The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-11

the most radical way. and INDUCING IN con
tinual yituperation Of the Queen. puphsnine
most scurrillous statements respecting mel
personal character
JK, KauIia ia what is known in the United
States rs q ward striker He 10 a police court
lawyer and lately acted as chief waiter In
restaurant conducted by Cummtns. HIS ser
vices can be had by anybody at any time ior
| So or SO day.
| John NJ. Knnenkua, another OF the WORTHLESS
whose photograph accompanies Mr.. NordhoTs
| certificate OF good character. Is n drunken
loafcr. Last January he was cited before the
| Supreme Court for having forged subpoena
to get q member Of the Legislature out OF the
| House when tho famous Lottery bill was up
| for action. to prevent him from voting
| against It.
John l.. Kaulukuo lie another professional
| politician who has in turn belonged to all PAR
tics and beon repud!ated BY them all lie was
q chronic applicant for office under tho mon
archy. and at ono time held the office OF Tax
Collector. in which position no defauted for
few hundreds OF dollars. His bondsmen made
IN the difference.
j. X. Merseburg 10 the son-in-law OF J. A
Cummins. and member OF his family.
A. X. Palehaluhi is n bankrupt retail liquor
dealer. He was recently closed out OF busi-
ness. and is man Of no property whatever.
J. W. Blplknne is a hack driver. In the last
election campaign In Honolulu he was notori-
Gus for his donunciation Of the whites on gen
eral principles
Joseph Nowahi is q native lawyer who Tor
years has made himself prominent In season
and out OF season. 90 q hater Of tho whites Ho
worked and voted against the reciprocity
treaty Of 1870. claiming that 1t was simply a
scheme Of the white people to defraud the
Hawaiians. He was a member OF the last
Legislature. and an ardent advocate OF the
Lottery and Opium bills.
II. &. Swlnton Is half-cast OF English pa
rentage. He was an overseer under the royal
Government at salary Of $75 per month. He
Is now out OF Job.
John Prendergast Is q man whose standing
in tho community can be gathered from the
fact that he was q messenger boy to the last
Legislature at q salary Of So a day.
Such are the records Of the gentlemen pa
raded by tho Herald In support OF Mr.. Nord-
hoffs reputation for truth.
Apropos OF the ment made by Mr.. Nord-
hoff that the organization presenting him with
the memorial represented the entire Hawaiian
population. and that the support OF the pro-
visional Government was centred In Homo
lulu alone. and that on the other islands the
population was practically unanimous In
support OF the Queens Government an
analysis OF the membership OF the Annexation
Club made up on the 18th OF June last shows
that there were 1,O75 native Hawaiian mem
bers OF the club. as against 1.0e5 American
members: that there were on the island OF
Hawaii 1910 members. on the three smaller
islands OF Maui. Molokai. and Lanai 705
and on the island OF Kauai |
531 members. making total membership Of |
8. 432. Since that date the total mem bership |
has increased to over 5000. most OF the in |
crease being among native Hawaiians. many |
Of whom had been deferred from joining tho |
club owing to the constant reiteration OF
The royallsts that Mr.. Blount would.
within few days. restore the Queen. and /
upon such restoration any one who had
favored the provisional Government or an.
nexation would be made to suffer therefor.
this continually reiterated threat does not
the natives are losing faith In IL
and rapidly joining tho Annexation Club
Tho following is full statement OK the nom.
oership OF the Annexation Club: