Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-11-10
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and IS far IN adranoe Of anything
erer done under the monarchy, al
though many thousands Of dollars
tUere Jiennially appropriated and
supposed to hare been spent for IN
crsasing he ,odter supply Of Homo
lulu. les than t,cO years Of Re
publican Good, hare brought The
beginning OF the end IN sight.
Such is the wind up of an edito-
rial in the Star of the 9TH instant.
In spite of repeated warnings,
the Star clique still continues its
contemplate insinuations against
the Monarchy. 1t is time that
such despicable journalism was
sat on and shut up at once. This
continual throwing out Of slurs
on any paltry excuse lis needless.
Is the personnel Of the present
government composed OF those
who are more honest or more yir-
tuous than their predecessors
eau they hold mp their hands
and say I'VE have never sinnedf
Is it not true, that the commit
ment ofladultery and foundations.
opium smuggling, dishonest,
the most wasteful and extrava-
CANT use of the public funds is
now committed2 Yet this is a
republican form of government.
We're not noarly all of the patri-
ots of the last revolution and
therefore supporters Of the pre-
sent form of government, resid-
ing on these islands under the
monarchy
Therefore, as the only govern
ment heretofore, existing in these
islands has been that of a mo-
narchical form, is the monarchy !
to be held responsible for the
following incidents, accidents,
and occurrences! For the birth |
in these islands of member of |
those patriots?
For the acts of fornication, ad- |
ultery, and other ill-behavior in
dulged in and committed by some
of those patriots.
For the ill-behavior of some Of |
the wives and families of those
patriots7
For the actions of the patriots
party cabinets?
For the fraudulent actions of
Legislative members of the patri-
OTIS party2 Let the Star clique
answer those questions before it
again publishes any of its nefari-
Gus insinuations.
The proposed new improve
ments may be complete and far
in advance of any previous plans
(Which yet remains to be seem
what if they are. is that reason
for the sluringly dragging in the
name ofMonarchy! When Thurs
ton was minister of the Interior ,
from 1887 to 1890 he had an APP ;
preparation at his disposal for
use Of the water works, what did
he do with it, The Legislature ,
of 1892 appropriated a large !
amount for the bureau of Water
Works. Why is it that nothing :
has been done in THAT direction !
until nowl What was the unex- !
pended balance of STA 900 used !;
lori Why did it become neces- .
sary for this government to re- 7
appropriate a sum with which to n
carry on their plansl The be- o
ginning of,the end is in sight" is a
good, especially so, as the begin
ming OF the commencement is not
yet in sight. Answer the above =
Tou Star clique. !"
The fact that the receipts at
he Treasury fell 1885 SOS short
If the amount of appropriated Il
expenditures for the last two h
Tears, was no excuse for this al
government not to have paid at nj
ention to the matter of water o'
Iupply before now. I. Some use tl
ess expenditures could and b,
hould have been dispensed with. 81
But OF course this is republic NJ
an government. ii
Anyone wishing to take the
rouble to look into the figures m
{ the detailed sststement Of the ed
eceipts aud expenditures of the IA
hawaiian Treasury for the bisn- Al