The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-10
Transition Periods,

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UYHATsS IN names, Everything.
" In casting about for title for
this department I recalled that
era in Hawaii known for want
of a better appelIasion. The Transition
Period. . period In which the most
astonishing things were done beneath
The Flag which Is supposed TO tri-
rmphantly wave over all that IS good
and holy in government. . period
when the Supreme Court refused to
grant vrits of habeas corpus 10 u,er
incarceTated in the Oahu penitentiary
for committing no crime: period
to property, and Kissing. cracking
flames. punctuated with Erid glare
destruction and acrentuated anarchy:
a period when rat poison was rstioned
10 every barnholder and householder:
period of such establishment. devas-
tation snd destruction that one ike
Bah BaIladist
preams thas somehow he hsi come
To dv-fi In Topsy Turveytom-
Where vice Is virtue virtue vic~s
wher~ ufc>e l. na>ty-Rs>ry. nfce.
Where right IL wronx. and wrong l. right
Where white Il elsrk and black = white
Everything went In The Transition
Period. even Chinatown
In these Transition Periods my
theme will be an endeavor TO enter
tain. He who seeks here for mental
pabulum. even with searchlight. looks
in vain The editor and others will
furnish that food. Expressions in this
department are purely personal and
truly transition periods
l have the advantage OF the editor
he thinksf or the paper, / for myself.
He tries to mold public opinion: my
opinion is already nodded His task
is thankless: mine. pleasure.
Again. in these Transition Periods
writs of habeas corpus will not be sus
pe.ded: there will be no Sodom and
GSmorrah business; no buildings or
individuals burnt up. and shall not
dole out rat poison even to mine enc
mics So much for prologue Let US
begin.
What is the crying need of Hawaii
More capital to develop her latent re-
sources? No. Improved and enlarged
harbor facilities, great as they are
required? No. The suppression OF
Pains mules, desideratum devoutly
to be wished. No. The suppression
of English in the Legislature and the
public schools? Mo- What then? 4
more intelligent citizenship. How is
this to be obtained, BY bringing ignor-
ant and beas,Iy negroes and starved
and morally liberated Porto Ricans
by the thousands TO these
shores? No. How can this de-
sired citizenship be secured BY
stopping the abhorently depraved prac-
tice of combing the world with a fine
tooth comb TO bring here the riffratf,
the fotsam and jetsam. the despised
and the despicable of the globe to till
the soil. corrupt society. prostitute
virtue and destroy the sacredness of
home How can this absolutely urgent
and needed citizenship be obtained?
The solution of the question is easy
and there is only one solution to it
white immigrants to work on the plan
tations. II is the veriest driyel to say
that this labor cannot be had. Accord
ing to these apologists for bringing the
human scum of the world here why
can it not be procured? Simply be
cause it isn't wanted That is the
diluted milk in the cocoanut
1t resolves itself into a question of
expediency. say these apologists. We
must have cheap labor TO work the
plantations. and without cheap labor
We cannot raise sugar successfully.
Whenever anyone issso evilly disposed
as to sandbag this community he cud-
gels it wi,h a sack filed with sugar.
In economics ii is an incontrovert-
ible fact that cheap labor is dear labor
Can half-starved. cigarette-smoking
Porto Rican, with no ambition in this
life nor in the life to come. except TO
raise game cock, do the work of
white man from the middle western
states? Can fulfilled. rotund Porto
Rican. If there be such a creature.
do it9
When my distinguished fellow con
tract laborer in the journalistic planta.
ton. W. n. Armstrong, was editor of
the Advertiser. in very learned and
serious article. extending in length
over column. he recommended that
apes be employed in growing and har-
vesting the cane on the plantations
There We're many advantages. accord
ing TO this learned simianologist. WHY
apes should be given preferment as
laborers in the cane fields: they would
require no free house rent. free fuel
and free medical attendance, and the
acme OF cheap labor would certaiHly
then be reached. inasmuch as the apes
wouldn't require any wages at all,
1t would appear that this novel. and
to Mr. Armstrong. thoroughly practical
scheme, was after lengthy and thor
ough consideration thought ilLairised.
for Mr. Armstrong. | understand. has
been largely instrumental in bringing
the horde of starved Porto Ricans to
fair Hawaii to assimulate and grow
up with the country.
Mr.. Armstrong Is discreetly. silent
WIN the ape proposition. which prom
ised such golden fr,lition. was aban-
doned. an act which has caused me
much perturbation can see onI~
one solution to its vexity-alarming
apprehension lest the apes should cat
the cane.
| shall not at least at the present.
expatiate on the undesirability of the
Ignorant Afro-American as an immf-
grant and az a ciffxon hsr4 dfzo,,e- ,rr..-