Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 291, 25 ʻAukake 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The first lienlenanl of tbe pro* ▼ieioaal ahip reeigned a abort while ■1° *nd left Um oountry. Tbe

| Captain of the vea»el thereupon tendei>d his resign3tion, but the crew kicked and ol>jected to be ieft ! jn the lurch with breakers ahead. Whal’a the matlcr! No oue has been appoinled yet to fill the vacant seat in the Advisory Council, although we thovght that it was mandatory, that tbere saou!d be fourteen men.bers in th-l auguat j bv»dy. Why not let W. O. Siuith take thal seat and give up his chair in the Kxecutive Oouneil. liec,iusc a man is a j»oor executive officer. he m ght make a very g»K)d adviser and if W. O. omith doe9n’t like to work without a aalary, one could easily be raade for him aud the otber eouneilioia, and the money for the purfiose taken from Mr. Oamon’a reserve fund whieh has lately disappeared from the finaneial statamenta. The most characteristic feature of the whole polilieal bu’8iness here is the appointment of Mr. Claus Sc»reckf ls’ attorney Frank M. Haieh, to be acting Presideiil and Minister of Foreign Affairs, besidea we suppi»sft Commnnder in-chief of all tho forces with rank as you pleaSe. Is Attorney Hatch, after all the *’suitable nian” for whom Spreckels was said to be looking to plaee at the head of his inteoded republic? CoIonel Claus is evidently not alt<>gether out of Hawaiian politics, and there seems now to be ehanee f<»r him to get in his deadly work in spite of Mr. W. G Smith and his Katzpnj immer.