The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-19
A DREAM OF HAWAII.
And the sad Awakening of Voyagers
on the Onion ship.
From the Chieago Chronicle.

| on the Onion Ship.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
We address ourselves with high indig-
nation 10 the consideration of the distress
ing, calamitous and outrageous situation
which now exists al Honolulu, II. l., U. S.
| A. The Hawaiian commission, composed
of the Hon Shelby NJ. Cullom, the Hon.
John T. Morgan and the Hon. Robert r.
| nut, mas been enthusiastically snubbed
| by the Hon. Sanford B. Dole and the Ha-
Walan populace generally. This Infamous
out let the facts speak for themselves.
1t will be remembered that the Hawaiian
commission set forth from this city some
-FOUR or five weeks ago with a modest en-
tourage composed of nine chief secreta-
rles, thirteen assistant secretaries, TWEEN
/ ly-tWo deputy assistant secretaries and
nineteen emergency secretaries, as well
| as serSeant-at-arms, a disbursing officer
three cork pullers and three grooms of the
caothes closet. Various relative and con-
nections of the Culom, Morgan and Hut
families also Joined the triumphal process
sion, which swept into San Francisco in
olaze Of glory unequaled since the last pa
rade of Bailey & Barnums circus.
But trouble began right there The au-
thofltles at Washington, engrossed with
other matters, neglected to provide a bat
tleship or at least a first-class cruiser for
the transport of the commission and ats
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suite TO honolulu. 1t became necessary
TO proceed by an ordlnarF steamer. And
here the malice which has recently been
displayed in Honolulu began to manifest
itself. No sooner had the commissioners
gone aboard than their nostrils We're Of
tende by the smell of onions-several tons
OF rank, odoriferous, Dungent onions-un-
doubleday shipped by emissaries of the
late Hawaiian government. Protests were
| unaVaItng, and, resigning themselves to
their fate, the commissioners steamed out
of the golden gate accompanied by an aro-
ma of Irish stew that was perceptible from
Tacoma to Los Angeles.
They bore up as best they might, heart
ened by authorizations of the royal welcome
awaiting them at Honolulu. Each COM
missioner prepared his response to the
welcoming address of the enthusiastic
Hawaiians. Each commissioner got out
his statesman's coat and with one hand
\ thrust in its bosom paraded the deck after
the fashion of Napoleon on the Bellero-
phon. Commissioner Cullom revised his
whiskers to correspond with the portrait
of Abraham Lincoln hanging in his state
room. The seventy-three secretaries and
the thirty-nine sisters cousins and aunts
of the commission arrayed themselves in
purple and fine linen and prepared to be
condescendingly urbane and gracious to
the thrOng al the dock.
Alas!
There was no throng at the dock-no
shouting, singing crowd of lower-bedeck-
ed Kanakas-no group of uniformed dig
nitaries, no delegation of prominent citi-
zens, no addresses, no brass bands-no
nothing. Three hacks of the species
known on South Clark street as might
owls" conveyed the commissioners to a
hotel, payment for the transportation be-
ing eXacted in advance. The secretaries
walked
Then ensued a period of weary waiting
waiting for a visit OF ceremony and well
come from the Hon. Sanford B. Dole.
But the Hon Sanford B. Dole came not
nor made any sign, and emissary who
found him chewing plug tobacco with his
feet elevated upon his official desk re-
turned with the message that he, the Hon.
Sanford B. Dole, was president of Ha-
wall and that if there were any calls of
ceremony to be made the iniative lay with
Commissioners Cullom, Morgan and Hit.
AS for himself, he would to use a Ha-
waiian expression, be eternally hoopde-
doodled before he would recognize the
precedence of a cheap crowd from an on
ton steamer. their secretaries, sergeant-at-
arms cork pullers and Wallets notwith-
standing
Nor was he to be swerved from his de-
termina ton. The commissioners sat in
solemn state in the hotel parlor, the secre-
taries took up their headquarters In the
stared gloomily out of their bedroom win
dows. Still the Hon. Sanfard B. Dole
munched plug tobacco and swore by the
goddess Kali-or whatever her name is
that he wouldn't make the first call nor
would he go halfway. And he didn't.
Mournfully the commissioners banished
their golden tinted dreams of a royal f1ro-
gress through the streets of Honolulu.
mournfully the secretaries abandoned their
hopes OF free champagne In unlimited
quantities; mournfully the relatives put
back in their trunks those toilets designed
to dazzle the simple islanders at a state
ball. The bloom was off the rose The
accursed smell of onions once more re-
stunned the ascendancy.
The commissioners walked over to the
executive building, where they found tha
Hon. Sanford B. Dole in a state of much
hauteur and tobacco juice. The sessions
of the commission commenced with no
formality whatever AS for the secre- |
taries, they were warned off the premises
by Kanaka policeman, who threatened |
to ring for the patrol wagon if thew didn't |
keep off he sidewalk.
That is the situation as it existed when |
the last steamer left Honolulu We offer |
no comment upon that situation We |
leave it to the American people to cav |
whether their representatives are to be !
hauled around with a cargo OF onions and |
snubbed by a person with whiskers like |
those of Casey's goat. The people of this |
nation must decide for themselves
In the meantime we may call attention |
to the fact that Commissioner Hit is con-
fined to his room with what the CORE
spondent calls bilious attack" We |
know Better. Mr.. Hit is dying of brok-
en- heart. His colleagues will go the
same way unless their wrongs are aveng-
ed-promptly. powerfully, mercilessly.
-o-o-e-
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