The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-02-16

NM EDlIOh. - 1 he InOueSI all
nouncement of the proceedings of this
club, in your paper of Tuesday, called
forth a most unusual blast of denun-
citation from your editorial trumpet.
Your attack would have been noticed
before, but the President Of this club,
while making his annual inspection
of the growing fruit in cur grove, on
Monday, was left, unfortunately, for
several days in the top of lofty tree,
to which he had assembled, but where
he was seized, before he could descend
with the ''cOcoanut cramps" as our
physician calls it; a disease which
arises from sitting on the grass, while
eating the cocoanut meat. Being en-
tirely alone, he could not help him.
self. On the third day, he was found,
vial of "Kaiulsni Bitters" was
thrown up to him, the cramps dis
appeared, and he descended, though
he declares that after taking the "bit-
tersn he had a "hankering" for royal
ty, which lasted one hour and ten
minutes.
You sir, allude TO the club as an
"impertinent folly" You seem to be
unaware of the fact that our, and all
other, secret and open societies are
the abject slaves of the Provisional
Government. That Government was
organized to attend to our business,
not to theirs. Has the Advisory
Council ever alluded to us? The
phrase "Cocoanut Club" has been
utterly ignored, and no where appears
on its records. Vie solutions of con-
tempt have been discharged at us,
and at the American League, through
ragged official hose, as if we were
beggarly fire in a small basement.
Such mas been its proud answer to
our fearful prayer for representa-
ton. We sat down and wept by
the Palolo stream of the Oahu
Babylon, and our dear sister, the
American League, without invitation,
crowded in and mourned with US.
Flashes of tyIanny from the Council
dazzled our eyes and consumed our
rights. For what had we been ready
to fight? What had we got? Husks;
nothing but cocoanut husks. We have
lifted our eyes to the distant hill tops,
and beheld the glittering Doodle of Of
flee. We cannot reach it. We then
entered into a solemn treaty with the
us in securing representation. We
wanted that or death. 1t was secretly
spoken of in our consultations as the
idivvy." Sir, we got left. Our sister
League invited us to hold a Joint con-
vention. 1t was held and we con-
together our entering wedge,
could drive through the Annexation !
NIt,I III ha Ix-icn Ia
and make touch down for the Presi- !
dency of the new Republic. The prin-
ciples on which we stood known as |
the supreme. divvy"), were, to the |
public, clear, wise and patriotic. After |
the treaty was made, our sister League |
invited us to friendly luau, and gen
orally treated US to what they said |
was "milk from our own cocoa
nuts" We were confiding, and |
drank freely, and lay, all OF US,
in a deep stupOr for several days. |
In the mean time our sister league |
hustled while we were drugged; it |
stole our secrets, our constitution, our !
ironclad oaths, leaving us only one |
shirt for the entire membership and
a strong smell of morphine. All then
was over. The Annexation Club met |
and adjourned. Our candidate was
not presented. Our dear sister league
had worked the wedge without us.
We find nothing but cocoanut husks
lying about us in vast profusion. We |
have thought, from this unfortunate /
it would be better to give J
up our secret organization. Our Pre-
sident says that secret leagues are like
a Florida mosquito, which is born,
lives, is father and grandfather, and
dies, all in one day. But we have
cast the die and take no back steps.
You ask of our league, "what is it |
of? and what is it for?"
We reply in the words of the Irish
man, caught after burglary, and /
asked by a policeman, what he had
in his pocket? mo jintleman will be
afther asking such QUESTION, and its
only me mothers Bible in it, we ould |
devil ye." "And you never saw a
list of our members ?'' You will see
it, sir, some day when the American
League has closed up its circus, aud
you will find it posted up in the Exc
cutive Building, and every man on it
will hold ali office. It will be sad |
day for you, sir, when you begin TO
with US.
Indignantly,
NIU pOTwoG,
Sacrataryy of Cncoauut aaorua