The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-30
ON LATE HISTORY
Controversial Letters in a Boston
Publication.
SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Great Political Changes In Ha-
waii-How They Came About.
German .. Gilman.
SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cwoman's Journal. Boston,

tury of Dishonor," a correspondent
writes us as follows:
! St. Louis. Mo, Oct. %, 1898.
Editors Woman's Journal:
Entirely agreeing with you that
Home Rule for Hawaii" and a prop
erty qualification are in themselves de-
sirable, we differ widely with regard
to the state OF affairs in those islands.
| The facts in the case l understand 10
| be these:
1. Under Harrison small majority
| of whites of foreign origin, with whom
our consular agent affiliated, over
turned the existing government, estab-
| lished a new one. and sought anneXa-
| ton to the Union by treaty.
2. This treaty was sent TO the Sen
| ate by Harrison, for ratification, and
withdrawn from it by Cleveland. who
| favored the restoration of the depoSed
| Queen.
3. The Senate declined to sanction
her restoration, and President DoleS
| faction was recognized as the govern
ment de facto.
4. A new constitution was then
proclaimed, DISTINGUISHING the natives
| 5. This self-created government, or
| which the natives form no consider
| able part, again solicited annexation,
and a resolution was introduced into
| Congress to that effect. An amend
| ment offered to test the sentiment or
the Hawaiians by a popular vote was
overwhelmingly defeated, and the res
| olution passed.
6. To perpetuate this act of spoila-
ton, a property qualification is now
proposed, which, as its advocates
claim, will forever restrict the suffrage
to the usurping white population.
For half a century it has been the
| boast of missionaries that these island
ers have been civilized and Christian
| lied. Yet the descendants of these
missionaries have discredited the claim
| OF their fathers. have conspired with
others to rob the natives of citizen
ship, and now propose to put il prob
ably forever beyond their reach.
| Z. DORIS Rebellion in Rhode Island
showed that no property qualification.
however desirable, can again be es-
tablished in our country. How unjust
then to force it upon the poor print
| tive Hawaiians, whose independence
has just gone glimmering! Our future
| pro-consuls. having robbed them of
| their liberties. will not hesitate to rob
them of their lands. Our yellow jour
nails" are sure to applaud the work as
the result of Manifest Destiny" and
! their clerical followers to see in il
The Finger of Providence and SO We
shall enter upon second Century OF
| Dishonor." q.
Hon. Gorham d. Gilman, former
Consul General of the Hawaiian Re
public, has kindly addressed to us the
following reply to the above:
To make specific reply to your cor
respondent c. it may be stated:
/. That minority of whites, so far
as the native population was con-
cerned, did the wise deed of rescuing
tho home government, and established
republic for the benefit of the great
est number.
AR. Stevens, the u. s. consular
agent, has been signally and justly ex-
| onsrated by ample proof from the
charge of completely and guilty 'af-
f.iation" with the American party.
?. The treaty was sent to the Sen
ate by Harrison and Withdrawn by
Cleveland. But we have this record
| L.
State in 1883, under Mr. Cleveland's
first administration. He said that "a
!, political union (of Hawaii and the U
s. would naturally and logically fol-
low. My idea was that our policy
should be to permit the affair to work
out its proper results. 1t was a mat
. ter OF waiting until the apple should
be lipe and fall"
iS IaI hat
land greatly exceeded his constitu
tional powers when he attempted tC
overtTrn the acts OF his predecessor
when such acts had been legitimatel1
within the scope of his predecessor
duties, especially when Presiden
Cleveland undertook the undemocrati'
task of restoring an effete monarchy
over young republic.
3. President Dole was not the heaC
of any faction" but of a strong, cap
able party.
4. The new constitution did not dis
7 franchise the natives any more thar
the U. S. Constitution disfranchisinl
our returning Southern brethren.
did not disfranchise.
3. The new government was just q:
open to the native Hawaiians as 1,
the whites; there was in il no distinc
ton of race or color. Many native
We're deferred from participating il
the government by listening 20 bad ad
8 visers who, encouraged by Presiden
Q Cleveland's attempt to restore royal
I ty, made the people believe that If the
united with the republic they woul,
be punished when monarchy was re
= stored.
4 The dilatory, obstructive reso' luton
= introduced into the L. S. Senate wer
offered by the opponents of anneXa
ton only TO defeat the bill. The reso
e buttons of annexation were passed b
two-thirds vote both in the Hous