The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-15
The Genial Sam Appears in a
Lengthy Diatrabe.
BUT WHO DID THE WRITING OF 1T ?
An Article Taken From the San Fran
cisco Examiner, to Which Mr.. Parker
Signs Himself Hawaij's Premier
The Situation From His Standpoint.

in the San Francisco Examiner
over the pame of Samuel Parker
Premier of Hawaii" 1t is accom-
panied by double column cut o
the same Samuel Parker, the same
Premier of Hawaii, with a fac
simile signature of the same Sam
uel Parker, the same Premier OF
Hawaii affixed. 1t is a sympathy
game" and is treated as it should
be by the paper it appears in in its
editorial columns.
I want Hawaii as il was.
Hawaii was a country with etter
government than any other on the
earth. say this advisedly, from my
own experiences and from the testi-
mony of many others who, like my
self, have seen the principle countries
of the world.
BY Hawaii as it was, / mean the
country during the period of its con-
stitutiOnal mOnarchy-that is to say,
from 1859 to 1898.
During these thirty-four years the
entire development of the island king
dom occurred. The development was
in all lines equally, and the result
was so eminently satisfactory that
desire for change was entirely with
out reason.
/ find in this country a mistaken
idea of the manner of government of
Hawaii by her constitutional kings
and queens. The impression is, briefly,
that the government was corrupt, ex-
travagant, fantastic, and some say
even ridiculous.
On the other hand, those who have
had the grateful experience of recep-
ton at the throne of Hawaii know
that there were dignity, intelligence,
conscientiousness and deep regard for
the Constitution.
Under the monarchy the system of
education was unexcelled in any
place. The schools were OF good char
acter, the education was simple but
sufficient in all respects; the pupils
were intelligent and eager to learn.
The development in these thirty
four years in means of transportation
was equal to the development in the
matter of educational facilities. Any
one who has travelled in that country |
will speak with appreciation of the
excellence of the roads which, 1 may |
say parenthetically, are in very much |
better condition than the highways of |
San Francisco as they are now.
The officers of this constitutional /
monarchy were generally competent,
and they had to be incorruptible. In |
a comparatively small community /
like the kingdom of Hawaii, the eyes |
of the people can be constantly di- |
rected upon even the smallest acts of |
those in authority. With this system |
of natural espionage, corruption is an |
impOssibility, and, in fact, did not |
exist. The taxes were low.
The people of Hawaii, those who are
usually called natives, have been mis-
understood, slandered and traduced.
The people of Hawaii are intelligent,
sensible and reasonable. Ninety per
read and write. These people are |
eminently more fitted by natural
equipment and requirement for self
government, or participation in govern
ing, than the negroes of the Southern
States of America. There is a eli
matte influence that prevents the push
and enthusiasm characteristic of the |
Saxon race, but, on the other hand,
there are the qualities of happiness,
and satisfaction with |
their loo, whatever it may be, that do |
not belong to those of greater ambi-
ton and less repose.
In convenience and comforts of life, |
the Hawaiian was accommodated in
every way, as the people of other
countries of civilization. Our tele-
phone system was regarded as the
best in the world; our street railways
were we'll conducted, and in all mat
tiers directed by government officers,
such as the postal system, finances of
the treasury, the system and its opera
tions were equal to those in the most
onliC htano6 annnfrZ
In legislation relating to the moral
ity and temperance of the people, the |
of Hawaii was much
stricter than in European or North
countries, and to California |
the code would seem like the blue
laws of Connecticut.
This was the government that
desire to see maintained, and this is
the government that small band of
armed men, assisted by the United
States forces, temporarily overturned
for the purpose of their own aggran-
dizement
In order to maintain their posi-
tons and to procure the sympathy
OF the people of this country, they
have even slandered the digni-
fed and high minded woman who
Is the reigning queen of Hawaii,
though for time without her throne.
particular stress has been laid upon
ner answer TO the request of the Presi-
Dent oil the United States that, in the
event OF her restoration, she should
grant amnesty to those who dethroned
n ner. Inc answer of the queen. as the
course Oh the queen has been through
ous her reign, was merely in accord
ance with the constitution of the ,
country. VI '"e
Ai the time of the revolt she yielded
70 me superior force of the United J
states. When she was asked m Grant
amnesty to those who had expeIIed !
ner ron a. the ne throne, she merely
Q )untry, which provides thai th vi ner
currence OF the privy council VIII on
sovereign is necessary to Graz r .ite
don. When the United States SI par ar