Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 95, 24 April 1894 — Where Are They? [ARTICLE]

Where Are They?

Od Jcly 9th, 1893—nearly & vear apo—the {ollowing letter was sent to Mr. I31onnt; Headquabtebs Axnei's Club, Honolnln, H.I. Jnly. 9,1893. In answer to yonr eommnnieation of May, I vrooltl say, that tbe names on onr great register j to date are 5.500, ami that we are advised of 190-odd on rolIs, not yet entered, on the otber islands. Of those whieh are entered, I wouhl estimate that 1,218 are American, being 90-odd per cent. of the total number of Americans on the islands,and20-odd per cent of tbose on the club rolls. Eng liah 251, being 26 per cent. of , those on the islands, and 4 per cent of eluh rolls. One-thousand j and-tweuty-two Hawaiiana, being 11 ner cent. of those on the islands and 18 per cent. of elnl» rolls. | 2,261 Portuguese. being 73 per cent. of Portnguese on the islands i and 41 per cent. of eluh rolls. Sixty-nine Norwegiaus, being 50 per cent. of thoso on the islands and 1 per cent. of eluh rolls. 1 Three-hnndred-and-fifty-ono Ger- , mans, being 53 per cent. of tbose ' on the islands and 6 per cent. ( of club rolls. Others 328 un- ; classified. I have the honor to be, Your obedicnt sorvant, J. W. JONES

Secretary Anncx’n Club. HON. J .H. BLOŪNT U. S. Euvoy Extraordinaiy and Minister Plenii'otentiarv. It seems tbat the membersl)ip of . tbo annexation club bas not incronsed vety mucb sinco July 9tb 1893 to judge froin the number ' recistored. All ou tha r«0iuta« , aro presnmably membors of tbe ( club, aml all morabers of tbe club bavo presumably registered. { But wo tbink it only rigbt tbat | Mr. J. W. J onos or some otber higbman of tbe “Headquarters” 1 should eome forward and explain tbo discrepancy bet«eeu tbe number of alleged membors of tbe club and tbe fo!lowing officially registered supporters of tbe p. g. By nativity. tbe register is as • follows: Natire aud haU-castes 185 H«VHii«n-tx>ru 101 . 1 Amenenn (U. 8. A.) 390 1 Omil BriUin auJ Colonirs 195 ; Oeman , l’ortu»ni«>so 41S | All others 98 ' 1 * 150T ; Tbe main portiou of tbose who have registered are men wbo uuder onlinary circumstances ( would not be entitled to vote. ( Tbe army furnisbes a large eontingont, and governroent official? ( swell tbe list considerable. As soon as the names of those registered are published, wesball j analyse tbeir voting capacity under generally adopted constitu- , tionaI priociples. As an exaraple of the kind of men who are to hare the privileg« of calliag a constitutional oonrentiou, we 1 publisb the natioualities of tbat 1 pecnliar mixturo tbat eompoee , ! Mr. Dole’s army, as it ap|>eared j ; a few months ago. There were at tbat iime 250 men (?) and tbey 1 were classified as follow$; i < Germans 54 * Portnguese 49 j Amencans 3*2 Jiorwegians .27 British 19 £ Swedes 17 e lUliana 15 i i Russians 7 ' | Danes 5 Russi«n Fins 3 Poliah Jews 2 , T Greeks 2 j J Dutch 1 , e Hawaiian 1 a Assorted (dido't know) 16 This beautiful assembly tbat ' ] had r®6Īded from two weeka to ; { •oma fi»ti ia ihe eoontry i« th« ' 1

■ great standby in the p, g. voting 1>sL Add to them ai! tfae govern- j ment offici«Ls and private em- ! ployees of members of the g .vernment that have been coerced by tbreats of d smissal to take the oatb and it becomes a deep mystery what has b?come of all , the independent patriots who posed £S ‘the people” before tbe world tbroogb statements by Stevens, A!exander. Timrston and . the rest of the ciowd thit has attempted to blind the American Administration and fiil the ears of America's j)eople wth falsehoods. If the p g. in the e!ectioa j had fo!iowed the princip.il that they propose to cirrv out ia the new constitution that only natcralized citizens shall have the exercise of the frenchise in Hawaii where won!d the governraent stand today? How m.»ny of the men who h«ve reg ritered and who propose to form a government iu this country havo showed their alleged pitrictisni and lovo and j good-will towards these islands by becoming citiiepsof Hawaii? Evec snch good and great patriots (!) like S‘ar Smitb and Dr. McGrew register i nder mn -h protest. Since 1876 only 115 Americaus have nitur.ilized. A tolal of 3<j6 foreignerō is all tliat have seen fit dnring tha last eighteen years to take tlia oath of allegiance to Hawaii aud assume not alone the rights (they are always williug to do lhat) bnt also the i duties of a good and loyal citizen. The registration lms illustrated tbe true eh iracter of tlie adventurers who elaim t ae riglit to ruu ! Hawaii and rule the Hawaiiau people. Tbat they will utterly fail is clear to auybody who l have studied the bistory of the wor!d during thi last century. 1 Mmority governcient is agtiust tho will of tho people cannot last. Aod the p. g. will never get the with it as 1 ong as it eom 1 , posed of selfish, bigotted arrogmt, purse-proud “mission- • »» anes.