The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-30
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tor of the Central Union Church. His
salary as pastor is larger than that paid
by any Church in the United States ex-
cept in the very large cities. being S, COO
per annum, as l am informed. and the
use OF the parsonage. for which the
Church recently paid $4,000 I am not
member of Mr. Kincaids Church, and
have only a purely formal acquaintance
with him
I also received from Rev. C. L. Pear
son, the pastor of the Methodist Church
a warmly commendatory letter, 1 am
informed although 1 have no personal
knowledge, that the Rev. A. z. Corey,
pastor of the Christian Church, has
written a letter to yourself in similar
commentator He also delivered a spe-
cial sermon on the stockade which his
congregation caused to be printed in
pamphlet form for general distribution,
the pamphlet being entitled. Shall the
Infamy of Iwilei be Tolerated." Al
though I have no personal assurances
of the support Of the clergymeu of the
two remaining white Churches, Episco-
pal and Catholic, I am sure that my
course meets their approval also.
Iuasmuch as there has been d persist
ent attempt to create public sentiment in
this country (notably by an article con-
tributed to the Washington Star of June
L. 1901, by one S. r. Bishop, signing him
self Kamehamehal regarding the contro-
versies in the Islands, and to make it
appear that this attack upon me is a
controversy between the missionary ele-
meut' and an alleged vicious native pop
ulatiOn under my leadership, these let
tiers are very significant as showing that
the so-Called missionary element does
not represent the moral force of the Isl
ands or monopolize the religious activi-
ties therein. The attempt is made to mis-
lead the vIrtuous, religious and law-abid-
ing people of the United States and to
make it appear that I am allied with
vicious native elements as against the
efforts of the missionaries sent out by
religious bodies in the United States. As
a matter of fact Hawaii is no longer a
missionary field and the religious people
of the Islands are themselves sending
missionaries to other lands
The so-called missionary element does
not derive its name, as might be sup
posed from the inclusion in that faction
of the moral forces of the community
or of missionaries residing in the Islands,
but from the fact that the faction Is
controlled by the descendants Of the orig
inal missionaries (and those who have In
termarried with them) VINO have, by
reason OF their occupation of the Islands,
acquired great wealth and consequent
influence. The present members of the
so-called missionary element are none OF
them engaged In evangelical work, but
| in business and political affairs Aston
! ishng as 1t may seem, this so-called
missionary faction Is the one which
established, protects and upholds the in
| famous and Illegal protection OF prostt-
! tuition in the Islands, including child
! prostitution, and the most bitter attacks
upon me have been made by this ele-
ment.
| Mr. Bishop, who wrote the article re-
| ferred to as published in the Washing
| ton Star, is himself a member of Mr..
/ Kincaids Church and, as lay preacher,
sometimes occupies the pulpit in the alb
sence of Mr.. Kincaid.
! I feel that I have already extended my
answer to an undue length My apology
! for so doing must be the distance OF
Hawaii from the United States, the DIFF
| ference of conditions in Hawaii and the
/ United States, and the impossibiIity Of
| those conditions being known to you IN
! less they be particularly set out If, In
attempting to hold an American Court
| in the midst Of these conditions, I am a
mlsfit, 1t lies with you anI the President
/ to say whether the AMERICAN idea of
/ judicial procedure Or T have correctly
pursued such idea) shall b,, made TO con-
| form to the conditions pre- "a lIine In the
1sia4os OF "ne'her those O nditIons shall