Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 155, 7 February 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

B< ware of thnse whomyou alleee to l»e the knaves in the Holomca paek ofcards, Brother Henry. Better men than you have been euchred when al! the knave,- ?at in the opponent » hand. Mr. S. M. Damon bas been appointed Vice-Pre8'.dent ot the Provi?ional (j<>vernment. A wiser selection could not have ’oeen made and the Advisory Oouneil deserves credit for this display of good sense and discretion. If there is one foreigner of the Reform or annexation partywhohas the confidence of the Hawaiian? it is Mr. Damon, and hD aeeeplanee of office is a guarantee to the natives that their polilieal rights will not be encroached upon with his consent. lf the Advisorv Uouueil during its temporarv power will listen to and lollow ihe advice of their President and Vice-President the j»rospects are that their wouk will be aeeeptable toand endorsed by the nation. The ‘*Advertiser” is very tardy and short in mentioniug Mr. l)amon’s appointment; rumor has it tbat the Reform organ had anotber candidate for the honorary olliee more euilahle to the family-compact than Mr. Damon is. Somehow or other it seeras that the rigbteous oliipie ain’t m it withboth feet and of course they feel worried. Foor Hen-nery ! All the Castle family can't have all the niee billets and all the honorary ones as well. The annexation clique here is always dividing the capital of the country into Araerican, Engiish, Hawaiian etc.. according to the nationality of the owner of such capital. This is as unusual as it is unfair. To elaim that here is roore American capital than anything else is simply bosh. The only American or Englrsh capital here is what has heen brought into the oountry by sorae capitalists of American or England or elsewhere. Mr. G. R. Bishop for examplecame here without a bean in his pocket. Owing to a successful marnage. he heeame very wealthy and through goo<l management the weahh of his wife increased manifold. To elaim aow that Mr. Bishop’s eapital is Araerican, because he was born in America is absurd. Every cent whieh he owns is Hawaiian eapilal and canuot be classified as anything else. The properties of Messr Baldwin, Wilcox, Damon and other such men are also cUimed to be Amenean eauilal, because the iwpeetivefathere of the respective gentlemen were Americans, while the gentlemen themselves. by the way, were born here, aud staned lile without any eapilal at-ali. Colonel Spreckels is about the only capitaliet who has brougbt any considerable amount of money here and inrested it. and his is real!y almoet the ooly eapilal whieh ean be termed American. It eeeme a emall point, but it is used as being of graat importance by tbe anneiatk>nis(s to show that the United Statee haa not akme a elaim on the comitTy, bot also a duty to perform bere in looking «ft«r Ame-

rican investments. in the same manner a« England protects Englbih investments in ail parts of the world. The difference isonly. thal English investors m such plaee? bring their capital with them, while the inve«tors in this country first take all the benefit out of the land, make capital out of the coneer-sions whieh the native owners hospitab!y grant thera, and then cry for help and protection for their accrued weahh, (whieh. by righl. belongs to the soilofthe land.) on their fatherland, under the false pretense that lheir invest- | ments are in danger. There are about l.S<» Americans 5n the country against 40,000 Natives. Out of the 1,800 perbaps one half are in favor of annexation. For what reasons should the 40,000 who now are unauiraous!y agaiust annexation submit to the will of the very small clique of foreigners: who not alone have reaped all the benefit they could out of the land, but who now coolly propose to dispose of that part of it whieh they have not yet aequired by handing it over to a foreign country. If they should ever wish to leave, not a straw will be placed in the way of their departure with their property, and all that they have derived from here. But they should not in all fairness propose that the other residents and the natives of the country should quietly subrait to be delivered over to the L nited States to suit the aweeWwill of the dissatisfied few. The great majority of the English citiz«ns here, both capilalists and others, irrespective o: political opinion, object to annexation to the United States;aud why are not the wishes of such foreigners to be consulted as well as those of a handful of &lleged Americans of every variety and apeeiea of birth and extraction. If the Provisional Govermnent honestly wish for annexation, as it claims it does. it has proceeded in a very wrong manner. and will meet no snccess if it continues on its present path. To ignore the Hawaiians may tickle the jK)litical palatcs of a few unsuccessful lilipulian ward politicians such as Emmeluth. Waterhouse or Bolte, but they will find *that in the annexation scale the Hawaiiana are the weight whieh will settle the point. W ith the Hawaiians ttey might gain every thing, without them nothing. The “Advertiser” in its issue of i vesterday cuiidescends to bestow praise on the government for having raised the Martial Law. The of the morning newspadder has heretofore advocated the eonlinuanee of the Manial Law uutil news frora NVashiugton should be received, but accepts now with & show of good grace the fact that the Provisional Government in no way is influenced by the owl-like screeches of his paper or consults Henry’s wishes or ideas in the slightesl degree. \Vith his happy f«cility for lying Mr. U. Castle inainoalee that all tbe opposition papers ara stuflfed with calls for b!oodand murder and that for such resson severa4 editor» h»ve heen warned by the goveniment. Tbe facts are that the editor of the “Bolletia” waa caUed before tbe Adri«orT Coundl, because the eurioeity of thia aogust body h*d hma ’ UekM m

source« whenee he derive«l h:s pretty nearly accurate int'oroialion in regar<l to the eipenditares of the P. G-, while the editor of this paper was intervi«wed, bec*use that al!eeed Hawaiian scho!ar Mr. Henry Waterhouse. was unahle 10 translate an innoeenl Hawaiian editf>rial calling on his people to ( pray to G«*d in their d’-'tress, and theref.«re thought that there must be s »tue expi >sive st »tT s»*creted helween the iines. Cai!s t >r Mo«»d aiui murder have only res >unded in tlie consumptive brain oi the I “Adverliser*s v editnr from the i sonndsofh> he«rt-'neats while "u his lonely night-watc!ies e irrying a gun, or. parr >t like, b*en babbled | senilely fromthe of that doting : okl sun-spotted cruelty to anim-.ils ! who fathers the Friend. It is not our ioisston in life to correct and eall attention to the constant stream of maligiiaut lies whieh runs through the *‘Advertiser” eolumnā to overtiowing. We have better material than that to offer our readers, but sometimes the chronic inclination of the morning dishwipe to prevaricate assumes such a mi3chievous character that we consider it our dutv to show the editor aud reporter of that paper up. The explanation of what caused the band boys to resign is so one-sided, aud wilfully untruthful, and garbled, that it may create a very wrong impression in the eommunity. The boys did not wish to take the oath of office prescribed by the Provisional Govenunent without having a fu.ll explanation of the facta pertaining to auoh oath. Mr. Berger, instead of talking quietly to the boys, dismissed them in an overbearing and impatieut manner, and nrdered thftn out of hie houee. The Prt*fessor seetns to be very qaick in iaiitating the P. G. in its inclination to jump its principles and opinion» down the people’e throats. and theband boys, as well as the {>eopIe generally resent sach juniping perlbnnance very mueh indeed. The boys may be somewhat sul>ject to 4 big head*’ —we have aiways accused them of it iu our columns, but the said ‘*big head is cause«i by the "Advertiser clique, whieh by its insane praises and immoderate flattery have tickled the boys natural vanity, and made them consider themselves indispensable. It is rather late m the day now for the “Advertiser” to kiek at the Band and ?ay that it has aiways l>een a luxurv and nothing else. Yet the “Advertiser” all along has advocated that $12.000 should be taken out of the bankrupt treasury to send these ‘ mediocr« musicians’’this luxury—to Chicago for the benefit of Thurston’s dime-muse-um. If the sickness called “big head” bas attacked the band, we regret to say tbat indications are that the “Profewor” aiso has been a victim of it himselfand in ratber a severe degree. May they all be cured shortly &nd be able to play, in honor of the volunteers, the new compoeition called tbe “ I>rei Hundred (me&la?) Polk*. ” In oonneelion with the &bove matter the “Advertiser” dishe* up &natber searriloo» lie iu stating that Mam. S*moel Pflrk«, and W. H. Oornw«ll bave been circnkitag subecription list« for the ‘ benefit of tbe dieeharged b*nd-boya. We defy tbe “Adv«rtiser” te prove i it» enertion whieh erfcfcatly ia

another specimen of “padded news." To admit his error aud retract the statement wouki ot course be an action l*x> f »reign to the editnr of tue Reform Party*s most Christian organ. The -tand whieh he Iat»Iy in h;s j"nrnal has adopteil in slandenng and vilifying the Queen plaee- him enlirely b*yondthe p&le of genllemeo, aiul ! relegates him to ihe ranks. from j whieh he has -o evidently been t originated. of k»wbred. v.le, fouI- j mouthvd. and still tou!er-juilled I journalistic eanaille who j*an>ler to j t!.e vilest and m >st debasing in- j st >cts of the humau cur. — We notic> that Mr. Henry Castle j ! is using the w.>r<ls imp*.vunious , 1 and irresponsible whenever hementions any of the -wj>{> >rters of the m >narchy aud the liueen. Of j c>urse, we are willing to admit thut the great majority of the loyal people are not wa!lowing in untold wealth, such as we suppose the Castie tamily poeses3; nor do th< y perhaj»s enjoy surh uniimite«.l credit as some of the great niissionarv firms ean conimand—and badly neeil; nor are they perhapa able to paper the walls of their ro<>ms with gilt edg>*<! sugir-stock (from Ewa and Makaweli). but some of them at least ar<* able to pay their t ixes, and even then have enough left to pav their subscription f<»r the support of Mr. Henry Castle aiui his j»aper. The “Advertiser” stites that De-puty-Marshal Chillingworth has gone to Hawaii f»r the purj»ose of arresting Mr. Clement t?neydKynnersley of Kohala. The paj»er does not say wiih what offense, Mr. Kynnersley is charged, and we are at a loss to see what charge the learned Attorney-(ieneral ean prefer 8gainst him. Ab the sedition »iaw and contempt law were not born when Mr. Kynnersley eoinraitted his alleged oflense it cannot be under those acts that he is to be tried, and we lind nothing on the statutes constituting it on offense to tear down a pieee of paperfrum a fence. except it be malicious injury, and on that charge we sbould adviee Mr. Kynnersley tn take his chances before a jury of the eouutry. We ean hardly believe that the Government ean really have taken the step whieh the "Advertiser” says it has. The affair >n Kohala must be nearly forgotten by this time. and the rakiug it up again will only lead to an increased teneion between the British colony here, and the Government—a fact whieh ihe Attorney-General should not bave overlooked. 0f course it may be only another inalanee of *‘padded” news frotn the “Advertiser’’ for, &s we have noaccess to ihe powers that be, we are unable to verify tbe siatement.