The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-29
Honesty in Hawaiian Politics.
EDITOR BULLETIN

honesty In haWanan fonVlcs.
EDITOR BULLET1N:-
1t was suggested in a recent edi-
torial in the BULLETIN that the U. S.
Ambassador had probably learned
already of the sham pretence that
the Queens signature to the lottery
bill contributed largely to the ori-
gin of the proceedings of January
14th, 18th; the facts being that a
large proportion of the supporters
of the revolutionary movement, in
cluding the bulk of office-holders
under the new regime, we're among
those who petitioncd the Legislature
for the passage of the said law, or
openly worked for its passage. The
same fraudulent pretence is put
forth i'll regard to many other Acts
whose infamy now apparently APP
pals the missionary oligarchy and
their apologists, but which never
worried them so long as the Queen
land her brother before her) con-
tinued to give the family compact
the offices and government patron
age-including the facilities of the
back kstairs. For instance, what
of the idolatry cry9 Did it
not equally exist in January,
1891, aud thenceforward during all
the time intervening till January,
1882 And although the queen con-
tinued to reappoint the most objec-
tionable ministers, in one cabinet
after another, who in turn were sue
cessively elected from Office by the
combined vote of the so-called Re-
form party with the constitutional
wing of the Liberals, yet the mis-
sionaries, pretending to contend for
the principle" of cabinet repre-
senting the majority, eagerly ac-
cepted coalition, which included
three of their own faction and three
of the members of which could not
be elected to represent any constitu-
ency in the kingdom. By this act of
, political perfdy, the principle so
long and loudly preached by them
was thrown to the dogs in exchange
for possession of the tiesh-pots. Is
, any one so innocent as to believe
that their subsequent wailing and
railing and gnashing of teeth would
ever have occurred if the missionary
cabinet had not been the object Of
an adverse vote of the Legislature
during the last days of the session?
Again, look at the hypocritical
pretence that the Queens signing
the opium bill in any way tended to
the revolt, when nearly every one of
, the present annexation faction then
in the legislature worked and voted
for the bill-while it's chief opposers
were members of the "palace party
!, denominated. "boodlers" by the mis-
,, sionaries. More brazen impudence
is hard to find, unless it be the case
of those "born diplomats" wide
l Starr constituting the Hawaiian an
nexation commission, who made an
,, official tour of the United States
, with the doctrine, "We are deter
l mined to rid ourselves of kanaka
rule nailed to the mast, then re-
turning to Hawaii and starting a
newspaper to try and wheedle their
dear Hawaiian fellow-electors that
they will never, no, never, consent to
l any scheme of annexation which will
deprive the said Hawaiians of their
full civil rights.
I, AS we all know, there is question
of veracity involved as to whether
the new constitution. as proposed
; by Liliuokalani, contained clause
< depriving all but Hawaiian subjects
Il of the franchise; i. e., all who were
e made voters by the constitution OF
i 1887 As the leaders of the late
y movement claim this as one of the
! most atrocious Of all the atrocious
acts which drove them to revolt, LET
e us, for the sake of the argument
admit their claim as to the proposed
II change Then let us turn to the
e proceedings of the previous legisla
ture, and we find that this very same
n party-this family compact who
stand aghast at the iniquity of the
$ Queens proposition in 1892 3-seek
J. ing to accomplish the same result by
!, their work, voices and votes in 1891
: in passing through the house for the
y first time a proposed amendments tc
Articles SO and 62of the Constitution
e of 1887, whereby all bm Hawaiian sub
d jects are to be excluded from the fran
b chise! Leaving out of the question
l. the absolute right or wrong of any
S of these acts, contemplated or ac
complished before January IL, 1893
e were those which we're wrong pre-
l. viously, right subsequently, or vic
!, persa9 And as to our future
IS whether annexation, restoration, 1
3 republic, or political suzerainty
= european or Asiatic)-does it no
now seem clear that whatever impe
diments have been thrown in th'
way of the first. named, since Janu
h airy 18th, have resulted from th
rs laundering of those at the politica
s, helm, whose shilly-shallying and ex
- posed deceits, at home and abroad
- - have made the American people sus
g picious of everything the hand o
the star-chamber touches? And il
this is strong confirmation of thu
'e old adage that honesty is the bes
policy-even in Hawaiian politics.
"a OBSERVER.