Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 47, 11 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The annexation organs seenas to be sntfering from mental elila; idation. Tbe Star has given ttp all hopes of annexation foi the present, but believes that a eonlinii iiiee of the Reform Partv in power for some years will make all H;twaiians favor the loss of the imlepeudeneeof theircountry ratli*-r than sutfer under a mis sionarv nile, and that they eonse<juentlv will join in a petition to the United States to anuex. W'e <-xpected that the Star editor wouhl not be iiere a long time before fimling out the magnifieeut(!) qualities of the Eeform Party, but we must s«y that we are somewhat sux-prised to find him expressing himself so freely as to virtually say that the Hawaiians between the raissionaries and annexation stand as between Ihe devil and the deep sea —and will prefer the latter. P,ut we think that the Star is very mueh out in its reckoning. Not in regard to annexation, beeause that question is shelved for gootl. “The Uuited States will never anuex these Islands against the will of the Hawaiian people.” But if the Star man believes that the Keform Party will remain in power contrarv to the will of the great majority of the voters he is remarkably mistaken. It is pueiilo to believe that such a state of atfairs eouhl last for any length of time. The Provisional Governmeut itself neither desires nor expeots to remain in olliee in its present form aml it has uo iutention of playiug tho hazardous game of dopriving this nation of the franchiseand right toselfgovernment. And we ean assure the Star that an electiou even with a fraucbise restricted to uoble-voters will result in a total defeat of the men now holdiug olfice. The Star editor is of course uot familiar with the political afi‘airs iu this countrv aud his iuformers in this regard are all men who know ouly tho situation in Honolulu. And even here has the Koform Party been utterly unable to hold its own since 1890. Ou the other Islands the Heform Party has been able to win the uobles, becauso they met with vcrv little opjK)sition. The special election on Maui of Mr. W H. Cornwell last year showed the Reform Purty that witbout the Spreckels’ inlluenee they are not “in it” there and ihe same will be the case on Hawaii. No, ihe Koform Party will uot remain in |>ower for the next four or two or one year. We have written the above es if the matter would be wholly left to the P. G. without interfereuce from the Unite<l States, but we feel quite confident that such will nol l»e the case. The instructious of Minister Wiilia will beyond doubt regulate the internal poliileal atfairs of Hawaii )and the P.G. Government

Iean re»t a?.'are>i tbat the only fonn of government whieh the Unitad States eau tolerate aml s>appc-rt here will be a free gov ermcent by the j>eople. To say that the UniteJ States cannot interfere aml will not iuterfere in our domestic atfairs is »11 b<_>sh. They did sO when Jobn L. Stevens deliberately conspired with traitors against the government to whieh he was accredited. They did so when Captain WTltze landed the trooj>s from the Boston against the protest of the coustitutional government, and formed them ready for action iu frout of the Hawaiian government buildings. They did so when J. L. Stevens hoistcd the American d ig on top of the government bnilding. Thev did so when J. H. Hlonni pnlle<l the tlag down again. They did so wheu the President received Paul Neumann as the Queen of Hawaii’a Minister Plenipoteutiary and Envoy Estraordinary. and if they have doue it in all these inst,mces what may we ask should j>revent them from doing it again and again? If the revolntionists really find a eomfort by telling eaeh other that the United States can’t do it, and won’t do it they are easiiy satisfied. And we will onee raore reraind thera of the words of Jaraes H. J31ount while here, that “the United States ean do anything whieh is just and un.ll do anything whieh is right. ’ The Advertiser contrary to ; the Star gets up this morning with a hope—even if it seems very faint—that Minister AVillis' mission is to make Hawaii a ter- , ritoiy with the rainister as governor. Poor Advertiser! It really seems to be in a bad way. Two days ago we were goiug to have a couveution and onr salvation laid in a stable governraent loyal to the Hawaiian race whieh eoukl restore confidence and save the conntry frora the present chaos. To-day the “other” editor evidently is let loose and believes or exj>ects or hoj>es that we raay be a territory with Mr. "\Villis as goveruor. Holy Moses! The exhibition of whiuiug, despair and idiocy, whieh the two annexation organs present, since the arrival of Mr. "\Villis makes us tired. If they cannot face the issue raanly and squarely, why don’t they confine themselves to the use of the scissoi-s or to editorials on raosquitoes or President CIeveland’s fat?