Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 33, 8 Pepeluali 1894 Edition 02 — THE UNRULY PEN. [ARTICLE]

THE UNRULY PEN.

This Time Mr. F. M. Hatch Opens H«s Hean - I It is really astoam1ing to see . the reckleftsnesft with whieh men. i and women. for that matter belonpinp to the annexation partv eommil thernselveft on paper, by writ;ng lettere to personal friemls j who con-i ler it, an immetHatd 1 <lutv to g.v« to the wor!d ' “private letters whieh genorallv j were never intended for puhlie- : ation. I'mm Cbief .Tnstice -Indd j and Mrs. McCully down to little “Elwood ’ and tho <-ther misftton:»rv kids there has lu;en a eon- , «tant inelina'ion to tell their side of the storv wit!> tue most indiff«rent reg«rd to truth und fa.,-ts. Of co-irso thoir little varns were ouly intended to creato syrnp»tliy. admiration and if |K>ssil»Ie help from their correspondent, bnt their lettershave invariable gr t into print and made the writ rs verv uncomfortable when re ul by their fellowmeu in this commnnity whoalone ean well jndge of the value of the trutb and facts set fortb. The latest victim of tho unrnly pen aml very vivid imagination is that eool, clever aml careful 1 iwyer. Mr. F. M. Hatch fonnorly vice-president of tho P. G. (a rainor consideration) aml always attoruey for OlauH Spreckols (the considora tion). Mr. Hatch has found it necessary to unbosom hiraself lo a cert iin Mr. E. E. Wood in Cin cinnati aml tLis person hasfound it necessary to let the world at large particip.ite in the beuefit wuieh undonbtedIy Mr. E. E. Wood of Cim inuati has derived froiu tho golden (even without a fee) wor<ls whieh drop frora the lips of Claus Spreckels attoruey even as nianna did from the lips of the rest of fsrael. Mr. Hatch writea «« Win«w Uunolnlu H. I., Jan. 4th 1894. E. E. M ood, Oiucinnati, Ohio. De«r Sir:— Allow uie to thank you verv mueh for your kind letter. M e have bocn very mneh enconraged by the widespread aml «nexpech>d mterest taken in our fight, whieh scenis to be spont.meoua frora Maiue to Califorma. The simple truth of the matter is th.it the b.isiuess eomniunity has been forced iuto a fight :«gninst the raost gross cor ruption aml mis-governuieut. For vears the auom «iy has existed liere of the complete subjectiou of the property owuers aud busiuess nien to the polieieal coutrol of uative polit ciaus. Tho uative vote represents about one tenth of the property aml absulutely nune of the bnsmess of the plaee. I The white colonv have develojK)d the country. They have raised , (he puhlie revenue frora a few h. gs. whieli wa.s the ouly contribution made by the priiuit«ve Hawaiiaus to $1 300,000 « year. To handle this sutu has been a veiy tempting bait, It has drawn alnnii the Queeu a disrepnUb!e crowd, who were determined to gct their hand iu. Thoy found m her an arbitaiy aml uii; riucipled women, whi) wouhl j« in in ■ uy w ild scheme j in the hope of getting more arbit- j arv a d uurestriined power, with ■ a iiiterest al the mime time ( /or a uy eask i w ri;jht. Henee the overthrow. lu the nature of j thiugs it was bound to eome. Vory truly yours, F. M. Hatch. It is of course hardlv necessarv to puiut ont any of the points iu 1 this iettcr whieh furnisb the best iilustration of Mr. Haieh'a en deavor of creatiug a false impression. The gentlemen is worried because tbe govcruraent has been most grossly coirupt, and because tbe property owners and business meo bave been snbject- J el to the popalar will. When | we retnember that Mr. Hatch's great clieut Ciaus 8preckels is coustaatly denounced by the otber anucxatiouists as being tbe main cause of all corruption etc. it U really refreshing to see his attorney expressing himself in that lino. The businoss oommunity was forced into a fight, says Mr. Haioh. Who is the bosiness commnnityt ww shonld

hketoa*»k tbis atton»«y. i SpreoteIs. DuTĪes, A : ka. Widemaen. Campbell. H:ud and i ! iuany others who cwti more ' money tLan Mr. Hatch’s bnsi- i ->#»«« comTnTinity pnt tcgether md nobc=dy knovs it better | than Attorney Hatch—were n ot i ; ‘forced” into r.r.y Cght, so why I i does Mr. Hatcb prevaricate and | avoid teHingtbe trnth to Mr. E. E. Wood of Cincinnati. Om brilliant lawyer and ex-vice-pre-sident fcrther on says tbat the »hite colony “have raised the ! poblic revenne frnrn a few hog< (sic!) to ?1.500.000 a year.” And ! be adds that it was a vejy tempting bait to ba<id!ed tbat. and tbat tberefore a disrepntable crowd 1 wns drawn oronnd tbe Qaeen! | Allowing that Mr. E. E. Wood of Cincinnati is gifted with tbe I n»ost unnsnal intelligence, we | will ask any f iir tninded man if not in tbe iuference from Mi. Hatcb’s remarks is that previons j to tbe Qneen‘s reign tbe goveru | meut only had bogs, bot since i ber accession we were biessed — 1 through the wbite colony —witb ; «1 500.000? We don’t know anything about the bogs in the treasnry —they bave always been f.>nnd in the e imp to whieh Mr. H»tch belonps politically, bnt it strikes ns very forcibly tbat tbe doIlars in tbe treasnry bave beeu mostlv coutrolled by tbesame lot ! since the bogs-period. Bnt we weep copionsly wiien we find Mr Hutcb reproving the Qneen by saying that sbe shown a “kindly interest in any c:ush in sigbt.” That is gruesome. Now if she only had been hke Hatcb everything wonld bave been alright. He sacrificed bis hard-earned do!lars nobly by investing them in tbe Oahu Rail-Road Company aud the lofty senfiment whieh he now fnrnisbes to Mr. E. E. Wood of Cincinnati ongbt to forever silence the lips of those worldly miscreants who state that Mr. i Hatch heeame an annexatiouist and a P. G. for the pnrposes of recovering his shekels and boom I ing the O. R. R. Co. We trust that Mr. E. E. Wood of Cincinnuti has been ven’ edified by the loU}- uuselfish and sterling senti ■ ments expressed in the letter of F. M. Hatch.