The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-18
Disgroceful Martial Law Incident
Causes tbe Police to Be More
Active.
Asiotic Poupers to Work Oh Plantations Yet
Being Rushed to the Hawaiian
Islands,
BY HORACE WRIGHT.
Special Correspondence of The Call

I the accompanying prospectus for. the con-
| sideration of your firm and all planters.
! The expenses attending the performing
of the proposition is considerable, as we
have found out in introducing Man
| churians, so that In order to make 1T an
object 700 or 1000 must be applied for in
order to make it a shipload. The steamer
must be chartered to go to Korea and
| AS the Japanese Government will not
allow OF the preliminary quarantining be-
ing done in Kobe, Japan, and as the ex-
pense will be considerable to have the
| steamer go to Shanghai or Hongkong, it
| will be well to waive this and have il all
done here, unless this Government ap-
points some one to perform the duties in
| Korea
But see no reason why 1t should not
all be done here.
| The prospectus reads thus:
KOREAN LABORERS.
| -, Agent: am prepared as agent for
=, who have introduced a small number
| of Manchurians into this country, to re-
cruit any number of Koreans needed by
| the planters. Such laborerS will be care
fully selected and examined by re-
| be agricultural laborers, accompanied by
| head men, who will do the interpreting
and look after the welfare of the men
First-Passage money to be for each
laborer $50 in United States gold.
Second-Wages per month $12 80 in
| United States gold.
rival to be borne by the planter or en-
ployer. such as hospital fees, photo
graphing, etc.
.Fourth-L aborers will be provided with
the usual unfurnished lodgings, fuel
medical and other necessary attentions
free OF charge: Planters TO pay all per-
Fffth-Planters to retain g per month
from each la6orer for period of two
years, and by them turned over to the
Undersigned, to be deposited by him in a
bank of savings for the purpose OF return
passage.
Sixth-Contracts to be for term of
Seventh-Twenty-six days of ten hours
each actual work in the field and twelve
hours each in and about the sugar mill
to constitute one months service as a
laborer; overtime at the rate OF III cents
per hour. Orders will be taken for no less
than 700.
When one sees in these beautiful and
fertile islands the great efforts that are
made to populate them with the earth s
most ancient and yet most benighted
coolie races at the expense of and to
the prejudice Of the Caucasian race, he
feels inclined to abandon the contest
and to drift into the missionary broth
erhood of man vein, and to regard the
whole matter as. one of Providence's
plans to bring the mountain to Mo-
manned for the purpose of evangelical
ton, civilization and learning the Eng
fish language, so that eventually we
may sing, In all things and in Ian
guage brothers, let us be one" But
the more practical man asks what kind
of American citizens are these hybrid
denizens of Hawaii going to make, al
most WOmanleSS and only lit for brut-
ish labor. Without some tremendous
effort we shall drift eventually into a
population of semi-slave owners, with
a system of legitimatized slavery I'M
der the banner of boosted freedom, and
who Will be responsible for it all2
Surely the party in power who won
their glory by freeing the slaves.
But, to change the subject, our party
in power, our executive, led, 1t is UNI
derstood by President Dole himself
| has been having a hard time of 1t for
the past fortnight. Ever since an
nexation, and more especially since the
arrival of the Congressional Commits
sioners, they have been inspired by
mischieVous and dangerous spirit of die
tatorial meddling with the peoples
rights, as if all power had been shorn
from the people and vested in them
selves. Perhaps the most important
point in which they have fallen coun-
! ter to the wishes of the majority of
| their old supporters is in connection
with the liquor license for saloons. The
| last Legislature decided that certain
number of licenses should be issued
| throughout the islands for the sale of
light wines and beers in addition to the
ordinary licenses. Even these were 50
arranged that they will be practically
| imperative in remedying the evils they
were mainly aimed at, the Illicit and
the Sunday traffic in liquor both Of
which are shamelessly carried on But
quite gratuitously, while the granting
of these were being considered, the
President and the Attorney General
suddenly sprang a scheme to compel
all saloon keepers, when they renewed
their licenses, to keep an open house
| by removing all door screens, side en-
frances, etc, and to supply all refresh
ments in one room with the consumer
to be standing up at the bar in the
eyes Of all passing through the public
streets.
The only reason given for this arbi-
trary ruling was that it would promote
temperance and law and order The
saloon men naturally rebelled and en-
ployed ex- Ministers Hatch and Thurs
ton as their agents before the executive
and the entire press bullied the govern
ment. In to-days discussion it was as
certained that Ministers Cooper and
King were opposed to the project, while
it was favored by President Dole and
Attorney General Smith, and then came
the fun, for Minister Damon, who had
been playing to the gallery by inform
ing the liquor men that he should vote
for them, said that he thought he
should have to vote with the President.
No vote, however, was taken as the
President suggested that the matter
should be deferred until after his return
from Hawaii, whittier he goes to-mor-
row morning.
Our adaptable Minister of Foreign
Affairs has been varying his mutifari-
Gus duties by sitting as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, in pre-
paration, presumably, for again acting
as President during Mr.. Dole's absence
in Washington, whittier, understand,
he goes to join his fellow commissioners
shortly. Commissioner Frear expects
to leave by the Doric in the morning
with a vast amount of material for his
colleagues The date of Mr.. Doles de-
parture has not yet been made public
His many friends in the United States
will be grieved to learn that Judge E.
G. Hitchcock Of Hilo is rapidly nearing
his end. He is more popularity known
as the Marshal during the troublous
times of 1895, when he earned for him
self the very appropriate cognomen of
the Holy Terror"
The Doric brought this morning the
sad news of the death of Mr.. Fuju,