Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 5, 21 September 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Tbe inconsisteney of tlie Star e<litor is something \vonderful. He coiues out vesteniay in two cditorials, one written for tbe benetit «>f Mr. Tlieo. H. D«vies, snd one f >r the “delnded Hawaii>tus,' tnd in botb, tries to show the absurdity and iinpossibility of advocating a vote foi the nal ives in regard to the futnre fonn of government in Hawaii. Mr. Davies is called a detnagogue, «nd *.he Royaliats who believe that ihe plebiscite will be tasen are accused of misleading and delndng the j>oor natives. Now. it was not so verv long ago when the verv same editor eame out jiretty atrongly and aceused t!ie Royalists of misleading the Hawaiiana, because they told them through their press and at mectings that the inteation of the annexationists was to deprive tbe Hawaiiuna of tbeir franchi.se if »nncxed. We were termed Iiars, and everything bad, and the natives were assurvd that Hnnexation’s papa, and all his foliowers were determined never to acccpt unv treaty of annexation, except the civil rights of the Hawaiiana were fully j>ro-t-cted and fullv recognized. Wby. the Star editor wr«>te columns for the purj>oseof emphasizing to the poor kanakas that the anuexationists reallv were their best friends, aud that they woukl receive more polilieal rigbts when Hawaii was a State or a Territory in the Union. We, aud with us,the Hnwaiians. were always rather suspicious and iucliued io doubt the sincerity of the Star and its followers. and the j>r sent attitude <>f the Star contirms our suspicions, and shows how mueh faitli cou!d be placed in its i romises <>f civil rights. For. if it is absurd and ridicnlous to talk abont a Hawa- I iian plebiscite, if it is folIy t>» | believe tliat the P. G. wonkl ever j all >w the H-iwaiians a voto iu de- | ci<liug tho form of govcrnu>eut i for their coontry, why in tlie namo of Heaven should anybody j bolieve, that the H <waiians if : aunexed would be grauted the 1 franchise, and thereby, giveu the power to role their owu oouutry. j lf the “aborigines as Mr. Smith ' now calls his formerlv beloved frieuds tho Hawaii ms are unfit toil to cast a vote, and have a voice in settliug the j>resenl | situatiou, why should they be fit- ( te\i to settle the governraent and , be the ralers, if Hawaii shonld heeome a Territ»ry or a State, Will the SUr kiudly expl«in? Tb« truth i» that thepromises of a frauchise «s g»veu out by the Star. »t the instigation and adnce of L. A. Thurstou were clumsy, and far from clever at k»<aj>tsat deiudingtbe uatives. If anv of them swallowed the bait tbey have to day received t e proof of the siacerity of the anncxation party.and we hoj>e. received a nev-r to be-forgotten lesson. i