use au AuditorGeneral is under the svstem advocated bv the Advertiser. If tha taxes whieh are expected to fall due, and to be collected at the end of the year, are paid now aud epent, with what money does the government expect to pay its running expenses at the end of the year. Bv borrowing on the taxe« due next year or how? And if so when i» the end to eome and when are there any prospects of ever getting the government down to a sound and businesslike basis on wpieh the principle of living up to its ineome and paying as they go along wiil be the rule. The truth is though that the transaction whieh •nabled the government to settle with Spreckels, was no government transaction at all. In fact the government haen’l paid Spreckels, but some private individuala have ■imply bought the notes whieh Spreckels held agaiust the goverament, and tbe notes are just as overdue to-day in the hands of the government’s new creditors as they were in the hands of Spreckela. The patriots who were willing to mortgage their property for the purpose of assisting the P. G. were after all neither prepared nor willing to accept the paper of the Provisional Government. They fully realized the force of the argument of the Holomua that upon a change in the form of the government, the actions and obligations of the P. G. would be repudiated and the patriots did nut proposeto run any nsks. So now the original treasury notes signed by the Queen'3 minister8 are simply reposing in the safes of some private citizens who may at any time turn against the government. the only change being that the notes are € endorsed on their backs “C7a«* Sprfckel* Cn. no recourse.” Why the auuexation press should l'eel exhilarated over that transactiou we fail to see. As we have continual!y sa:d the Treasurv is to day in exactly aa unhealthy and inaolvent condition as it was a few weeks ago. The men who have bought Spreckels’ notes may not use thcm L>-day, but wh-'l assurances have the government that they wiil not be used to-morrow / If the gorerument had issued new uotes signed by the provisional Minister of Pinanoe and paid the debt with the money received for such notes wrē shonld have been willing to join the government subBidized papen hi tbeir rejoicing over th« show of patriotism and support of some of the txx-payers, but tbe simple tranafer of noiea iisued by the Queen’i government, only shows faith in the credit of the country, but shows nothing in regard to the hnaneial NlNm whieh th« organs of the P. G. elaim it to poneea. That th« exchequer notaa iaau«d by the Queen’s

cabinets are as good as goid i* a foregone conclusion, but it seems evident that there is no demand for ihe P- G. paper —not even among the most faithful of the faithful lloek. Thi« government has offered #750,000 bonds al very g«x>d terms and they have been unahle to eeli any. This government whieh we repeatediy told represente the wealth and intelligence of ihe IsIands and whieh is callcd the best admiuistration ever known here, raeet= with absoluiel}* no response when it offer its bonds in the market. The great ex-Britisher from Van Diemens Land who in spite of his foresworn allegianee posed before poor John L. Stevens as the “ richest Englisbraan in Kawaii ” donates the government a #1.000 bond in the Oahu Hailroad Company as a sign of his support aud approval, but he takes mighty good care that he doesn't invest one single dollar in the bonds whieh the government in whieh he beheves and whieh he admires and worships are lrying their level best to get rid off. Patriotism ia good enough as a part of the ordinary tbeatrical outfit belonging to our polilieal elowna. but go«Ki hard dollars are a great deal better and carry with thera a great deal more weight and force than all the P. G. paper in the world issued and offered as a patriotic stimulant —and sacrifice. The Holomua’a nften repeated opmiona in regard to the value of P, G. paper are evidently shared aad agreed upon by all the c%pitalists in the country in spite of all the inducements and fa!sehoods offered by the P. G’s pap-fed newapapers to the contrary. Mr. Baldwin has corrected the infamous stateraents ma«le by the Star aad its alleged member of the Legislature against Mr. Macfarlane in regard to the Low rej>OTt to the Kinanee Committee. But we feel assured that the incorrigible •heel will have to further correct its correclions and tell us plainly what Mr. Baldwin did say and what h»did desive the Star to puhlish. We happen to know whst Mr. Baldwin s intentions were when he went to the Star office, and tbev ean easiestly be expressed in a few words, namely that he wanted to eall the Star's unnamed member of the Legislature a liar. \Ve have no doubt that he did so in plain English, but the nature of th« Dog Star is again well illustrated by its attempt to cover over its muititude of sina and lies and allow it to appear tbat Mr. Macfarlane did try t«> emasculate portions of the Low report, but wes not allowed to do it. We don’t believe for a moment that Mr. Baldwin said anything of the kind to the Star, but if he did he simply eonfirms us in our previously expressed views that the portions of the Low report whieh were not iucluded in the Pinanee Committee's report were omitted heeauae they were of no value and unsubstantiated. If Mr. Baldwin says as per Star that Macfarlane did not emaaculate any portion of the report—who did it then? Mr. Baldwin himself of course, and we ean hardly imagine that even the Star will say that Mr. Baldwin acted »o, prompted by his royalist sympathies or to shield the party in power. Mr. Baldwin denies all knowledge ōf how the report got into the hands of the Sur man and regrette9 that a document whieh wu not intended for publication »hould

i have been given to a paper whose record for indecency aud breach of laith has lieen »o stronj?Iy and irei quently 3ub5tantiated durinR ita ■ very short and very diacred.ubie ex!«tence. The latest in the lineof aoothing syrups fur the annex itionista are some reported assurances whieh Secretary of Stat<- Greaham is said to have giveu lo one of the lately home-gathered prov sional Commisaioners. The Secretary who evidently was overwhe!med wiīn • the intelligence of expression and ; matureness of thought ■ I toe Commissioner immediately opened hia heart and told him '‘ail about it.” ‘ The rest' ration of tue Queen was i of course out of questiou a!though the State Department did not eonsider that the U. S. forces were landed witbout sufficienl reasons but such a iitiie slip cou>d of course be easily over-looKed ” It is very 15kely indeed that Mr. Gresham should have made eueh remarks to a stranger at a time when he did not know anythi.ig officially from Hawaii. It is perfectly natural that a Secretary of State should form and exnress an opinion on a matter for the investigition of whieh a Commissioner had been sent out and from whom no report had yet been forwarded. It is undoubted thit the Chief of Cleveland’s Cabinet talks through his hat. That is it is likeiy, and natural, and possible in the ideas of the provisionsl Commissioner, whose gigantic brain produced ideas and argu*nents, sufficient to convert Hoke Smith in half an hour from beirg decided anti-an-nexationist to becoming an ardent annexationist. We fear that the soothing-syrup must be put down as an ordinnry quack-medi-eine and cl;issified as a soothing or healing medium with the medicine of consolation set forth by Sereno Bishop that, if we haven’t got annexation, the Lord be praised we have got the M >rnmg Star, and she alwavs travels ou Amenean soil (?) and under the Stars and Stripes—We fiil to underatand why the so-called Keverend dv)ean’t get on board of that Americanaoiled boat and rslieve thia country of his presence. With the brainv commissioner and the rep- * I resentative of Providence in their midst the annexalionists ought to feel confident and happy—but somehow or other they don’t. The era of barefvwted Bill seema to have been opened again in the burglarv of Schaefer a Co’s build- * • ing. We should suggest to the ever-vigilant marshal to devote some of hia high-class detectivcs to catch the latest burglar instead of spending their time in the Central Union Church towgr or hanging around Washington Plaee. lt will only to tend to cast ridicule ou the Poliee Departmeut if the buildings adjoining ihe Station House are beiug burglarized while the forces are busy watching imaginary foesand cbasing the “will o’ wisp” in the otherend of ehe town. Before the Marshal takea &ny step tbough we sbou!d serioua!y advise him to make a formal eall on the originaI barefooted Bill now located in Captain Tripp’s hotel and : aliow him to unfold a tale whieh will make bis auburn Iocks curl. A cursory readiog of all the papera connected with the career and eap- : ture of the celebrated Bill will | afford aome thriliing and inatructive reading and should aome day be publiahed witn a ioitable title (Detective vs. Detective or th«

barefaced or footed-mystvry) and included in the uaual dīme noveI library. We are pleased to understand that the governmenl and its poliee authonlies are uking satisfaclory measures to protect the Queeu. NV e should have considered it unfortforeign interferenoe had become necessary, bul we repose sufficient confidence in the Marshal to know that he will keeu »n eye on the cranks who int’est the e >mmunity. a:ul bear watching at all times. Of cv>urse nob«ody expects the Marshal Po select his epeeial otlicers from among ihe deacons of the Ceutral Union Church, but we do believe that he eouhi sccure a far more re!iahie and useful material out of whieh t*> make detectives than the im-apom sible disreputable fellows wao now sport the pMiee badge. I It is generally underst»x>d that the Manhal now knows who tvx»k that opium, and is kicking himself heeauae he is unahie to bring the ' theft home to the culprit, and must | eonline himself to filing his knowledge fv>r fnture use. Does he also kuow who took those cmwn-jewe.a I or is he goingto wait until he eannoi : bring that tl:eft home, and have to be aatisfied by filing that i further knowledge? If 90 the | kicking ought not to be done by | himself in that instauce. — In 8pite of all their assertiona the spectre of restoration is lo»>ming up in au unpleaaant manner before the eyes of the annexationists. A most pronounced annexatiouist burdened with years and wealth was soliciting, in the most earuest manner, the ass:stance of one of tbe most infiuential royalists to persuade the Queen to abdicate. As, according to the often repeat"d war-cry of the annex«tioa party, she bas nothing to abdicate, this new move is both refreshing and | instructive. But for onee we agree | with the original pmpoailion of | the annexation party that the 1 Queen has nothing to abdicate. She has entrusted ber case to the United States and her nrv>test is , being tliere considered. She could ! neilher iu honor to herself nor iu justice to her peoule withdraw 1 that case, but must wait and abide j by the decision to be given bv the j Great Kepuhhe. She has mureover i no intentiou of listening to the ! bland propoaitions whieh are now * trickling from the talseanJ treachI erous !ips of the men who feel that their game is up and lhat the day of retribulion is near.