Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 28, 2 Pepeluali 1894 Edition 02 — The Only Question. [ARTICLE]

The Only Question.

— The Hawaiian sbriekers bave an uphill job on tbeir bftiuls. aml t!ieir vociferations are growing weaker witb tlie exhaustion from tbe etfort. W e <io not tbink tbat we ever observed a b gger convulsion overcome a newspaper i tban tbat whieh befell tbe New York Sun over tbis Hawaii»n business; and tbe Pbiladelpbia Pre*s was a fair second. Tbey are still crving oot, bot tbeir luug power is sbowing markod ovidence of tbe wear and ■ tear to whieh it bas beeu so free- j ly subjected. Kepuliliean journ- j nls generally bave follo«ed in tbe wake of their leaders in proclaiining the ignominy of tbe administration in its uudertaking to restore tbe monarcby wliieli the last adrainistration put down; they is no trutb in the report of Mr. Blonnt and 110 falsehood iu the reports of Hawaiian Min ister Thurston. Many llepuhliean jonruals have t'>o raucb sense to fo!low in tbis cry snd to be pursuade<l to denonnce an entirely nou-p<>Iiti eal adininistr*tion movement whieh they recognized as being in itself wise and liouomhle. The Journalisra tbat seeks to ! regaml pub!ic affaire witb « senl sible and fair eye is the sort that ’ tbe people waut; tbe kind that r blindly deuonnces eventhing ■ tliat is doue by an «daiinistn«ti-n ' not of its p*rty, is not the kiml j that has weight with the people aml its c«*ron»ent is n<*t ahle to iuiluenee puhiie atiuire. Tbe clear f>ct al»ont tbe Uawaiian matter is tii>«t Mr. ! Blount, a m»n of approvetl pnhlie j life of many years, has carefully I and fairly gathered and presented the President the faets tbat sho* i that the monarchy wss npsei there by a small band of conspi rators who were given the count enanee of the United Statei naval force by the dir©etion o the United State Minister. Tb« soheme was one lo b*nd th< 1 islands over to the Cnited States And the onlv question before tb< people of this country now i whethcr they wi>h Hawaii to b' ka uled over to na in tbis way.