The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-08-09
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ED. The INDEPENDENT
"Whom the gods" etc. "Give him
rope enough" have become such
hackneyed phrases that mere allu-
sion is sufficient. When the Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs refused the
polite request of England's repre-
sentative to allow old-time friends
to visit the ex-queen we thought the
last screw was screwed down on the
coffin of the powers that be. But in
this we were deceived there was
another screw we had overlooked,
and that shrew (compositor, please
mark, l say shrew) was Ed. Hitch
cock, the whilom Marshal of the-il
One hates to say Repu bic because it
is an insult to anyone with true re-
publican ideas. We have read the
Gaming of the Shrew,' and if ever
shrew needed tanning the Attor-
ney General, W.O., has got one which
needs to be tarned In keeping with
the language OF this same shrew
used on the Bird instant is the fact
that he used no less profane Ian
guage in his own Office not long
ago to such august persons as w. o.
Smith (his superioD, Henry Water
house, and others in some such
phrase as "get to hell out of here,
you G-D-S-B, this is my Office"
1t is we'll known that the instruc-
tions given by this individual in
January were, "When you shoot,
shoot to kill" and now at the wind
up Of his official career he is guilty
Of deliberate pre-meditated murder
when he says, eff anything like that
happens again, don't take prisoners"
Shades of the old missionaries, look
down on your degenerate sons!l but
these are the words recorded and
they cannot be recalled. Those who
have suffered imprisonment could
not have their statements as to the
barbarities suffered while in the
hands OF this man better confirmed;
by his own statements he has proved
every word they had stated. An
other view presents itself, and that
liz, taken for granted that this shrew
meant all she said, then the only
Government at the head of these
islands was an irresponsible mob of
nobodies known as the Citizens
Guard, of which HE and his dear
lieutenant, McStocker, were the
head, for he says, "those men at the
Barracks were not the men | de-
pended on" This is an insult to
the only men in the pay of the Gov
ernment; an insult to the command
er-in-chief, and an insult to every
man who has taken the oath to sup
port the Government. But what are
you going to do about it2 Either
this Government is mere thing in
the hands of pack of cutthroats or
it will show its strength by relegat-
ing such shrews as Hitchcock and
McStocker to the oblivion to which
they and all their ilk belong. Have
they the strength to do It'll
There is one statement of this
fiend Hitchcock which must not be
passed without remark. He-kahuna
that he is--uses the expression that
there are certain "curs" OF whites
who still stuff the natives with idea
that chat woman" (speaking OF the
ex-queen as only such ours CAM will
be restored. This is too thin, Mr..
Hitchcock; you cannot, with all
your kahunaism, gull the natives to
that extent. They know their white
friends and they know their enemies
sufficiently we'll to know that you
and your ilk are no friends of theirs.
So much for that inspired attempt
on your attempt on your part to
stir up race prejudice among their
(the natives) own friends. 1t won't
work, Mr.. Hitchcock, and you know
! it. All your boast about getting the