The morning call., 1893-02-10
A PROTECToRATE ONLY.
That Is What j. e. Bush Says the
HawaiianS Want

That Is What j. L. Bush Says the
iawaiians Want.
j. f. Bush, VINO was at one time men,
Der of the Queens Priyy Council, and
fnil-booded Hawaiian, was among the pas
sengers of the Australia. He is stanch
believer in Hawaii for Hawaiians." and
has great influence with his c0untrymen.
He was the editor Of Ka Leo Ka Lahui.
the principal native paper in the Islands, but
when the revolution occurred the publica-
tion OF his journal was suppressed.
lie was not averse to talking, and de-
nOunced the Provisional Government as
rotten to the core "The cruiser Boston
was sent TO Honolulu in hurry, and why
that WAS done Is more than the Hawaiians
can understand" he continued.
1T was at the request Of the Provisional
Government that the American protsctorate
was established over the islands. The adj
ministrat0n was so incapable that 1t had TO
get the American Government 10 bolster 1t
up ard shield it against its own acts.
Captain Wltse of the Boston evidently
had his instructions aud was ready to act
In a moment When the Queen sought to
promulgate the new constitution the trouble
began, and in few hours the troops were
landed and the palace taken possession Of.
Had it not been for the Queen and few
peace-loving citizens there would have been
conflict that would have resulted seri-
ously. About the palace were over 600
Hawaians well armed, and command
from the Queen would have utterly annihl-
lated the Boston's men.
"The statement that by the new constitu-
ton which the Queen wished promulgated
she would have disfranchised all foreigners
and made the House Of Mobiles nominative
instead Of elective is In no sense true, but.
taking it all round. 1t is lie. AS the law
now stands no Hawaiian can vote for a
member Of the upper house unless he has
an income OF $500 a year and possesses
$4,000 worth of property. Instead of the
foreigners being DISTINGUISHED nine-tenths
of the natives are practically disfranchlsed.
Many of the Hawaiians have an income Of
5000, but very few OF them own $1,000 worth
of property.
"The Queen in the next place did not
want a nOminative House of Mobiles. All
she asked was that she be permitted 10
nominate one-third of the members. or
eight out of the twenty-feur. and that the
other sixteen should be elected by the
people.
The Queen also wanted the constitution
so amended as to give every Hawaiian a
vote, and there is where the biggest rub
came in. The natives outnumber the for
eigners by large majority and In an cleo
tion would defeat the white vote TO an
alarming extent.
What is wanted Is a law that will meet
both sides of the question. Let the Hawai-
ian have his vote and the foreigner his
privileges, but above all, let Hawaii be for
the Hawsiians.
what the Hawaiians want is the res
toraiion OF the old Government under =
American protectorate; but the men who
now compose the Provisional Government
want annexation or nothing.
"Ihe present advisory council. composed
of fourteen gentlemen. do not represent the
sentiment of all the foreigners on the ISL
ands, and on February l the trouble be-
tween them reached a climax. 1t nearly
became a revolution within a revolution,
and had 1t not been for the action Of Mr.
Stevens, the Minister Plenipotentary of
the United States, in declaring an American
prOtectorate over the islands and quelling
the disturbance. the trouble would have
most likely assumed very serious shape.
The Hawaiians had no hand whatever
in the trouble. 1t was purely matter of
the foreigners. and chiefly the Americans
fighting among themselves. The natives
were delighted with the action of Mr. Ste
yens In hosting the American flag. That
was the only thing the American Minister
could have done to save bloodshed, bu: il is
looked upon as only temporary by the ma
tives.
There is o doubt In my mind that Uncle
Sam will straighten out things rs he did for
US on two other occasions, and that Haw ali
will in a short time have her old govern
ment re-establishe under an American
protecterate.
"The Provisional Government took every
advantage of the defenseess position of the
sovereign. They at once established martial
law and endeayored to inspect all letters
passing out Of the kingdom, but this latter
action was sternly opposed by the Post
master-Ge neral, who refused TO allow any
letter intrusted to him for transmission to
be opened. The members OF the Govern
ment also promised to allow the Queens
representatives to come to San Francisco
on the steamer Claudine, but at the last
moment refused her that permission. When
the envOys were refused passage she sent a
long letter to President Harrison explaining
the situation. and that letter must now be
in Washington or in the hands Of the Pro-
visionai Government.
''As far as the Hawaiians are concerned
there will be no trouble In the islands.
III annexation is determined upon by the
United States all well and good, but If the
natives are allowed to express an opiuion
they will, no doubt, ask for q protectorate.
IL reported in my paper the proceedings
Of the meetings Of the Provisional Councils
and criticized one OF their resolutions, that
OF ousting the natives from all voice in the
Government This was, of course, not
favorable to those in power, and they re-
solved to strangle the freedom OF the press.
1t did not take such high-handed Govern
ment long 10 do that They demanded that
/ retract what l had said, and, when | re-
fused, they suppressed my paper. l was
watched, and was not even allowed to ex-
press my views orally. i considered that
the best thing | could do was to go some
where where l could speak, so / came to
America"
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