The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-06-20
the EXAMINER ON HAWAIIAN
AFFAIRS.
EDITOR BuJLErIN:-

difficult to imagine anything more
wildly wide of the truth, more in
sufferably impertinent, than the eff
forts of these knights of the ink-pot.
In these later times there appears in
the San Francisco Examiner letter
signed Fred. Nj. Somers. | have not
the pleasure of knowing Mr.. Somers.
Ii he is as INSCRIPTIONS IN other
matters as he is in things Hawaiian,
| should think him an excellent man
not to know. The unmeasured eff
frontery of speaking of the Queen
and her court as "the dusky Queen
of Hawaii and her opera bouffe
court" Is simply an insult to every
citizen in the country. Who is this
man, Somers, that he should freely
accept the hospitalities of Honolulu
society, and thus speak of our insti
buttons? The indelicacy of his lam
guage will surely mark him rs un-
worthy Of attentions, which, / am
told, he is by no means averse to re-
ceive. The portraits of Wilcox and
V. V. Ashford are said to be those of
the leaders of the native and foreign
revolutionists. Now, to resident
of Honolulu, such a description is
simply ridiculous. Who are the for
eign revolutionists led by V. V. Ash
fordH There may possibly be one or
two of the so-called captains and
specialized loungers who own allie
glance to the lately departed colonel,
but certainly none other. To read
the article of Fred. M. Somers, and
to examine the very warike counter
felt presentiments of these leaders Of
men, one would be disposed to dream
of deeds of heroism, of fighting
against oppression, of
"-some Village Hampden who with
dauntless breast
The petty tyrant of his fields wlthstood.' y
The facts of the case, however, are
far different. They remind one of
the story of the poor little schoolboy
who, when asked by the irascible
schoolmaster, "Who signed the
Magma Charta?" replied in appeal
ing tone, please, sir, it wasn't
me-" So with these warike revo-
lutionists. They held meetings at
night. They induced very simple
minded natives to swear that they
would cut each others threats if they
ever betrayed secrets which they
afterwards swore never existed
they were going to seize the Palace
and the Ministers and the Judiciary.
But-when the arrests were made
"Oh, what a difference in the morn
ing!" They literally whined
"Please, sir, it wasn't me- All
their courage seemed TO have oozed
out of their fingers ends aud when
the redoubtabe V. V. Ashford es,
capped on technicality of evidence,
what did he do? Did he rally his
scattered forces? Did he face the
music? No, sir. He preferred to
stink out, and he skunk, suppose
on the theory and practice that he
that fights and runs away, lives to
fight another day.
Imagine the representative of the
Examiner publishing the views OF
Bush! Surprising a Hawaiian, wish
ing to learn American policy, shoulc
seriously study the views of DR.
O'Donnell in San Francisco, or O
the Chicago Anarchists! 1t would bt
about as wise, Now, sir, is this {
revolution? May these men be
called revolutionists? Ought no
they rather to sing
"Tm Il villain of the deepest die
That is | should like to be-
When the arrest of a dozen men
amongst whom there is only one OF
any ability at all, can com
pletely crush the actions of few
weak-minded malcontents, is it fail
to publish to the world in the col
umns of the Examiner that we hay,
had revolution which badly scaret
the Crown and court of Hawaii
Surely Mr.. Somers is either a weak
minded man, or an unscrupulou
penny-a-liner, high priced at tina
figure.
Every kind of measure has beef
freely discussed during these times
of monetary depression-cheap lab
or, tariff reform, annexation and new
constitution but if Mr.. Somers i'm
AGNES that vote on these island
would lie for annexation with tn,
United States, he is unquestionabl,
in this, as in other matters, lamenta
bly, misinformed. According to IN,
estimate ninety-nine out of ever,
hundred would vote the other way
Mr.. Somers quotes conversation
with Admiral Brown. The Admira
bluntly refused TO discuss the con
troversy between the revoIutionist
and the Government. Will Mr.
Somers have the goodness to formu
late his ideas ofathat controversy
Really l, for one, cannot find GU
what the controversy was, or that Their
was any controversy, unless it aros'
out of the disappointment of some o
the revOlutionists in not obtainin,
office, and they accordingly sal,
"Poor natives!" and revolutionized
But all these men arrested swore tina
they were not revolutionists, but tina
thew were merely seeking their riUht