The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-03
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fhe City Editor,
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Hawaii Is All
Right.
los. I. Williams, the CITY
of that enterprisinp daily

San Francisco Examiner ;s
most as busy a man in Honolulu
as In his own city. An ADVERTISER
reporter caught him on the fv
yesterday, and found him discreet
out not altogether uncommunica-
tive. Mr.. Williams is not giving
away any Examiner secrets, but
has some very sound ideas on Ha-
walian affairs which are worth
quoting. The conversation wan
dered from the Behring sea to the
south Pole, and reached the sub
Ject OF Hawaiian stability on the
way:
What do you think about Ha-
wallan politics vs.. Hawaiian invest
ments?" the reporter asked.
Well" said Mr.. Williams. set
thing himself back in his chair
No matter what the Queen NAV
do or what revolution NAV take
place, dollar invested in Homo
lulu is just as safe as a dollar in
vested In Chicago. The Govern
ment here has an ample force to
suppress any revolution of the |
character of the Wilcox movement
The troops and police can take |
care of that. If the European
residents were at any time to feel
1t necessary to force a change in
the Constitution by what would be
considered unconstitutional meth.
DDS, they being the parties
chiefly interested pecuniarily,
would only move in the direction
OF stability, and would take care
that what they did would protect
property. On the other hand"
added Mr.. Williams, 81 consider it
most improbable that there should
be anything of a revolutionary
character. l see no necessity for it,
and find nothing in dispute which
could induce reasonable men to
do any fighting, and affairs are SO
arranged that any emeute of un-
reasonable men wouldn't amount
TO as much as street riot in San
francisco, or labor disturbance
In back alley in Pittsburgh"
What do you say of the present
situation ?" asked the ADVERTISER
man.
The situation Well, so far
as that is concerned, there is an
Irresistible logic about it which
will work itself out. | am, of
course, but casual visitor here"
added Mr.. Williams prudently,
81 and have been Hospitality re-
ceived and entertained by people
who, am informed, are on differ :
ent sides. 1t would be a gross i'm
pertinence in me to discuss Hawai-
ian politics, even if 1 had the dis !,
position to do so, which I haven't. N
But in the $4,000 and more miles
of travelling | have done this year,
[ have not seen any place offering
safer investments to capital than
the portion of the Hawaiian ISL
ands which | have visited. Why,
have seen the time in San Fran
cisco when there was more chance
Of a thousand men being killed in .
twenty-four hours than there is of A
one being killed here in thirty days.
eyes; there is more talk than
light in Hawaii" remarked the re-
porter.
In response to some inquiries as
% his opinion of Hawaiian admin
stration, Mr.. Williams INDUCED
n the luxury of a good-natured
augh at the costliness of it. off
his were French colony" he =
observed, "you would have Marie I
md four or five Commissioners
1ere = unsalaried - a Project of
Police, two Judges, one civil and
,ne criminal, and about 20 gend-
armes, and the whole establish 6
nent would only cost 10000 or u
$4,000 francs year.