The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-10
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tp Amoriranism. Us way o. office
holder ~ right ln another ana more
vital way he o. wrong Counted nose
'by nose. li1uoluluF population would
show more people who have mo- fHIih in
Things American than IL would people
who love the stars and Stripes ana
what they stand for The Home Rule
majority almost TO a man. would Not"
tho old monarchy back into power "
they could Their spirit was shown,
when their leader Wilcox, offered his
."sword" to Aguinaldo. and when their
newspaper organs hurrahed for the
Don ln the war OF 1898 II Is being
shown now In bitterness towards Gov
crnor Dole and all others who helped
to overthrow the Queen In 1893 and VII
cox in 1896. Aside from the IIawaiians,
many white men mainly foreigners
who sympathizcd with the Royalist
cause. would give themselves over to
a weeks celebration II the American
nag we're hauled down for good. These
people undoubtedly outnumber those
who cherish American principles.
But oddly enough they are not TIE
Iones paraded I'm evidence by the kind
of Federal office holders who call this
community "un-American,' and who
talk of the "roar against the general
Government" Our job-encrusted
friends. laying down their carpet bags
marked Sandwich Islands, max"
their charges against the very people
Iwho gave them the opportunity to live
here under the American flag. In their
lexicon of politics they define Governor
Dole as the head and front of alien SEN
timent here; yet 1t was Mr. Dole VINO
jeopardized his position, his estate ana
even his head for the sake of bringing
these islands into the ssterhood or
American States and Territories. Every
. man who stood by him in those trying
, days. putting his name on the roll or
the Annexation club and carrying
gun against the enemies of the United
States, now finds himself derided by
some Johnny me-lately on the score
of his want of patriotism. Some of
these very "aliens' made a long jour
ney to the Eastern mainland in the six
ties to fight for the Union; others have
spent their lives infusng Americanism
into the old feudal laws of this group.
and into We school system and into the
methods and connections of business
For sixty years they and their fathers
have met the political and commercial
encroachments of England, France, and
latterly Japan, with firm American
front. Whoever came to assail found
them steadily aligned under the Amcri-
can flag. 1t was they who made the
reciprocity treaty with the United
States and who built up for the mother
country "A magnificent trade; and 1t was
they who. taking their lives in their
hands hauled down the standard of
Hawaiian royalty and formally request
ed the United States Minister TIC declare
a proteCtorate, which he did. And
when a recreant official came here from
the President of the United States,
hauling down the Stars and Stripes,
they kept that very ensign, so that
they might one day raise it for good
and all-and they did raise It with tears
in their eyes and acclamations on their
lips. Once more when a recreant
American Minister demanded that the
annexation party should surrender
their provisional government to the
monarchists. who were the men who
went under arms for a fortnight rather
than lose the American ground they
had gained who but these men that
now in the opinion OF mere strangers
malihinis) sent here because their
friends were sick and tired of their i'm
Iportunties for office at home-are so
"un- American all of a sudden that
they spend their time roaring against
the general Government"
The visitor from Altruria would find
it hard to understand these tactics but
THAT would be owing to his unfamiliar
ity with American politics. What we
hear about the want of patriotism
among men whose courage and zeal
a int hn nil 10 no
campaign roorbach of the carpet-bag
gers who would, by excluding the an
nexation party from responsible pub
lie service. get the offices for them
selves and their imported friends. Some
of these legal and judicial job-chasers
would be as willing as any political
Barkis to succeed Governor Dole and
Chief Justice Frear and Secretary
| Cooper and the heads of Territorial
departments. Their capacity for office
| is as unlimited as their desire for 1t is
continuous. The great preliminary
question with them is how to get the
present iucumbents removed, and hence
the scheme to impeach their patriotism.
Every man of them knows the fraud
he Is trying to perpetrate but so did
| the schemer who described the gau2y
tale of Morgan's murder by the Ma
sons, as "a good enough Morgan yarn
until after election" The talk about
the "un-American attitude" of the
Dole party Is merely another trick of
speech, evldencing hunger for office
and no particular scruple as to how 1t
shall be satisfied, 1t is as empty of
truth. and even OF probability, as was
the political canards about the i'm |
perialist plots" Of the George Washing |
ton party after 1888.
The Home Rulers feel themselves
patted on the back by the carpet-bag- |
gers, but they do not quite see what
these gentry are after. Light will |