Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 172, 4 March 1893 Edition 02 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

If the annexatir.n tr.*aty u.ade by tt:e C')mmi?s5oners a? efate i in th*- Iast mail and it weut into eftV« l —t ien the c»’Jntry koi; ■ ind vtrabiy ba n k r n p t —fo r wi t h >u l eheap iab r and j»lenty of it the plaiualion- c.»uld not carry on. But tiie main }*<jint is. if such wa? the treaty as published in the ]*a}rf-rr- here, the five C >mini-«ioner3 have not »n!\* betrayed lheir Sovereign, but they have betrayed their counlry and even their own relatives and coadjut rs in the niaenili ent project of bartering the r ghts of a s«jvereign people against tbeir wiil for u temporary aud paltry uncertain br’be of two centa llb bounty—whieh tbey haven’t gol —and are n’t likely to get either.

Where w*? the Advertiser Kxtra om Thur?da_v ? Tiie alleged euter]>rl?iug edit«>r was too ?ick to make an extra appearance aml stayed home aml betnoaned thecruel fite of Thurston and Joe and the other a nneialionists generalIy. The geiiial photographer from the l“>ird Iolands rcf'ised to risk his camera on Thursday in takiug a snap-shot at the crowd at the Poet Olhee nhen the Belgic mail was out. The ezpression on the faces of the miesionaries was enough to st»p an eight-d«y eloek leave alone breaking any uegative ui the worid. According to Hoyle when in douht lead trumps. According to J. L. Stevens when in doubt lie all you know how and cast r*und »curri!ity and mud on all “who do not bow the pregnant hinges of the knee to eringing thrift aud SteveusWiltse annexation.” At least this is what one must think on reading his publiahed diepatches to the State Deoartment. There are but two horns to this dilemuia—either he liea and knowa it—or he has eimply been gulled by his favorite missionarv assoeiates. Whichever way you take it “Diplomacy, dear boy!” is not well rejiresented aere in these islands on behalf of the Great Kepuhlie. Harrison’s last official words today in regurd to the annexation are ‘*lt may not l>e a Hawaiian raove. but u was the Boss move of my administration.” Had he said Bost«>n move he would have eome netrt r the truth.

A hijrh churchman was overhesrd in a convers.ition with a down town man dending the anuexation move and more especially J. L. Stevens. He pionsiy wx,ndered where the latter alleged diplornat wou!d go to when he makee his final and rapidly-approach-ing eiil from this uugrateful world. The impious down-town man promptly answered. *To h—of course.” upon whieh the high churchman eonfidently whispereii: ‘ My dear friend they wouldn’t have a man from Maine in h—for anything. why he would attempt to annex h—itse’f to bis own miserahle state—and thal would be h— Captain Nottage has filled the papers during his atay here with articles about rain-water so we

final!v thoughl that the man had water on the brain. It seeraī evident though lhat he drawj the line d>tinctiy at Apol!inaris Water wh.cn eiuisls iiie neartfelt -ympathy f r the dryals and drybuiatione of Gi iūj i Cihamoagne) \Viltse at thedinner, f P(ollinaris) C(ider) j Jone=. Gover >r McKinley of Ouio iia= mide in aflflignment f»r the henefit ol his creditor=. This is probably an»ther res,ilt of tbe MeKinley hill and our planters shou!d j feel p!eased over the naufragium. Tlie Adverīiser shouldn’t slig- ( raat:ze the Citizen= Rights Leagae by repi*rling it under the heading • of the “B!ack Flag. M "Black Flag! i i Black Fiag!” Exclaimed a well- j known citizen yesterday—“they should eall it a Red Flag, because it makes the reform cattle mad.’'

We should recommend the Citizen‘s Bights League to adopt the Black FIac as its olheial coat of arms and, to make it mor« significant, ornament it with the skull of the Advertiser editor and the cross-bones of his reporter. The drawback in this matter may be that it will be hard to find anybody skilled enough to polish these filtb-spatiered symbo!s sufficiently for publicexhibition. Theemptiness ami thickness of the editorial sknll was considered an obstaole whieh was overcome though by the force of tfie buoyant imaginative power in the skull always ready to build Castles in the air.

We regret in k paragraph in yesterday’s :ssue to have made a remark whieh seemed to reflect on the financ'al weaith aud standing of Mr. Alexander Young whieh we are aware never has been questioned in the community. It is %nfortunate that Mr. J. L. Stevens, in hie letter to Secretary Foster has seen fit to allude to or j make a point of the individual \ wealth of his polkieal associates ( here as we always have dee.ued it i wiser to leave a man’a private atfairs apart from his polilieal career and opiniona except when he mixes them up wjth them either ( through his own or his associates’ mouths or pens.

The following reprinl from the St. Louis Republic appeare fittingly in our issue of to-day—the funeral day of Harrisou and the Kepu'oliean Party: STEVEXS AS A USURPER. The report that Stevexs, as the representative of the Harrison administration in Honolulu, has declared a “proteciorate” over Hawaii would be incredible if it were not supported by the evidence of his own signature. The dispatches of day before yesterday shcwed tlial he held Honolulu with a force from the Boston. and that to ali intents and porf>oses he had made him9slfdi'tu<orof the couatry. They «re more than Contirmed bv the news of yesterday. lt seems to be the purpt>ee of those who are associated with the Sugarmen in this onspiracv to force tbe seizure of Hawaii before Mr. Ci.eveland’s mauguration ean put a stop to further action. This, however. they will be unable to do without the consent of the Democratic Senators, who could eaeily delay the ratincation of any aelion lakeu by Harbison. But ainee the vote given to aholieh the rigfat of asylum for polilieal exilea from

' Ra"ia, no one will renture to s»j thit there īe enough LVai >cr.icy in the Se:iate to prevent the sacoess of any nlan in>l -r~>i by 8pucuu or any other Piutocmt I of tqual ;uduence. If onee t.iken p "ion oi .as a Territ >ry. it nould have Meome in as a 5?utrt, f »r t > utteriy op ; i to the āpirit and to the precedet»ts ol'the Cnitc i t*tat - to h *id auy peop e in f >rcib!e eubjection ap pr<>vinciai9, g »verned by the -ut- ■ raps of a contral auth<>r;ty. The i fuodamentai pr!iioip;e ofthel*n:on is that aii who are g >v» rned mnst irive their fuli ;«t.d fj*r re: resentation i.. the g >venmig b >dy. Either we im;st ai.indon tliis i princip!e, > r we :ua?t <lefeat the i conspiracy, or we must give our eitizenship m tv> the eooliea aud i biacits, who, il they are deprived of self government, will b eome mere dependents on Sprk> kki.s. Annexation will mean two more i plutocr.itic votes in the Senate, ind a longer sc >re to sett:e w hen settling time comes. The lalk of a protectorate is absurd. We have preoedents for annexation, but noue for pr»teclorates. \Vhcther all that is rep >rted of Stevexs is true or aot, eno«gh is i known to be true t«> show that hii conduct has heen violent aad law- ; less. He was a member of the conspiracy from the beginning. and but for his interfereuce the native Government could not have heen overthrown. ile is playing fur Hawaii tbe role p!ayed by Mizner in Cenlral America and by Egax in South Amenea; and the frequent repetition ot ttiis shan;eless intermeddling in theaffairs of neighboring countries shows that the responsibility for it belongs primanly to Bexjami.\ Harrisox. In this Hawaiian affair there is only one safe and honest course open. The native Government must be restored and the attempts to destroy the self government of the country must be defeated. The autonomy of Hawaii must be mailitained. Stevexs must be recalled and rebuked and his conspiracy must be repudiated.