Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 61, 29 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Tli - niominp s Ailvertiser j>nblis!ies tbe raost absurd ashington dispatch whieh appeared in tho San Fraitc{*<x> Exnmiiur t and the annexationists seera to derive h>ts of comfort frora it. It is a statement tbat Minister Willis <li>l not present biscredentials t > the Provisional Governinent for sorae days, because he wanted to make au investigation as to how tlie P. G. snited the Hawaiiana, and when he foond out that it was O. K., then he decided t« eall and present bis credi nltals. 1 h*? annexationists raust :ndeed be bard up if they ean believe in sucb bosh. Minister Willis arrived on a Saturday —a day on whieh the government otlices close at noon. Ihe following day was Sunday, on wkieh day remarkably enough the government takes a rest. On Mond,y the Minister commuuicated with the government stating that he d'->ired to presen1, lns credeutials aud asked tbat a tirae be appointed for the performauce of such functiOn. Tbe goverument accordingly notified the minister that the following Tuesday wouhl be sr.itable, and cousequently the minister inade his olheial visit ou that day at the appoiuted hour. Ministor Willis is here to represent his government iu an oxecutivo capacity and not for the purpo.se of investigiting. That he iuoreover should consider himself competent in three days, in whieh he ouly received a few short culls from a few citizens — to judgo of the sitnation in Hawaii whieh it took Blount about fivo moths to investigate is ridiculous in the extreme. The Advertiser should take a rest and ceas*> to delude its roaders with false hopes whieh eau be exploded in a rainute. Mr. Hatch at the meetiug of Ihe revolutionists the otber night said that they have no qnarrel with tiie Hawaiiana, but ouly witb the Hawaiian monarchy. Mav we ask the learned counsel if he does not consider it a hosti!e act to deprive a j>eople of self-government and to steal the iudependence of their country? If th* government and its supporters desire to be frieudly with the Hawaiians why iu the name of Heaven don’t they snbmit the question of anneialion aud the question of self government to a vote? They elaim that a major ity of the voters are annexationists. They elaim that there are 6595 voters enrolled on the books of the Annexaiion Club. I»ut in spite *>f this and in spite of their protestations that they have no quarrel with tho Hawaiian peoj>lo, tuey refnse to submit to a vote, even a vote cast by qualified uoble-voters alone. We sbould cheerfully have advocate*l that the question of the Provisional Governroenfs continuance bs made dejH»n*lent on thewillofthe noble-voters. Wo bave no doubt of the result even umler such circumstauces, and are convinced i

that in spite of their loml talk the revolutionists wouhl be snowe*l onder and out of sight‘ Cease to l>e hvj>ocrites, and eome right out j like men aml admit that ihe ( movemeut of Janoary l*th is a Jeliberate attack on Hawaiians and their institutions <t qvir- ( r>l with the Hawaiians. — The recriminations of the Star against Mr. Wundenberg and others who furuished Mr. Blonnt with statements iu regard to the revolution are very character:stic of that sheot and of the annexationists generally. The Star whose editor by the way wasn t here at the time. and knows uuthiug of what transj>ired —does :*ot attempt to disprove any of the statements whieh apj>ear in Blount s rej>ort.but simply indulges in a lot of abuse whieh unJoubtedly will lead to some more libel suits. It would bo iutorosting to know in what instauces Mr. Wuudenberg “j>erjur*‘<l himself or lied Wby doesnt the ■ Star eomo out aud j>roves its sssertions against him and the others? The Star forgets that everything whieh has beeu said by Mr. Wundenberg has heen corroborated by the men now high iu the government who iook part in the original conspiracy. Tho Star might like to know tbat Blount inquired from a number of the men whom he examined as to the character of Mr. Wundenberg, and that esj>ecially tbe Beform Party spoke about him iu the higbest terms iu regard to his honesty and veracity. That the tru(h whieh Mr. Wundenberg spoke to Blouat doesn’t suit the P. G. is of course to be regretted—by them. But a man cannot mako hiraself a liar and falsifier even to suit a provisional governmqnt, an annexation club or a Star editor. And therefore Mr. Wumlenberg j>referred to tell truth and be an honest man. Mr. Samuel Damon, the Miuister of Pinanee, whom the Star doesn’t dare to abuse furnished Mr. Blount with oxactly as mueh of the inside history of the revolution as Mr. T\'undenberg did — aud all houor is due to him. Mr. Wundenberg has never signified that he was in favor of aunexation and he answered, we presurae, willingly the questions of Mr. Blount. Mr. Damon on the coutrary was uuwilliugly injuring his cause but he was not prepared to sacrifice his high rej»utation for integrity by telling wbat was not true even j if lies eouhl h«ve helped his | canse. Mr. Damen has onee more j>roven hirasolf au ornament in oar community. If the annexation party had only a few more men like him the oullook for their cause might be very | different to dav. _ The Safety commlttee demands j the official scalj> of Wundenl>erg. If the interesting gentlemen who coustituted tbat committee shonld rea*l the judician act esj>ecially the section referring to the tenure of tbe offices of tbe clerks j>erhaj>s they would leain sometbiug to their advantage. Of course the usual monthly whining about “turning the rascals out’ is to be found again

iu the colnrans cf the St »r. M e don t know if it wooldn t be cbar;table on the part of the “royalists” hohling Government . oflSces» to resij;n iu a bo».ly tomorrow and let the Star s hungiy dops have the boues. It wdl i oniv be for a \veekor so in whieh tbe boys coaidenjoya vacation — and their hungty snccessors would never • be in ’ long enough to see a pay-day. '