The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-08-23
(Continued from ISt Pages

ance to the sovereign who saw moth
ing but constant squabblca Finally
a good ministry was obtained, but,
unfortunately For that ministry, the
lessons taught in the ear licr part of
the session had their influence, and
this ministry was turned out and
another one appointed. For this
the Queen may he blamed, but after
all was it not politically just retri-
bution2
The crisis arrived on Saturday,
January ii, immediately after the
propagation of the Legislature, when
a dcputation of natives representing
cert ainly a large number of native
voters. presented the Queen with a
petition asking for a new constitu-
ton, This she was willing to grant,
but her ministers refused their con
sent, and that ended it, the Queen
going to the stairs of the palace, aud
telling the natives it could not be
for the present. They all departed
peacefully and Except in one in
stance, where few natives and half
whites talked rather violently and
did not take kindly to the disap-
pointmenD there has been no evil
dence or attempt under all these
troubles TO create any disturbance
I to this day, and so firm is the native
trust in justice of their cause, | know
it would be utterly impossible to
raise any trouble, never mind how
great the insult offered them by any
! of the creatures of the present
| Government.
On Monday, the 10th January, a
mass meeting was held by the Amer
lean party which was probably at
tended by most Of the white persons
resident in Honolulu. That meeting
was called to afford strength to the
Committee OF Safety toward good
government. No such word as de-
thronemeut of the Queen or annex
alton was newfoundland | am GER
tain that had they been mentioned
half those present would have cried
halt at such extremes. On Tues
day the Provisional Government pro-
claimed itself for the express pur-
pose OF securing closer relations
with the United States, i. e. annexa.
ton.
At this time let 1t be borne in
mind that the Queens Government
was strong III the possession Of all
the accoutrements of war and was
well able to suppress any riot which
took place, and had it not been for
the doublc-faced dealing of Minister
Stevens. who never acted faithfully
his part as Minister to a friendly
court, Her Majesty never would have
surrendered. Feeling convinced that
American troops would interfere she
surrendered to the United States
under protest, and that protest is
Endorsed as being received by the
present head Of the Provisional
Government.
No, sir. we do not want anneXa-
tion-on purely American principles
| object TO it and hundreds more
white voters besides, and as for the
natives, they alone would defeat any
such step by an immense majority.
The question arises, by what right
can persons claiming to be Ameri-
cans, either born here or who come
here for the purposes of trade, ex-
pect to coerce the home Govern.
ment into following their dictum?
A word on the shameless letters
which have gone abroad from the
pen Of a so-called Christian minister
vilifying the Queen, for nothing
more than. political gain. He could
not produce q scintilla of evidence
i'll support of his charges.
We cannot measure natives by
ourselves, and well in some instances
we can not, for when it comes tc
generosity and true patriotism we
should be found egregiously want
ing.
Just another word with regard tc
the Lottery bill which has been useC
as condemnatory of the Queens acts
1t is q fact that despite all efforts tc
prevent it, thousands of dollar.
yearly go from these islands to tn,
Louisiana Lottery, and it was rea
sonable to try and keep it here. Nc
such thought as unlriendliness to
wards friendly country could have
entered the minds of the promoters
So also with regard to the Opium
law; granting several licenses a,
public auction was fairly and reason
ably canvassed long before ever the
measure was submitted to the Legis
lature. 1t has been found practically
impossible to prevent the smuggling
of this internal drug-never mine
what administration is in power
, whoever the Marshal Of the king
dom, whoever the Port Surveyor o.
Customs officers, the nefarious deal
ers in this deadly drug get in thei
deadly work Of bribery until, within
. the last few years, it has been almos
impossible 10 say who was not unde
the influence of the opium ring. Tn,
question of granting licenses unde
proper restrictions was, therefore
serious one, and | claim it mani
testify unjust to say that the Queer
was wrong when she signed the bill
!. Licenses mean an income while at
tempts at prevention mean vast ex
pense and do not prevent, as | an
: well informed, nearly eight tons o
u the stuff coming here ycarly y, no
one-hundredth part Of which i
caught.
s The question is left to the justic
!. of the United States, and in tina