The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-08-24

that the two years had been consented to.
Added t. thiS was the statement by More
head: Kf yEu do not vote the ticket that
we wansE cl6u and your animals will be
driven off HON the land" The result
shows that this was no idle threat. The
case of Kahikanaka, an old man of sixty
yestrs, was peculiarly hard. He was not
allowed to gather his crop, which he had
planted in good faith, he was not allowed
water, wood, or fish from the sea; his ami
mails were not permitted to run on the
land. His distress was real, and his neigh
bors, who had voted, not according to their
consciences, but according to the dictates
of their harsh master, took pity on him
and supplied him with water Kahika-
naka's treatment is the most fragrant, and
this probably on account of his age and
influence. 1t was determined to teach the
voters lesson which they would not be
likely to forget. For all Gibson. his son
and his luna cared, Kahikanaka might
have persisted of thirst, it was no affair of
theirs; the man had not been subservient,
let him die. The native however, more
kindly than the alien lease holder of the
soil, Gibson, comes forward and helps his
fellow man, even though he had voted as
he thought right and had refused the
bride
Of course, in that shutting and evasive
way with which we are all familiar, Glib
son rubs his hands, coughs sepulchrally,
and intimates that his public duties have
prevented his attending to his private af-
fairs, and that he knows nothing at all
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head. There is well known Latin adage
which says, ''Qui tacit per dlios, taeit per Sc"
translating freely, he who delegates his
power to others is responsible for their
actions. The wrong and injustice done
on Lanai w. NJ. Gibson is responsible for
and not his underpaid luna, Morehead,
with his pitiful salary of twenty five dol
lars Aer month. 1t is an old trait of Glib
son'sto throw blame on the shoulders of
those whom he makes his catspaws. 1t is
also an old trait of his to act oVerbearingly
and with injustice to every one who will
not follow his dictates We see this in
Honolulu, where public opinion can be
readily voiced; how much more overbear-
ing he must be in Lanai, little island
which has infrequent communication with
the rest of our island world and to which
hardly visitor goes.
Looking over the evidence for the de
tense, one must agree with the committee,
the trustworthiness of the evidence of
Morehead and W. NJ Gibson, is to be
doubted from first to last. Indeed the
committee use stronger language and say
that, when Morehead received five cases
of gin for election purposes, and stated
that he knew not who sent them, lit is
simply evasion. Your committee cannot
believe that this is the truth, because it is |
evidently lie"
And this Mr.. Gibson who has oppressed |
the native Hawaiian, is the man who has
stood up again and again and proclaimed |
himself the champion of the Hawaiian |
race, the lover of the Hawaiian people. |
Mere words, the empty froth which can |
this man must be judged, but by deeds.
His deeds through his agents have been |
Infamous. He has attempted and largely |
succeeded in his attempt of bribing the |
Hawaiian voter. He has therefore, DELHI |
erately and knowingly, gone to work to
corrupt the people whom he processes to |
desire to raise. He has on the other hand |
allowed men, who showed particle of |
nanIlness 10 De systematically Ill treated, |
thus emphasizing his desire for corrupt
ion.
Surely the mask must drop now, surely |
it must be plain to all that Gibson's love
for the dear people" is sham Lepers
may rot on Molokai; they are out of the
way what matter. Men on Lanai may be
long as no one knows, all
right. The one and only thing he cares
for is self and family. Truly he is a great |
patriot, he has grown sleek in Office, has
built houses and acquired long and valu
able leases. Indeed patriot. Not hanger
on of his but has been enriched from the
public treasure. Look round and count
how many true Hawaiians he has helped
forward and echo will have to answer, how
many? for no satisfactory reply can be
made.
Away then, with this bubble of love
for the Hawaiian, and let Walter Murray
Gibson stand confessed as man who is
The oppressor not the lover of the Hawai-
ian, the cajoler and the fraud, not the
straightforward patriot.
IN THE LOBBY.