Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 87, 14 ʻApelila 1894 Edition 02 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

'W( 'io nol hoJ i respottsfbl« ter ■ tbe op;a :os or ihe nt>rxnoM af oat cozicspo a i«nts.] Editob HoLoxr.v; I see from a late i>sne that some one is attackicg me aboat my racing abilities as a runner. and says tbat I am afraid to meet the Ohampion man again. The statement is a lie. I never refosed to rnn against their man, and I have in proof of this had a challenge pab!ished, &nd a forfeit of 125 placed with one of the dailv papērs„binding my«elf to a match with any man frora the naval ships now in port So far nobody has accepted my ehallenge. One of the ehampion men eame to me, and asked me if I wonId enter iuto a race next Satnrday {to-raorrow). This pro- : postion was made last Thursday and gave me one day to train in. Anybody familiar with foot-racing will understand that I conld not accept such a cbal!enge, knowing that the Ohampion man is running every day. Moreover. when I challeng ed him last I gave him three weeks to get ready. 2sow, 1 wilt give the ‘'soldier” as he signs bimself iu your paper an opportunitv to win some money, (and glon- if he ean) by proposing , that he posts a forfeit witb your paper, and I will run him forany distance from 100 yards to one mile for any amout of money thal he desires to pnt up. Articles j shonld be drawu up, and the 1 name of the runner pubiished, | and I will meet him two weeks from the day of signing of the ! 1 ngreement. If that is not a sqoare proposition, I do not know what is. And that is the manner in j whieh I have backed my ehal- • lenge all along. 2S'ow tbese persons signing or | writing certain articles in the j different newspapers are either i sore on tbe American blue-jackets , or are tiying to create ill-feeling, | between tbo ships iu port while I don’t believe tbat any of them would put up five eenU ft a race comes otf or not. The fellow who signs bimself “soldier in | vour paper signed bimself well, ' becauso nothiug more could be expected frona the dear pet. ; In the futnre, I shall take no ■ further notice of such trash un1 less it is backed by a written | challenge and a posted forfeit. j ' Hopiug Mr. Editor that this will ! show that I ara not afraid, but j ulwavs ready to back my athletic abilities and ray flag. I remain yonrs, J. L. Kino. U. S. F. S. Philadelphia, April 13, 189-4. —

Editor Holomua: Your recent experience with the law, onght to make you very well posted. I will therefore ask • you a few question whieh I trust | vou will endeavor to answer, not | on1v for myown benefit.but for the j benfit of other Americans who, though residents of tbese Islands • do not wish to swear away their protection of the mother country unconsciously. You have undoubtedly noticed j that of late, the Star has been trving to convince the American . j elemeut here. that the qnestion of ; wbether a man ean be a citizen of tbeUnited Suates,and attbe s.ime ; time of the Hawaiian Islands has ■ beeu settlei beyoud a d(Jtibt bv previous decisions of the State Department, that he ean, this ! question having been broaght up 1 by the coostitution of 1837, and j further mora that then ean be no longer »ny doubt, as the Attorney General has settled the question by renieriug his opiniou on the I sabject As an American. I for, ; one, am not wi!Iing to forfeit my i citizenship on W. O. Smitb’s i opinion, nor am I willing on tbe j i opinion of the State Department l unless I am convinced bevond a ■ [ donbt that the constitntion of i 1887, is still the constitntion we • | are liviug nnder today, and tbat 1 these decisions were roade in ' aeeonlanee with said constitui iion. i I£ it is claimed that man was i under the constitution of 1387. I wonld like to ask the question. if Article 62. whieh re*ds as I remeaiber it, “Male resideuts of 1 tbe Kiugdom. of Hawaiinn, Amer-

i iean or Europeaa birth or de*cent. , (Asiatics left ont) who shall bave ; t*kea the oath to support thia Coustitatioa aad the Iaw3,’’ are qaalified as voters; has been taken out of thi constitution, and if it has (whieh I think it must have been as Hawaiians who have voted under th:s constitntion are not aIIowed to vote now). Does it not alter the ease of an Araerican's right to vote ; In other wonls have not all the decisions regarding an American's rigbt to citizenship in both countries been decided on thi constitution of 1887? And i: they have, and Art:cle 62 has been eliminated, and another substitated. does not aa Americaq loose his citizenship by swearing to support a eonstittation tbat bas ceased to exist j Cand the coustitation of 1887 has ceased if Articlo 62 bas not been amended) or by swearing to support a constitotion that does not exist (one that he will have absolatelv no voice in itsconstraction) or the nataro of whieh his mother countiy has no knowledge, or in auy way acted npon. Then again if by taking tue reqaired oath, wouhl a man not be compelled to take up arms if necessarv, an<l if he shoald and such )rtus sho i!d be against the United States, would he not by thnt act forfoit b;s citizenship to the Uuited St iies? And if he ean retain his citizenship in the I'uited States by what law and wl»ere in the statnes !.of the Unlted S'.ates is he entitle<l to protection, if he aids or abets a revolotion in a foreign country, and if there is no law bv whieh this ean be <lone, <loes he not forfeit his citizenship bv taking an oath to aid or abet, either by oath or actiou? These are tho questions that I i believe overy American hero wou!d like to have answered as they aie absolutely necessary for a man to be abl3to act iutelligently on this Registration question. Amebicax Residest.