The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-10
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II was deemed pertinent the other
day to inquire as to what national.
ity the supporters OF the Provisional
Government ought to claim. They
were shown distinctly to be neither
American nor Hawaiian, aud their
nondescript character could only be
described in q joke. There is au
equally pertinent inquiry waiting to
be- answered, as to what form Of
government the present polity is.
Is il monarchy, constitutional or
other! Hardly, unless seventeen
absolute kings constitute anything
that can come under a monarchical
category. They cannot, however,
claim that name, for with foreign
assistance they declared the mon.
archy abrogated, deposed the Queen,
disbandcd the guards, dismantled
the palace, aud oven disfgured the
postage stamps.
Is il republic! Thcrc il no ele-
ment OF such a system in the com
bination. Else where are the popu-
larly chosen President. the Con
gress, Scnat" and House of Repre-.
sentative? You search in vain for
the connection between the provid-
ing and the spending power. Whom
do these so-callcd Councils repre-
sent? Any vacancy in their number
is filled by someone chosen by the
remainder, l. this the way OF re-
publics? NO taxation without re-
presentations" is the foundation
principle Of u republic. Has there
been any sort Of representation Of
the people of this country for u
whole year! Have the taxpayers
agreed, 10y their represent atives, to
pay the salary OF the Minister non
resident in Washington! Or that Of
the Secretary of Legation, an Office
unknown to the monarchy Do
they know what they are paying for
the special agents Of their propa,
ganda now in the United States
Alexander, Oleson, Emerson, =. G..
Jones, etc. Or what the cost OF the
five so-callcd Commissioners last
January Can they ascert ain the
weekly monthly expense Of all
these special police, secret detec.
tives, mounted patrol, and spies
generally! Are they in any position
10 call /" account any administrator
"f their property for maladministra
ton or on any other grounds! No!
Ih" l., Il, is farther from a repub
lie than from an absolute monarchy
Is it honestly provisional govern
m"nt! Again, No,
The first business of an honest
provisional government is to dis
"o'cr, or II necessary create a repre-
sentative, or in some way popular
government, into whose hands they
may relinquish the power they have
becOme endowed with, or in this in
stance they have unjustifably seized
A constitution to be submitted tC
the people, legislature to be chosen
by the people, ought to be the first
work Of provisional government
and the resignation or transfer ol
their temporary power 10 Il per,
manent system the second.
Was there ever any provisional
government which c!ung to its tenn
porary or accidental power fol
twelve months, without any attempt
to establish permanent, constitu,
tional, representative government
No This is not an honest proyi,
sional government, Then what il
this government? Briefly, an oil
"ARcuY. President Cleveland defines
1t accurately rs an oligarchy. Som6
of its own agents shamelessly avow
ed in the United States their belief
that Hawaii was only fit to be ruled
by an oligarchy, That ayowal could
only be made by men who knew that