The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-21

the basis of claim for damages
against our government, or that of
the United States, and another
100000 will go out of taxpayers
pocket for the rare privilege of cor.
rectly constituting a knotly point OF
law which with due carefulness on
the part of Congress should never
have been allowed to arise.
Whoever M. M. Cover of New
Haven may be, he is a prejudiced
and ignorant ass when he writes:
During this period, and under the
Christianizing aud civilizng infu-
ence of American institutions. both
religious and political, Hawaii has
passed from the despotism of Ka-
mehameha |. to the constitutional
monarchy of Kamehameha Ill, aud
from that to the Republic of Janu-
airy II, 1898, under President Dole,
and that Republic, acknowledged
and respected by all the great ma.
tions, maintained itself against the
two assaults Of Mr.. Cleveland and
! his Secretary Of State and the more
despicable attempts of the en- Queen's
| friends to carry out by treason What
Mr. Cleueland's diplomacy so signally
failed to accomplish. And all this has
been done aOithout single rebel or
traitor being enecuted, and aOith the loss
of less than q score of lives an the trifing
skirmishes that have taken place at taOo
different times. And while these
changes in the political life have
been going ou, the material affairs
have been SO fostered and developed
that from state of nearly naked
and absolute poverty to a state OF
commercial and agricultural pros
perity, that is evidenced by the fact
that Hawaii has neither paupers nor
almshouses, while its money in
circulation is ten times and its ex-
port products eight times as much
| per capita as our own marvellously
wealthy country shows" We all
know President Cleveland endeav
ored to prevent dishonorabe act,
and that the traitors and rebels were
the successful revolutionists, actu-
ated by money greed and political
ambition, and not the citizens Of
the land. We like our treacle of
praise but not with too much sui
phur in it.
Now that Senator Hoar has open
ly pronounced against Expansion
Imperialism, the Anti Expansionists
are having grand old high time in
poking fun at the new acquisitions
of our National Government; as
witness the following screed taken
from the San Francisco Call:
PARTNER FOR UNCLE SAM.
WANTED, PARTNERS Uncle San
has become wearied by close confne
ment and wishes to expand" ano
will form a union with any and al
countries desiring such an alliance
who have the following qualifca
tions:
First-They must be in the tro
pics, where our army of occupation
; will become decimated, which, O
course, of itself is bad; but it will
afford occupation for pension
agents and put much money il
circulation.
Second-They must be mostl,
brown or black people. This will
4 seem queer, but the white race i
getting too smart and mixture o
the dusky races will tone then
+ down.
s Third-They must be mostl,
a naked. 1t would he great financia
stroke to furnish them with, sa
!, about ten million, suits of clothes.
Fourth-They must be lazy, figh
o with their fists or with corn knives
Q and be tinctured with leprosy o
t with some other diseases. We mus
: have an outlet for our ambition
politicians who are advertising TO
jobs. (Watterson is the last.) W
:. have seen what admirable wor
} bacteria did with the native Ha