The morning call., 1893-01-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Ohio and Michigan in 1887, he returned
| nome In 1883. where he has since followed
the practice of his profession.
| Joseph Marsden is an Englishman by
olrtn, 80 years OF age, resident Of the
islands since 1869, and an engineer by pro-
| fession.
He engaged in the sugar plantation busk
| ness in 1876. in which lie has continued
| ever since, acquiring a competence, now
| being one Of the principal owners in the
| Hon okaa Sugar Company. As representa-
| tive of the Planters Labor and Supply Com.
| pany of Honolulu he was sent as a Commits
sioner to the New Orleans Exposition, and
In 1890 was sent by the same company te
study the labor question in Japan, China
India and Java.
He was elected Noble TO the Hawaiian
Legislature In 1890 and reelected to the
same position for a term of six years in
1892. Mr. Marsden is considered one of the
most representative and infuen tial English
men OF the islands.
The commissioners received their commits
sions on the morning of the 18th Inst. and in
the afternoon sailed from Honolulu on the
steamer Claudine.
1he Commercial Advertiser published an
editorial on the 18th in which it Is said that
the sole purpose for which the commission
to Washington is appointed and sent is to
enter into negotiations for a treaty of union
between Hawaii and the United States
The Advertiser denies that the object of
tie mission is, as had been rumored, the
submission to the arbitrament of the United
States of dispute between the Government
on the one hand and the head of the nation
under the previous form of Government on
the other.
Then this editorial goes on as follows:
There Is only one government here to-day and
that Is the Provisional Government lately estab-
lshed by The citizens This Government has
been recognized by almost all the foreign powers
represented In Honolulu. and II does not and
cannot acknowledge the claims Of any aspirant
whatever TO a throne which no longer exists.
The fact that the former sovereign abdicated
under protest Is not of any consequence. All
sovereigns abdIcate under protest and there ts
no ground for interfering with their enjoyment
OF so empty luxury. The existing govern
ment in Hawaii does not, however derive It's
title from any abdcaton, whether made with a
protest or without. Legally speaking, It's su-
thority comes from the fact that 1t is Ia posses
sion OF the seat Of government ana Is exercising
all the powers Of government. IL Is a govern
ment de jure, because 1t is one de facto
This is the legal aspect Of the case. From the
moral point OF view the Government derives It's
authority fom the fact that the people have
made II, that 1t expresses their protest against
tyranny and their Resumption OF the powers
which are always inherent IN the people The
Government In Hawaii to-day is the successful
assertion by the people OF their right to q voice
In The management Of heir own affairs.
The turn which affairs in Hawaii have taken Is
the necessary consequence OF the course fol
lowed BY the Hawaiian members OF the Legisla-
ture and by the Queen. Hawailans themselves
perceive this TO be the fact. and many OF them
have expressed themselves accordingly. The
evil that men and women do lives long enough
sometimes TO prove Itself a blessing In disguise.
Unless all signs fail the present Will furnish
case In point. II Lorriu A. ThurstOn and hts
colleagues succeed In the mission which they
have undertaken, the day which made that mis-
sion possible should be marked In letters OF gold,
for It will have been day rich Ia blessing to
all classes iu Hawaii.