The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-11
A PUERILE DENIAL.

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j. ernplsz,icsfly ieuies oy he men
ct whom the sharzs Is lessIei- Il
would scsrsly rpeS = deu.ai IN
courunity zhere the meH zxsislsr
whom the charge j. niaie.are as vel
kIsoxn a. they sr~ here But Ike
The D,otfve hehind all roorbaeks-
the motive beaild this one wzs TO
take advantage cf the e1citesi state
OF pub3ic feeling. accompanying and
following the eIect;on- 20 create szis-
pieioa and distrlsr. knozinz that
in such state Of puhlic feeling a.
seTri0ns and accusatious vii -
ceive some cr,sienee where IN Ordin
ary and normal state OF public
feeling they would gain Bone al all
The Evening Star.
Wei. now. this i too rich for any
thing The fact that the men against
whom the charge j. made are - well
known Is the very reason why the
charge made in the editorial columns
Of this paper. that they were incubaung
plan TO disfranchise the native Ha-
waiians. wili b. believed. II j. a charge
10 which not only the Hawaiians. bUt
all candid white men having any
familiarity with the history OF the
family compact and the missionary
party since the overthrow OF the
monarchy. viii firmly anchor their
crsdence: a cr,.dence which cannot BE-
shaken by the excited denials OF the ven
cradle and impious occupants Of the
amen corner OF the pharisaical minority.
Why will the Star lie about the stu
alton when the record of years and re-
cent events j. sqUarely against il:
Think You that the people of this Ter
ritory do not remember. will not always
remember that William o. Smith. as the
representative Of the Planters associa-
ton. aided by A. $. Hartwell. did all
in his power to have congress provide
in the. Organic law of this Territory for
limitations and restrictions upon the
right of suffrage:
Were not these limitations and re-
strictions aimed directly at the native
Hawaiians and the poor. but honest and
self-respecting white people of this
country. for the purpose of enabling the
missionary party to control this Territorr
for wears TO come as they had controlled
it in the past+ Does the political his
tory of any civilized country il the past
one hundred years record baser. more
merciless or more cowardly act than that
committed by the Dole government in
sending Hartwell to Washington at the
expense of the tax payers of Hawaii:
tA)-To procure the appointment of
Dole as governor?
tBl-To disfranchise a majority of
the very tax payers with whose money
his pockets were lined?
No gentlemen of the compac-. lot
alone have you the natives to reckon.
with. but the whites of the Territory wlo
have felt your arbitrary. selfish and ty
rannical contumely call you to account as
we'll and the account must BE-. shall bc
settled. Gold may guild the straight
ened forehead Of the fool and rerder
you ornamental. even though you cal
not. or will not he useful. but ne libcr
ties and the manhood of this Territory
will not be listed in your nnrts of t-1de {;
they are not for sale.
No people are rs jealous of their liner
ties as those who have been stung by
the scorpions lash of the petty tyrant
The case affords striking exemplification
of the trite saying that experience is
the best teacher" We thank you for the
lesson, lesson which has taught us 70
approach. a lesson from the bitterest ex-
perience given to freemen by free men
in a century.
In the past. with your guns trained
upon the people, protests were only NUT
tered when the head was beneath the bed
clothes; but now, armed as they are with
the free mans weapon of defense. the
ballot. their votes will proclaim their
opinion of you and those who ally them
selves with you. And be We not de
cered. Do not think your present de-
feat transient and that with il YOU have
paved the way TO victory two years hence
The success of those who opposed YOU ar
the polls has given your adversaries re
newed strength, vigor and hope They
are flushed with the happy halo of vie
tory and now that others know your
weakness as they know your infamy
their ranks wll be filled with recrvitr.
The election two years hence will suffo-
cate you with overwhelming defeat.
The protest is not against tie .lpua-
lican party. That party has the oppor-
tunity of achieving success which may
be perennial. hut the opportunity lies. and
lies only. in the rescue Of the party ma
chinery from the hands of those who now
control it: from those who are repub-
cans in name and nothing in principle
from those who would buy the votes
which their character will not enable
them To command The protest is
against the family compact. against a
government of men and not of laws
against Doleism and all that the name
implies. Possibly the president of the
United States may understand that now.
We trust he may.
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