The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-23
BREAKING AWAY.

ing slowly but surely throughout
the Islands. a spasmodic effort
was made by the Royalist newspa-
pers, backed by the foreign and
half.white leaders, to bolster up
the natives and prevent them from
taking the oath to support the
Constitution: but after the first
picked batch or two of native and |
European jurymen refused to quail
ify, the scheme practically broke |
down.
The breakdown was caused by
the natives themselves, who re-
fused to be further misled by the
street politicians and came forward
i'll sufficient numbers to fill the jury
panels in Honolulu so that the bus
mess of the courts could be pro
ceeded with. In fact, within few
DAYS after the refusal of the Royal
ist picked lots the clerks of the
courts were beset with applications
from native Hawaiians willing and
anxious to serve the Republic as
Jurors and to take the oath to sup
port the Constitution. The three
Royalist journals at once branded
such natives as renegades, and con-
tinue so to do. From present evil
dences ! seems to be only matter
of time until the foreign Royalist
leaders will be forced, to be consis-
tent, to declare a majority of the
natives entitled to the franchise
"renegales, or supporters of the
Republic,
When the Royalists failed in
their effort to get speedy restora-
ton, with the hoped-for aid Of the
United States, their cause failed.
Every hour that has since passed
has emphasized their failure and
defeat until the time has arrived
when restoration has been lost
sight of, as an actually, and is
kept alive for no other purpose
than the merest political preteXt
upon which to hang the last for
lorn hopes of local politicians. These
desire to cling to sufficient political
influence to enable them to here
after trade it for coveted preferment
under the Republic when they
have ceased to be less publicly
odious than at present. There is
no doubt they will sell out their
alleged influence and following for
a song, when the proper time
comes, just as they have done in
the past.
The natives, as was easily fore
told, have virtually lost confidence
in restoration, and are now break
ing away ftom their former politi-
cal leaders, who have caused most
of their errors and troubles in the
past. The oft repeated claim Of
the Royalists in Honolulu that the
natives would never support the
Republic is not being bourne Out
by the facts. The returns from the
Registration Boards show the
natives outside of Honolulu are
registering in larger numbers than
was expected.
The assertion made time and
again that Kohala was anti Repub.
li>an to the backbone does moi
seem to apply to the native popu
lation otherwise the statement i:
probably correct, as Kohala /:
known to be one of the English
colonies Of Hawaii. From Kohala
now comes word, both official anC
private, not through "annexa
zionist sources" but through pure
blooded natives formerly Royalists
that there will be no trouble il
securing native juries in Royals
Kohala for the October term o
court. From present and native
Hawaiian estimates it is shown
that upon the second trip of tn,
Board of Registration in that dis
trict fully two-thirds of the nativ,
voters will have taken the oath t
support the Constitution and hav,
registered for the coming election
for Senators and Representatives.
Returns from the districts o
Kona and Kau are also ell
couraging, and it is already eviden
that in these districts the allegiance
of the native voters is being slowl,
but surely transferred to tn,
Republic and prosperity. 1t il
Just possible their somewhat tard,
transfer of allegiance, as compared
with Kohala, has been due to the
promises of the foreign and half
white leaders in Honolulu which
were sent to the last named dis