The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-05-18
NORDHOFF'S LETTER.
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of one member Of the Committee of
Safety, who denies having signed
the petition, and two physicians be-
cause several Others of the profess
sion ought to be with them in such
a list.-EDIToR BULLETIN.
sHREwD LOTTERY MEN.
tits not necessary to give more
names. a good many retail NOR
chants, grocers, clothing sellers, &c,
are on the lottery petitions, and |
am told the labor union men, now
all annexationists, went in almost in
a body for the lottery, as well as
most of the members of the present
Provisional Assembly.
Of course there is a reason for
this. Times are hard here just now.
[ have seen white men sweeping the
streets. The lottery men we're adroit
enough to offer half a million dol
lars for the franchise, to be spent on
public works of different kinds.
Half a million to be spent by the
government on public works wakes
up contractors and jobbers even in
New York, let alone in a little hole
like this, where it would make a
new boom. So they all piled in
their signatures and began to jingle
the prospective dollars in their
pockets. If the Queen had held out
against the lottery bill probably
these petitioners would have cried
out for annexation on the ground
that she had no regard for the well
fare of the people.
But what becomes of Minister
Stevens "unscrupulous adventur-
ers around the Queenp His own
friends and allies are the ones he
ought, in honesty. to have denounc-
ed. You will understand, of course.
that the heads Of the large business
houses did not sign these petitions.
NoBoDIEs ON THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
One would think that only the
most prominent citizens would form
themselves into committee Of
safety, but this committee of safety
consisted of three clerks, one well
borer, one tinsmith, one stranger,
who had been in the country only
eight months; one small grocer, one
coppersmith, one, or perhaps more,
signers of the lottery petition. In
fact, there were, so far as [ can dis
cover, but two prominent citizens
on it.
1t was not until the very day on
which the provisional government
was declared, and the day after
Minister Stevens had landed troops
that Mr.. Dole came into the move,
ment and took the Presidency. His
accession was important and vital tc
the conspirators because he is re,
spected as an honorable and up,
right, though not a strong man.
The Queen herself seems to have
this opinion of him and of the equal
ly respectable Vice President of the
provisional government, Mr.. Damon
| spoke with hor lately about IN,
deadlock which exists and asked he
if there were any of the provisional
party whom she would see if occa
sion would offer, to ask them to hell
form a Ministry in constitutional
way. She replied that she would b,
ready to see Mr.. Dole and Mr.. Da
mon. This was as creditable to he,
as to them.
ought to say, also, that when, OF
the recognition by Minister Steven
of the provisional government, tn,
annexationists fastened to hois
American flags the respectable larg
business houses refused to do this
Mr.. Irwin, the resident partner o
Spreckels ~ Co, being asked to hois
an American flag, refused with con
tempt. Hackfeld ~ Co., Brewer (
Co. and many other really substan
tial houses in like manner refused
but | believe almost every man VIII
signed the lottery petition hoiste'
an American flag. These, are all, O
with few exceptions, now annexa
tionists.
ANXIOUS FOR AN AMICABLE SETTLEMENT
1t is not possible to say precisel
what will happen, but the desire 70
some amicable settlement increase
in the business community, and onl
the hope of annexation, fomente
and kept alive by Minister Steven
and by the uncertain attitude Of til
United States, | am convinced, pre-
vents settlement.
The provisional government, Will
it enacts laws and conrers olfc,
upon its adhereuts, and is, in fact,
very petty oligarchy, still openl
processes to exist onl y to secure al
nexation. In its earliest proclam
ton it declared itself established 81
exist until terms of union with ii
United States are agreed upon
That was in January. The Adve
tiser, its ablest mouthpiece, declare
a week ago.
"The obligation of every perm
ncnt government to assume a pop
, lar form is, of course obvious, bl
the provisional government is not
permanent government 1t simp
furnishes a modus vivendi and a,
ministers affairs until Hawaii sha
become Il part of the United State
The end and aim of its existence
to secure annexation
On the same day the Nice-Pres
dent of the provisional government
Directing to certain promised Icgi
lation, said in the official meetin
, SIT should be known to the Unit,
States that the provisional Cover
, ment does not care to maintain tso
, for any other purpose than the secu
ing of annexation to the Unite
; States" and he, wisely as | thin
| urged that the decision Of the Unit
/ States should be FASTENED if pos
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