The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-12-08
The Gazette's HiIo Letter.

HLO, November 30, 1885.
EDroR GAZETTE Our weather here for the
past month has been remarkable for this season
of the year. For about four weeks it has been
blowing very heavily from the n. n. East, accom-
panied with very heavy surf and lots of rain.
All at once there is a lull of two days our beau
tiful bay is as smooth mill pond. The several
vessels in port commence unloading: everything
seemed to be settled for good weather, when, all of
a sudden a rough chilly breeze draws down the
northern slope of Mauna LOa, which soon in
creases to gale and blows tearfullv, tearing up
banana trees, breaking OF huge branches from the
trees, and kicks up general hullabalOo. While
write il is bowling outside and doesn't look a bit
like letting up. On Tuesday there a heavy
fall of snow on the mountains and the next morn
ing they were respondent IN their white turbans.
The thermometer has been way down close to 30 O..
At present there laying in the harbor await
ing the cessation of the storm, bark, brig, 4
schOOners and steamers.
THE ELECTION.
War still continues brisk, as the ammunition fur
nished by the Government TO the electors still
holds out and will as long as the candidates bave
the run of the tar pile. Votes are bought by the
payment of taxes and then Luna'sn commits
sion printed in blank is filled out and given the
voter and the tax receipt slowed away in the Gov
eminent safe IN the Sherlfs office. The natives
living on the lands owned by Spreckels and those
belonging to the Crown, told point blank that
If they will not vote the Government ticket, they
will be driven out from their homes. What a
pretty pass things have fallen into in this two
ruled entirely by the will of one man. The tricks
used by the Government to secure votes would en-
tighten even Tammany Hall, in its halcyon days
under Boss Tweed. The elective franchise IN this
country is farce, when the governmental ma
chinery of power, office and money, are all put to
work TO return men, whom they know are sent
there only TO conceal all that there may be amss
| in its Acts during the past years. For that Is
all that the Government candidates capable of
| doing. There is hardly one IN the whole number
that is able to take of himself, much less help
| take care of a Hdtjre. No What the Government
seems to fear is that men with minds Of their own
will be returned to the Legislature and who will
dare investigate truly and then dare to make
known the results of their Investigations. One
| thing more, am told by those who heard him say
| 1t, that the Deputy Sheriff lone of the candidates
! for the government, publicly announced on Front
street, that all persons voting his ticket, would
not be arrested or fined for drunkenness Good
! amt II
| LADIES FAIR.
The Ladies' Sewing Society held fair ON Satur-
| day last which uetted them over $3.50, which goes
in part payment Of new organ for the Foreign
| Church.
| WOMAN DROWNED.
| In Hamakua, dnring the heavy storm on Tues
| day last, Portuguese woman was carried away
| with her horse and drowned. II is supposed that
she was out gathering oranges in one of the gull
| ches, when the freshet overlook her and carried
| her off. Her body had not been recovered and
was probably washed out TO sea.
Steam mail in and ! must close. HAWAII.