The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-01-24
TRUTH IS I0lO'
Nss Cissssc es~sn with Con.
ausrea Possession b A journal
10 Asked 10 oe Fsif.
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To the Editor of The Pres

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Sir. May be permitted once morp
ia protest against The persistent man.
ner In which HaSaU Is misrepre. nis-l
In your continued opposition to the GER
ritorial government which IL about 10
be -, up there. The following extract
10 from the double leai.i editorial
which appears In The Press today:
Among all the country's new de
Tendencies. Cuban, Porto Rican, Phil
ippine. there is not one which has not
a claim equal In quality TO that of Ha-
wall and Infinitely superior an Qran-
uty."
For more than two generations Ha-
wall has had It's own government.
which this country has constantly
recognized as "A legitimate Government.
During this period. and under the
Christianizing and ciyiliziug influences
Of American institutions, both relig-
ious and political. Hawaii has passed
from the daspotism Of Kamehameha !
20 the constitutional monarchy of Ka-
mehameha III, and from that 10 the
Republic Of January II. 1898, under
President Dole, and that Republic, ac-
knowledgsd and respected by all the
great nations, maintained itself against
the two assaults OF Mr.. Cleveland and
his Secretary of State aud the more
despicable attempts OF the ex-Queen's
friends TO carry out by treason what
Mr.. Cleveland's diplomacy SO signally
failed 10 accomplish. And all this has
been done without single rebel or
traitor being executed, and with the
loss OF less than a score VI lives in the
trifilng skirmishes that have taken
place at two different times. And
while these changes In the political
life have been going on. the material
affairs nave been 80 fostered and de-
veloped that from a 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 clrcu-
iation Is ten times and its export pro-
ducts eight times an much per capita
as our own marvelously wealthy coun-
Try shows.
Nor have more important things
than good government and the proiuc.
ton Of wealth been neglected. WithOu,
aid or interference from the state. min.
listers Of the Protestant and Catholi,
churches have been so diligent in theil
work that not a soul in Hawaii thai
has come to the years OF understanding
is OF necessity living In ignorance o.
the truth of the Gospel. In the matter
OF educating the people, the Repubi,
of Hawaii has made provision foI
schools so that every child of schoU
age, from the highest to the lowe 81
may have a common school education
in the English tongue. Can this last
assertion he made in truth Of New York
city? And can any of these things b,
said OF Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil.
ippines, where Spanish civilization has
had four times as many years in which
TO work out these problems, with tht
powerful backing OF the home Govern
ment and the authoritative teaching o.
the Catholic Church?
There Is no analogy between tn.
admission Of Hawaii as a Territory anc
State and the islands which have 5,
lately escaped from Spanish misrul,
and oppression. They can well aforC
TO wait for American civilization to d
its work and In this connection ! woul,
not for moment forget the work 0
English clergymen, jurists, teachers
!, and others who have ably seconded tn
,, efforts OF our own countrymen in max
= ing Hawaii In every way the paradis
OF the Pacific.
NJ. NJ. COVER.
New Haven, December "a.