The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-23

Friend. the Saturday Press and the
Hascafian Gazette. have Landed will
high plaudation the success of the
bloodless revolution and rebellions
scheme of inaugurated by the Re
form Party during that period. Il
was simply owing to discipline and
obedience to orders. In absence OF
a "Riot Act" being publicly read
nor Martial Law proclaimed, to
warrant an active demonstration on
their part, but in strict obedience to
the Constitution and to the Laws of
the land, to the Commands and
Rules and Regulations of Military
Law as prescribed in every well reg
ulated military organization of all
civilized nations, and community in
the world, no blood; Yea! not even
one jot or little of blood was shed.
Verify! VERIFY! This bloodless
revolution, has been tenaciously
claimed as a grand and glorious VIC
tory gained by the Honolulu Rifles,
the Boys in Blue" and for the Re
form Party in particular. 81
Now that the scene has changed,
a proper vindication of the character
of the officers of the Guards with
their men should be at once recog-
nized. that aspersion should not be
cast against them for doing their
duty.
I would then suggest and propose
in order that the expenses of the
organization of the military, be not
felt by the general revenue of the
government, it would be well for the
Government to monopolize the man
ufacturlng and selling of liquors,
the licensing of opium and ava; by
thus with holding the franchise in
its own name and power, the evils
deriving from such source will
surely be diminished. It will not
only be source Of revenue to the
Government, but great prevention
of evils which up to date, have not
in the least diminished, nor abated.
The strict observance of law, regu-
lation and discipline by the officers
the Guards and the Native Ha-
waiian Volunteer soldiers, have not
been properly understood by the
foreign community nor the country
at large, why the bloodless revolu
ton succeeded and to their credit
then, must be attributed in great
measure. Why the musket, guns
and munitions Of war was silenced?
Not because, they were afraid to use
them on account of the Honolulu
Rifles, or the foreign mob outside of
them, but because they knew the
law and shooting thereof without
authority and justification of law,
that it was criminal to do so. They
stuck to their duty and discipline
and saved not only themselves of
being implicated as murderers, but
saved life, property, plumber and
every accesses that would have been
done under the Holy Name of Crime.
The Hawaiian soldiers have prove
themselves beyond reproach, and the
Government and the people at large
can now surely trust the officers of
the natives soldiers and population
are capable to fill honorable and re-
sponsible positions. This single in
stance alone have proven beyond
doubt, their trustworthiness. They
have proven, they have done their
duty as well as any soldiers under
similar organization of any civilized
country in the world. It is also
proven, they are thorough amend
able to law, order and military disci-
pline.
This splendid corps of able bodied
men, styled the Honolulu Rifles, at
the onset behave well and remained
in strict obedience to military rules,
and carried out the order issued
from the Headquarters of His Elk.
Hon. A. Rosa, the Commander-in-
Chief and Governor of Oahu, on
Thursday, the Both of June, 1887;
but less military cast by their spon-
taneous turn out on Friday, the LIST
of July, without orders to seize
some arms from Australia consigned
to- G.. W. Macfarlane & Co., which
turned out afterwards to be ship
ment of rice bird guns. On the
occasion of the LIST of July, they
were marching with arms through
the streets of Honolulu, fufing here
and fufing there, and fiufing every
where, without orders and discipline,
threatening every d-m Kanaka and |
that dared to be insolent, lnsulted |
the British Commissioner and other |
Foreign Representatives, and Lord
knows what else they would have
done. It would here be observed.
To the credit of the native Hawaiian
soldiers the native population and
the Chinese, they restrained from
any excuses, and thus saved life
and property, which would other
wise have been a most fatal conse-
quences to the foreign community of
Honolulu. Indeed, / would not
have mention of the lawlessness that
prevailed and the Knocked arrests
and arrest and threats to hang the
late poor Mr.. Gibson, an object of
narcooution which the hiph Courts