Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 50, 15 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The \voinlerfnl unil tliieiitenin<f display of orf,'anization.s w hicb pass resolntions and muke tleroands on the govermnent for otlice> raay look very imposing on pa]>er to tbose who do not ond* rstai'■; the truo state of affi»irs. When we hear al>out re8olutions passed bv tho anny, the annexation club, the American Leagne, aud the cUizen’s reserve it is well worth reinembering thattho annexation club consists of the very men who eall them-s-dves cit;zen s reserve, American Leagn.-, and the anny. Aud that all members of the club. and of the League, are metibers of the <-iti/.en’s reserve. It is siraply one body of inen who parade theraselves under three or four difterent disgoises, and the formidable appearanee of organizations dwindles, when analysed, down to ono faction, cli<iue or gang. We are aware that the hoioie revolutionists were in the habits of sacrificing their lives for the P. G. only to be resurrected, and perform the sarae “killiug” act again, but we did not thiuk that they were able to triple or quadruple theraselves aml make their demands on tho goverumeut appear as coming from four different set of men, while thov virtually eraanate from the ono little disgruntled set of hungry sore-heads. Tho attitudo of the army iu joining the political clubs in »lomandiug offices is really rich. Mr. S. B. Dole isthe eommander-iu-chief of the army according to P. G. law, and it is a most unusual sigu to see hissubordinates raoet togother and pass rosolutions in whieh the conrseof aeiion of the comraander-in-chief is being shaped. We never did ihink fhat Oolonel Soper was rauch of a military man or a diseiplinaiian, but we did think that he kuow euough to preveut his officers from coraniittingsuch a gross breach of militarv etiquette aud such a preposterou* pieee of imt>ertinence as dictating to their sui>erior officer, the comraander-in-chief. If Mr. DoIe has any strength of character left he will resent the impertlueuce of his subordinates iu the most eraphatic manner, and onee for «11, teach the '‘army'' and raore especially the officers, their proper plaee. Or is it possible that ‘‘Colonel” 8of>er drearas ambitioos drearas about becoming a modern Napoleon or a new Adroiral Mellol Does this gentieman conteroplate n revolution against the P. G.? What joy to get a government with the great eolonel as President. the Lieutenant eolonel as Miuister of Pinanee, the Major ns Minister of Interior, the Surgeon geueral as AttorneyGeneral (when ndmitted to the bar) aud tue Quartermastergeneral, as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Then we wouid indeed

have a stable Government-—at least until the new Generals. Colonels and Majors shonld eombine and overthrow the Soper adrainistration. For the officers of the regnlar army to pass resolutions aud make denianvis on the Governraent to whieh they have sworn allegiauce is an act of insubordination bordering on uiotinv and tbeir motives may weli be looked into and their intentions watched with snspicion. lf the Executive eouneil no longer has the confidence of the revolutionary partv, they should be made to resign, bnt they should never brook interference by their subordinates in their business uor allow themselves to be d>ctated to or bulldozed by an irresponsible mob. The absnrd ruraors with whieh the town as usually are over-full have caused the chiefs of the police-departrnent to lose their heada. We will say for Marshal Hitchcock. that we consider hira too sensible a man to make a fool of himself uuless ordered to do so by the Attorney General. Last night there wasn t a polieeman to be seen in town. U]>on investigation it was learued that thev were confined at the Sta-tion-house —ready for actiou. Against whom may we ask' Whv is the city deprived of the proper guards and the polieemen taken away from their ordinaxy regular duties and allowed to loaf in the Station-honse —wait ing for soniething to turn up? Is it possible that there really is some truth in the statement made bv /everal officers that the Marshal has instructed the poliee to prevent (sic!) the landing of anv forces after dark? Is it o possible that in the gigantic brain of W. O. Sraith —the mueh lenrned Attorney-General —really are ideas that he proposes to resist a landing of the Uuited States forces knd propOse to make such resistance with half a dozen polieemon. The farce is evidently coming to an end, but it is evident that the Attorney-General desires to mnke his exit under the roariug laughter of tho amlieuee before he does his great fiual act of turning a double somersault whieh will Iand him on his kneos in tho royalist eamp.