Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 108, 9 May 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

:Wf <Vj oot oeewim rwpcBdbl« for oe ofKny*o* >r ti« o f oar •orr*».<.alrau.! i * EDrroB Holomua; **Coming events ca«t tbe;r shalows before.’’ For all practie*i [ >uposes. all that ean iaAueaee i akers witb regard to H:vw:»;i. is t •rob tbly sai«l. and bv tbis tirae icte<l on—yet—one of the «;to< i ;bem) most telling eicnses « f tlie innexationi«t p*rty whereby thev r\ r,, ,- ( >v.-r up Sterens w.i> 1 the «rgument ths.t the revolotion >f J «mi «rv. 1893. c«»mmenced or. J»nnary, 14th. 1893. thereby t rowing the onus of the rev«»lati«»n on the Q uen berse!f Thi> rg>unriit h»s l»een harped on. <nd carped on. not onlv bv the |> g- government aml it is lectar--rs aiul eini-s«ries. but bv ouinbers of tl»e papers of tlu* L uted St.*tes u ti 1 in s«>me iui i«ls t is actually believc»l t<> be >.i. ! Now, Mr Elit r. I pr p<*se t«» turns this nrga t:ent >o completelv against tlie (i. g. aml ils sup i*orters. and the unly evi«lence I need, is to use the wonls aml >[>eeclu-s uf tlieir own dearselve>. To do this I ueed go back f«»ur ye«rs. By re«ding over carefully the proceedings in the Legishitnre of 1890; n<> one ean «li>gmse fror«i themselves tlie f ct ; that a strange feeling of unrest existed, so moeh so thut spetclu*s were made on the subject bv <liflerent roembers. Now. wby w:is tbis nnresti This uur«*st was established on reasoaablegronnds f«>r I perceive that on Juue 2nd,' 1890; NobIe Macfarlane in “an1 swers «>f Ministers” moved au j ! additon to the m<>tion t<> refer ! “tlmt the cornmittee be instructe«l to immediatelv investigate wbetiier tbo treaty pr«>posed b\ the Cabinet is or was iu any wav , prejudicial to the independence of Hawaii-nei.” I elaiin that tbe tre«ty herc* I nnder discussion w-is tbe beg>n ning of the last revolntion. Ami niio began it? Look liaek four years and you will find tho s<idi men at the he d of .<fl'.tirs as those wh«» are now by the suj>i«crt of bayonets and gu is at tbo he«d of ati’airs —uext :n line is «lie deter : miued atteiupt on t!ie part of Mii>isters Austin. Thurstou and Damon to impeaeh Miuister Asbford. Tliere is nōt tlie least | do»bt m my iniml, tbat plots aiul l>!.«ns whieh verged on toactu«l conspiracy, with foreiga statesmen at tbo head, wero then in fu.ll consideration by the snue junta who run atf«irs today. I«ead the famous speeches of rhnrston and Ashford eommen- , cing Jnne Gth, 1890, and I thiuk j f.«ir reasouing men canon!y eome . to one conclusiou. After tbe ! Cabiuet was ont why, those od«l trips to Washington? M’■«.> i it not to eoneoel further ph1us? We p-»ss now to 1892 to memo- ■ rial day aud the shamefnl speecb of Stevens. Does not tbe plot th:cken! when we read of the legislative action regarding tb «t isj>eech, whea the le«ders of the | preseut goVermuent stoo«l in tl«eir ! plac«*s aml meekh* ho{>e»l th «t nothing wouhl be done that wou J canse anfriendiiuess t«» arise against us iu the United States. DoeS not their verv ‘ «eiiou theu, show tbat they did not wish the voice of tliisCoaatr\ to go on record, that they re-< seuted Notice also the j contmne»l attempts on tbe part! <>f Mr W. O. Smith to enpple tiie N<»tion s streugth by redaciug tbe gaards and p.»y of' l>o!ice. Were not these «11 a 1 p,«rt of a plan t«» weaken as mael j as possible the protectiug power j so that whon th«t pear waa ripe, j t woahl be easier to piuc% it’ Gentlemeu. your plaus h»ve been ! alt«>gether too thiuly disgais<-d 1 >nti the sooiier \ou realize tbe j iact tli t ao alien b«s u««tbiug t«> «io with bis aduptej coaatry so ! f*r as its government g«x*s tbe | oetter it will be for your fa*nilii s. i Y«»a, yoarselves are. 1 fear be-; y«>nd hope—-you bave piayed conspirtey so l«»ng, that yo«i are ike āiex ean B«n»lits, uiisembie •f you are uot plotti»g • >* To reqaote my first wonls. in i tlle light of the legislative pro- 1 iceedings dunng June, 1890. and >ubs*-quent eveuts. tbe “Suaduws have bcen c,»st befote." Hawau.