Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-04
Mr.. W. c. SMITH.
A Candidate for a Seat in
the Advisory Council

We know of nothing which could
better tend to show the world the
true inwardness of the revolution
in Hawaii-nei, carried out BY
Hawaiian patriots (save the
mark Mr.. Smith has not vel
lived a year in this country. he
is an alien in the most intense
meaning of the word. He may
or he may not have paid five
dollars $500 worth of taxes
and by that magnificent
contribution he is supposed to be
entitled to seat In the Legis-
latiye body of the country. Can
anything better than this intend
ed selection of Mr.. Smith en-
phasise the filibustering charac-
ter of the Hawaiian revoltl We
do not think so. The endors-
ment of the annexation club and
the so-called American League
and We suppose OF the German
police officers who compose the
international League ought of
course to carry great weight.
We presume that the wealth.
intelligence and responsibility of
the country are embodied in
these Leagues and their iudg-
ment of the qualifications of Mr.,
w. G. Smith to sit in Hawai-
ian Legislative body is supreme.
By all means let Mr..
Smith be elected, to the
everlasting rejoicing of Emme
luth and the other radical
councillors who needs reinforce
ment.
The Advertiser refers to Mr..
Smith former legislative expert
ence. We wonder if it is of
much account. We notice a
reference to it which appeared in
the Rochester Chro nicle of Deem
Der 5th, but which perhaps also
was written by "a personal
enemy like the one who We
notice Mr.. Smith claims. wrote
his biography in the Examiner.
We reproduce the Rochester
Chronicle S remarks on Smith.
Walter G. Smith, editor of the
Hawaiian Star, who has figured
somewhat prominently in the
political hula hula at Honolulu,
seems to be a survivor of the old
type ofnomadic Americans, whose
home was in the setting sun and
whose delight it was to be init
mately concerned with every
available row that occurred dur
ing his journey thither. He is a
New Yorker and used to be
pretty we'll known newspaper man
in this part of the state. He
was born in Sherburne, Cortland
county. He entered Cornell but
left before graduating to take
editorial charge of the ithaca
Journal. A misunderstanding
with the proprietors of that paper
resulted in his leaving the Journ-
al and starting weekly paper of
his. own, the Republican" He
had quite a political following
and before his weekly had been
running a year he was elected to
the assembly from Tompkins
county and sat in the legislature
of 1887. He didn't cut much of
a figure in the assembly, and be-
fore his term was out, he was
disguised with politics. Soon
after the Legislature adjourned
the Republican was discontinued
and its editor and proprietor
went back to work on the Journ-
al. A few weeks afterward he
was established, with his
printing Office outfit, In
San Diego. California. There
he started the Sunday Telegram.
but it didn't live long, and for
while he dtifted about from
one paper to another in Califor-
MIA. Two years or more ago he
suddenly came into promin
ence again as the leader of a
filibustering scheme to sieze
Lower California. and make of
it an independent country,
governed BY himself as dictator.
The world would probably never
have heard of this enterprise had
not Nh. Smith. himself. told all
about ii in an interview with a
San Francisco reporter. When
the news of the complications in
Hawaii reached this country !,
Smith WINS on his way to Homo
lulu. burning to be IN the thick
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