The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-09-05
j. F. SMITH ANSWERS p. @.
JONES, ESQ.

JlGmSnJ OF llll5 SCGlHluH NllnCNltN
and an expression Of admiration 10
Mr.. Jones, Tor his bold thoughts on
this subject.
His opinions are based ON moral
ity, and they are right and just.
Mine will he argued from the stand
point OF self.preservation, and might
also carry weight.
The question then arises, Is this
an issue of morality or seIf-prescrva-
ton. If of morality, permit me to
present the cake of plenty to Mr..
Jones for his success; if self-pre-
servaton, allow me to ask the cham
pion of morals to hire his man and
pass the confectionery this way.
was Intimately associated with
the Anti-Chinese League, hence |
take great pleasure in refuting all
accusations against this association,
such rs being sandlotters, dcma-
gogues or agitators of unreasona-
bic measures concerning the control
of the Cinnamon present, and res
friction of those to come. Every
request of this body of honest aud
suffering men was just, was manly,
was noble in its fairness and had tie
stamp of equal dealing upon it. If
it had not, | for one would have re-
signed from it long ago.
Every evil has its cause, and if we
get to the root we are bound to find
u remedy. The laborer accuses the
mechanic, the latter in his turn puts
the blame upon the retailer, the re-
taller upon the wholesaler, he upon
the Planter, and John f. Smith
comes along and blames the Govern
ment for all. 1t is not the admins
tration of to-day alone, but it is the
shortsighted, selfish rule of years
ago which l am sorry to say also
holds sway to-day.
We are told continually that the
Chinese question is difficult. l say
it is not; and for one will aver,
that if man tells me so, he is either
an idiot or designing man, who
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than the welfare of his country.
There are hundreds of things
which we may do to protect our
selves against the gentlemen" who
were imported to strip cane. But
we are divided. One half cries for
restriction, the other half dare not
say what they want, and the Gov
crnment stands by and does nothing.
Here is where the difficulty lies.
Restriction is very good, but before
we grapple with the tail Of this
monster, let us be masters Of our
own country and those who live
among us.
The licence law forthis latter pur-
pose, was introduced. 1t is simply
nonsense. A registration law would
have been far more effective. Surely
the greatest champion of Cinnamon
would not deny the right of the
Government to know who is or who
is not in our country. Surely Mr.
Young nor Mr.. Jones himself will re-
fute the legitimacy OF the police OF
Hawaii to have Mt their fingers ends
q knowledge of the existence and
whereabouts of every subject in it,
the gentlemen of the canelields in.
clud=d.
Three ships come here in success
sion, dump cargo OF Chinese
"gentlemen" among us. In 6
week after the dumping process We
inquire of the government officials
how many are employed, how many
unemployed, or where they went to
the answer is, "We don't know
Is this as it should be? Is this
right? Let it be understood once TO
all we only want what is right. w
object most strenuously and hop
rightly, against thousands of drone
roaming purposelessly about tin
country and endangering our live
and property. In this l am sure
have the backing of every Chimes
merchant in town, and with this
voice the sentiments of the poor sui
fering people of Hawaii. Where i
your vagrancy act? Where are you
sanitary regulations? A hue and cr
is raised about the pimple of le
prosy, while the fostering cancer {
Chinese vagrancy is threatening t
eXterminate us. Our police force
inadequate to cope with it. Ye
knowing this, instead of enlargin
it, promoting it and putting it on
basis equal to the time of nee
short-sighted selfishness steps il
looks up to Punchbowl, appropriate
money for that. Ramie ventures an
losses of the past the country has I
pay for, while our very lives, OF
very existence is at stake, for I'll
want of an appropriation for an eff
cient police force to assert the law
of the country.
All these remarks are, for want {
space, generalities, but thinkin
men will take meaning out of then
The law of self-preservation wa
never asserted more justly, NOR
fairly and more manly in all the his
, tory of the Chinese question than
has been in Hawaii. In spite 0
1 this we hear men purporting to hay
a been elected TO this present Legisla
e ture as champions of the laboring
! men, calling us Anti-Chinesp how