The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-24
.HAWANANS
SPEAK OUT
Geo. Markham Takes
His Pen in Hand.
TELLS ALLEGED TRUTHS
Henry Smith Commends the Adver-
tiser for Giving Future Voters
Political Instruction.

waiians: First, No haole need apply;
second, a color line in Hawaiian poll
tics We Hawaiians as whole deny
all such charges as falsehood and
downright misrepresentation of facts.
Take heed in the nature of your edi-
torial of the 10th inst, as follows:
The minority" of voters who gloat at
the prospect of governing and punish
ing the ma ority" of voters of these
Islands are holding festival on the
brink of volcano or on a deceptive
shore, where the water has been suck
ed up into a tidal wave which looms
in the mist. Let them be warned in
time. The moment they do that the
volcano will begin to rumble and the
tidal wave to move; for be it known
by the logic of all American political
history that majority rules" We
Hawaiians are beginning to realize the
importance of American politics, that
something is brewing IN certain quar-
tiers, that certain things seems % be
not properly ventilated the clogs of
the family compact which are not in
its proper grooves, the bottom of the
political pot will soon drop, and we
the minority, will be in the mud al the
bottom of this volcano that is brew
ing. The magnetic needle of the Ad-
vertiser staff seems to have a strong
tendency TO point in that direction.
The indiscreet and unscrupulOus
sarcastic slurs that is cast upon us
Hawaiians will lay in state" in 4
golden casket trimmed with emerald
and pearls in its editorial sanctum
sanctorium of the u. G. \. The process
sion will begin to move after the Leg
islature and municipal elections are
over towards the crematory station at
Mauliola island, with muffled drums
and reverse arms, with l.. A. ThurstOn
& Co. as chief pallbearers and Walter
G.. Smith as chief mourner.
When Congress assumed our indie
pendence flag and sovereignty which
was is ever so dear 20 us. we Hawaii
ans became by such act an American
citizen whether we disavowed il or
not, and we as citizens of such will ex-
ercise all the rights and privileges I'M
der the fundamental law of the United
States, protected under the folds OF
the American eagle.
You have also charged us of the
abuse we will entertain of the suffrage
question in retaliation and revenge. |
can assure you, Mr.. Editor, that we
shall exercise that privilege as a body
polite with discretion moulding and
welding that power in the spirit of
true "republiCanism" and the spirit of
true democracy"
Our true sentiment has been greatly
falsifed at Washington by Smith.
Armstrong q Co. in reference to the
suffrage question If granted TO us Ha-
waiians. there would be no limit of ex-
penditures, public funds would be Law
ishly expended and demagoguss would
be appointed in offices of trust, and we
the saints of the family compact would
not be in it. / can assure you that the
first Legislature and municipal cleo
tiOns under a territorial form of Gov
eminent will be holly contested by the
citizens of Hawaii nei after the bill
becomes law for supremacy in the up
per and lower house and all its
branches appertaining thereto. Men OF
intelligent education and of progress
i've ideas will be selected from the ma
tive element Men that has the cOur-
age OF their convictions to stand stead
fast and firm, that has no strings tied
TO them, nor loaded down with burden
Of debt. We shall place ourselves or
record as testimonials for proofs in
the next congressional session of Con
EreSs TO thwart all our inequalities
and to place ourselves i'm its proper
light Of self governing on the broad
principles Of Americanism in modern
civilization and of christian people
The exageration has been so vastly
demonstrated at Washington by dema
gogues playing to the galleries thai
vast powers has been adstained from
the hands of the people and placed il
- ~. 4. 4 a..
ecutive council pending our actions il
the Legislature and municipal COun
ellis.
We DO detest dishonest scouadrels
and imbeCile towards of our element!
that are not able TO turn an homes
penny or a days labor We hold fortl
our hands of fellowship to our Anglo
Saxon friends who has a christian feel
ing of Aloha, imbued with instincts o
the native race and interviewer b!
bonds of matrimonial ties. Men tina
have identified themselves with Ha
waits welfare and prosperity for tn,
future az well as in the past. II is al
honor and pride, and n degraded cur {,
man that disown his blood tina
trickles in his veins. We the progress
i've element of the native people inter
mingled with blood of the AnglO-Sax
on race, equal footing with TIT
tide of coming events. We a.
a whole nation will have TO shake tn
: dust from under our feet TO keep M
. with the tide in our mechanical ant
industrial pursuits Of life for con,peti
tion will be very keen by the influx o
alien races. The native party and IL
allies will not organize till the return
OF their idolized Garibaldian Wilcox re
turns from Washington. We vii
leave the destiny of fate of the Repub
liCan and Democratic clubs TO thos
that participate in such organizations
for reason there are no national poll
cies at issue rs there are IN the Unite
States.
We now realize that we a. citizens O
that free Republic protected under tn
folds OF the Red. White and Blue.
whose forefathers reared that magnif
cent structure in this Western hemi
sphere that laid its foundation hrOa
: and deep on the eternal principles G
!. right. Upon this foundation the
erected the temple. and dedicated it
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