The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-12-17
OUR AMERICAN BUDGET.
Correspondence of the BULLETIN.

scented at the Pan-American Con-
gress before its close. This may or
may not be an empty compile
ment, but should Hawaii send i
delegate to The Congress of Amcri-
can nations it will be All act of grave
political significance on its part. BY
so doing Hawaii will formally place
itself upon record before the world
as n unit or part OF the American
system. 1t is now the only really
Independent powerin the Pacific. It's
independence has been guaranteedby
England and France, and recogniz-
ed and acknowledged by all other
powers. Should it send q repre-
sentative to the Pan-American Con-
grcss it will declare officially that it
desires to be regarded as an Ameri-
can nationality; that it will hence
forth lean upon America for sup
port and protection; and that it is
prepared to follow the destinies of
the peoples of the great Western
Continent, and shape its policy in
accordance with their wishes.
1t is for the Hawaiian people, or
for those who speak and act for
them, to determine whether they arc
prepared to assume this response
biiity at the present time, or whe-
Their they will rest content with their
distinct national status, and wait to
see what will come out of this at
tempted fusion of the Anglo-Saxon
and mixed Indian and Latin races
of Northern, Central and South
America. There is nothing to be
gained by haste and perhaps some
thing to lose, shoulda uniform tariff
and currency be adopted. But
should the Pan-American Congress
turn out lzzle, there would be no
credit to Hawaii by participating in
it.
"The rain it raineth every day, )"
and people are beginning TO think
they have had enough moisture.
The streets are in shocking condi-
ton, but reports from the rural dis
tricts are very satisfactory and give
promise of an abundant crop. Wine
makers are delighted at the striking
advance in prices, and an impetus
has thus been given to viticulture
and fruit farming. Mr.. Camarinos,
who was recently at Mexico, and
imported thence large supply of
fruit, says he has sent several thou
sand shoots of pineapple to the ISL
ands of superior variety to be cul-
tivated there. The islands pine
apples are greatly inferior to the
Mexican fruit.
Sugar Trust certificates sold down
to gu on Wall street, Nov. 29th,
and have only made q feeble rally
since. The cliques are finding it
very hard work, New York finan-
cial paper remarks, to make mar
ket on which TO sell out. He is q
lucky man who got out above par.
The Stock Exchange poet had bad
attack of the divine aliiatus, and to
relieve himself contributed the fol-
lowing to the Wall Street Daily
| News of that date:
| A Little Trust in Chicago grew.
Listen to my tale of woe.
| They told us to buy was II good thing
| to do,
Listen to my tale of woe.
So New York bought and Chicago sold,
| Listen to my tale of woe.
! And the same old story again was told,
listen to my tale of woe.
| CHORUS.
Cotton Oil, Sugar and National Lead,
| And Chicago Gas have swc!led my head.
Like McGinty. they sunk like n lump Of
| lead.
Listen to my tale Of woe.
We have pretty solid judicial
scandal in San Francisco at present.
The Supreme Court, by majority
of one, reversed its decision in the
celebrated Jessup case, under which
Richard Page Jessup took several
hundred thousand dollars. He was
an illegitimate son, and the Supreme
Court, on July last, decided that his
father had made sufficient acknOw-
ledgment of him in his lifetime 10
satisfy the requirements of the
Code. This decision knocked ont
the Syndicate Of Blythe heirs, SO To
speak, and they openly boosted that
they would get it set aside. A mo-
ton for re-hearing was made and
granted, and On Nov. 30th the SUI
prcme Court stultihed itself by re-
versing its decision without argu-
ment or title of fresh evidence or
new facts. Judge Sharpenstein
changed his opinion, and with Judge
Fox, new justice, made up the
majority. The Chronicle accused
Sharpenstein of corruption, and
other papers said if he was not COR
rupt he was crazy as Judge Shat
ter had charged. Anyhow, Jes-
sup's counsel have made an applica-
ton to declare all the proceedings
subsequent to the date of the first
decision null and veid, as being con-
trary to the Constitution and Civil
Code. 1t is believed they will sue
coed, as the order for re-hearing,
which should be signed by FIVE JUS
tees, was not signed at all. The
new motion comes up for hearing on
the 9th instant,
The Presidents message recon-
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