Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 38, 14 February 1894 Edition 02 — COMING HOME. [ARTICLE]

COMING HOME.

Some Literary Ch.ickens Kelum. We pablisb a few Iett€rs from Hawaiian resiJents—male and female-which have a appeaml in tbe -V«ic York Sun, and whieh give a pretty good idea of the spread-eagle tone nsed by the i persons who faruish the corres pondence bareau of the Snn with i material. It is worthv of uotice | that President Dole’s wife is among the correspondents to the ' ; joarnal in qaestion, and that she evidently beiieves that the United States are an adjanct of her lealeana. Henee the expression my ; United States. Littlo “E!wood” who is labelled as being 10 years old‘ and an annexatiouist woahl undoubtedly bo maeh improved if his fundamental part was brought somewhat closer into counection with one of his i father’s shiugles. A Chinese slipper might serve the purpose i though. The third letter from auother old gossip tells the world some news in regard to a wholesale bribery of Clevelaud Bloant and the Oaeen. The writer’s “old man” evidently doesn’t eoucur in his wifey’s opinion; if he wasn’t so henpecked he would undoubtedly have prevented his better (?) half from making more of a fool of herself thau nature absolutely iuteuded to do. “Honolulu, Dec. 8, 1893. “My dear Friend: AVe have received your letter of Nov. 17 and my husband and I thankyou heartily for your expressious of sympathy. This is indeed a time j when we need all the friends to stand by us. .Mr. Cleveland’s policy with regurd to rostor- 1 ing the ex-Queen eame upon us like a thunderbolt. It seemed to me almost iucredible that it could be so. But the Provisional Gov ernment is brave and strong and united, and it raeans to resist attacks from wbatever source they eome. I ara proud of it even while I tremble. “But I do not —no, I cannot—believe that the President of my United States will ever iustigate so disgraceful a deed as to send his uavy to fight Ainericans who are defending themselves in the holy cause of liberty! We feel now that the great Araerican people are with us, aud next to God our trust is in tbem. The way they have nseu up in rightoous wrath is a fine thiug to be hold, and if Congress takes this thing iu hand, as 1 believe it must do now, we think we shall be all right. * * * With reuowed thanks for your sweet sympathy, and with sincere ‘aloha.’ A>:na C. Dolk.” Honolulu, Xov. 2G, 1893. “The Queen (?) is not yet restored ! ! ! You will get papers whieh tell of the mass meeting held ltst night. The Goverument does not mean to back down at the request of the United States Miuistar, and as j-et he has not made such request. I fancy he does not know jost how to present the subject—he is surprised to find an intelligent community here; everv’thing is diderent from his expectations; so he told us when we called on him. The oihcers of the Provisional Government, he said, would compare well with men in the United States in liko {>osetion, and he doesu’t know what to make of them. He did not attempt to carry out his orders; he wrote home for further instruc- | tions, .md that give us a ehanee • to hear from abroad what he was expeoted to do. The Ohampiou, H. B. M S.. is in port, and we ■ see by the San Fr.mcisco papers i that M odehouse has promised. ! the Queen, British protection ■ whea she is restorel. I am glad i Capt, M i tse did not live long 1 enoogh to be ceosared by ihis Administration. The one joy we have in all this is the outcry of i ihe American people. A queer thing happened a few weeks ago. A rumor was whispered that ihe i Sugar Trost had bribed Cleve | land to veto annexation. Now it; is tovm talk. lt is said that one ■ million dollars is to be given to | Cleveland for refosingannexation t and one million for restoriag the Queen. “At first my hnsband said he dii not believe it. If the Sngar Trast, who w«re to giv* thia |

bribe. h*d reil!y done so. they ! would not lell of t . bat now he 1 believes tbere is something in it—the sly way whieh Cleveland has porsae-l all throcgh, and whieh is mqre plainh* manifest j every day. Blount’s neglect of fcvery one. as far as he dareil. i who was known to be an annexationi.'t, his willingaess to re- . ceive their witness. then thi? ’ final act, having. as he supposed. I already accomplished the restoration. and refusiug annexatioc , witbout submitting the thing to . ] Congress at all. I think yon will ; i ; admit that we have reason to j fe«l that there is truth in the i \ stoiy, still it seems hard. and it i is verv humiliatir.g to feel that the Chief Magistrate of our own ; dear, dear conutrv eouhl stoop to \ anythinge so degrading as this, thongh tho bribe is such a big one. Of course vou will not nse | any names when repeating this news. The story is now talk in Houolulu, but thrse uames are not generally used, and tbe raore 1 thiuk of it the more ready I am to believe it. because it explains so mneh that pnzzled us in Mr. B!ount s conrse. He was to get V his sbare as ray special “commis- j sioner.’ HOnoli lu, De,-. ’6, 1893. “Mv De>r Frl nd: Papa aud I wish you cou!d be here now, it is Ieo exciting. Everybody is talking | ahout Cleveland and politics, and 1 , have jnst heen telhng papa that I want him to buy me a guu and fight him. lt takea bigcer men than me to fight, but I gness they ; ean do t. If Cleveland is like his ; pictures he must be pretty shortI wmded, and would be knocked out i first r,*und. l’d llike to pelt him with a few c >coanuts. Wouldn’t it i be fine if I o >u!d play David to Goliah B!ount? I think our big i , I burning volciuo, Kilauea, was intended for offering just such sacrefiees (?) to Pele as Cleve.Grcs, and Paramount. with Liliuokalani ! I thrown in for fl:\voring. I guess Pele would thiuk thera the biggest 1 and most aeeeplahie pigs that ehe 1 ever strock. —“When I waa down at Wing Wo Chan ! s store yesterday I aeke.l oue of the cierks t > whieh party di 1 he j belongcd, and he squeezed up his eyes and suid: ‘I beiong to Meli- | ean pariy. Melicans got plenty raoney. I likee Prēsident Doie, with his pig-U\iled whiskers. Ino fightee for Dain 131ounland Kanaka tdueea.’ I toid him that I would SAing on his pigtail if lie did so. So you see how we feel d >wn here ,ou tbe Hawaiian probIem. In the afternoon I weut down to Brev\er's wbarf, where I waited for a steam j laoneh to go to the Philadelphia (Capt. Barker is a dandy Jitu and invites me over . tten), and while waiting on the wharf I thought I would pump the native boatmen, and first they said they were all ; ruyahsts, bit before I boarded tbe | launeh tbey one and all said that lhey would to have Kaiulani Queeu, aud then let her ass for j annexiti>>n; b it they wantt!ie missionary ATieric«ns doing it for | them. So y>u see, how eucour.*ged | we ought to feel. “The Afong weddihg was fine, and M ine Af<>ng gave me lots of | eake aud iee cream. and it gave me c.dic, but I am better today. *T still wear the Ameneau fl ig ! *ver my I love you still. Ellw OD.” ———■ ■■ I —* I