Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 37, 31 ʻOkakopa 1894 — THE LABOR QUESTION. AND The Republic of Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

THE LABOR QUESTION. AND The Republic of Hawaii.

What is the Labor Commi»sion Jo:ug’ Mr. E nmeluth retu«e<l to plaee bimself «s a candidate for s senatoria) office becaose be j desired tode*ote hi« whole iime to the isbor commission. We do not believe thst the «aid eommi» Hion entert rin the »!ightost plan for its future actionV A correspondent in todsr s issue ea lls attention to the nnomalous p >sition of the goverument in iU employment of Iabor. Chinese and Japanose are working in the I public parks. Theycaunot have taken au oath to the republic, we presumo. and tbey are there in distinct opposition to the «enti- ! meuts and principles expressed iu the p)atform of the A. U. P., j the main pitlar of thegovernment. j The Asiatic question is the j rocL ou whieh the aunexation i aeheme will bo wreoked. Tlie government dares not eucournge white lubor to eome bere heeauae it is awure that the eup ol misery and indignatiuu is uoarly lilled to over-Howing and that nn increase of the while i starving workingmen will lead to an opon rupture, when Hawa- ; iians and the duped laborers will go hand in hnnd and smash without eompunelion the compact whieh today hold sway here nnd whoso only principle is to be foond in the pnrses of its members. We do not preacb anarchy. wo are distiuctly agaiust practical aoeialiam. Bnt the nttitudo o( tlie present go\ernment encourages the followen of tho vt noiuous priuciples to riso tlieir heads and bringdis«ster on tbe country. The government of Hawaii finds itself today supported by probably 1000 citizens, of wliom hardly one-hall wouUl feoi cullcd upon to take up arms iu defeuce of an administration whieh defio8 the people, hreuks its promises aud in spite of everything said aud doue encourages Asiatic labor. Tho working classes aud Iuboring men uow withcut bread are looking for a ehauee. to overtnrn the fa!se missionaries: the Portugnese, starving in their cotiages an* readv to aunihilate tbo meu • * who dii]>cd them aud nsed tbem I as tools aud the Hawaiiaus have never re!axed from their nndying hatred and unrelenting hostiIity against tho clique that deprived them of self-governmcnt, of civil rights aud is endeavoring today io take away their fiag and indepondonco. The denth-kncll is 6»uuding. Beware. that the promised “rooting,'outof Japanese und the sham irnjH)rtatiou of free men do not mean iniu to the men and the govornmont who now are &olving the labor question tiirough — Mr. L. A. Thurston,