Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-15
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
KING kALAKAUA ENCOURAGING A
IOOR CLASS OF IMMIGRATION,
Unable to Longer Procure Coolies by
Shanghating, His Hawaiian Majesty
Secures some Of the Very Scum of the
Earth 10 People his Kingdom.
HONOLULU, Hawaiian Islands,
March 81, 1885,

! A""iSu 1000
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HALEY
(ldaho,) TINES: For several wears
past the work in which the Hawaiian
Government has been engaged
has caused an anlmosity be.
tween the foreign residents here
and the Hawaiian race, and been the
cause of the landing of foreign race
of people who are scourge on society
in general. and living disgrace to
the governing and directing4owers,
the sole promoters and cause thereof.
Judging from past events, this state
of things is considered by our states
men and rulers to be patriotic and
dutiful to the welfare of this Kingdom!
When our present ruler came to the
throne with the support of American
and European bayonets, against the
will of nearly the whole of the native
race, the population did not exceed
10000. AT that time could be seen
throughout our islands many fine, able,
wel-built, intelligent natives, the de
scendants or prototypes of the Kam-
eha,nehas. Kalakaua commenced his
reign with, and has throughout ener
getically pursued policy which
slowed at the close of 1884, that the
influx of Asiatic and other inferior
races had raised the population to
more than 50, O0O-and our rulers take
much credit for this! For what? For
importing hordes of Mongolians to de-
fly our laws and run dens of gambling,
infamy and corruption throughout the
land? When Kalakaua came to the
throne of the kamehamehas the num-
Der of the Portuguese did not exceed
900, nearly all frecmen, with the ex-
pectation of future prosperity before
them. Now their number has been
increased through the exertions of the
planters and Government to the extent
enumerated last census showing the
total number at $3.50; very large
ma jority Of whom, say 1000, are
bound under a Hawaiian labor con-
tract, deprived of freedom and the
sweets OF life, and virtually the slaves
of their masters. In other words,
this Government has added 5000 or
5000 Portuguese to our population,
which in all probability will in the fu-
ture be an important factor in settling
some just national policy which will
unite the people in one common cause
by establishing such a firm policy,
coupled with reasonable and benign
legislation, as will command respect
and admiration, instead of those laws
and regulations which now exist, and
point to nothing but national disgrace,
dishonor ard contempt. When such
firm policy eventuates: peoples rights
will be regained, and the existing de
facto slavery in the Sandwich Islands
swept away. No more an unfeeling
and imbecile-oppressive Government,
no more the slave-owner (pseudo
) master or employer,) will WELD his
autocratic thunder and hard com.
mands to his unfortunate ''contract''
slaves!
1t is claimed by the present Ha
} waiian Ministers-and promul gated
through the Government journal
working specially for them that
THE KING has solved difficulty which
formerly balllcd his predecessors in
the matter Of Japanese immigration
by him short time since having paid
living visit to the Mikado and es.
tablshing control and intimate rela'
tons over and with that potentate
1t is further claimed that he has SOLVED
a difficult question, which none Of the
European powers were able peaccably
to accomplish, unless by force of arms
for the gentlemanly and alta ole man
ner of His Majesty caused such all in
nuence over his Mikadoship as to gal,
the lattcr's consent to an agreement
allowing the uncomfortable pauper.
OF his Empire to migrate to these ha
waiian Islands in order to add to anc
increase his already numerous Asiatic
criminal subjects now rowing
throughout his dominions in ungov
ernable bands, defying all laws and
polluting the rising generation OF tho
fast degenerating natives of the soil
The NIikado, with all the shrewdnes
OF all Asiatic ruler, could we'll atfore