The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-02-16
HAWAIIAN TERRITORY BILL.
Before the Committee on Territories
of the House Of Representatives
Money Versus Brains.

The two emissaries of the mission
airy ring in Hawaii, viz /: Hartwell
and Smith with barber Armstrong
as their laq,tdis 0ackey) without
livery, arrived in Washington some
time ago with plenty OF money, very
little OF wisdom and much of boast
ing in very silly way, such as. being
able to defeat any opposition to
their views and carry triumphantly
everything before Congress.
They, Hartwell and Smith, thought
that money would buy men and ton
CUES and began their work by lavish
ingly spending money right and left
in giving 'sumptuous dinners at the
Hotel Shoreham to Senators and
Congressman, taking special care to
have it we'll advertised in the news
papers beside parading themselves
in company with their laquais, barber
Armstrong, as the three great states
men from distant Hawaii and multi
millionaires. This is very unwise
way of doing business and very soon
they became ridiculous in urbe.
On Monday, the 22d of January,
there was a meeting of the commit
tee on territories of the house and
lawyer Little of Hilo appeared as
the first orator on the subject of the
Hawaiian Territory Bill and the mis-.
sionaries' bad government.
The second orator was Robert w.
Wilcox of Honolulu with an elo-
quent and to the point speech of
over half an hour in behalf of Ha-
wall, of the Hawaiians and of the
Chinese residents in Hawaii, and also
giving the exact history and status
Of the Crownlands, ending with
severely blaming U. S. Minister
Stevens, Captain Wiltse of the U. S.
S. Boston and the missionaries, for
having wronged Queen Liliuokalani.
The speech of Mr.. Wilcox was highly
appreciated by the chairman and
members of committee, because it
has thrown much more light on the
Hawaiian question.
The third orator was lawyer Hart
we'll, who has bean very unfortunate,
not being able how to talk nor how
to keep silent-a big fasco.
The fourth orator was lawyer
Smith, who has been more loquacious
ard far more able than his mission
airy colleague Hartwell, utterly in
competent for the mission intrusted
to him by the d de oligachy; Hart
we'll appeared to me to be on the
road toward fermentation. The SILL
600 given to Hartwell for the job Of
coming to Washington to defend the
Dole governme ut, have been money
thrown away.
On Wednesd y, the Oath, appeared
before the same committee lawyer
Caypless as the fifth orator on the
Hawaiian Territory Bill, his elo.
quence was warm and his logic very
stringent and both far superior to
those of the other three lawyers,
Little, Hartwell and Smith. The
speech of Mr.. Caypless was atten-
lively listened to by the chairman and
the members OF the committee just
as much as that Of Robert w. Wilcox
and can be styl; severe but just
arraignment OF the missionary ring
in Hawaii and a strong defence for
the oppressed native Hawaiians and
the workingmen in Hawaii, who
ought to be thankful to lawyer
Caypless and to r. w. Wilcox.
The sixth to appear before the
committee was myself and in my
customary fearless manner, l gave
to the mission aries in Hawaii the
last dose of blame and reproach de-
served by them for having 30 long
oppressed and demoralized the good
native Hawaiiaus, and also I made
an appeal in homage to justice, thai
ex-Queen Liliuokalaui should receive
an indemnity for the wrong done te
her.
Now the poll tax or the qualifica