The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

holders, and passed laws taking the
ballot from them, ''niggers'. We're
Governors Senators, Secretaries
and Treasurers of States, and a
Niger" John NJ. Langston, was
candidate before the convention for
Vice President of the United States
at the first nomination of Harrison
Instead of degrading yourself and
your paper by printing your friends !.
blackguardism, you should have
told him to go slow: that this is not
a safe place in which to call people
''niggers;" that Prince Cupid, that
manly scion of noble house,
knock d a man down here for cali
ing him Niger" and, that low
bred men, like your friend. have
called our police officers "niggers"
so much that it is a wonder some
of them have not had their heads
knocked off. Men from the slums of
the States, like your friend when
they think it is safe to do SO, call
ali dark-skinned people "niggers."
To such men the brown man, the
Malay. black man, the half-white,
all are ''niggers." Your friend repre-
sents q class of fellows who, when
D'Israeli went to the front in Eng
lish politics, called him nothing
but a jew" who sneeringly call
General Campos, the Spanish leader,
a niger because of his African
blood; who call Croker, IAN irish
Paddy" who call Italians, "Da-
gos; who Cypress and ostrcise
the Chinaman' in the States, and
who. if they could, would write the
word ''white'nH everywhere in the
constitution and the laws Such
people, like your friend, belong to
the Democratic party. l advise you
to keep your eye on your fiend, Mr..
Editor, because, if he stays here
long enough and gets a job from Mr..
Tesla to write on his paper, and if
he should get mad and should feel
safe, he will be calling the dark
skinned leaders of the Democratic
party ''niggers:" and, if he should
be lucky enough to marry a dark
skinned lady, his own family would
not be safe from his blackguardism.
You will find, Mr.. Editor, that the
thoughtful people of this Territory
will rebuke the slur which you at
tempt to place upon such a gentle
| man as ". G. Achi-a man of refine
ment and ability, who has done
more for the city and for Hawaiians
than a million men like your friend
could do; a man who has been a
success himself, and who has kept
others from going down. Our Ha-
| what Democrats think of dark
skinned men, and they will realize
that the Democrats would take
away from them their votes and
their rights, if they could.
Now, Mr.. Editor, you had an OBJ
ject in writing and publishing the
I paragraph in question. If the santi-
Il ments covered by it are your own,
then greater cowardice could not be
-ll.,vYr -" h1r, Of
raises his arm to strike, but has not
= courage TO give the blow If your
object was to print something to in
jure me, you have failed; and if
your point was to- say something
nasty to make me indignant, you
have failed What have YOU accom-
piished? Youihave simply degraded
your employers paper in a futile eff
fort to get even with public mer
T. M'CANTs STEWART.
October y, 1900
DEMOCRATIC MISRULE.
When Hawaiians remember the reco
; o1 this partyLhow in times past it ma
Tit. penitentfary offense to teach dar
skin children to read: how at the prese
tlme, wherever ii can, it prevents daT
skin people from voting and holding
= fice and Expresses them in many wa,
a why. since Nc Kinley became Preside
o this Incident occurred near the city
|. charleston, in South Carolina, Tillma
2 State: A colored citizen named Baker.
u schcol teacher Of intelligence and hi
6 ctaracTes, was appointed postmaster
"A his town. The Democrats ordered h
= not 10 accept at the peril Of his life; b
Z brave man, he accepted. At night ii
q they came in a mob: they broke in
g door to find him rifle in hard with
II
= other children Of tender years at his 81
G The towards became frightened. tt
O, crept to the back Of the house ana set
e. 10 il. AS the flames roaTed around l.
e Baker took his infant in his arms
Y krelt in prayer with his little fan
e around him. While in this attitude
e infant child was shot dead out of
re arms, and the father was also shot d.
IF in the midst of his wailing family "
t. was his offence? He dared to accept
il office from the Republican President
o. the United States. / fail to see how
If dark-skin person can join the Democr;
Is.party while these conditions prevail.
le said to a prominent Japanese citizen
n day. who told me with some pride that
Is is a Democrat, why, my dear sir, if
p were to gos into the States, you could
nj because its RUE regulating admission
the precinct club Is to the effect that
white citizen. may. become a member.
YOU want to Join national party, vi
knows neither race, color. nor condit
party which welcomes white brown
black, rich and poor alike; a partv.Ml
makes men happy and prosperous,
the Republican party. You Will W
your time and endanger your rights
, following the Independent party, for
has 10 friendly hand TO greet it in
United States. 1t will be left seye
, alone by both the Democrats and Rel
= tlicans of the States. and Wilcox will Y
der like a ghost through the halls of
gress. Then if you elect an Indepen
= LEGISLATURE what can it do? The
T ernor can keen his appointees in ofHc
reappointing them as soon as the l.
: lature adjourns, and paying them on
present basis; he can veto your leg
tcn. and If they override his veto,
4 gress can repeal the Objectionable sta
And if things get too hot, Congress
= limit the suffrage as under the monar
or it can take it away altogether,
has done in the District of Columbia.
4 path pointed out by the Independent
" will lead the Hawaiian people to
2 Let us beware Let us do our dut,
q ourselves and our children by suppo
the grand old party of Abraham Lin
Brief addresses were made by Me
: ]. L. Kaulukou, Kealakaihonua, Y
r Coelho and Enoch Johnson. The II
. ing adjourned with cheers for the
T tional and Territorial ticket.