Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 67, 6 December 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Ana sti5l tUe Stir how!s -unl hits and snar!s at eveiybody wilhin its reach. It is really too bad that Miuister D.imon proposes to rnn his own dop.artfnent :ind refnses to be diotated to bv tlie Star or its backers. I He onght to be ashamed of himself. TIie iuteresting organ uf l'ūe club has arrived at the ver\' mtelligent conclusion that Mr. C.»rl \Videmann is retained in his p 'sition. bec«useMr. Dainon fe.irs to offend the C'tholics. Ye G*hIs and liltle fishes (1) is it posaible that Carl is not alouean ortlualox Cutholic but a!so no in- ■ fiuenti il one at tbut. It has of • conrse ne,ver appe;ired possib1 i to tiie Star. that Mr. W idem:um j is retuined in h:s p«sition, b<- j canse he is a coinpetent e{Bcient | aml faithful olfici.il. Merits i i tlmt k:nd evidently don t count j iu tli<* eo.le of the clnb and i the Stir. It is iry f >r us to stamp as an infamous ; lie tiie accusation ag-iinst \Videinann, that he is a HOlomua spy. Mr \Vidamann has never furuished tbe Holomua \vith one single itera polilie il, or othewise. and he has no other access to the Holomua tban every man who subscīibes, and pays his subscnption has. However it is not necessary to enter iuto arga ioeuts witli the Star. The inlluenee of tbat paper has dwiud led, aud <liniinished, so it now is nU. The St ir ha» again taken its attacks ou Cousul Geueral E!Iis Mdls, whom the annexation org.m styles as *‘Blount’s English caJ.” At oue time tiieStar promised to make certain start]ing disclosores whieh should prove that the P. G. woold be just fi •<! inrefusiug au exe<fiuituvto Mr. Mills. So far the disclosures have not appeared, but further proa. ises of them are published. lt seems tN us that it is the duty of tbe government to protect tho Amerioan Cousul-General against the msults of the Star eveu if tbe C«nsul considers it beneath his dignitv to notice a j>erson like the editor of the Star — a person who undoubtedlv was intonded for a doormat and certainly not for a journalist. The anne; atiouists didu't relish o«r remi»rks in regard to the v*Ine of bf<* ins trance po!icies in time of war nnd insurrection. Tbe f.»ct rernaius, thougb that if a man deliberatelv takes up anus and exjwses himself to death he will not be entitlod to a oent from any of the comj»anies rej>resented here. Tbe same is the case with fire insurance. In c»se of a riot or some otber dis t rbarca prophcoie<l aud promis ed by the Star any proj»ertv owner whose hon e sbould be bnrned wouldn't l»e entitled to a cent from the insurauce compauies. Mortga_e holders. and proj>erty owners shoold carefa!ly cousider these matters before rusbing iuto

war with tbe L nited States. or encooraging oti-ers to do it. And now are told that Popeom Jones dīd uot Ieave for the United States on behalf of tbe P. G.. bnt simply as a private citizen. How very refreshing indeed: It is then not the P. G. whieh is to impeaeh Clevelind. but siroply the private citizeu Mr. Jmies. We trnst that his position will be lully realized in \V«shington. aurl that he will be allowed io keep his privac\’ in a most private mauner. We presnme that he is goiug to ■ prt-stnt the protest froor the j Macs and Tiros in Honolulu with one hand, and the declaration of I w,ir with tbe other. Since the 17th of Jaunary the course of th*- revolutionists has been oue e greg'ous mist'ike. It has from the beginning been a regulnr baby-plav. Bnt we do believe thal the drafting and presentation of this so cal!e«l protest is the climax of idiocy. Hero we j Iihv« tho bl.rtberskites who dare ! to c«'1 theroselves Americans \ » g.-w.g on the stump. aud de- | ! nouuee, and defying the I Uuited Statcs, t h r e a t e n1 ing to flood tlie Streets with ■ gore und velling at the top <>f i t ieir voi«es “Liberty or Death." \ ■ ;d r!ien they get paralvzed 1 over owu exhibition of braverv, and they rush down town, und down their boots and sign a most abjectly worde<l petition in whieh they pray tlie very country whieh they di‘}\ for jirotection. Protection again--t whom? Do these politi. al abortions expect President r “V. i <nd to seml out a war v s.sel to rrotect tlie Ameiiean Colony whieh is going to war against anotlier U. S. man-of-war? Vorilv the ingenionsuess of these poop'i. is beyond huiuan umlers* .mli ig. These men who throngh their own assinine proclivities have heeome revolutionists when providence only iutended them to be shop-keepers and pawu brokers are now feeling lost, oecause they neither have the courage the nianhooil or tiie intelligence to carry out the enterprise on wliieh Johu L. Steveus launched them aml alib6ngh their craven hearts are ful! of curses aud e o n d e m n a tio n against the head of the United States they eoine fawning upon him licking the very dust from his feot and beggiug him to save them —them and their dollars. A more pitiful, a more contemptible exhibit,iou has not bēen seeu dnring the Hawaiian revolution. bnt it is perfectly in aeeonl with the character of our alleged , ‘revoIutionists ’—it is the nature of the beasts. Mr. Hatch hasneverbeenconsidennl overburdencd with inte11ect. altliongh he has enjoyml the repntation ojf being a|careful uml ■ conseientious lawyer. political career has not improved the puhlie opinion as Ui his ability. It is a furtber illnstnition of the wel! known fact thal wheu a j m.vlJie-aged <uau suddealy ■ i enters a political field he loses l contro\,of his reasgniug power. That Mr. Haioh has been bitten ' by a mad polilieian is undonbtedly true. but we did give him • ; credit for more sense than i he shows in bis le‘ter to Mr. *

T. H. Davies. Mr. Hatch denies » ,the right of tbe l nited States to : interfere in thedoDQesticati tirsof i HawaiL He claims that if the United States admit that a wrong has been committed against the ' qneen bv their representatives • the remed\' is to indemnify her ; for all loss or damages sostained . but certainly not pnt her in the | same position from whieh she i illegally and frandulently waa , removed. If Mr. Hatoh s argnment held good and others w re to follow the eiample of Stevens in Hawaii tbere wonld indeed be a niee state of «flairs in tbis world. If we should I t ike a fancy to Mr. Hatch s • m I i hoose we eonkl simj>ly enlist I the good ofliees of a friendly j polieeman and protected by nis clnb. we eouhl make onr eall on Mr. Hatch. Tiie poliee oflicer, eonki secure the weapons on the pretnises and band them over to us and then firmly, bnt politely tell Mr. Hatch to ‘git.’ Then Iittle Hatch eouUl run crying to the Poliee Station. and ponr oat his indignation to tbe Marslia' s i pet who iraraediately conldfiretbe i polieeman from the force and invite Ivlr. Hatch to get into his honse as best Le conld, but without even offerii'g him tbe nso of a pistol or a elul». According to j the ro isoning of Mr. Hatcli iiis reme<lv would lie in a suit of daraages ag;iin.st the marshal for the part that tho polieemm took in the business, but he would quietly givo up all ho}»es of getting possession of his bouse whieh we enukl eoniiane to occupy ready to support onr oeeupaiion with the nrms belonging to Mr. Hatch, un<l banded to ns by the myrmidon of Mr. Hitcheoek. We ave really afraid that there must be a board loose in the upper part of the Hatch. T1uj Star is worried because there appears in the Unaio Lnsitana a leadiug article in whieh t!ie Portnguese colonv is advised to renmin quiet and refuse to I carry arms for the P. G. in its *_ _ I inteuded war against the United States. The article in qnestion a repetition of the advice given semi-officially by Mr. Canavarro the representative of Portugal to the Portuguese sub jects and there ean be uo doubt that the sensible portion of the Portuguese colony will shaj»e their actious according to the advice of their consul rather than listeu to the Star or tbe few evil advisers among themselves. If tbe Provisional Government desires to fight tbe United States, or some other po*rer, let them trot ont their American sopporters who it is clnime<l are in the majoritv and < let theni do the figliting. The otber alieos residing here shon!<l leave well euCngb aione and not euter into an imbrog U<> in woieh i thev ean gain notiiing but lose all. Complaints have reaehed ns that there is a niee litt!e pawn broker, or rather nsurer business j condueled in connection witb | the Road BoanJ. The road- j men are iu the t Uubit o» j ■ gntting haid up iur Cuīu anu i they are' accomodated by some | kind sp:rit—or spirits—who for ; ! a consideratioo of 2ō cent- <m i a dol!ar are wi!ling t<» adv,»uce . a litt!e money, and tben de<lnc! it at the end of tlie month from th« wages dae. We eall tbe

' attention of the Road Boanl to ! this little mutter, because we I don’t believe that the\ are aware of this pecnliar tmnsaction. If they are and to!erate sach busi- t ness we should reapectfully sobmit to His Excellencv the Min- . • . ister of Iuterior that he eompel the Road offieials to take out . a banker’s license ur hang ont j the signifieant three brass-bal s ! 1 * ° I m frout of their office