Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 126, 30 May 1894 — WE ARE THERE. [ARTICLE]

WE ARE THERE.

THE P. G. C0NQUERS PECKER 1SLAXD.

See tlie Conquering Hero Come ! Hail' oh, hai! to the hero. wh<» has upheld the nameof the p. g.. who has defied the British Lion and the Ckan%pion (that wasn’t therei a- d who has h >isted tbe tiag of Hawaii over a lava nx'k in tl.e North Pacido. Tbe expedition i» back. Kmg has returued. and the island i< onr. The flag of Hawaii—dailv trodden in the dust— floats (proudly accordiug to tbe P C- A.) over a nseless rcck, over em;>tv heinu*, and over the mockiug gnlls and langhing turtles. lu 1887. the nrgans of the men now in power fiih d eolumus īn ridienling the ex|»editiou sent out by Gibson whieh to<-k poss*ssiou of Oeean Isl.-m<l. The proclaraatiou read by C->lonel Boyd »as Leld ii)> t<> se<»rn by the men who now :ippland the proclamitson re.-i»l by Miinst<‘r King. It was a by-wonl in th<>se r’ta\s when we met Mr. Boyd t*» say “How ’ do ‘I.Jamos Hardbottle Boyd’ — now, it will be in order to hail the ex-skipper aud present minister \v:th a “how ’ dc,’ ! “1 James A. King.’' The uanie has been chauged, the fonn of goverument has l»eeu changed but the unspeakable ridicule and absordity remain. The Hawaiian Islands have gained a rock whieh it is claitned belongs to thera and has beeu nn>ler the Hawaiian fiag for nearly 50 years. Tbe country has beeu robbed of nearly 85,000 th«- expeuse of the expedition, and it has gaineil 5 st<meidois discovered on the barre.i roek ajxl bronght back in triumph to prove tlie successof AIr. Dole’s “vigorous foreign policy.” The idols are tlur‘. They may fill the heart of Professor Brigham \vitli despair—hecaose he has better specimens on haml (Ionger than these), bnt the taxp;yer stands atnazed aiul asks, “’.vhv shall I pay one thonsaml d<H;trs (81,000) a pieee ft>r stone images that onlv e.in be nsed to p< rtrait W. G. Smith in the A lvertiw or a cnrio iu a museum? The atfair in toto is rotten ex tremily rotten! Hawaii does not waut the lava rook, seized, any more th?iu slie does the moou. Read, frien<ls, the log >f Captain Freeman. aml read it carefullv, ai el jndge for yourself, if Hawaii lu s gained auything by this ontr.<geous expedition. TheCaptain describes his journey as foilows:

‘ ; Left Honoluln at 5:10 p. m. Mny 25, bonnd to Nccker lsland | .in lat. 2-1 degrees, 35 miuntes aoel 18 secunds Nortb, Longitncle 164 '34 WVsL Madu tlie island of Kuoai at 1 a. m . bearing W. N. W. Took onr departnre from u point uf iaiul in lat tude 22 ele- I grees. 10 miuntes nortb, longitnele 150 degrees. 45 minntes west, | bearing east by soutb. aod c<>n- i tinned on tbe same conrse nntil neon when we found our ]>c8ition by sigbts. At 7 p. m. we ]>assed Bird Islancl to tbe nortbeast distant tbree nnles, and b iuled the ship up for Necker Lsland. S'gbted the ;si:cnd at 9 a. m. At 11 a. m. arrived at tbe islaud and droppe 1 ancbor in 18 fatboms of water. We lowered a boat and proceeded to land at onee with His Excei!eucy Capt. J. A. King, C«ptain Freeman. C. B. Norton an 1 uine sailors, leaving tbe vessel in charge of tbe second officer. Af*er considerable difficnlty the pa iv w»s safely landed. A hard ciio)b up a rugged ciifl' 260 feet higb. was succe-v>fully acompiisbed. wheu His Excellency CapL King hoisted tue Hawaiian tiag. read tbe prM k )auiatioQ and took I posses»ion of tbe island in the nāine of tbe Hawaiian Governmeut. “Tbe island is a large lava rock,and was fonnerlv iubabited, as tbere are square wails abont 3 feet bigii, 4 feet wide, and froio 30 u> 40 feet long: on the top of whieh are large nat stones stand- f iug on eud and ab ot 2 feet apart. * It was nrst thongbt tbat wme sbi >wrc«-ked crew bad made a !aadiog Lere. After a search. i bovever, noliiiug eoulel be fonud to iuUie Ue tli.it snch was the \ iase. Captcin Eieeman foaud >everal oid iuaages and ido!s in a I ;ood siate of prcservation, eieepi