The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-19
FULL TEXT OF A MUCH
MOOTED DOCUMENT.
No Compromising Sentiments
ReveaIed-A Letter Which
Has Been Misrep-
resented.
From the Hawaiian Star

The letter from Hon. L. a.
Thurston to John F. Colburn was
brief and without compromising
sentiments. In it Mr.. Thurston
RETAINED from giving his political
views but referred Mr.. Colburn to
another letter which he had adj
dressed to Antoine Rosa and of
which the following is a copy.
The Star readers will see that the
letter does not bear out the inter-
probation which royalist leaders
have placed upon it:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. IS, 1898.
HoN. ANTOINE Rosa,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
FRIEND Rosa Yours of March 1st is
| duly at hand. l am very sorry that the
band boys have taken the course which
| they have. It is certain that they cam
| not get work enough in Honolulu to sup
| port themselves from the receipts of an
| independent band las there are not people
enough there who could afford to pay for
band OF that size to give the boys
| living
With regard to my taking charge of
them in Chicago, thank you for the in
terest you have taken in the matter and
their confidence in me, but for several
reasons 1 would be unable to do it. In
the first place the expenses of so large a
number of men are very heavy, and it is
only by a systematic arrangement that
the business part of the trip could be
made success. This would require the
| laying out of a regular series of enter
tainments, with detail arrangements
with theatres, fair, etc. This time /
cannot possibly give to them, as my
own business at Chicago will necessarily
take great deal of time. In the second
place, should not think of such a thing
as undertaking to engineer such a COM
bination as the Hawaiian band without
a thoroughly competent musical leader
such as Berger. l think they will make
great mistake ii they go on there under
| the leadership of the Manila man that
you speak OF, or any OF their own num-
Der. 1t requires something besides the
| ability to blow in the end OF a trumpet
how rapidly the band has always deteri-
course, there are other men in the world
just as good as Berger, but the bows are
peculiar lot, and know OF no one who
has been able to handle them or get
music out OF them as he has should
therefore very seriously doubt, the adgi-
sibility OF their going at all unless they
can get him as a leader. / hope that
something can be done by which their
differences with Berger and the Govern
ment can be fixed up, so that they can
go to Chicago, as / think their presence
there would be of great benefit to Ha-
waii. You can tell any OF those gent e.
men in Honolulu, who you say are inter-
esting themselves to keep the band out
OF my control that they need not worry
| themselves any longer about it. II the
band comes to Chicago, / will do every
thing in my power to assist them and
forward their interests and shall be glad
to employ them during part of the lime
to play at the Volcano Building; further
than this l have no desire nor intention
to have anything to do with or any con-
troll over them, although / presume this
will be difficult for some of our peanut
souled friends who cannot imagine any
one doing anything except for private
gain, to understand.
am glad that you have succeeded in
settling up the Aylett suit with the
Bishop estate. / will write to w. O.
Smith to represent me in the matter, as
the probability is that L will be unable
to come back until after the opening oil
the Fair, and after that my movements
are uncertain.
You say that you hope that we will do
| what is fair for all of you here. You
ought to know by this time that we de.
sire nothing else. l think, Rosa, that
you have got an opportunity now to take
a stand that will not only be beneficial
to yourself, but in the highest degree
beneficial to your people. 1 desire to
say few words to you on the subject
knowing that from your superior educa.
ton and associations you can appreciate
the logic OF events, and what the future
il likely to bring forth as very few OF
those who look to you for guidance and
as a leader can. What is done within
the next month Or two is going to affect
the future of Hawaii for great MANY
years. A vast number of the natives
will look to you and Colburn and a few
others for their opinions and informa-
tion and whether you take a narrow
view Of matters or a broad one is going
to be a radical factor in the settlement
OF the question at issue. There are sew
eral things which are settled and deter
mined, and if we all recognize them and
act upon that basis the results will ne.
cessarily ba very different from what
they otherwise will be. One of these
certs.lnties is that the monarchy is pan.
The Queen and her partizans NAV not
appreciate this, and will probably con-
tlnue to labor under the delusion that
there is possibility OF her restoration
I. III. Davies is over here now, maun-
dering about the restoration OF Kaiulani
but there is no more possibility of it than
there IS OF the restoration OF Dom Pedro
to Brazil. It is a simple waste of energy
on the part OF anybody to spend their
time in attempting to restore what has
fallen through its own weakness. Neu
man recognizes this condition fully here
and Is now combining his fight to get as
much money as he can oct OF it for the
Queen. The question for you and me
and the others of us who expect to con-
tinue to live in Hawaii TO consider is.
what is coming next ? If the native
leaders hang back in a sullen way
and oppose annexation, tooth and
toe nail, itlmay very likely have some
influence Upon the immediate adoption
OF an Annexation Treaty 1t will only
cause delay, however. but cannot inter
/ fere with ultimate annexation. 1t will
also generate much ill-feeling and per.
J petuate differences of opinion on race
lines, which of all things is the one
which we ought to do the most to dis
courage. AS 1 said, the most that OBJ
position to annexation will succeed in
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