Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 51, 16 Nowemapa 1893 — THAT SCARE. [ARTICLE]

THAT SCARE.

Last uipht any person passinp thronph the to\vn, whieh was as «juiet aij<l dt sert«'tl as asaal woal(i l»e snr|>r:setl to see armed men hanpinp around on all corners anil alonp the streets from Waikiki lo M«>analua. Whatthe ol>ject of this display of milit >rism vvas eouhl not be ascertaiued vest« rdav, but this raorninp it was piveu out that an uprisinp was expectetl among the rova!ists who were supposed to seize the govcruroent buildings and restore the queen. How this yarn ever st»rted. we do nnt know, althouph we are pretty familiar l«y tliis time with the raethods of the so-called detec tives, who report to the Marshal and the Attorney-GeneraI every niominp tho most wonderful prodoets of their imaginations for tho purpoee of eaminp the two or three dollars whieh tln* Attorney General generously donates to thera out of the taxpavers raoney. That the Attorney General is pettinp demoralized, we have Lad several occasions to notice, hnt we thought that Marshal Hitcheoek in whose hands the safety of the town is or onght to be, had both sufficient eommon sense as well as courage to refnse tolisten to such nnreasonable and idiotic stories as the “detectives” serve ont to hiin. But no, he has been bitten by the same mad soldier who has filled tho system of near1 v the whole governmont from Mr, Dole to Dr. Rodgers with militiai»hobia, and he isn t a bit better. lt is hardlv any use to talk or write eommon sense to mon sufforing from thut droadfuldisoase, bnt wo shall anyhow nse a little space to try aud roason with them. Why in the name of ordinary sanity should the royalist- eoinmil suicide at this stage of our political situation? Why shonld tne royalists try to gain by force what they knou- will be given to them voluutarily ami suroly by the United States of Araerica? Is it jx>ssible that Messrs Dole, Damon anJ Hitcheoek in their lucid moments eonsider the mombers of the opposition damned fools? Duriug former davs under ditferent circumstauces we believe that the gentlemen raentioued have had numorous opportunities torealize that there are as mueh brains amoup the royalists as there are amonp the annexationists and that the men who lead the opposition are not apt to allow their party to commit saicide when tlio snccess of their long and careful fipht is within their prasp. Why should the royalists who have kept j>eacefal aud qniet, awaiting the decision of the United States a few days befon} the rendering of that decision go to work and take their cause mto their owu h inds aud ipaore the arbitrators • to whom thev voluntarily and gladlv preseutod their claims for ®

redre-«s and ju>tice ; The ashinptcn Dispatch to-day proves that the royalists were on the ripht tr >ck aml that their attitude has becn the only correct aml proper one- to believe that , thev woald change their position noi wouhl be the belief of a lunatic or an imheeile. But we have no objection what soever to find with the parading on the streets of anned meu, rr the paving of two or three do!lars pr. uipht to all the buramers in town. nor do we ol>ject to the authorities coveriug theraselves with ridicule, but we Jo oliject to the povernment officially iuforming the U. S. forces, that anoutbreak is exj«ected tbereby causing the men onboard the war-vessels to be hehl ready for action during the night. By such action the governraent slanders the opposition whieh has been noted only by their peaceful and dignified behaviour during the iast 10 months —and they fools of i those in eommaml of tbe Amer- j iean vessels. IV e eau hardly thiuk that the U. S. officers here seriously ean believe after the experience they have already had tiiat there are any intentions ou the part of the Hawaiians to create a disturbance or trouble. Anydanger whieh ean be expected emanates solely from the irresponsib!e men whom the goTernraent lias armed aml who are allowed to roam at larpe under the difierent disgaises as raembers of theAmerican Leagae Aunexation Club, Array, or Citizen’s Preserve (bottled or eanned.) Those conversant with the trae situation here w ill realize the absolute correctness of our stateraent. But ail this talk about an nprising of royalists is onlv a bliud under whieh the authorities have armbd a number of men with whom they hope to be able to prevent the eventual landing of American troops. That s the secret in the whole business. When anued men are gathered on the water frout it is hardly for the purpose of resistinp royalists —they don’t live in the water — but it is simply to be on hand and attempt to kiek up a row. if the United State forces should be ordered to land. M hen the uight before the poliee was taken ofi the streets and confined at the Statīon House it was hardly for the purpQse of watchthe rovalisks—who don‘t live O around the Station—bnt it was to hoKl tbera ready to rush to the wharves aud stop (great Sfott:) the blue jackets if they attempted to eome ashore. There are a few cranks amonp the leading men of the P. G. who actually talk loudly about resisting the United States forces and it begins to appear that the leaders of the citizens preserre areamonp them. Miuisters King and Smith’s remark in the AJvertiser to-day that Cleveland’s message in regard to the restoration of the Hawaiian Monarchy “will not afiect the cour?e of this gOTornment” would be extromely amasing if it wasn’t so pyramidically idiotic. But it is in that way a haudful or two of the preserved cititens talk and it is withthem that all the ridicalous fass originates. That the government l>ecomes a Kuphimp stock, that the treasun’ wiil be emptied, «nd that some gun-accident might •happeu is nothing to onr wise

men, as long as they ean bang on to their salaries anil cry “up with the P. G. ilown with Cleveland: Horrah'