Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
Copyright. by RoHKRr BoxsER's sossI
CHAPTER vi.

Seldom arose. Mr.. Seldom was an old
man, and he had grown old in Hawaii.
He looked at the audience reaectively
a moment, and then said:
''Mr. President and Gentlemen:
Mypaper is brief but it is to the point.
To begin abruptly-Hawaii has some-
thing like one hundred thousand in
habitants. OF these forty thousand
are native or mixed breeds. Three
thousand are American, twelve thou
sand are British, twelve thousand are
Portuguese, about the same number
are Chinese, fifteen thousand Japan
ese and six thousand scattering among
French, Spanish, German, Mexican
and others. The estimated number
of acres of land under cultivation in
the eight islands is, IN round mum
bers, two millions. OF these, less
than one hundred thousand are owned
by the crown; fully half million are
owned by cne person, high in the
councils of the queen, and in favor OF
the monstrous wrong she is about to
perpetrate. The natives own but lit
tie of the cultivated land, some ten
Thousand acres. About one hundred
thousand acres are owned by English
and German residents. The rest Of
the land is owned by American set
tiers. The exports from these islands
ast year amounted to twelve millions
of dollars, eight millions of which
were produced by Americans, and ten
millions of which went to the United
States. The amount of capital in
vested in trade and commerce is four
millions, of which the stupendous
proportion of four-ffths is purely
American capital. In Oahu there are
ten factories employing twelve hun
dred people, all on American invest
ments.
Before the era Of American ascen-
dency ignorance was rife. Now there
Is hardly a child over seven years of
age who cannot read and write, aud
who may not, il he chooses, have the
advantage of higher education. This
is true Of native, foreign-born and
American children. Under the foster
ing care Of American enterprise, Ha-
waii has been made what it is. Amer
leans pay seventy five per cent. of the
taxes, both in towns aud country.
''The morality Of the native portion
Of the inhabitants has been steadily
improved, so far as it may be under a
government itself of lax morality.
ut is clear that whatever progress
has been made in Hawaii is due to the
Americans, and yet it is reproach to
be an American. To account for this
strange condition of affairs, we must
bear in mind that the native element
is influenced by the queen, aud that
she is surrounded by advisers inimical
not only to America but to the pro-
gress OF Hawaii as we'll.
''Shall the vast interests Of Ameri-
cans be allowed to suffer at the hands
of a bigot queeng
With this abrupt ending, Mr.. Sell
don sat down.
Our old friend, Jollroy Seacamp,
sprang to his feet and waved an Ameri-
can flag in the air.
''AIr. President and fellow-Ameri-
cans" he said: ''Let this day be the
glorious beginning of new era. Let
the American eagle scream as it has
never screamed before since George
Washington opened its mouth for the
amusement of our British friends. We
know that without Americao help this
little country would be stagnating in
the doldrums of obscurity. We know
that the very extravaganza Of the
queen is made possible by the wealth.
producing Americans in Hawaii; yet
we are degraded by the government at
every step. And now a still more
monstrous wrong is to he put upon
us. Shall we submit? l say: MOL 1
say, let the eagle scream and show
his talonsl Let us wrest this fair
land from the hands of its unworthy
queen and put it where itrightfully be-
longs the flag of the United
Statesw
Jollroy was out of breath, or he
would have continued. With a last
appeal to give the eagle an oppor-
tunity to scream, he succumbed.
"My uncle shook his head warn
ingly at the speech of Seacamp and,
slowly rising and addressing the chair,
he said.
II think it would be well, before
taking any active steps toward unseat-
ing the existing government, or, in
deed, before we give way to incendiary
feelings, to understand fully the prob
able effect upon the country of the
proposed changes. What will the SUI
premacy Of the opium ring mean?
How shall we suffer from the lottery
act? These are questions to be an
swered before calling for action"
Oh, willy, willy Uncle Toni Burn
ing with rage and hate of his royal
enemy, thoroughly at heart with the
most revolutionary of them all, what
did his calm, iudicious speech mean?
1t meant that he feared the result if
hot-headed oratory led the way and
deeds were done which could have no
cACuSc Save uhuOf. ne Whuttu hedSOl
to rule supreme, and it was thus that
he calmed the inhamed androused the
timid into activity.
Mr.. Dole was the next speaker.
81 do not think" he said, ssthat
there are many of us here who do not
understand what the proposed change
Of constitution means. 1t means sim
ply the substitution of an absolute for
limited monarchy. And not by the
vote of the people is the queen going
to do this thing, but by force. Sheis
going TO tread upon our franchise and
foist upon us this change, which will
result in ruin to the country. The
queen is headstrong aud impulsiye.
She is aroused against us, and will
put all threats into execution. Our
lands may at any time be confiscated,
and we may be forced to leave the
country which we have built up. And
the result upon the morals of the
country, under the lottery and opium
acts, will be disastrous. l think the
time has come when, with reason on
our side, we must help ourselves"
When Dole. who bad spoken in a