The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-23


the SfAR, 1t was generally supposed
that the matter was settled and at least
| that some removals would be made at
once, but more than a month has
passed and nothing has been done. The
members of the club are getting FESTIVE
and many of them are commencing to
advocate the calling of mass meeting
at once, at which they may give vent to
their dissatisfaction in no uncertain
tones
One of the members interviewed
gave the reporter SO many reasons why
he thought the removals should be
made that he was asked to write them
out for publication. His letter is be.
low:
Mr. EDITORIAL the request of
your representative | hand you here
with what consider few good rea.
sons why certain RoyalIsts now hold
ing office should be dismissed and
their places supplied with men whose
loyalty to the Government cannot be
questioned. In the first place, this
policy is one of self-preservation. The
Government is furnishing Its enemies
with the means Of carrying on con
slant and harassing campaign against
itself. There can be no question that
good deal of the money paid by the
present Government finds its way into
the Golfers of the Bulletin and Holo-
mna, and yet nearly every issue of
these Royaist sheets is filled with
reasonable utterances which, while
condemned by all loyal citizens, are
received by Royalists, as Editor John
stone would say, with silent applause.
The members of the club and loyal
citizens generally are tired of daily see
ing such reasonable expressions as
"The Queen "Her Majesty" etc, in
these papers tired of hearing the mem
bers CT the Hawaiian Government
called set of usurpers, thieves and
scalawags This would not be per-
mitted under similar circumstances by
any other Government in the world,
and |, for one, intend to use what little
influence | have among my brother
members in the club to put stop to it.
l think that it has gone far enough
And the worst of it all is, that these very
papers are kept going by the very men
who should be foremost in suppressing
them.
In common with many other mem
beers of the club l have read in the
STAR of the recent discovery Of the
manufacture of royalist uniforms with
feelings of intense surprise. | am sur
prised that such a thing could take
place under the very nose Of the Gov
eminent, surprised to find that no ar
rests have been made in connection
with it, and more than anxious to know
what the Government is going to do
about it. If the truth were known it
would be very likely found that
some of these very uniforms were
ordered for men now drawing Govern
ment salaries, and that the money to
pay for them comes indirectly from the
Hawaiian treasury. | hope this matter
will be ferreted out and those con-
cerned in it heavily punished.
Again, it is said that the ex-Queen's
band is supported by contributions from
men now drawing salaries from the
Government Although it does not
take much to keep the band going,
somebody must put up even that, and
where does it come fromp The ex-
Queens old gang are, with one or two
exceptions, fiat broke the exceptions
are the ones who never put up their
money FIR such purposes and are now
hugglng what they have got closer to
their bosoms than ever Somebody is
keeping this band in existence, and
believe that the money to do so comes
from the Hawaiian treasury. This
band is and always has been thorn in
the side Of the Government. 1t never
should have been allowed to be re-
organized in the first place, it should
have been promptly squelched after
that scene on the wharf, and it should
be squelched now. 1t is a hotbed of
treason in itself and it draws treason
able element around it every time it
appears in public. And yet the Gov
eminent permits it to exist, and as |
verify believe, pays for its existence.
| While |, in common with the club,
have the highest respect for the ability
and usefulness of our Executive Com
mittee, and believe it at all times acts
fer the best interests of the club, still
cannot help thinking that the time is
ripe for another mass meeting. 1t
would show the full strength and feeling
of the members in this matter and, il
no other good would be accomplished
by its numerical strength alone woulc
lgive our present Government something
which many of US think it sadly needs
viz. a little more backbone