The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-28
THE NEWCOMERS.

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The stern men with empires in
their brains. who laid broad and deep
the foundations Of the New England
commonwealth transmitted to their
descendants not only their love OF lib
erty and respect for law, but their
foudness for power and its emolu-
ments. The early missionaries 10 these
Islands were Of the Puritan faith and
strain. they were God-fearing. ear
nest men. loyal TO their convictions
and faithful TO their duties. and Ha-
vail owes them much. But they we're
not unmindful Of the opportunities for
gaining wealth ANA power by which
they were surrounded: and they were
never anxious to share those opportu-
mites with others, ana it is not re-
corded Of them that they ever invited
or ever welcomed white emigrants
from the mainland
Their descendants. with less of re-
ligious zeal. have preserved the mar
row. clannish and dominating spirit OF
their fathers. Control Of the legisla-
tive and judicial power was a neces-
sity with the pioneers. and possession
Of the executive Offices was not incon-
sistent with feryid religious profess
sion But il may not be denied that
many Of the children and grandchil.
dren OF the early settlers are imbued
with a mercenary rather than a mis-
sionary spirit. and that the noble am
bition Of love of power for the public
good has degenersted. with some OF
them. into ignoble ambition, into 9
lust of Office for the sake of its emolu
ments. and into a disposition TO sacri
fee the growth and prosperity of the
community TO the personal interests
OF the old timers" Il is the exhi
bition OF this spirit that often causes
the newcomer to feel that there is d
long. tough. tight string attached to
his aloha. II he comes to invest five
per cent capital in competition with
the cent per cent accommodations to
which some of the guileless islanders
have been accustomed; IL he proposes
to plant land. TO build factories, to
construct roads, or TO establish indus
tries which may tend to increase the
wages Of labor. he will feel the hand
OF the old timer CONCEAL in his grasp;
and II he be a lawyer. a doctor. a jour
nalist. an educator or an unorthodos
divine. he will-especially If he bring
with him from the mainland a record
of having been a participant in public
affairs ~ encounter fierce opposition
His record viii be searched. and every
stale SANDER that has done duty ane
gone TO its grave in the States will b,
disentombed and revivitied. and re
decked and paraded in the public view
by some Ancient OF Days who envie:
and abuses any man of ability whom
he cannot either emulate or control
Sometimes this method has beer
successful in driving back to the
States men who did not care to de
scend into the cesspools OF Islander. Il
throw dirt with hired scavenger EN-
ployed by a tough. sanity BLACKBOARD
But occasionally there has come
among US some man of tougher fibre
who did not believe that the sons and
grandsons and cousins and brethren
in the Lord and out OF the Lord of the
missionaries Of a former generation
had inherited an indefeasible right &c
hold al the Offices. and control all ths
legislation. and monopolize all tbs
franchises. aud possess all the soft
snaps in these Islands Of the blessed
and then there has been circus
The contestants who win snite the
brazen shield 4 arrogant old Brian de
Bots Guilberi are troop.ng down the
gang nlanks Of every Incoming steam,
er They come into the arena equip
ped with money and brains and enter.
prise. and they win in time tumble the
assumptions cid fellow into the dust,
and throw him out OF the ring upon
the waste heap Of the past
Whether the Constitution follows
the tag or not. the keen-eyed. bright
brainea men Of the mainland are fol.
lowing IL Some Of them may have
but one lung. bat they have two hemi-
spheres to their brains. They viii
within the next decade double or
treble the population OF these Islands:
they viii make Of Honolulu a city OF
hundred thousand people. enriched
b. the wealth produced in the Islands