Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 34, 9 February 1894 Edition 02 — A SOCIAL BOYCOTT. [ARTICLE]

A SOCIAL BOYCOTT.

An “In the Swiin'' Water- . | h.ouse Elucidatcs. I “Minister WJlis has not been gi ven his passports, bat the impression on ihe isiand is that he will ask for them soon. He ia ' [ oaimeieeā *ocinlly and is yeneraUy ! i di>-liked, tbe sentiment among the j I inhabitai ts amonnting to aimost i » bovcott. His wife is included • in this and is left to herself by | the ladies of the island.’’ So spoke Mr. William T\aterhou.se at Omaha on the 18th of Januaiy’. We do not know tbe reasons why Mr. William Waterhouse considers hiroself entitled to speak on behalf of “society’ i iu Honolula. Whether he feels so elevated on acconnt of the 1 pedigree and record of his progenitor or his familv connections i with the learued Attorney-Gene-ral makes him prond, we do not ; know, but he evideutly considers I himself entitled to boycott and so cially ostr«cise ladies and gentlemen in every w«y hissnperior. The I remark of Mr. William Water- ) bouse sounds so mueh more peeuliar as Mr. S. B. Dole iu his officiaI corresj>ondonce to Min- j ister Willis complains, because i the Minister and Mi-a. Willis do I n ot visit and associate with the j Honolulu “society”— presnmably I j that represeuted by Mr. W r illiam j Waterhouse and his ilk. From that it would seem that it is rather the Miuister who is doing j the boycotting of society than vieo-versa. And fiually the Adiertiser says ihat the relations botween the Minister and the , exeeutive are of a most plcasant ,._j j: i —i dui iur. Willinm W,»terhouse gives reasons for the terrible fate whieh he says has befallen Minister Willis. He exph»ined his rera«rks on the gronud that when Blonnt was in the islands he invited society people to his home, and then nsked qoestions 1 and made nse of the auswers received. It is not inteuded thnt people in Honolulu shall again be subject to this sort of espion- | nge on the part of any American ! connected with the Cleveland ' adininistration! Now we woold i like to know when Mr. Blount ever invited any poople in Honololn to his home in a social manner. , Mr. Blount refnsed to visit any- j btnly or to baviug any re!ations with anybody except of a strictly bnsiuess nature. He went to Ewa plantation onee in | a yacht with Mr. Dole j aud onee on the train witb i somebody else becanse he wanted to see a plantation in work and also wanted to see Pearl Harbor and the connhy iu its vicinity. i For tbe same reason be weut to , Mani to see tbe largest plantation in the world and at tbe same tirae gaiu an ins>ght into life on i the other islands so as not to jndge \ the whole country from his Honolulu impressions alone. The unlady like nnwarranted aud extremely vulgar treatment of Mre. : Blount by the “bomemade bread and butter brigade” since her departure sbonld certainly be a snfficient warning to any lady connected with foreign representatives in Honolulu to steer in tbe fotore severely clear of ihe “society” represented by Mr. William Waterboose. Itistobe presumed of eonne tbat when that Christian gantleman apoke abont “society” that he meant tbe cborohgoīng orowd wiih

nololn and oot tbe h'ila daoeing “society” to whieh he devoted bints«if in tbe steerage on tfae Anstra!ia as soon as Diamor.d Head was ont cf sight. Of coorse Mr. William Waterhocse bad to finish his interriew m the orthodox “scciety” manner by saying: “If anv attempt had been made to restore the Qoeen sfae wonld have been assassinated. This fate awaits her, and ahe knows it tbongh it is not given oAieial recognition.” And yet tbey all stretch tbeir bands towanl heaven witb virtoous horror and cry against tbe “bloodthirsty,” “savage” aLd“anmercifnl” Qaeeu Lilinokalani.