The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-12-29
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FRIDAY, DEC. %, 1893.
HAWAIIAN ANNUAL FOR 1894.

nation which have made it useful |
work of reference tho past nineteen
years. There arc exhaustive trade
statistics and astronomical and mo-
teorological tables. The special ar
ticles comprise constitutional his
tory of Hawaii, by Prof. Alexander;
Fifty Years of Hawaiian CONNER
cial Development" from the Friend;
Features of Hawaiian Climate" by
c. j. Lyons, Government meteorolo-
gist; "Chinese immigration" by w.
H. Wright; "Ancient Hawaiian Wa
ter Rights" by Mrs. Nakuina, Com
missioner of Private Ways and Wa
ter Rights; "Oldtime Hawaiian
Coasting Service" by G.. D. Gilman
of Boston; "Bureau Of Agriculture
and Forestry" editorial; "Diversi
fed Industries" by Jos. Marsden;
"Descriptive Catalogue Of the Post
age Stamps Of Hawaii Sandwich
islands," illustrated, by Walter NJ.
Giffard: Retrospect of the Year"
editorial.
1t is to be regretted that the
editor and compiler could not avoid
making tho present issue strongly
partisan. His "retrospect' is not
that of calm and impartial histo-
rian. 1t reads like summary of
annexation organ editorials, aud
presumes to attack President Cleve-
land with the rancor OF Repub
lican party hack on American soil.
The table showing numbers and
nationality of the Annexation Clubs
membership is unaccompanied by a
statement Of the truth that droves
of school children and ignorant
Portuguese who could not sign their
names, and a motley crowd OF tenn
porary sojourners including marine
deserters aud sailors on vessels with
out domicile here, swell the list
One perusing the Annual abroad
will instinctively turn from the An
nexation Clubs exhibit to the cen.
sus tables, to ascertain the proper
ton of each nationality on the roll
to the number of such in the coun.
try. Such Il reference will show al
glance the dish .nesty of the ex-
hbit. Out OF an American popula-
ton of 1923, including women and
children, in 1890, the Annexation
Club gets 14i9 American members
in 1898, although there is shown ir
the same work an excess Of more
than 200 in departures over arrival
OF foreigners excepting Asiatics il
the interval. Then the reader vii
want to see how the number on the
annexation list compares with thu
number Of voters. He will find tha
there are only 637 Americans regis
tered as voters to the 1I49 registered
asp.edged TO support the cause OF an
nexation, And, even adding all tn
Hawaiian-born foreign voters, 147, t.
the Americans, he will only find
total of 1873, or little over half tn
number Of Americans who are re
corded as working to cede the sovel
eighty Of this country. Mr.. Thrum'
tables thus tell deal Of truth whic
their author never intended. The
reveal the broad general fact that
after the most vigorous and eXhau:
tive canvass Of the whole group, an
the fraudulent roll-stuffing measure
referred to above-tho best the Al
nexation Club can show is a men
bership list of less than half tn
number OF registered voters of tn
islands.
Another political fake prepared fc
the partisan sheets and reproduce
in the Annual is the table of amour
and nationality of investments
plantation and other corporations
the Hawaiian Islands. The fa'
that large proportion Of the co
porations operating here are org
nzed in San Francisco, without IL
nominal capital ever being paid U
by one-half or even less, is spfiiciel
to show the worthlessness Of sue
an exhibit as this one that has bee
SO ostentatiously paraded to exagg
rate for political purposes the Am
rican intaraStS in Hawaiian soil
is really breach of virtually a pu
lie trust that such a work Of refe
ence as the one now reviewed, e
cellent as it is and almost indsper
able in other respects, should
debased to the grade of partisi
campaign document.
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