Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 174, 8 March 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Me*»9r9 Henry \Vaterhouse aud Emmelulh of the Advis >ry Couneil called our atteiiti<>n yeslerday to a paragraph publiehtd last week, in regard ti> the diebanduient ol' the Queen’s guard >>f honor in whieh «e etated that Measrs Damon and Dole had expreseed their regret for the step taken—thereby laying the hlanie for the action at the door of the other members of the Oouneil. Unf >rtunately it seeu s that no reporters were present at the meeting of tbe Council on that day and eoneiquentiy the proceedings have not b»?en Messrs Emmeluth and Waterhouse both aesert in the meanlime that the aelion was epecially recommended by Mr. Damon who spoke etrongly in favor of the disbandment, and for that reason the motion to that effect was adopted by an unanimoua vote. We have no reason to doubt the correctness ot tfae assertiona ot the two gent!emen meutioned. but we must sa}’ that we have been greatly eurprised by he:«ring them. because we have heen iuformed from the verv best authority that Mr. Damon had deeply regretted tiie aelion taken as being very mueh contrary to his wishes and sentiments. As the step has caused considerable uncompliment iry criticism and comments ia the eomroqnity, especially among the respei*table supporters of the proviaional gover iraent, il is not more than nght that the censure should fall where it belongs. and if Messrs. Waterhouse and Erameluth are correct it seems that the sentiments of Mr. Daraon in the Couneil and of Mr. Damon out ol the Oouneil must be like the Cham«leou—changing color lo suit. The apt>ointment of Mr. Frear to be a judge of the Supreme Bench, is to say the least astonishing. Is it ix'9stble tbat no better material ean bc found hcre of whieh to lill tbe highcst aud most respousible position in the laud than a young, uuknown. briefless Iawyer who for Iwo months only has held the office as Circuit Judge and ueither had the time nor the opportuuity to show if be is poeseased of the eufficient ability and discretion to fill eyen th« office lately given him. It looka Hke a job, and a very bad job. It aleo looks aa if th«

Provi«ionai Government has g;ven Up all hopea of gettmg the annexation lreaty ralified. After this ; at yointn:.ent, we shall in c»se of su:.ex.-.tion certainly advocate that the Supreme Court be renovated and fiio-,l by apj»ointment of resident-< <>f the Un:ted Stat s. It w »uldbeinterestingtoknow therea -« s wby such an appointment has b- e.i made. bul we have no doubt that thcre :s s >:ne t»le attached to it. We understan<l that Mr. A. S. Hartwell would have bee:i *vailable for the «ihoe. and if th.it is so. our a9lonishmenl at ihe selection made hee >mes still more intense. The eommunily wou!d have had raore c<infidence in nearly every one of the older and more prominent members of the bar than in ' the newiy made judge, and it is to he deeply regretted that any doubt aa lo'lhe ability of the personnel of ou«i Supreme Bench should have heeallowed to arise. Tbe only satisfaction is, that whatever the future of the country is—annexation or restoration —the appointment of Mr. Frear will only be temporary. Mr. C. A. Brown took possession of the tax-office yesterday, says the Advertiser. As an appeal was perfected in the suit of Browu vs Spencer. and a final decision not arrived at we cannot see by what authority Mr. Brown took posBession of the office. The indeceut haste with whieh Mr. Brown asserted his elaim on hearing of the misfortune of Mr. Spencer is very charactenstic of that gentleman. but apart from this we cannot see how Mr. Brown ean assume the position of tax-assessor except through a regular re-appointment by the miuister of finance. The suit of Brown vs Spencer naturally terminates upon ttie death of defendant, but as an appeal had been perfected previouely the Iegal point of the case has not heen settled, and if the minister of finance should appoint somebody else in Mr. Spencer’s plaee Mr. Brown would simply have to open a suit agaui. Before re-appointing Mr. Brown it would be wise f>r the Executive Council to investig<te thoroughly the facts connected w»lh Mr. Brown's removal and also certain facts disclosed on the investigation of his office after his removal. If the ministry then are satisfied that Mr. Brown simply was rem«ved for j>olitical corruption then by ali meana reinstate him—corruption is n<» dead'y sin in the catech.sm «f the rvf rm party ae long ss the c«rruption is comraitted for the benetit of that party, but if it should be found that there were reasous for removing Mr. Brown fr«m office reUting to bis conducting of the office tlie aff ir takes a d:tfereut aspect, and tben hor.esty, ability, and integrity ought to be the on!y measuros considered in making the appointment. The boycotticg of men who In any way officially or privately bave been connected with any of the prominent opponeuts of ihe revoluiion is being steadily «dvocated in the Adrertiser and the Liberal, and we nnderstaud is approved by a cert«in set of the members of the Advi§ory Oouneii. As it «eema tbat tbe executive members of the government in tbeir varioua officee so far h«ve etood firm againat any attempt to bul!do«e them into making certain dischargee or appointmeata, we

have hen?: f >re nothing in the matter. It is aow reported though that members of the Adv;s rv CounciI are attemp:ing to interfere in an unwarranted nianner wita certain branche= of the g>>vernrnent ae the P nioe Department. ihe Fire C>mmi«sionerā and tne Caief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Custom I IImse that we c >nsider it j adv:s;ib.c to state what »tand j our party w:ll take if such a course is f >ilowed. lf a man l>ec-uise of hi? private j assoc.Htions in his evt-ryday hle is to lose iiis <>tlice ■ r be prcvented from enteri!>.g int > an »ftioe we iuight as weil carry the bi>yc*>tt elean oiU. If the Advisory Coun- ■ eil intend to dictate with whom a man is t«> talk and ass«>ciate, and attempt to command its nflicials to break o£F friendships and c«>raradeships to suit their j»olitical fancies, then we may bcgin to suggest to our friends with whieh st«>res they shall deal. and inform them whieh tirni is true to our cause and whieii is not. As the ! trade with our friends include the | native trade —tbe cash business. perhaps some of our dry g >odsshoe, drug. or tinp«>t st«>res will find that they are raaking a bargain, pretty bad f<»r them, but 1 pretty g >«'d for their neighl>>uring stores whieh leave persecution- j poluiea alone. Wewouldn t take a week to oonvince the provisional storekeepers that we ean carry out our suggestion if it shou!d be necessary at any time. The Advertiser with its usual araount of gall declares this morning that tl e Holomua is wrong in staling that Secretary Foster disapproves of Mr. Stevens asstiming a protectorate over Hawaii. How does the Advertiser know anything more about it than we do. TheAdvertiser claims that the \Vashington corre§pondent who publiehes the full texl of Foster’s letter to Stevens is lv*tng, but it says nothing about .why it makes such assertion. We will eonlinue to believe that our inf«rmation is c«rrect until we see the \Vashingtoa papers make a diflerent statement. The Advertiser seeras to think that everything appearing against annexation is “padded news.” It will find tbat there is more truth in the anti-annexation clippings published in the Bulletin and the Holomua, than in th* clippmgs from the hired annexation journals from whieh the organ dai!y quotes. Nobody kicks against the Advertiser using its editorial eolumne to lie and misrepresent a* mueh as it feels like. but if a reporter from a newspaper is admitted to a meeting it is bis duty to give a truthful report of the transactions and proceedmgs of such meetine. The Advertiser’s eomments. and constructions p!aced on the meetings of the B g0t8 Leagae, Can take as wide 4 eeope as i 1 i editor of thal pap>er sees fit. but if the re{>orter of the meeting i.i the eolumn devoted to him falsifies and lies in the manner as was done in Monday’s Advertiser it heeomea the duty of the League to refuse admittance to any reporter from thal paper at any futur* meetings. Any lruthtelling gejtlemanly newspaper man will always be weleome at •ny meetings of the League. but the lying specimens sent to repre*ent the morning screech will not be toierated in the future.

That s->me of :he republican paper-s{>eak a:>out Mr J L S:ever.s acd his Hawaiiaa pienie in str»ng and unmist:ikable lar.guage ean be «een fr«>m ihe .1 w;;.g clipping ,from a prominent Ohi. r>*nub! iean P»per: MR. MIMSTF.R ST. 17..V<. I Another steauirr has srrived 1 ! fr.)tn the Sandwic:i Is. md- brng- ] ing the news t at the Amorican I Minister Sten b haa - ihsdi l‘r >tectorate there. lf this be so. it i« adding o;.trage j ( to outrage. Attention is called to the f>llowing important facts' F.rst. Not one >f the C>>mmissioners is a native Hawaiian or i lsiander. Second. At n > t:rae have thev j declared or even intiraated that the lives or proj>erty of any Ameriean citizen were iu d«nger. Th rd. There is n«>t a single representation that there w.is any outbreak of vi»lence in the Islands beyond the power of the Native Government to control. Not one of these tiiii>g-» is decl.«red alth«>ugh the comniissiouers have undoubt- | edly made ihe best showiug they couid. By what right. or under what excuse, d d Mr. Mmister Stevene order au ariued force t«> laiui and aid these fillibusters in their shameful c>verthrow of the j Government? It is natural that this shameful outr«ge having heen committed, the conspirat«>rs shou!d hasten to send over their re{«resentatives with a one sided storv and with a plan to drown the still emall voice of justice by a univer■al clauior for anneialion. But it is unlikely that Amenoan statesment with responsibilities to meet will l>e influenced by such u one sided clamor. When this thing is sifted d >wn, it will probabiy be f >und that Ihe Amenean Minister is either a pecuniarily iuterested {>arty. amounting to a c»-conspirator, or that he has heen paid for bis unwarrantable interference. For the honor and credit of Amenea it ib to be hoped this is not so —but circumstances seem sadlv to point in tbis direction. And now the !ast rep >rts are he has established a pr«>tect>ratel Protect«>rate over whatl li ha protecti«ig a woman deprived of her rights, or conspirat»rs alded by Aiuerican soldiers! It will be a pleasure and a surprise t;> leam that he has re-in-staled the Queen and is protecting her. It would then be in order to withdraw the aevere retiections made upon what he has done. We print to-day the Constitution of the Hawaiian Civil Rights League and reserve eommenle on the object of this polilieal organization f>r a fulure issue.