The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-05-01
ANOTHER ANNEXATION VICTORY.


make the registration figures the
subject of an occasional howl
Their real object, however, is to
conceal the CONSERVATION they feel
at the Unexpectedly large number
of persons who have marched up
to the bar and taken the oath to
support the Government. There
can be no doubt that the issue
shows that there is clear majority
of annexationists in the city of
Honolulu and on the whole island
of Oahu.
! At the last general election, held
in February, 1892, there were, in
round numbers, $500 votes cast in
the city of Honolulu. The regis
tration was probably about 700 or
800 more, giving a total of about
$500 possible voters. The number
now registered is 1907. AS the
royalists have unanimously alb
stained from any participation in
the convention, it is obvious that
these 1900 are all supporters of the
Provisional Government and Of
annexation. There are 400 per-
sons in Honolulu otherwise quail
fed to vote who were unable to reg
lister because they had not paid
their taxes. A considerable number
of these are Portuguese, and there
are other foreigners in the list.
While the majority of these delin-
quents are undoubtedly royalists,
it is safe to assume that a third,
or say five hundred are annexa-
tionists, and if these had been able
to vote, the register would have
swelled to 1000. Counting the
remaining 900 delinquents as roy
alists, there remain six or seven
hundred persons to be accounted |
for-persons who have paid their |
taxes, but for some reason have
failed to register.
Now, it is notorious that many |
good annexationists declined to |
register-some because they wished |
the Government to define its policy |
regarding the submission of the
Constitution to popular vote
some because they feared the oath |
would deprive them of their natural |
allegiance, and others for variety
of reasons, which it is unnecessary |
to pursue into detail. Estimating |
the number of persons who stayed |
out, on all these grounds, at one-half |
the number remaining to be &C.
counted for, or $50 in all, and add
ing this number to the 1000 named
above, We get clear total of $3.50
annexationists out of a possible
$500. On this basis, there would
regular constitutional basis. They
undoubtedly succeeded in keeping
every man of their faction from
the polls. The annexationists on
the other hand showed a marked
apathy, leaving things to take
their course. 1t being obvious that
there was to be no royalist ticket
i'll the field, the Indifference of an
"off year" resulted, with its conse-
quent light registration. 1t is
therefore naturally very CALLING to
the adherents of the lost cause, to
find themselves confronted by a
solid annexation majority, and to
learn by personal experience that
''the hopes of the wicked shall
come to naught."
Honolulu is the royalist strong
hold. 1t is here that the ex {
queens dependents rage and iu-
agine all sorts of vain things. 1t is .
here that the few white royalists of {
any influence do their work. 1t .
s here that the demagogue whips
he rabble into froth, and yet it I
5 here that the reactionaries have
suffered another defeat. j
The event simply furnishes d
resh proof of the hopslessness of 5