Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 10, 12 Ianuali 1894 — FACTS ARE STUBBORH. [ARTICLE]

FACTS ARE STUBBORH.

> Mr. Dole's Poor Memory. Mr. Dole in his l>rief to Presi dent Cleveland has shown his vcry poor meraory in raany instances, aml we baveseveral tiraes i called attention to iiis mistakes as we charitably will eall thern. 1 He has seen fit to write qnite a : Iengthy history—asseen throngh his glasses—of the political sit- | uation uuder KalaL.ma. Although we believe all to that period to be p jrfectly irrelevant us far as the reseut question is coucerned, wo don’t consider it right to let sorao of > his stateraents in regard to the Legislature of 1886 go bv without > uotice and correction. Mr. Dole 1 attompts to create an impression 1 that the King through a liberal 1 uso of gin aud bribes had secured ' a largo roajority in the Legis1 lature of 1886, and that the as- ‘ serably siniply was a tool of his ' royal will. In 1886. the right of ' voting, was ueaily exclusively in J the hands of tho Hawaiians t while the nobles were appointed bv the King. Xevertheless the the fact reraains that there was haxd!y any iraportant question 1 bcfore tbe House exoept the 1 d:vision proved how even the parties stood aud anybody eou1 versant with the bnsiness at that * session will know what a haid * tiine the goverument whips had 1 to gain a bare majority. Mr. Dole who accuses the Kiug of corrupting tbe electors of the Kingdom forgets that these verv Hawaiiaus, whom he to-day tell us are nufit to exercise the frauchise, did elect him and 1 ! Kauhi. Cccil Brown, Dr. Wight, ■ J. W. Kalua. Dickey, Thurston, j Kauhane. W. K. Castle and Pae1 haole all of whoiu were decided)v * j opposed to the governraont. The * I uobles at that time in opposition l) to ihe Cribson adrniuistration were Messrs C K Bishop. J O OoiniuU, A 8 Cleghoru, S G ■' Wdder, J I Dowsett, Bosh, S Parker, Kuihelani, Paul Iseui berg. J P Parker, G Khodes, J Mott Sraith. C H Judd, H A j Wulemann and Geo. Macfarlane. g Where Mr. Dole gets bis large ■ anl corrupt raajority for the V 1 King. we shon!d Kke to kuow. e It is a pity that uone of the rois[1 siouary sous who pretend to l» write the history of Hawaii ean- ‘ , not tell the truth. Mr. Dole in - ■ his brief is a good iinkh to W. e D. Alexander who evideut!v is n striving to heeome the ehamt pion liar of our conntrv. «jlf Mr. Dole cacnot reo.ember n | how tbe rotes gtaerallv stood 6 the Legislaturc of l w £6. he n skould have avoided makiug anv « references to it. For the beue-

fit of Oie reai!ers of Mr. D >le s brief we ahall simp!v refer to. the vote on the opium license bi!l whieh w ronsidered the scheoie of the k»ug and whieh carried with a majority of two. Twelve member» were absent or not voting namely: J. P- P ;ir Ker, I-ienberg. F»hodes, Smith, JuJd. Widemann, Waiker, Mar tin. M»cfar!ane, Kauhane, Keko » and Castle. If tbey all hu.i don* their duty and beeu theretbe opīum license biil, and the resultiBg scandal vrould never have m;iterinalized. The Engtisb Loan act whieh also h:is received so mneh severe criticism from Mr. DoIe aud his party and whieh \vas alsO considered a pet measure of tbe King was passed bv a vote [ atanding 23 to 14, of Mf. !),,[. * foting in /<tvor of the-\ Ad. We could give many uther instances to prove that Mr. Dole 1 deliberately misrepresents the : political situation of 1SS6. if we eouhl devote sufiicient space to analyse the doings of that Legislature, bat wo bel»eve that we have shown enough to en ible our readers to realize the manuer in whieh tho Provisional Governineut throngh its unscrujmloas scribblers from the President to their hired schoolmasters m:\iiafacture history ior the purpose of giiniug their end. I ~ O i _