The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-04-07

gence. In giving public expression to such I
complaints, we shall always be glad to publish
any counter-statement which may be sent to
us. We do not propose either to fatter, or
4" set down aught in malice" There are some
officers in the country against whom com-
plants Of weakness or negligence are so CON-
mon as to be notorious. If such were to be
recommended to commit igikri, the advice
might be followed with great public benefit.
But with all this, we desire to give their
full need of praise to those efficient and pa
iient men to whose care we owe tile security,
public and private, for which this kingdom for
many years has held an enviable name.
HoAPILI BAKER is in bad way Not
content with an ordinary tempest, he would
have tornado in teapot. Excusing his
"silence for the whole of last month !" as not
due to "timidity on my part" or fear of eS
pressing swami of confidence" he sallies
forth. He grapples with "an ill-disposed
and infuriated press" and especially deplores
tha. "the doctrine of the sovereignty of the
people has been preached with such amazing
force by the associated press" He finds in the
newspaper comments upon the official infu-
ence in elections, a prediction and threat of
:" a state of anarchy and confusion" ''com-
munistical designs for reign of terror"
preparation for tile destruction of our rulers
and "an insinuation that after the death of
the preseut King, the reign of the heir appar-
ent will not add strength or stability to the
nation, or d distrust Of row TO take place at
the termination of the reign of the present
regime" But he rejoices that, "the vituper-
ative utterances of tie press are but the disor-
der of nervous irritation and editorial fail
ure TO elect journalistic partisan" to the
Legislature. After thus making way with
''tbe associated press, lie attacks he Minis
ters, especially the Ministers Of the Interior
and of Finance, for their public speeches
against the loan. He thinks the pablo should
know whether these official utterances were
in unison with their action in council % or had
the approval of a superior authority" He
says that after Kasi's speech at Kaumakapili,
"in due sensibility to the honor of the Minis
try they ought to have resigned But no
There is a sort of indifference among the sen
sible of them and they fail to notice it," These
speeches, says he, are "an exposition of pes
simistic, simple-miuded feebleness" He cites
the national debts Of other countries as an ex-
ample of what We ought to do, and declares
,L.E ~, ,,-,,t,,, -,,T;,,- - ,,-,- r,,-,,-
edness for the present is the policy of the ad-
miuisTation, it is time then to think of
change for the better" 50 Immigration seems TO
be uppermost in the minds of the administra-
tiOn, to deluge the country with hories of wild
South Sea Islanders, Portugese and MOngols,' .
caring nothing for the dying native race.
Not content with goriug the press. and the
living cabinet, he attacks the POLITICALLY dead
and defunct ministers, who, with the e1cep-
tiou of Dr.. Judd, Dr. Hutchisoa and Mr. Har-
MS, have been uuenterprising" Every
member" of administrations, he says, fell
from "inability" and lack of courage and
"euterprise." ''The last administration ex-
hibited a want of energy and public spirit, -
"and allowed itself to be sacrificed by the
pressure of private interests. the lust of gain
and the betrayal of the dignity of its Off
ciaI position" So he thinks it was better
that SO many administrations during the pres
EFT reign should have fallen, 8" and like Luci-
fer, it is to be hoped that they may never rise
again. Does our lieutenant think there is
danger that any (politically) dead Minister
may +" rise again ~ This onslaught upon those
who are gone is good. The genial Stanley,
the loyal old NahaoleIua, the brave and courtIy
Moehonua were among those who lacked
" enterprise" and public SPIRIT but the
lieutenant perhaps would say of them, Bless
them, they are dead, and don't mean to pro-
test against their rising again" The rest Of
the { unenterprising" still live among us, OF
are bauished to California and Germany
Widemann, Green, Castle, HartweII, Carter,
Peirce, Walker. Mott Smith, all, ''felI like
Lucifer'' This is all The better when it is
considered that Of these defunct Ministers,
some resigned fer reasons Of their own, and
some were invited a second tine to take cabi-
net seats. Our lieutenant must he careful not
to impugn the selections made by superior
authority.
Aside from these personal ffngs, Baker goes
in for ten million loan, which lie wants to
borrow BY utilization with tie money mar
kets Of San Francisco, London, Paris and Ger
many" and to spend chiefly on Qualifications
To be sure he throws in hospitals, and talks Of
I railroads and tslegraphs, not only for Hawaii
| but for all the Islands, and is in favor Of one
line of steamers. But the greatest emphasis Is
I placedon the Importance Of fortifcatioris, and
railroads are largely relied on for the purpose
/ oiconveying troops rapidly from battery to bat
! terry We can't expect tile nzvIes Of England
i France and the United States to help rs
against other p0EeFs ike China, but mus
/ forthwith arm and defend ourselves.
The lieutenant asserts that the present
I King came to the Throne BY mis- heredit-
/ arr claims, and not exclusively by virtue
Of the votes Of the representatives Of the Peo-
/ pie" This Is an unfortunate suggestion, be-
cause no one in the country can be found wht
| is ignorant enough not TO know the facts
/ Equally unfortunate Is our beutenants state
| ment that :" the associated press" have iilti-
mated that trouble was coming at the end O.
the present reign.
Ii would be too much to say that this mani.
festo shows that its writer has lost his wits
for that would suggest the difference between
the latin words "amens" and clemens ?
The object Of the thing clearly il to force
resignation Of the ministry, or eIse to compe
their acquiesence II the loan business. W