Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-02-08
THE UdRULY PEN.
This Time Mr.. r. M. Hatch
Opens HIS Heart


the recklessness with which men.
and women. for that matter be-
longing to the annexation party
commit themselves on paper, by
writing letters to personal friends
who consider It, an immediate
duty to give to the world these
private letters which generally
were never intended for public
alton. From Chief Justice Judd
and Mrs. McCnlly down to little
"Elwood" and the other mission
airy kids there has been a con-
slant inclination to tell their
side of the story With the most
Indifferent regard to truth and
facts. OF course their little
yarns were only intended to
create sympathy, admiration and
if possible help from their cor
respondent, but their letters have
invariable got into print and
made the writers very uncomfort-
able when reld by their fellow
men in this community who alone
can well Judge of the
value of the truth and
facts set forth. TIE latest victim
of the unruly pen and very vivid
imagination is that cool, clever
and careful lawyer, Mr.. f. NJ.
Hatch formerly vice-presidept
of the P. G.. Ga minor considera-
tom and always attorney for
Claus Spreckels (he considera
tion). Mr.. Hatch has found it
necessary to unbosom himself TO
a certain Mr.. E. Z. Wood in Gin
cinnati and this person has found
it necessary to let the world at
large participate in the benefit
which undoubtedly Mr.. E. E.
Wood of Cincinnati has derived
from the golden (even without a
fee) words which drop from the
lips of Claus Spreckels attorney
even as mama did from the lips
of the rest of Israel. Mr.. Hatch
writes as fnlla,rs.
Honolulu Fl. L. Jan. 4th 1894.
E. E. Wood, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Sir Allow me to thank
you very much for your kind let
ter. We have been very much
encouraged by the widespread
and unexpected interest taken in
our fight. which seems to be
spontaneous from Maine to Cali
fornia. The simple truth of the
matter is that the business COM
munity has been forced into a
fight against the most gross cor
ruption and mis-. government. For
years the anomaly has existed
here of the complete subsection of
the property owners and business
men to the political control of
native politicians. The native
vote represents about one tenth
of the property and absolutely
none of the business of the place.
The white colony have developed
the country. They have raised
the public revenue from a few
hogs, which was the only contri-
button made by the primitive
Hawaiians to 81 500 900 a year.
To handle this SUN has been a
very tempting bait. 1t has drawn
about the Queen a dis
reputable crowd, who were
determined to get their hand in.
They found in her an arbitrary
and unpriucipled woman, who
would JOIN in any wild scheme
in the hope of getting more arbit-
airy AID unrestrained power, with
a kindly interest at he same time
for any cash IA right. Hence the
overthrow. In the nature of
things it was bound TO come.
Very truly yours,
K. M. HATCH.
1t is of course hardly necessary
to point out any of the points in
this letter which furnish the best
illustration of Mr.. Haich's en-
deavor of creating false impress
sion. The gentlemen is worried
because the government has been
most grossly corrupt. and be-
cause the property owners and
business men have been subject
ell to the popular will. When
we remember that Mr.. Hatch's |
great client Claus Spreckels is
constantly denounced by the
other annexationists as being |!
the main cause of all corruption
etc. it is really refreshing to see
his attorney expressing himself
in that lino. The business COM
munity was forced into fight,