Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 3, 20 Kepakemapa 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The aDnexation orginsaiv eviie:.' v f-eling bh,e «ver tbe news -t rivt-il l»y the (,’hina relatii'g to the i rhihcite, antl tht y try to ex ah. ihe irnp> '!-.-ibil:ty <.f snch a ite] being t-.k.n »ithout the eonsei.t of the Irovi8iooal G«*vernaier.t, &nd, we 8 >se, fiie annexiti.»n < !ub. t>nr cnntem]«T.tries \r<“ w r« iz i i■ th»“ [>remi?es. and tne ooneluhione-at whieh they arrive jie c.'iiS jneutiy e«j.uliy erroneous ind absnrd. I hev ho!d that so ū.r ;*» the Umli 1 .tes are e njtrned the *»i < l y i«resent issue i*etween that cmi .try and Hawaii • ihe qu« stion. if the «»ffer of auoexati»»u m.ide hy the Provisional G<*vernimiit s :«11 1»> accepted or not. ifthe Unit*d States decule not to enter inlo cl->ser relations wlth Haw.iii by .tccepting the annexuti',ni treaty. they have no furtl.er b'is;ness in Hawaii and in the ir.ternal aff.<irs of this country sxcei«t ivh.it ie gr nted by the treaty aow existmg. This is how the »nnexation;sts here talk and write, ind this is where thev are decided«y wr>«ng —or forgetful. Tne inain ]>omt for an mvestigalion bv the Uuited St«<tes iuto tlie Hawaiian aff.nrs uul inlo the causes whieh led t>> liie revolulion were. if it was true th.it the Amenean uiii.ist<r resideut .1. ' . Stevens *unspired t«> > v« rtiirow the Hawaiiau Mouarchy aud finally used the United States f «rces to aeeomplieh bis cnds. He has been <>fiicially accnsed of so d«ing by ihe repreBentative of Q ’.eeii Liiiuokalaui, Mr. l’aul Neumann. The latter w s received in \\'asl>inton iii an olheial capscity. The credentials wnieh he preseoted aud upon whieh he was reccived by the Adiuinistralion in \Vashinglon dul not c»usist of a power-of-»ltorney, but were a usual cotnmissi' u as minister pleoip >tentiary audenvoy extraordinarv made out on an ordinary for. ier. «liliee hlaok. signed by the Queen and e■>ui.tersigned by her Miuister of F«>re gn Atr.«irs. W hen the United Slalcs Kccepted Mr. Neuiu.iuu officiaily ou such credeulials, they ackuowledged the positton of Ihe Queen and her elaim, ind the subs quent a] po u.menl of Mr. B unt as e >mmissioner was 3iade for the }iurpose < f ing, if the claims of the Q ne i »> d Ihe Hawaiia i nation wcre based on facts a.id if au outr»ge realiy had beeu c<>nuuille<l in ihe name of lbe United States of America. That investigatiou is now c!«»s.d. s. who em doubt, that by the resuit Mr. J. L. Stevens has beea piaoed in a very unenviable position, aud thal his intrigues have been fully dieclosed aud proven? If iheu, Mr Cl«vela«d’s sdminis tratiou is «atished, thal the name of the United Stales b»s been uulawfully and impn>perly used to fortber the poiitical endaof a small band of Amcrican adventurere« i’i a foreign country, what else ean be done by the Greal Kepuhlie tbin to devi»e son»e means w give redrese to the outr«gHl aovereign and nation, and to undo the wrong committed? And in wha! be«er

ihape ean lbc true d»-<ires #f the ! ilawaiiao ].-eopie be made kniwn [ ihan throogh the t.tking of a , ' plebiecite? The Unilei States s;t , ,' p> dav as a court of arbitratioo. j There.is before them a rei]uest for i admisaion to ihe Uui'>n made by a body of men styling themss!ves the Provi»ional Gover.iment of Hawaii, and claimiug (tbe gall i ,it them !! ) to represent the people uf Hawaii. Then, there is :t protest froiu ihe Hawaiian sovereign agiinet the actionsof the American representative and f>jrces, and a j derband f>)r rtdress, and then. there are numerous petitions frou> nearly the tutal Hawaiian nat;o i praying for succor, and for a peaee- i fol re est-.iblishment of their self- 1 g>venimeut, depr:ved them in the . uame ot the freest republic «n earth. The United States' Governmenl have so far made haste sl >wly. lt h:ts caused a most searching investigation to be held in Hawaii, :uid the results are to-day in its posse8sion. Upon those results will the decision whieh shall decide the fulure of Hawaii be based. Thal the decision wiil be just t«> the contesting parties, we ean all rest assured. and that the United States are able and ready to enf-rce whatever decisiou iu regard to Hawaii th<y may arrive at. only a l'ooi, or a knave will pre teud to doubt. The Provisional Government has been aeknow!edged as the governmeut de facto ut ]>resent in Hawaii, but its tille to the government and to the eountry to whieh it haa offered todonate America has not been rec«>rded yet, nor has it been pronouuced vaiid by tha Uuited States <>r auy <>ther country. A government whieh fesrs to ask its country’s support at the b»liot-b<«x, will u.eet very liltie sympalhyfrom the A:uericau people, and it should always be remembered that the United Slates dare do anything whieh is just, aud will hesitate at nothiug whieh is rigut. Give us therefore a r<-st from the blatherskiting about what tne Provi»ional Government w;ll d > or wili not do to Unele Sam. We ull know that, wheu the ans«vers to the Queen, to the I G., and to the Hawaiian Nation eoaie that ali parties will peacelully obey orders, and quietly d>) as they are t«dd. Messrs. Johnstone a.»d S:uith, neitber of whom are evtu votors iu this country, sbould quietly shetl their goose-quill for there will be ueither gore nor bloody pulp—but there will be a vote. The word *'restricted voters - ’ used in the Htrald's Washington despatch has evidently puzzled the cominuiiity here. lbeStar interprets the word in its own genial way. and dreams about restricting the voting right to tbose who ean write English, and possesscertain property qualifications We shoold. by ihe way. be very pleaaeil with snch arrangement, l>ecanse even then wonld the annexation party be suowed uuder in the roosi emphaiie manner,but we feel qnite assnred thatby “restricted voters,’ is meant tbose persons qoalified to vote under the present Constitution and laws uf the coontry, as they existed previoasly to Jannary the 17th. We shall. in a coming issue, fnrnish tbe Star with some statistics whieh perhaps will open the eves of some of the rabid anneiatiouists who lately appear to believe that the Americans in liawaii have a numericai majority besides all the weallh and intel-

! lipenee—bsrriug thongb what i s needed to be a polieoman. e were waitiug anxionslj ia>t night for the Star, becanse we wanted to see tke proniised disclosores whieh should indace the ; P. G. to refuse to reeeive Mr. Ellis Mills as Ameiiean ConsulGeneral, but alas! we were deceived. and disappointetl. aud we will uever trust the .Star agaiu. Not a word against M:Ils except that the P. G. will receive him out of respect to Oolouel Bionnt. (Great Seott! how coudescending!) and theu a very original scrip abont the gods haviug 1 ground Mills very sma 11. And I are these all the reasons why i ; Mr. Mills should be rejected , Stop that hedgiug Mr. Star man, aud eome out with what you had i on yoar mind when yon inang- ' urated yonrc impaignagainst Mr. i Mills, and desired the P. G. to | lend themselves to gratify your , persoual pii{ue —yoors and an- i otber fellows —againstaman who proved himself efficieut and closemonthed in his official capacity, | aud what hurts yon more —a true gentleman! The Star is ca!ling for lielp from Ambrose Bierce for the purp n se of satirizing C olonel Spreckels who receives from the annexation clob's haudorgau, the usual amount of aouse. Mr. Spreckels has gone to Washington, and this fact worries tbe annexationists. Of course, Mr. Smith deplores that President Cleveland doesn t understand tha situation iu Hawaii. and is so partial to the sug irring. Tliat is nndonbtedly sad, and we oan ouly suggest that tho political Siamese twins, senators Eimnelulh and Waterhouse, dig down iu their pockets—we hope they will not be seizeil by the horror vacui —and dispatch Mr. Smith to Washington for the purpose of sbowing Mr. up aud lecturing on Hawaii to Mr. Cleveland,and tellingall he knows about us, ufter hissix-montbsstay in the Islands. The P. G. ought to give him a job in tne Legation say, to keep it opeu wiiile the otber diploniats are jnnketing aronnd attendmg to their private business, while tho janitor puts up the pleasing sigu on the front door; “Shop closed —Annexation pau.’'