The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-12-30
SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1893
THE CLOSING YEAR.

wish all our friends and patrons hap
piness and prosperity for the APP
preaching new year.
Both at home and abroad the year
that is fast ebbing away has been
notable in many respects There is
no need now to trouble our readers
with any detailed retrospective re-
marks as to Hawaiian affairs for the
year. There has been little to say on
this subject during the year that was
not ret respective. Everything in our
condition harks back to the events in
connection with tho overthrow of
Hawaii's time-honored political in
stitutions, coupled with the attempt
to destroy forever Hawaii's happily
independent existence for fifty years.
Suffice it to say now that the friends
of national independence look for
ward with reasonable hopefulness to
the coming year. They depended
on the traditional justice of the
United States and her magnanimity
to weak nations, to right what they
believe to have been grievous
wrong done by the representatives
of that nation to this country.
Their confidence has proved abund-
antly, SO far as the Executive Of that
nation is concerned, to have been
we'll placed, Appearances are that
Congress will have proved equally
worthy of their trust. They have
in the meantime reason to be proud
of the dignified bearing and discreet
conduct of the Hawaiian people in
all these months that they have
been ruled by force bought with the
forcefully attached revenues of the
deposed Queen and her country.
Despite the ever pressing political
excitement, private business interests
in these islands have been wonder
fully prosperous. Failures have been
less frequent, if we mistake not,
than in many previous years when
political matters were comparatively
quiescent. An increase in the price
Of sugar which ruled for awhile
made the balance of trade always
on our side all the richer. The year
mas seen the starting of a new line
of fine steamships across the Pacific
between Australia and North Ame-
rica with Honolulu as calling port.
Outside of considerable street and
sidewalk improvement, little has
been done in public works. The
military government is too expen,
sivc to leave much for permanent
improvements. That the country
still lives as we'll as it does under its
unwonted burdens only proves the
great vitality of its resources.
Abroad the great event of the
year has been the Worlds Fair at
Chicago, in commemoration Of the
four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of America by christopher
Columbus. All nations met there tc
show their choicest products and tt
do honor both to the United State!
and the cnterprising young gian
city of the prairies. 1t was far anc
away the greatest international ex
hibition ever held.
There have been great events il
international politics. Greatest ha
been the settlement of tho Behrin.
sea disputes between Great Britain
and the United States by peaceful
arbitration and on terms mutual,
satisfactory. It is another Of a series
of such noble object lessons to th'
world. An alliance between tn
Empire Of Russia and the Republi
Of France as an offset to the Tripl
Alliance Of Germany, Austria ant
italy with Great Britain supposed
~ in harmony Herewith, seems t.
have been effected.
Central and South America hav
produced little but wars and runor
of wars, and IL desperate internecin
strife is still raging in the new re
public of Brazil with doubtful is
sues. Gladstone's measure of HON
rule for Ireland triumphed in tn
peoples House of Parliament, onl
to be rejected as expected by tn
House of Lords. This event marx
an advanced stage in the long -pent
ing struggle, which may eventual
yet in local self-government for eac
great division of the United King
dom.
In the United States Presidel
Cleveland's accession 10 power Wa
promptly followed by his pressin
through Congress Il heroic measul
Of relief from u bad currency situ
tion. He and his party have sti
their election pledges of tariff n
form to carry out, and they hay
shown they will not tarry in til
effort. The Hawaiian question the
also have, but il is one arisen ont {