Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 22, 12 ʻOkakopa 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Th« ProTĪsional Goveroment loeiun to be jubilttnt, lieean»© Mr, Manly Hopkin* is to-tl»y tbe only recognize<l representative of the Hawaiian GoTernment in Great lir it h i n. Mr. Abraham Hort'nung is no longer the char<jf dafairt* of the Hawaiiau Islands 1 in Great Ilntain. He has l>een dian)isxe<l. becan.se he legally aml fearlessly expresaed his opinion of the actions of the men who themselves tnrned trr.itors to Queen Lilinokalani aml to Hawaii. Mr. Hortnung haa never reo ived tho value <>f a j»ostal atamj» from auy Hawaiian GoveminenU wlulo he has lioen repre»euting our little countr>- at the Court of Great Britain. He has be«n the most accommotlating, the most courtK»us ami ihe most ahle man t<* rei>resont Hawaii or any otlu*r countrv. aml the imlignitv whieh has been inflicted on him by his dismissal will remaiu as an etornal disgrace to the meu whom John L. Stevens pitoh-forted into office. Mr. Hoflnung ha.s beeu iusolted,and Hawaii as far as sho is oonnecU*d with the “miaaiouan'" crew has lost a good and faithful friend. Mr. Samuel M. Damonis ihe man to hlame for tbe unwarranted indigmty placed on the Hawaiian Minister to Great Untain. For Mr. Sara l M. Damon h»s feast* d nt his board and has receive«l evon' jmx»f of friendshij> and hospitality whieh it was within the power of any man to sbow ar.d gmnt to another. Mr. Samuel M. Daraon has hugged Mr. Abr.iham Hoflnung and he has to-day after having eaten his grub .ind drank bis ehampagne basely assisted in heaj»ing th« most unh<*anl of insult on the head of Ihe man whom bo called **frieod.' Mr. Abraham Hottnnng eau stand thc insult and the indignity frem the hands of Mr. Sammd M. Dainon. This gentlemau will iu the long run be tbe snttVrer. Because Mr. Samuel Damon is reij|K>nsible for all.ami ever\’ noiion of the present governmeut. Mr. Dole ;s sick—he ia iu f«ct “ont of que*jtion.'’ Mr, Hatcb tbe V ice l*resideut of the Pro▼iaional Goverument aud attorney ■ f CIaus Sj*reckels is also Ihe attorney of Mr. Sarauel Damou. aiid ts in tlie jmv of the firm n»j»resenteii by thisnotonoas 1 politioal fluanci«r or fiaanciai | polilieian. The other nieuihe» of tbe eahiuei are worse than nonentitios. Captain Rmg is •n object of pity aud ridicule I while Attorney-C>«aeraI Smith ( ob so learned in law ) is as igtK>rant and itnj>08sibSe as —weli Say as tbe senior Captain of Mr. Uiieheoek'a poliee force Bo taken as a whoie Mr. Samael Datuou n> ihe noe oo whoae bead ali the g dl fal)s for th« iusolt to Mr HortnOng. Mr Da»on i*. virtualiy the governmenl of to- •

dav, and on his head will the J ret«Iiation and tbe revenge fall < when tbe Great Day of revenge and retaliation ilawna. — The Adverti«er in its rejK>rt of < j the Board of Heallh thi« mom- i 1 ing, makes tbat body of genlle- ; men ont to be the most inhuman set of 8coundrels this nation bas ever seen. M hetber the Advertiser has correctly rej>orted the proceeding or not, we do not know, but this is what it says. in referenco to a request (whieh Bandma‘ter Berger endorsed) of the lejK*r b:\ndboys at Molokai to have an instroctor, for the for a few weeks. It must be remark* e*l that Mekia, the j>erson mentioned in the fo!lowinp extract | from the Advertiser s rej>ort of the Board j>roceeding. is an old nceml>er of the Baud here endorsed bv 15erger as a comj>etent instructor, is willing to go and has had his wife a few weeks ago taken frora him as being a lej>er and sent to the 8ettlement at Molokai. “The Board denied the request for tbe time being. as they thougbt that Mekia’s principal reason for wishing to go, was that he might help bis wife to get settled. ’ Observe ye, who feel, or do not feel, sympathy with the Hawaiian leper. It is not for sanitar\' reasons, not for uecessitv of segregation. not because that the request could uot be graute<l. Nol for none of the»e ? But simply because the jx>or man had a wife from whom he had been sepaxated by the oj>eralion of the segregation law and might possib!y if he went now. in tbo inten*als of traiuiug the lej>er band, be euabled to assist a little the unfortuuate woman, whom he had onee promised to love. cherish. nnd protect till death did them part, in comfort ably settling hereelf iu the living tomb to whieh her dread disease under tbe law of this land had consigned her. There is no hmt that the Board will not allow an instruotor to go by aud by and eome into contract with tbe lej>er bandboys aud live ai the sottlemeut for the time during whieh he has j>ermission to instruct them. No sign that regaril for tbe j>ublic bealth refus«ii th« j>ermission. No idea that this man was not competent to do the work required. No! the reijnest whs jx>stpoueii " for the iime hein/' for the simj>le reason that this man raight have been inAueneeil by ths dtsire (natural)y to a loviog aud faitbful husbaud) of onee more belping tbe jv\rtner of his jovs and sorrows for the la»t time in ee(Uing her as comfortably as possible in her lost home. Tel) it uot io Gatb! publisb it not to I tbe uembere of the Sorosis soci : ety! Inforno not the membere of the White Cross League! Every one of these homane guanlians of tbe j>oblic healtb is a m«rried j man with a wife and a famiiy. j What ean lheir wives exj>ect if ever. whieh God forbid, a sīmilar or eqoai misfortooe shooid hapj«n lo ihem ? The Star admires Mre. McColly’s latest etfusioo Why. heeaoae. like that j>aper “it is 1 temperate in its Ungoage.’ viJt,

SUr. We knew it would. "Birds ofa fe*tber. etc. Don‘t trorrj‘ Johnsing. we are not hankering after poisoned P. G. grob, or the dcctor s—dead men —sboes. Bv the looks of vour editorial of this morning. we jndge th«t if you had slock to tbe “gmb” and the “sboes and kej>t away from tbe ‘bier.’ the resnlt wonKl have been more satisfactory.