The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-20
ONE VIEW
OF SITUATION

| TRANSLATED from the Home Rule Re
/ publican Nov. 16, 1901.)
Be awake-Be watchful. or you will
be struck by the Fangs of the ven
omous Snake.
This Is a warning to the Hawaiians
in their weighing and considering the
crooked acts and dealings of ingrat!-
tude extended to us by this "Avaricious
Body whose endeavors have always
been to belittIe and degrade the stand
ing of the native Hawailans before
the eyes of the American people.
a large majority OF this body when
they first arrived on these friendly
shores of Hawaii nei were penniless and
without a cent in their pockets. Poor
indeed were they on their first arrival
here, taking advantage of the sacred
teachings Of our Savior in which they
light: but, now at this time, they have
exposed themselves in their true form
for greed and avariciousness, the TAX
ing away by force the rights of those
who cared fer them in their times of
trouble and of poverty.
Through Misrepresentation, fraud
and by force, they have turned you
over and surrendered you. OH Hawaii,
your rights of independence. but, when
the United States of America was
considering the question of suffrage
which was finally extended to the ma
tive Hawaiians, Notwithstanding the in
effective efforts made by them. the
an lxac n fra
in this it brought forth a feeling of
hatred and jealousy and animosity from
them.
They are grieving sorely over the
loss of the control of the governing
power of these islands which they have
held SO long for the many years past
and more so have realized their signal
defeat at the ballot box as last resort,
an effort was made through pressure
brought TO bear on the employees of
this body and with the aid of the hand
full of those were fortunate enough to
become members of the legislature
clothed with vested powers and eXer
cised it for the hindrance and blocking
in all manner of form, the success of
any measure or proposition made by a
Hawaiian member which he thought
and believed was for the benefit of the
islands and for its people. and that by
defeating such propositions by them
they would then have standing wit |
ness showing to the whole world the |
ignorance of the native Hawaiians and |
their unfitness to care for ourselves
giving them a good and sufficient rea-
son and cause in making their request |
OF Congress for a limited If not de- |
prive the native Hawaiians of the fran |
chise now exercised by US Hawaiians.
Have they no shame? for doing this
work of treachery and ingratitude, |
but as one OF them has been making a
brag which has now becomes an adage |
as OF those of old: "Puali ka hau nui
ka hau Xxi" meaning that the minor
ty rules the majority" or the MAORI
~ is oppressed by the minority" The
work OF blocking done by members of
he senate, those senators who have de-
Jared themselves true Republicans.
but from the work done by them, they
nave received nothing but criticism
rom members of their party-and
nothing of the kind has ever been
Known to be done before this last ses-
ion. The dismissal of the young Ha-
Yaiians from the positions they held as
government officers, after all the hard
york was done by them at the last
and now, as these hypocrites
ire now comfortably placed in per-
nanent positions in the government,
hey have no further use for us. and
hey are again showing their want of
for the debt they owe to the
Native Sons who responded to their call
OF help. who are now robbing us and
-reedily at that.
At a meeting of the Executive Com
nittee of the Republican Party held
asst month the ring of greed" again
howed their propensitles by their ac- '