The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-06
PROFESSIONALISM Misrepresentation.

To THE EDrToR or TnE EvENiNa Posr:
,S;r:-Last December | left Boston
for Honolulu, returning tn the East
about April 1. Nearly two full
mouths of this time was passed in
active work at my destination, CLEAN
ing and sitting the chat of the
thousand MEASUREMENTS sont to the
United States by the party in power
and their emissarirs. Among the
officials Of that party authorized to
represent them IN foreign parts there
then appeared as now the name OF
Hon. Gorbam ID. Gilman Of Boston.
lie has proved to- be q well.selcctcd
and skiliul attorney, and while al
ways courteous, he knows how to
present the side OF his clients and
obscure that Of his former playmate
and friend, the Queen Of the Hawai-
ian Islands.
The latest instance OF this IL in
your columns. The statute appro-
priating $4,000 for the salary Of
President Dole il, consider, quite
ambiguous in language, and alt hough
undoubtedly Mr.. Gilman's interpre-
tation Of its purport is correct, yet
from the copy now before mo | eau
readily SEE how any reader can uu-
| derstand II to mean $4,000 per au-
NUN. know Of those learned i'm
the law who have given TO II this
latter intent, although they readily
owned their mistake when corrected.
But there IL nothing hut absolute
falsehood in Mr.. Gilman's statement
that the Queen received $4,000 as
an appropriation from the treasury;
! she received Just $1,000. The in
come Of all the lands Of Hawaii was
originally the revenue ~ the crown.
In 1917 one Of the Kamehamehas
voluntarily gave up tho larger part
to the people or To public uses. But
sufficient was settled on tho crown
to pay the expenses OF tho royal
court aud retiuuo. These are called
tn this day the crown lands, aud the
rent Of these, which IL not the in.
come OF taxation, which has never in
the history IL the nation been cover
ed into the treasury, was the pcrqui.
site OF royalty; IL was shared by
many native Hawaiians; some have
stated these as high ~ 3UJ in num-
Der.
The insurgents have appropriated
every source Of revenue the Quccu
once had, although one Of her last
official acts was to voluntarily draw
her pencil through the $1,000 as.
signed TO herself by the minister Of
finance in his annual budget, rat her
than assent to the reduction Of the
salaries OF school teachers. In spite
OF this Wholesale seizure 81 lands
in which since Captain Cook dis.
covered Hawaii, only tho sovcreigns
have had aay interest, the present
government Is deeper and deeper IN
financial mire every moment, aud
disbursed more in ono year by Sd.
oOo than the Queen, with all her .x,
travagaDce, as they call il, spent in
two years. When | was in HONOLULU
the attempt To bring their late SOW
ercign into court on poUr.debtor
process, 20 as to humil'ate her in
the presence OF her people, was al.
vocatcd by her enemies Of the Am.
erican" party. We're il not for tn.
moderation Of President Dole aud a
few IN sympathy with his view-, this
would he but n sample Of the tx
treme measures To which we'll mean.
ing persons are forced when they
descend To the level Of rebels agains,
constitutional government.
IL is impossible for u person who
has not been in Hawaii for nearly
forty years, and this is true OF the
Hon. Gorham ID. Gilman, to be- ,
Judge OF events "a they are to-day
| dwelt in Honolulu for nearly 81,
months, terminating in January
1865. Many Of my old associate,
remembered me, aud besides this,
had thirty-iiye letters OF introduction
To persons OF every shade Of politica
belief on my recent visit there. Thai
which impressed me most in tn,
situation was the bold, unhesitating
and constant misrepresentation sen
thence by tho representatives of tn,
press. How could il he otherwise
One organization was represented
by the Rev. Serene Bishop, a mar
who published utterly false ant
slanderous statements about tn,
native race from Queen to fisher
man, the most typical fanatic in tn,
present cause | met. The riva
organization was represented by MI
Arthur Johnstone, although ho haC
recently resigned that position t
take the editorship OF the Star,
paper so extreme in its reyolutiouar,
tone that it is at constant odds Will
the dignifed organ OF the Provi
sionalists. Mr.. Johustone had pre-
ylously served on the ultra auneAa
ton press.
From these two sources cam,
every general despatch printed il
America for about year iollowin,
the recent outbreak
As for private letters, it is thr
, very political and financial lie o
the persons in sympathy with tn
olgarchy to secure just such advo
Gates as MIR. Gilman in this part o
the world, so every mail whicI
comes To this country brings GORE
spondence 10 he placed where it vii
do the desperate cause the mos
good.
The American people wit hout di-
| tlpnl ion pT MARTY lNV., Ia Ir.S,t,,,