The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-11-03
MAGOON MAKES ARGUMENT,
Writes About His Affair With the
League,
ptd Not suppose u wsnta We rnb-
eIishsd-rht. 60 = stable Ferw sc
>sti.taetcry Government

MIR. EDITOR; WAS not a little
surprised 60 see i'm your paper or the
lst inst, an account ~ what occurred
AT the meeting 81 the American
League. held on the Sist ult. concern
ing myself. While the article was as
cousiderate In its tone As could have
expected. and indeed from personal
standpoint was gratifying To me, |
had supposed that business transacted
81 the meetings of the League was
privAte and could not Ice disclosed
without special permission from the
League. IL my superstition - erro-
uecuS IL j obvious that any member
j At liberty 70 publish the fact of the
hlackbalIing ot any applicant for
membership, the statements of MEM
bers in meetings which concern others
not connected with the League and
the various matters that occur in
the meetings from which all except
ing members are excluded. IL seems
- me that this very fact, that out
sideTS are excluded, indicates that
everything transacted at the meeting
should tie inviNlable. However this
NAV be- 10 would never have occurred
10 me to speak OF anything that took
place az meeting OF the League.
The matter having become public,
1 should be permitted TO say that
unless my snti-anneXationlst senti-
ments conflict with paragraph of
the preamble 10 the constitution of
the League. the action taken against
me il illegal and unjust.
Paragraph 5 reads a. follows: AS
the Provisional Government was
established 10 secure annexation TO
the United States we pledge our
selves 70 support said Government
against any and all uprisings pending
such negotiations a. may be neces-
sary TO secure annexation or a salts
This i the article under which
the proceedings were instituted.
IL i not claimed that / have
failed in any respect 10 support
the Provisional Government against
any and sill uprisIngsn during its eN-
istence. Ny so-cAllsd offense seems
10 consist in the fact l am not still
supporting the Provisional Govern
ment a government which has been
-onstitutiOnally abolished against
any and all uprisings pending nego-
tiations necessary TO secure annexa-
ton or 3 satisfactory form OF stable
government" This contention shows
cOnclusively that the judgment of men
cannot be relied upon when their pas
sions are aroused. The argument Is
that this l. not satisfactory form of
stable government" 1t is hardly
possible TO credit il but such is the
case In other words, that the para
graph should have read pending
such negotiations as may be necessary
10 secure annexation or annexation
itself" a. annexation is evidently the
only form OF stable government 10
which the preamble refers. / cannot
refute the statement that this Repub-
lie Is not q satisfactory form OF stable
government go far as the American
League Is concerned. To me the form
IL entirely satisfactory. II in its de-
tails IL needs notifications, have no
doubt that time will bring about the
desired changes
Supposipg il TO be- unsatisfactory, is
il not our own creation, the child
which we have begotten, fondled and
nUrsed until il appears TO be getting
healthy and strong? Admitting, for
the sake of argument, that the child
be illegitimate (which / deny, We
should not stultify ourselves by pro-
claiming that fact to the world.
Whether the government is stable"
or not Is 3 mere matter Of opinion.
est nation will continue TO exist.
America was born under British rule.
The last few years have witnessed
many changes in the forms Of govern
ment throughout the world. i had
supposed that when q government
had been recognized by the great pow
ers % the earth IL might be considered
20 be stable for all practical pur-
poses However this may be, the fact
. -. r.z Nrlrr ms
opinion that this II . stable govern
meuti' that I was condemned. One
might suppose that il would be just
the reverse: rather that those who
hold the opinion that this IL not a
stable form Of government should De
condemned.
j. ALFRED MAGOOS.
Honolulu, November = 1894.