Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 159, 10 July 1894 — THE FUTURE. [ARTICLE]

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THE FUTURE.

Wlial Are We to Do? Tbere ean be no doubt tbat the •a»wers tbat be, feel a» uncertain *»totfae fnture of this countrv, io <lo tbe j>eo;jJe and their r«j>resentatives. A ; , evolution was aocomi>lished on the 17th of jHnnary 1893. The “ways and xMns" nre now matters of hislory, and there is no occasion to d«ell on the treason of Dole; W. O. Smtth, aud otber beneficianes el the mouarcby. They revolted, wud gaiued their object. SeLf-aggrandisement aud selffuterest were the main issues vith them. Mr. Dole i-eceived $5,000 a >jear a judge of tbe supreme conrt, .luii he had to cotu{uer bis io6orn laziness and do sorae work *>r tbe mouey that he drew from Ihe tre«sury. Now he receives j ii.OuO a month to do nothing nor isbeexpected to do anything. We den’t blame Dole. Tiie rest of his followers are ■eaiiy in tbe same boot. Mr. .Hatcb, the attorney of Claus Spreckels, .nd of the younger Spreckels, is now minister of $rreigu afiairs and is really the j nght hand bower of Mr Dole. He su{>i»liments bis ordinary ineeme as an attorney in Kaahusrreot with a big salarj r ?rom the republic—aud he puts *6e said republic into sadness. | Mr. Damou. who is Mr. Dole’s «inister of liimnee, has not 8evered bis eonueelion with the bank of Bishop & Co., as he ahouhl I ave doue. In fact, be Las rushed away at the most critical momeul to prevent certaiu nogotiations whieh wonUl »vriouslv interfere with hi» private ufiairs He threw the dnties ef the conntry to the wind io the minute when the atf.»irs of him%elf were imperilled. Dul while we, with justice, ean criticizo the actions of tbe execu tve. we believe that the time has eome to calmly and seriously discuss tbe future action of the peoj>le. What are we going to »lof Tbis m»y seem an easy aiul eveu frivolous question, but for those who have the iutei*est of Hawaii at heart, it is not To sn*lve the c{nestion or even to ofier «n opiuion. ia not a grateful job. Tiie nien wh«> bave stood 9tanoch3y with the royaiist party have be«u of treason to their cause. ttiid bave been tannted wilh »SHettious th«t they were bought o«t” simply, because. tney discnssed the best means of *fcuriag the &sceudaucy of the people aud tbe {»n speritv of the I ®ountry. The Holo*TA is no exeeption io that rule. bnt we believe that »e « ork for tbe best interests of tue- jH*ople, and we plainly state to the men, who have fo!lowed «s so far, tbat there are only two vays ol bxuīgiug tbe political bngie here to an issue. - £ilher, !et the Koyalists get up Ineh* and by sheer of nomber--armsor no arms _ •fire” out the governinent; or lel them jom the repnblic, take

the oath of allegiaace and show Mr. Dole and company that although he may be superior to them in prayers. he is mfinitely inferior to them in polities. We do not propose to pose as a mentor of the public. In fact, we have daring our fight for principle been told, both by friends and enemie», tbat tbey all know more than we do. For that reason we offer no advice. i But we do say tbat if the “Protestants/’ as the royalists are well termed, mean business they shoa!d get a move on. The royalists in France are till today a “loyal” opposition. Tbey sit in the Senate and in the ! Chamber of Deputies, and they ' koep on looking sulky, and pnde | themselves on their minority. | The Bonpartists do exactly the i same thing and tbey sit in their 1 corner, and gnash their teeth and spit out tbeir gall against the ! republic. None of them have i gained anytbing by doing so except a petty popularity in their own quarters, and both parties are composed by meu,very clever, but politicaIly fools. As wo said above we have no ; i advice to give. We believe in peaee aud goo<l order, aud we do not advocate|retaliating measures against the rebels. But we do ; say that further waiting for some 1 Uuited States miracle is absurd. ! “God help those.who help themselves.” We haven’t seen mueh of tho help from God—aud we ; huven’t done mueli to help ourselves—except writing in the ; Holomua and blowing steam oft' ;on the street-corners. Let the future of Hawaii be decided on; let us decide what to do—and then perhaps the boom might