Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 62, 30 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY

It is amns.np to see t!ie Star Tilifving Mr. Blonnt, an«l at the Hame time slobberingover Minister Will is o I u ausenm, bec.inse a contingencv lms ari.sen whieh has caused a delay in the carrying out of bi.4 instructions. lt shonld be romeinbered th it the Star and its backers were as gioss in their llitterv aud fawning towards Mr. Biount, »nd lond iu tiieir praises of his wisdom. discr«!tiou. imj>artiality. and diplomacy —beforo his report w is pnhJished as they are to-dav towards Miuister M illis. In the eyes «if the revolutionists, everv ni.m who differs from the«n in opinion is a liar, a scoundrel, and a thief, while every man who follows them is possessed of some superuatural Viriue. ‘•Comraodore" George Beckley, has beeu interviewed in Chicago bv a corrosj>ondent to tho 3. 1. Tribune. The “Commodore’ has evidently not forgotten to speak about himself—he never does—aml we shall reproduce the interview bel"W. It does us good to notice that Mr. Stevens' party a?i«l backers in the States gather their iuformation frora virtuous mon liko “Comraodore” Beckley anddon’t listeu to the‘hoodlums from the “Opium Eing” or “L‘>tterv'” fraud. “Commodore” Becklev. one of tho most intelligent and capable half whites of Honolulu, who is a polilieian of loeal iulluenee among the nativos, was iu the city prior to the receipt of the nows of the decision of the Administration in regard to the proposed restoration of the Queen. “I do not think the native Hawaiian peoplo want any more of Queen Liliuokalani. She was not true to the people and her best friends,’ he said. When questioned as to aunexation, he stated that he was not prepared to speak on the subject; annexatioo witb a State goverument might be satisfactory. ‘ How would Kaiulani do for a Queen?” “ Personally. 1 would rather see her on the throne than her aunt.” Mr. Becklev was au official onder King Kalakana, and his ideas are thoae of a representative Kanaka polilieian. He was noncommittal in general and emphatic only on the j>oint of the late Queen s unfitness for office. The military editor of the Star has eome to the conclusion that if sufficient sand food, and water are used for the fortification of tho Palaee, and 500 meu placed ; in that rath«>le “the building ean j be held agaiust any foree that < eouhi be brought agaiust it at { the present time. t»reat Scott! what a reflection on moderu artillery aud especially onr moiieni uavies. A eouple of weii directed shells would blow the old shanty wlth the saud, water, food, &ud the 500 heroes

int<o eternitv —and they wouUu t even know where the shock eame from, but onlv that a cydone struck somewhere. { We are still waiting f>r the ( Star t > point ont to the eommunitv, when and wbere Mr. \\ undeuberg lied in his statemeuis to Mr. Blount. We are also waiting to leam wby uo censure is used by the annexation organ towards Damon. Waterhoose, Soj>er. and the others who told the truth . and corroborated the st .tement< of Wumlenberg. Perhaps tbe Star is unahle, as it cerfcūnly is , afr;»id. t > furnish tbe information i whieh we ask. The rasc,ils areu t [ goiug out! The true (?) American (?)sentis ments of the Star are always cropping out and make us yearn ; to heeome Americans. Me | always thought that a man who had beeu progressive iu life, and raisc«l himself from cornparative povertv to comparative wealth ■ was a man to whom an American woukl look up and point to with pride. Not so the Star. In its raiserable abusesof the meu who were iuterviewtd by Blouut, it eau find nothing more detrimental 1 to say against Mi’- W - H. Cornwell —an American bv birth — tliau that be ouee drove a butcher c«rt (whieh by the way is a lie). Indeed, Mr. Cornwell is to be congratulated on having a record whieh makes that the severest and ouly charge against him whieh the Star scavenger ean find. The difierence between Mr. Cornwell and nine-tenths i of the annexation club is, that ' if he ever iu his earlier days drove a butcher-cart for a living he is now minister of linaneo, a noble, elected by his fellow citizens, and a social favorite, while if the nine tenths of tbe club in their earlier days hail driven the cart, they wouhl iu all probability be doiug so to this very day. Tliere are many and loud eomplaints against the Board of Fire Commissioners over the appointmeut of H. F. Cooper to be senior foreman of the department. Mr. Cooper who is a kamaaina here has never, we understand, beeu a meraber of the Honoluln Fire Department, and is not a practicai or experienced fireman. There are, we presnmo, political reasons for the appointment, but we are told that tbero are raany experienced firemeu “true blue to tbe anuexatiou causo in want of a job. and mueh better fitted for it. It wunhl also seem more just to follow a regnlar system of promotion among the j>resent firemen than. to «lumj> outsiders iuto the department. If the paid fire department is to run ou priaciples whieh make j>olitical opinions the ouly necessary qualification for its officers, it would ba«l been better if we h>d retained the old volunteer system. But what ean be exj>ected from a Boar«l of Comroissioners on whieh not a single practical firem.m is to be ■ found. i After the above wa> written we are informed that all the native firemen have resigued on accoant of the apj>ointment of Mr. Cooper. The un«lerwriters have better get a move on. An anonvmous correspondent in tho Star who signs himself

'■ Annexatioa and hail» from M tui has a en?at deai to say abunt Mr. Blouat ' trip to Mani. Mr. B’:ount didn t g» to Maoi either to inve$t'g;»te the feeling> there or listen to 3tatements from anvb dy. Delegates frora both sides frora Mani h:»d called ou hiui in Honolnlu and presented their v:ews. aud he conld learn uothiug raore except perhaps tiud the statemeuts made to hira in Honolulo corroborated or otherwise. Mr. Blount simply went to Spreckelsvilie to see the sngar plantation whieh is knowa as tl.e largest plantation in the world. H<* went several times to Ewa Plantatiou in corapany \vitb prononnced annexationists, bnt no decent thinking raan ever took occasion to make any unf ivorable retlections on such steps. M’hen the Star-correspon-dent states that Maui is strong for annexation first. last and ali tbe tirae, and is \villiug to wait three more yearsfor it, \vetbink. that he talks with his month a little too full aud speaks \vithont authority. Of conrse the Baldwin ilk aud the reform party, always have thought tbat thcy were Mani, but it was hoped that ; the defeat of Hockings by Cornwell has proven to theni that their monopoly is broken for good and forever. Maui is loya! to th<r independonce of Hawaiinei aud loyal to tbe Queen. For a saraple of unraitigated gall give us Curtis »T. Lyon’s ■ lettor in the Star last night. This | modest “Christian ’ sa}’s. ‘ In fact, sorae of us feol as if, in expressing our opiuions and our wishes, pearls. had been cast where they ought not to be.” No. dear. if you had said lies instead of peavls, you would for onee have been nearer tlie truth. We need only remember the outrageous falsehoods, the “doctored” statistics the vilo slanders, whieh have gone from the lips of Alexander, Bishop Castle, Thurston and the rest of them, to realise that it wasn’t pearls whieh were rolliug frora the vicious eutrances to their empty craniums, but something very ditferent. lt is of course very unfortunate tbat Mr. Curtis J. Lyons made his statements in I regard to eventual franchi.se to Mr. BIount when “the stenographer was not ]>resent.'’ Mr. Blouut s report is of course altogether based upon the raaterial iu the haiid of his stenographer, and not on empty talk by casual caller?. If that was the case, very little faith could be had in it, as no man possible eouhl preservo in his memory statements whieh fill 5000 type-written ' pages, even if he had such a verv vivid memon- as Mr. Cnrtis J. Lyons. It is a pity that this ‘ friend of the Hawaiians didn t talk franchise when the steuo- : grapher was around. Me must now ask to be escnsed for believing that Mr. Curtis J. Lvons O • is sutfering nnder a delnsion and is mistaken. — Tbe Star is unfair. It always j has something unpleasaat to say j about the royalists. bnt it always forgets the failnresof itsown snpporters. •‘Wby do yoa see the beam in yonr brother s eyes and uot the mote in yonr own. Now for onee. we have quoted the Bib!e, and we suppose (if the quotation isn t correct) that Asbford will get the credit for ocr •

remarks. There ha> bi-en any amoont of abnses against Mr Colburn on aeeouni of alleged short-weight in hay -dd to the Board of Heahh. We have in a : * * I fonner issae ptoven the otter falsehood in tuis matter as j proven by an investigation of the Board, Mr. J. T. Waterhouse Jr.. beiug a member of the committee ; iou investigatiou. We would now j like to hear from Mr. M aterhouse if short weigbt doesn‘t occur 0'-eusionallv even among ajinex- • _ ationistsr We do not desire to ■ 1 take itont of anybody s “hide” — | nor did Waterhouse. but eveu he deslri-.k full weight fi> r hides sold to ex-councellor McChesney — and as we aie told didn t get it ‘ according to Porter s sca!es. l)on‘t let us st irt recriminations ; E C. thev will always turn ont \ unpleasantly to your crowd. And | vet we sav nothing about sbort j * . * weighted turkeys.