Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 111, 12 May 1894 Edition 02 — What We Have Gained. [ARTICLE]

What We Have Gained.

' »ijo of can><*- w hieu we are *. i jiistif.cil the revolotion «>f \ear was the ailege<l extra-' \ n e oi the rnoa«r ’hia! gov- i .•rument v : i«?h t!ireatene l t!te i- ... ,trv nith «lis;tst*'r and tbe .. >i .on wilh rnin. “We cannot ,itt nl' v< re ihe wor»ls hear«i »• r v and ..t«* in the Legislative j Ha 1 i . 1 The c«mmittee of wavs and iueans cnt an<l Hle«i wherever t h e y coult «n.i the piteons \.iice « f tii«* naember frora Ki.loa iiiul Lihne appealeil daily to the l«atriotisai nf tho nssembly eall-i ing upon the mombersto retrencb. | relrench,and retrench. Finally, the Approj»riation bill was pnt in sh >pe ane. passed. The Keform partv «[tinshed their teeth aud the A'lvrrtl>*er wept ink over the prop«>sed (.ntr tg» ous expeuditures and the w ise owls shook their heads aml prophesied speedy rum of a 1. A revolution they elaim became necessary aud like the con>prrators in .Mnd.uu Augot’s D iughter they g )t together and like brave men, as they aro. coucluded to take the matter aiiil iheir lives in their hand —and hire Steve is to «lo their dirty u >rk. Th«* barpnin was dosed Tii > ripa pear” of H iwaii an>l ■i silver t.*ipot were sutlieient to leud the broken down old man mto the dungerous j»ath. He discpnce>l himself his goveinment hin nation and his H.ig, and If it hiul been possible would bave disgraced his coconspirators. but ho did tho job aud Hawaii was go\erned by the mou who had howlod <hemselves hoarse a f«*w iuontlis previously to obtaiu retrenchment —an l j)ower. Now H «wuii was blessed, now min was' avoide>l, i ow liappiuess ruigned supremo, und everything shone m roseate liue aud the goose 1 u :g hig*j. The storekeepcrs di>[)Iayed their prettiest goods—uow. there would V»e sale for t iem! Tue bar-keopors tapped their best li>[uor —now, it would be wauie.l The lawyers smiled aud raiscd their fees—no, of oourse, there wouhl be no lawsuit- in the goldenera but at least they smiled. lu fact everybody was p!oased e\cept that iusigniheani miuority composed of kanakas aud “low" wuites The opium ring was crushed and gatubliug was a mvth of tho past. S ioh was the programme on the l N th. 19th and *20th of Januarv IS93. ’l’hen achunge took plaee. All the K)fty |>rinci[iles, all the sublime j atriotisra, all the un seltish her>)ism «lisappeared, like green ]>eas before an Hawaiian armv, and gre**d. seltishuess and b H>dleism h?to>l their ugly he.uL foll«>wed by «]Uarrels. dis>;«tisfaction, mutnal distrust and h «tro.l The tax|>ayers stood «juu tl« by, l«x>kiag at the circns. Oocasioua ly he threw a wishful glauoe at the treasurv where his iuouey aud those of liis fellowuien were. and where tho fight i >gcd im stly bitterh betw«**u tlie cfiioe set*kers He saw the p>»iLy form «>f 1‘. C Joneswrestle with iho problems of finauce aud dis.«npo;ir. He saw the pompous figuu of T. C. Porter makiug liuaoeial sommersaults and theu tak« to obaourity. He fiually saw the sweet.complaceut, siijile of Mr. S. M. Damon re ti«.-cted iu the door of tbe vault aud saw t grow less aud less sweet while tbe straggliug hair that ornameut the craniuai of tbe great fiuaucier stood ap aud seems to cry forth retreuch, retreneh we doumed. And then the gov-1 ernmeut «at theiu$elves dowu. Mauy sj eeehe» were made. mueh priutiug was doue. maeh no mouey was speut. all forthej purpose of retrecchiug. The

reHult i» ij*»w before us. Ti«e ta\pa\er now ssts himself «iown and makes mueh speeches—but; not in Webster’s Lagiish. Aod be doesn t print becaose he ua> money to pay the printer, and he doesa t sj>end maeh money because he ean t, vou know— bnt he * mntters. f< ebly, *‘retrenchmeLt, j r*.trenchment by the p. g ! reitrenchmeiit be damned' Tbe appropriatiou bill whieli; was claimed to ju-tify ; the revolntion has b« en! o\u«us‘ed to its f>ili e\tont. Not h b *.4U lias been -aTed, net a , sing e atte npt t- cut down ;he a!leged outr geous and atiscrbitant e\per.diturts auth«jrized in that bill. £veiyt.ing is g »ne. ai. 1 l>eHides, t ie iminaeu! «te g.>v ‘•rnment ha> -f>ent from Jannary •ue 17th ]S93 to March 31-t 1894 Ine niee sum of 8226.094 83 And for that siira they absolutely h «ve uothing ».«> show. It uot for piihl e iiii| rovements, it is nnt s for uuything that h»s l»ei;efitt d tbe countrv, but it is simply a robberv «>f tbeta\payers mouey to -ecure oligarchists iu po f vor and to furtl;er the uef:iri)us schemes concocte«l bv a f«-w enscrui>ulous meu aud eoiulemue»!! i! 1 bv t!ie overwhelming maj>>rit\ of ! i the Hawaiian people. L »ok at these items, Mr.Ta\payer and see j . whut you liave gaiue«l by. for the . thinl time (und l «stl placiug ;he missiouaries iu power: Military Pay rolis $117.764:96 > ()ut of this item a goodly sim > . went inlo tbe pockets of the Commander- in chief- with-tae-rauk etc. Soper, wlio after over; a year’s service was fouudunfit[ 11 and sent, at the e\pense of thel i government, to a school to be, educated so tb:«t he, in the future !could earn !iis f.«t salary. > The ue\t startling item is “Com- * iss.«rv Dep «rtment 840470 7ō’' The imm. u-e pay-r«)H w «sn’t enough to feed the soldiers on, oh no, another 40 000 had to be a.Kleel i to pay for their scrambled eggs . and green pe«s, while a la.-ge i numbi*r of ta\payers—kamaaiias > in Hawaii—go with eiupty stoi machs listening despairingly to i the cry for brea«i from tl eir {starving youngsters. “810.447:38 for uniforms; ’ whileour streets are parade«l by mou out of shoes and out at elbows, but who have to pay tl>eir i t:«xes or go to jail. “Burial of Soldiers 8402 ” Tbat is a proper e\[)oiuliture. It miglit liave been a saving to theeoaatry, if it h:ul baen somewhat larg>»r. Mr S>uithh who is resposiblo for tiiis :itf«ir. ,r Ordnance $13,027:06.” Ilmperor William or the Su ! .t«n of Johore woulil be proud of havingi sucb a well equip|>ed army, ;he i Hawaiian ta\p:iver is not By the way, who gets a ‘*!ittle’’ eommission on these niee sums for tho Coramissary Dep«rtinent: nd i the Ordnance etc. ? WouKl Com-missary-General W. W H >11 explain or is he like his brother in ■ the l'mon, the C. J. uue\plaiuing “Cami> Boston Bills 81322,80.” The item is comparatively small but we wouKl like to kuow how the Haw.uiau government c tmetopay for Americau tro«ps e\p u-es. We always uuder.-t«H>d that the l*uited States was neh enough to pay its own bills out thou it may be some of Lneien; Young’s “forgotteu I. O. U. or whiskey bills whieh Mr. Damou iu gratitude to thutotficerhas been taken u{> witb ta\payers moaiy. That the resideuts at Ka-ihi wouKi have be«*u thaukful if tbut amount haii been used to lay some water pipea for them is in material. Who cares for :be ta\payers in Kaiihi! The jau ketiug commission to Washingcu cost 813,204.3*2;nobody objec!s to that auiouui. The preseuce of *.be five patriots in Wrtshington w.«,s suj*iicient to kill «uy scheoie aud we are of course grateful t.iat they assistcd us so mater\ally iu burviug tbe anne\atiou scbeme. * lncidenial E\[>enses $2,219.46” Wheat that is for, koc>ws uor will ever ku >w. But we prosume, it is mostly for haek-hire. | “E\eciuivo and Adv>soiy Co ju- ■ eil e\penditures—<**86 290.47.” i I Great Scott! Hore we have b«.*en living iu the belief th.it our

niUn-H d;d īt all for li ve »u i j>atri«»tikni aml uow we fiud that thev sp< cl ;.bout $450 n nionth on ‘heii ci ee-a-week-meeting. What is it fcr Refreshraents’ Enterertain»Lg? We are ab5»olutelv in the dark. becacse the Execntives sataries are paul nader tbe appropriatton b il and not nnd' r the si>ecial expenditnres. Why not spe city th<3 amount Mr. Oamon’ Printi:ig and Adrertisicg >6,244 23 W!»o wonldn’t be a goverii;f ent organ and get n s»ek! N < wonder fb »t the A •rti<tr ane Stnr are the m<i~t <d« dident servants ot the p. g. Fancy >0.2-44.'23 as p " '/» ■(/ j«riuting :»nd advertising, besides all tbe regnlarlv paid an;ori:t> fr«»m the d.rioreut departmeuts. The tax. paver has DOvv g <t an iu>t »ucc never-t <be forg<>ttea, of j>. g. economy aud Damon retrenchment. Tue okber promises of tbe goldeo era have eomo to uaught ss inueli as the promise <f retienchment The store—keepers have t tken in their fine g<Kals — nobody bouglit tliem — tiie barkeeper is tapping his ordinaiy poison— the p. g. meu dou t spend money Tlie “b«om” has never eome, but by every steamer some rrsj>ectable faaiily, who has spent money. iu this towu leaves the country for good; and every steamer brings iuto the couutry that uu desirable class whieh made the learued Attorney-General eiaim that the appropriatious for the poliee and for the jail mnst be increased. That is oue of the ; gains whieh tlie countrv has I reached by chauging a time — ; houored conservative and poj«ular government iuto a governmeut by an alieu juuta seek:ng nothing ! beyond power, pelf and booty j while the conntry and the nation ; for all they care ean go to ■ H ddes.