The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-07-12
MIR. NEuMANN's APPEAL.

began which has struck profounder
depth in the public mind than the
deliverance of Mr.. Neumann in
Tuesdays issue of the BULLETIN, in
the form Of an open letter to the
President of the Provisional Govern
ment. Mr.. Neumann's sizing up of
the situation as one that involves
serious business damage strikes q
responsive chord in the conscious
ness of every man who has anything
at stake in the country. The condi-
ton of affairs is at once disastrous
and deplorable. Public works are
virtually at standstill, while the
revenues are being wasted on mill
tary establishment.
The money expended on soldiers
and munitions of war would be q
public benefit if used in providing
employment for mechanics and
workingmen who have shared the
fortunes of the state, and helped to
maintain the institutions of civiliza-
ton. Instead of the taxes levied off
the people without representation
being thus utilized for the common
good, they are made to do positive
injury to the material interests of
the community. They are thus in
that their expenditure on mis-
cellaneously collected army has
served to keep in the country host
of stragglers and beached sailors
who otherwise would have relieved
the country of their surplus pres
ence. In short, the children's bread
is being lavished on strangers who
never had heart in the country.
1t is weak plea that is employed
to Offset the protest of the public
we'll voiced by Mr.. Neumann against
Pretorianism, namely, that the money
saved from the civil list of the cap
sized monarchy sutfices to pay for
the military that keeps the Pro-
visional Government in power. This
plea cannot be supported by authen-
tic and honestly compiled figures,
and, even if it could be financially
supported, it does not cover the pro-
tracted humiliation of the country
in being ruled by mercenary bayonets
without the slightest regard to the
will and wishes of the people. From
past experience it is rather too much
to believe that the Government will
be moved by Mr.. Neumann's protest.
They will probably fall back on the
policy that they have ridiculed their
opponents for following, that of
waiting to receive an answer from
the United States. This course in.
deed is foreshadowed by the morn.
ing organ, whose only reply other
wise to Mr.. Neumann is the childish
one, characteristic of that sheet, tha
Mr.. Neumann is lawyer who take
}. fees! 1t is to be asked if the Adver
: tiser ever heard of doctor wht
rendered bill, or of an editor wht
a accepted salary. The course indi
Gated, however, cannot be justified
by the example of the dissidents
More than once the Provisional Gov
ernment has received an emphatic
answer from the United States
Once was when the treaty of Hawai-
ian spoliation was withdrawn from
, the Senate. Another time, when the
United States protectorate was re
moved. Again, when Presiden
Cleveland told Minister Thursto1
that the mutual relations of the two
countries would be governed by th'
| principles of American popular free
dom. On the other hand, the ap
peal of the Hawaiian sovereign ant
people has been as yet only answered
in part, and thus far it has been 81
, satisfactory to them as to encourag
. them to wait patiently for the rest
Their appeal was kindly and cour
: teously received and it's infuenc
4 was the occasion of the answer
o given to the P. G.. An investigation
: of the situation on the islands wa
o set on foot, which in itself is crush
Q ing answer to the provisional
o tender of the country to the Unite
n States.
Mr.. Neumann's appeal, as we tax
it., is based on the perception, con
l. mon to most intelligent men, of tn
II true significance of the attitude {
1t President Cleveland's administr;
r tion toward the Hawaiian question
It as interpreted by the indications r'
e lated in the foregoing paragraph
> Although we do not believe that
is is designed in the political interest
h of the p. g., as appears to be hin
IS ed by valued correspondent els'
r where, Mr.. Neumann's epistle ma