The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-26
CAPTAIN PALMER.

Whether it is worth while to notice
the rawlings of prejudiced snob is
quite question. You can't touch pitch
without being defled and you can't
lift the animal of the porcine variety
from his wallow without getting some
splashes of mud on your clothes. The
Star will use a pair of tongs with
captain Palmer and keep him at as
great a distance as possible.
If Captain" Palmer had confined
himself to rolling un Ter his Republican
tongue the phrases "Your Royal High
ness" "Your Majesty" your Maj
esty's humble servant" and the like, It
would be no great matter. If he likes
TO lick the boots of the ex-Queen, hol1
her train and some day carry her spit
toon why he is welcome. To carry the
spittoon was an extremely honorable
office in the old Hawaiian Court. BY
much adulation, genuflecton and
crawling on his knees before his peer
less sovereign Captain" Palmer may
carrier. 1t is lofty ideal for Re-
publican and one can imagine the
thrill of joy which the spirits Of Wash
ington, Monroe, or Line Din must feel
when they see man of the nation for
which they fought or thought, grovel-
ing on the ground before Il deposed
monarch of 10000 supjects-thcre are
but 10000 Hawaiians all told--and
humbly lifting up his proud badge of
office say, spit again, YOU Najcs.y!'
and then, in true Hawaiian fashion,
drop a leaf over the Royal saliva.
1t is a picture worthy of adorDing the
Capitol at Washington and chromo.
might be made and distributed to all
the Republics of the world, labeled
"This is a true Republican,
However, as has been said, Captain
Palmer is welcome to his "honors."
The Star does not grudge him them,
neither the office devil nor the news
boys will attempt to vie with him, but,
when in defense of his "helovcd itoyal
Highness" he tells absolute falsehoods,
why The Star must with much rcluct-
anec and an apology to its readers,
take up Captain" Palmer and show
where he is wrong.
In very disingenuous way Cap
tain Palmer makes dllusion to Mar
shall" Wilson and little lower down
Of hn Dnnnn'c
mander-in-Chief and talks of his
troops as of being able to NOW down
the Republican forces like grass. Mar
shall Wilson was not a military officer,
he was the head of the police and his
soldiers were policemen, their scythes
truncheons and his arsenal the po-
lice station. This is but a small mat
ter, but straws show how man in
tends to tell his story. Palmer does
not want, nor seemingly can he, tell
the truth.
But the Captains" supreme effort
is his statement that 637 American vot-
ers are holding down a nation of 100,-
900 people. OF course on the face of
it this is ridiculous. But not only this,
the Americans have INDUCED in
"treachery, robbery, cXtortion, in
timidation, Imprisonment ana tor
ture." 1t is fine sentence and
may get Julius the spittoou, hut
don't be too sure, julius,
there are others after the coveted art
icle. What powerful men these 600
American voters must be. According
to the Captains" figures each single
American "robs and tortures' 1G6 in
dividuals to his own individual cheek.
AS fact the Captain is all wrong.
Out of a population of 100000 there
are but 10000 Hawaiians, men, women
and children. The remainder is either
foreign born or born of foreign par
entage on the Islands. That is the
true state of the case.
Robbery and eXtortion, etc, are fine
phrases, but since they contain nc
word of truth one may pass them by
The true facts are that the lands
which went to support the luxury anG
extravaganza of court have been di
vided up and have been gladly ac
quired by Hawaians as inalenanl,
homesteads for themselves and fami
lies, upon which they can live the livo'
of healthy citizens. This is the tex
tortion" that captain" Palmer points
out.
Such farrago of abuse and adula
ton as captain" Palmer has pub
lished in the "Boston Herald" is sci
dom seen, nor such mass of tergiver
sation and actual untruth. The fact il
Julius must try to do better. Looking