Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 54, 20 November 1893 — THE MAUI ANNEXATION CLUB. [ARTICLE]

THE MAUI ANNEXATION CLUB.

The Advertiser dnring iutervals when not busy abnsing the Star, is shedding tears of joy over the powerfnl (?j organization known as the Maui Annexation Club. The Advertiser whieh for years has searched the slang dictionaries of the L’nited States for the purpose of finding epithets suit«ble to express the conteuipt aud hatred whieh the reform party biennially feel for John W. Kalua, is now lond iu it' praises of that slippery gentleman. The Advertiser whieh by the wav never has been very ! stron" in its endorsement of | ** Emmeluths fuuny resolution about forciny men to become ■ volunteers, now gloats with satisfaction, becaose the Aunexation Clnb on Maui has | endorsed the said funny resolutiou of the said funny senator. We a!so are pleasetl with tiie report of the meeting hehl in Wailuku, and at whieh Deputy Collector McStocker —who ostensibly Ls inspecting Custom Houses (in Wailuku?) tried to revive the annexation corpse by i a description of the glorious eon- i dition of the “eluh’' in Honolulu —anJ we hope by exp!aining where the deuce he ever found ! the 1449 American voters who he claims are enrolled On the books of the organization. Tho reason why we are pleased is, bei causē the meeting gave an opportunity to a prominent govern-

ment oAieial on Maui to show the cloven hoof of the P. G- and to plaeein writinsj the oftendisputed faet that the P. G. is ‘direotly opposed‘ r to a poliey whieh ever oooUl prant a voioe in fK>Iitical matters to the Hawaiian> Of cour>e. we have been aware that saoh was the policy of the P. G. but a large number of people have yet retaineil sufhcient faith in the honesty of Messrs. Dole. Damon and Hatch to believe. that they really nieant their hypocritioal assertion<, tbat they are \vorking in the iuterest of the Hawaiians, and always with a lively sense of the political rights an<I privileges due to that race. We publish kelow an oOioial letter signed by Sherirt Saninel F. Chillingworth the highest executive officer ou Mani, whieh we trust will dispel all erapty bopes. yet ontertaiued by some Hawaiians in tbe possibility of obtaining what is right aml just for a nativo of these Islands so long as tho present unscrnpnlous gang of seltish pelf —aml office seekmg alleged “friends” of the Hawaiian are in power. One of the speakers at the annexation nieeting in Wailuku was Mr. H. H. Plemer. This gentleman who for many years until recently has hehl the responsible j>osition as bead-Iuna of Wailnku Piautatiou liasbeen oneof tbe staunchest friends of the reform party and has renderd more services siuce 1888 to that party than any other man on that Island. He has done so at considerable inconvenience aud considerabte expense to himself. M hen the annexation scheroe of tho specnlating filibusters cnlminated in the revolution of tho 17th. Mr. Plemer who is a truo American withont any broguo, naturally fol!owed his old polhieal party, and he became oue of the organi/ers and leaders of the annexction club on Mani. Owing to a change in Hie management of the Wailukn Plantation. Mr. Plemer resigned his position together witli the manager, Mr R. D. Walbridge and aecepted teni]iorarily a position as pohee officer at 8preckelsville. Mr. Plemc r mado a sbort s]>eecli at the annexation meeting in Wailukn, wliieh we print below: Let it be well reraembered that the club-organ,—the Star —at least while Dr. McGrew was tbe editor enipbatically repudiate<l ail insinuations or assertions that the Hawaiians should ever be disfrauchised. Let it be remembered that such a possibility was looked upou with scorn and stamped as a rova) st lie invented by the HoLOMi'A forthe pnrpo.se of slandering the immaculate, the v'irtuoos, the sapernaturally honest provisional government. Let it be remerabered that the Star both nnder tbe raanagoment of the Doctor as well as nnder the present m.magement in those day» elamoml that they wouhl wash their hands of the whole annexation mov2meut if any body dared pnrpose snch an imholy, such an nndemocratic. snch a despotic raeasnre as the depriving the Hawaiians of self-governmeut. So spoke tbey then. And deluded by these hypocritical sentirnents with whieh the annexationists filled their false moutbs and whieh ran glibly off from their double tongnes, many honest and well-

. meaning men joine«i their ranks. hen the veil fell and the selfish filibusters stood in all their sbamefal nakedness of greed and self-interest the decent Amer- j icans who from childhood have j been imbued w:th the great and glorions principles of American democracy turned away in disgust—aud annexation in Hawaii nei became a stinking corp>e. 13ut, yet, belioving in the honesty of the men who are the leaders of the reform party, the mon to whom he freely has given his support aud help whcnever they beckoned at him, Mr. Plemer stooil forward at the meeting in Wailuku and said: “Gentlemeu. Iam sorry that I am not pi*epared to-night to make mueh of a speech, but to judge from the remarks of the two last speakers it seems that the rumors in regard todisfranchising the Hawaiians are true. I think that the nitives are entitled to vote on the tjuestiou of annexatiou and to siy if they desire to have their country annexed or uot. It is their country and theirs alone. As far as I am concerned myself I am now as ever in favor f auuexation.“ Mr. Plemer. polico-of-ficer at Spreckelsville passed these remprks on Monday the 13 th. Tho following day he raceived his dismissal in writiug from Sheriti‘ Samuel F. Chillingworth. This ollieial—who evidently * has agiin changed his poliieal vie»s siuce lie stood behind the gatling gun iu the Station Houso on the 17th of January—writes the following interesting eommuuieation, whieh wetrust every Hawaiian who has got any self-respect aiul uo olliee, will paste in hisbat and read whenever he hears tbe P. G. men talk franohise aud civil rights aud loyal care iu regard to the natives. “Bureau of Poliee SueriH’ s olliee. Wailuku, Maui, H. I., Nov. 14th, 1893. Mr. H. K. Plemer, Polioe Ollieer, Spreckelsville. Sir: Your political feeiings as publicly announeed by you at a meeting of the anneiation clnb on last eveuing heiny diredly oppoml fo the iH>lley oi the Pwiaional Governinent it becomes ueces.sary for me to inform you that your commission as poliee officer under the Provisional Government is revoked from this date. Yours etc.. Sam'l F. Chillingworth, Shoritf of Maui.” What further comment is necessary. If the P. G. does not publicly repudiate the outrageous aeiiou of their hired tool let them bear the odium—but let him share with them in the inevitable retaliation.