Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 115, 17 May 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We (lo uot hoM onrse!v-s responsible for | the opinioua or the utteruaces of oji ; correspondents.] Editop. Holomua: Jt seems tbnt Mr. H;itch is ; laboring nruler very stnuge ballucinations as to tbe so-oalled : Hawaiian Legation at Wasbing- : ton in demancling more monev 1 for this nuisauce,—whieh sbouKl have beon abolisbecl long ngo, — if onlv be eoulil imagine wbat an insignificaut figure tbis so-called Hawaiian Legation iu Wasbingtou presents; if oul}' ho kuew tbat nobody resi>ects it, tbat evervbodv shuus or ignores it, and tbat its existeuce tbere is only to!erated and treated per baps as Sir Toby treated tbe fiy by saying: “Go, poor devil, go — the \vorld is large enough for thou and i.” MTtbout goiug into furtber details of the personel of this Legation, I will ouly mentiou the fact, that the highsouudiug title of ‘Euvov Extralordinary and Minister Plenipo teutiary” bad been clapped on a “travelling sbow-raan” in tbo persou of Mr. L. A. Thurston aud | as tbe latter’s time bad been fullv • takeu up witb his sbow-busiuess, | tbe p. g was obliging enougb to appoiul au assistant to him iu the persou of a Mr. Hastings, a former United States ConsuIar olerk, sailing at preseut uuder the title of “Charge d’aftaires”. Ssuch is tbe H iwaiian Legation iu Wushington representiug ostensibly the p. g. at that pluee. But uow, how does tbe American people look at this so-cal!ed Provisional Goverument of Hawaii—let us see. President Clevelaud as well as Secretary of State Gresbam bave denounced it outrigbt as a frand—a bureau or jnnta established by fraud and force —but not by force of their own, becanse they had none, they evēn were unahle to protect themselves; it was the force furnishod illegally by a dishouest' United States otficiall then aecredited to the legitimate giv ernment of Hawaii. In support| of the foregoiug. I shull now cite a few passages from the speech of Senator Daniels of Virginia before the 8enate on “thecon- ; spiracy ag tinst the Hawaiiana;” he says: “The Dole government in Ilawaii has been sty!etl a republic and partisaus bave clamnred that President Clevet laud was tryiug to extioguish a j republic. This is all imagination. I The hesd of the government. Mr. Dole, was an avowed monarchist, 1 in favor of the Princess Kaiulani for the throne up to the verv i moment wheo he heeume, by the ■ aot of thirteen men, a revolutiou- ' arv 1 a 1 T uadt-r the enphouious; i name of presid int. Had ho been styled Mouarch, Emj>eror, King. Czar, Saltin, Gener.il. Mars’jal, Consnl. Dicta-j tor, Shah, Pro.cctor or anything ,|elae. there suoulJ be jnst as . mneh iu his power and snrrouud- • ings to correspond to that of president. He has larger and more monarchical powers Ihan

I w*er& f*os$ess«f br* ~4efo«e>l | | Qaeen. Tbirteen meu — not choseo eleotors, uot representatives, ciotheJ with no fanctions by law- - >ome oC them not even citizens of the conntn*. elappeii a popa!ar title on his eame anJ a scepter in hi> hands. Not a pnhlie meeting oatside of one city of the Island gronp had been beld; the peoplei , nowhere else Lad been consalt«l. a central power, whose backbone . was borrowed and «bose ciaw> were fnrnished by the United | States. m ide Lim its president. TLe present governoient of Hawaii is nondescript. It had no founding in the voice of the ' I>«ople. It is shaped after uothing that is repnblican known npon the earth, or the waters ander theearth, or inthe heavens above the earth. īt is simply a sort of directory, like that revolutionaiy body whieh directed the atiairs of the French revolation. (and that was a eommanistic mob). Ere long Mr. Hatch will discover to his sorrow that there are honest men looking at the Hawaiian Provisional Government aud its representatives abroad throug!i unprejadiced spectacles. \ No wouder then that the Legation i is eIamoring that they cannot get i the ear of iuflaent:al persons and : that other means have to be bro8ght to bear to reach the des- ! ired ond: the A<iverti-er suggestsi | on the poiut of entertainments. lnau’s etc.--Entertain the Senators —invite them to champagne suppers —make them hilariously ' fall, and by this mothod you will ] win them over to your side, and make them willing tools to your nefarious schemes. But eoukl ! • such a course be called a fairand ; * honorable one? The American people would h ok at such actions as hribery , aml bribery is classed j as a felouv—the briber as well as the bribed are felons. Now. would Mr. Hatch still vote for more money to this Legation in order to support and; ! foster bribery? Amekicax Citizen. Editob Holoml*a: A sailor on Board H. B. M. S. Ohampion indulged in theluxury of a bathe in the briny. N’otwithstanding his inability to swim properly, be manfully struck out escorted by iwo of his obliging messmates. aud eveutually reached the gangway of tfce Japanese man-of-war, where, somewhat eshausted, he awailed himself of the opportunity of catching hold of the steps, thus r«sting himself;‘ ' and being rather incompetent this short rest was thau fully accepted, and in» great measure g helped Lim considerably to regaiu his own ship. For this awful crime, be is punished,and iu snite of his plea, 1 tbat uecessity compelled him to rest, he has ignominously to' parade on the Quarter Deck for. fonrteen days, both moruing and j evening whilst the remainder of | his shipmates enjoy their salt. water dip. a vast community is for the encouragement of swimraing aud more especially to those whose duty and livelibood it is to ! 1 lollow the sea. Apparently this is not the case on Board H. B. M. S. Charapion, for this sailor prefers to romain . aud indiflereut swimmer to being : punished so uujustly, so unfairly We all know the great loss of life' iucurred, but recently, wheu H. | B. M. S. Victoria sank beneath 1 the waves; it is to be hoped none| of these p*oor fellows lost their precioa> Iives through the same sort of discouragement, aud > tbrough the waut of a little humau consideration. Wasb Tcb. ,