The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-08-19
SATURDAY, AUGUST Is, 1898.
THE BOOT ON THE OTHER LEG

The interest created by the STAR ;
announcement that Claus Spreckels
had transferred his property on these
islands to members OF his family is OF a
varied character. One fact particu
larry noted is the abstract Of title n'
which the name Of V. Kamamalu fre
quently appears. This parsonage was
female Ali, one of those original
owners OF the soil from whom SO much
was "wrested" and "plundered' by the
missionary and his political cousin
the annexationist Regarding these
banditti, Mr. Bush recently poured
much complaining into the pleased and
attentive ear of the Sugar King, saying,
among other lugubrious things; "lhey
came, not as you did, with your own
capital, but mostly with absolutely
nothing but their Consummate cheek,
and by preaching and double dealing
they managed to secure from the Ha'
waiian chiefs and overtrusty people all
they began with in life. They were
mostly either preachers or sailors, who
are now posing as American capitalists
and lords Of the soil, claiming the right
10 rule and to dispose of the country.
Said as this was to person who had
been telling how he had ruled tie
country under Kalakaua, and how he
would establish republic here If he
could find a man He could trust, Mr..
Bush's unconscious bumor was very
rich indeed; and now when it is APP
parent that the gentleman addressed
was even then arranging to dispose
of a considerable part of "the country
which an "over.trusty" chieiess had once
owned, the spice of unintentlonaI
burlesque becomes noticeable even to
one who might have been born without
the sense Of taste or the power to de
tect odors.
In Mr.. Spreckels' transfer there are
seven distinct deeds The first covers
Royal Patent 1884, grant to V. X. Ka-
mamau the second mentions Kekua.
naoa, her father the third, fourth, fifth
and seventh date back to KamamaIu
again, and the sixth represents Royal
Patent to one Ahu. If any Of these
people have descendants, direct or col
lateral, on this group, when they pass
their splendid herItages in this city they
must stink along with no sense OF
ownership or right Of possession.
Across the entrance to what Mr. Bush
would presume to call their own" is
the insignia Of the House Of Spreckels
which we, for lack OF definite acquaint
ance with heraldry, shall presume to be-
the composite Of safe, mortgage, a
dollar mark and a mule, the mule
rampant and with his ironshod heels
turned toward a downtrOdden native
who is about 10 set foot on his ancestral
acres.
The STAR by no means assumes that
Nh Spreckels came by his fine posses
sions in a discredtable way but as the
mere fact Of haole ownership Of Ha
walian soil is apt to impress the
Royalist party with the idea Of
land-shar villainy resulting in I'M
earned increment, we cannot help.
inviting Mr.. Bush, as the mon
archist spokesman and commentator
to look into the genesis Of the Spreck'
els Honolulu and Hawaiian estates. We
leave him to ascertain how the case Of
V. Kamamalu, successor to the Prin-
cess Keelikolani, differed from that Of
any other trustful chieiess3 What did
Keelikolani get for her holdings ?
How did she come TO sell them1 What
part did any convenient Hawaiian
dummy have in some Of her transac-
tions2 How did it come about that a
Spreckels rather than a grasping and
covetous missionary now finds himself
able to distribute part Of " Kama
malu's princely domain among the
members of his own family We
pause for reply.
ACCORDING to the morning paper,