The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-29
Airs His Opinions AboutsMany
Hawai- Matters.
FOURTH OF JULY WAS TOO TAME
Too Many American Flags and Not
Enough Noise - Government Good
For Nothing - Says Thieves and
Robbers are in Control, Etc, Etc

Rev. ]. P. Lytton, of West Plains,
Mo, who is at present assisting Bishop
Willis of the Anglican Church, writes
the Daily Journal of West Plains, as
follows:
Dear Journal:-A steamship sails
east on the 9th, and I shall send you my
second letter by her. If this communi
cation should prove erratic or in any
way indicative of an unbalanced mind,
YOU may attribute it to the following
request from the Bishop under whom
I am at present working in the Cathe-
dral. He wrote:
please call on --, at the office
of the Makaanina (newspaper). The Of
fee is on King street, Eva end of the
block, on Eva side of Nuuanu, mauka
side of street.
1 found it by diligent inquiries along
the way, but it nearly shattered my
nerves asking for information with my
mouth and throat full of unpronounce-
able words.
The glorious Fourth" and gloriously
noisy. 1 took stroll down town last
night to see the decorations. These are
very elaborate, and show how little
these people care about money when
they wish to decorate. What most
forcibly impressed me was the pre-
dominance of United States flags and
colors. Indeed, it was nearly all purely
American and precious little Hawaiian.
Occasionally l saw the flag of the Pro-
visional Government; the stars and
stripes everywhere. You know the
Fourth of July is the natal day of the
Republic of Hawaii $50 called), and the
intention was to decorate in honor of
both Republics. But there is absolutely
no enthusiasm among the people con-
corning the Hawaiian Provisional Gov
eminent, outside of those who are en-
ployed by that Government. The aver
age citizen goes on about his business,
working under, tolerating, accepting
the present Government because he can
not do otherwise. But / assure you
there is not a particle of patriotic en-
thusiasm.
Some facts were illustrated by the
demonstrations of this morning. At
sunrise there was salute fired in honor
of the United States-some for the Re-
public of Hawaii. A grand (and very
| beautiful and cTeditable) procession
| marched along the principal streets at
| a. NJ.
The (native) police headed the pro-
cession, followed by the National
Guard, infantry, cavalry and artillery,
comprising the Provisional Govern
ments entire standing army of about
$50 men. The reserves followed, then
the fire department, then floats repre-
senting the various trades brought up
| the rear The whole procession was
magnificent from an aesthetic point OF
view, and never before have l seen
such elaborate display of flowers. The
an artistic arrangement of tropical
| flowers, and presented a picture OF
| beauty But not a citizen on foot OF
horseback or in carriage! There was
truly no interest taken in the display
| by any citizen or citizens outside OF
| those directly connected with the Gov
eminent. The people lined the streets
and looked on in the most depressing
silence, without a cheer or other ex-
preston of pleasure or endorsement
| believe that silence was significant
The present Government rules by force
not by the will of the people. 1t is folly
| to call it a Republic. 1t is merely q
government of the few over the many
which exists in spite of the wishes Of
seven-tenths of the voters of all the
Islands. A government which never
could have come into existence had MOI
the Boston landed her marines, intimi-
dated the ROyalists, dethrOned Queer
(who had as much right to her throne
as you have to your home), and estab
Iished a handful of men as the 'Repub
lie" of Hawaii! The native Hawaiian:
are patient, peaceful and opposed tt
fighting They make no resistance.
is not probable that they will rise VI
in arms against the P. G. (PrOvisiona
Government, nor would it be wise fol
them TO do so. But in their hearts they
are loyal to the late Queen, and quietly
snub any demonstration gotten up OF
behalf of the present Government.
the popular vote should be allowed tt
dictate who should rule these Islands