The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-18

uOeS uOI take klnulS 10 IueI ulciaIlOn.
One of the combination is reported to
have said: "No one can get along with
Marques. He is like baby and cries if
he can't get everything his own way"
If so, why does Mr.. Henry Waterhouse
not display his appreciation and liberality
by presenting Mr.. Marques with a new
rattle? 1t would please him and keep
him out of mischief
The Opposition seeks to break down
steamer communication with the Coast,
and to deprive native Hawaiian laborers
OF the chance CT earning between $4,000
and $50 900 year at the Oceanic Com
pany's wharves. They are chartering
British ships to carry their sugar to the
Coast, and will compel the United States
Government by their greed to give no
tice of the termination of the Reciprocity
Treaty. This would reduce the price of
sugar 40 per cent, and go far to ruin the
Kingdom. The only chance for the coun-
try is in the utter and hopeless defeat of
the Opposition. Its success at this cleo
ton would be practical declaration by
the voters of hostility to the commercial
interests of the United States. Are the
planters prepared to shoulder this re-
sponsibility to crafty the business rivals
of Colonel Spreckels? And are native
Hawaiians prepared to sacrifice between
$4,000 and 10000 year which they
earn in this city alone through the enter
prise of Colonel Spreckels and his bust
ness associates?
The Bulletin is angry at our playful
allusion to its ecclesiastical proclivities at
time of purely secular agitation, and
retorts upon us that we filled our columns
the same day with disquisition on the
characteristics of Camels." And so in
truth we did, and "A most timely and sug
gestive article it was. Although the
Bulletin fails to see the similarity be-
tween a cancels hump and the ecclesiast-
zeal hump of Apostolic succession, it had
no difficulty in identifying the tramp of
the desert with the Opposition. A
camel does not drink gin neither does the
Opposition wherefore the characteristics
of a camel and the characteristics of the
Opposition are identical. A camel has
hump on its back, 50 has the Opposition
its hump being caused this time by the
Squire Marques straddle-wherefore the
Opposition and a camel are as like as two
peas in pod.
And this calls to mind an amusing
camel story, which likewise has point
for the Opposition. Honolulu once was
the happy possessor of a camel 1t was
sorry looking beast because it was a sick
camel, nigh unto the point of death,
when it was bought by keen-witted
store-keeper, who stalled it in his back
yard, and resolved that it should pay its
board while it lived by increasing his
business. Accordingly he advertised
extensively among the natives that any
one buying one dollars worth of goods
at his store could get sight of the
camel free. The hump drew, and rush
ing business was done until the camel
died. Now, would it not be good idea
for Messrs Warehouse and Carter to
buy camel between them and start
campaign show. 1t would be talking
cry: "Vote the Opposition ticket and
see the camel free" We charge them
nothing for the suggestion. Indeed, it
is borrowed as it were, the original idea
being Opposition copyright.
The Maunakea Street Independent
Oppositionist party has already arranged
its Ministry. Following is the cast of
the new political piece: u. Y. .Squires,
Premier and Minister for Foreign At
fairs; L. A. ThurstOn, Minister of the
Interior; A. Marques, Minister of FL
nance; E. fl. Ward, Attorney General.
1t is expected that this Ministry would
restore confidence, and guarantee
healthy public opinion. Public credit
would be strengthened at home and
abroad. Such is the Government the
Independent Opposition has prepared for
the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The political tramps" returned by
the Kinau yesterday. If they would
only confess the truth they might tell
very interesting story about the effect of
Opposition gin from their start on board
the Lehua till their departure from
Lahaina We are in full possession of
the facts, but would prefer confession
from the camelites, if We may be per
mitted to use this word in relation to the
Lahaina pilgrims.
The raid upon Maui by the political
tramps" did not ''pan out we'll" In the
language of the profane, it was ga fizzle."
Their plans were cunningly laid, but
they were frustrated. Landing Mr.. A. c.
Smith at Lahaina his three compatriots
proceeded to Waikiki, where they re-
tailed the "stock lies of the Opposition
company, and then, by flank move
ment by way of Kaanapali, swooped
down upon Lahania on Friday last,
where the ground was being prepared for