The Independent., 1901-05-27

time for this day, but it has come.
It is long lane that has no turning,
but we have come to the turning of
our lane. Hawaii is good
enough for me. 1t may be
that this letter from His Majesty was
meant to- head off these revolutions
1t is not sufficient to have
the King accept these resolutions; we
must have a new constitution, and
must have it now. A constitution is
contract, and if the King and the
people both agree to change it, there
is no violation of constitutional rights
and no revolution. e" Let
change in the constitution be the first
and last and only request if necessa-
ry, but let that be the one to be in
sisted on till the last moment!
During the course of his speech,
Kinney said, that he had been born
here and please God he was going to
die here, and would try to live here
under this flag, but he wanted that
flag to be clean. He preferred a good
constitution, new constitution every
time, and anything less than a new
constitution would not suit him. The
miserable rag of q constitution we had
did not afford adequate representation
nor impose proper restrictions upon
the power of the throne
With a good constitution we would
have peace-peace flowing like a
river"
1t seems to be that the great and
only aim of the revolutionary party
was to obtain the power and control
of government in their own hands,
this they eventually did in 1898.
After this came the cry of Annex
alton" Those revolutionists and the
press voicing their sentiments, and
other paid hirelings never tired of
placing before the people of these
Islands their views and telling CT the
benefits which would accrue from An
neXation.
A speaker at a meeting of the so.
called Annexation Club in February
1897 said, "he wants a government
that is stable, that will protect him,
hat will insure him prosperity, peace
and good fortune-he wants PEACE!"
That person has no doubt got his gov
ernment with stability he probably
has his share of prosperity and good
ortune, but has he got PEACE?
Peace, no, there has not been peace
IN these islands since 1898, and by |
he looks of things at the present
lay, there never will be any. Touch |
ng on the subject of peace. Who
commenced sowing seeds of discord |
md dissension in the minds of peace
,ble and law abiding subjects, and |
carried out the art of bloodless revo-
utions? None but those revolution
lists who clamored for annexation as |
an eXcuse-for peace. Now that |
hey have got annexation, are they |
my more peaceable? Far. from it; they
till continue to SOW seeds of discord |
nd dissension.
Why is it so? Why do these revo-
utionists of 1887 and 1893 continue
o make trouble, are they not salts.
led now that they have accomplished |
and consummated their political theft
with the aid and connivance of one
stevens. 1t appears that they are not
looks very much like as if the an
ieXation they wished for, was to be |
name only; the American flag to
eplace that of the Hawaiian and
hey to run the roost to suit them.
'elves. 1t did not come that way
hough, therefore they are not sat
SIZED. Annexation was only sub
erfuge through which they hoped to
obtain the dominant and controlling
,ower of government Their actions
eem to point that way.
Although the late King Kalakaua
nd Queen Liliuokalani were both de-
iounced and their act condemned by
he revolutionary party, aid that par
" act or carry on the government
When they did get control of tin
any better manner than those Sover-
igns whom they denounced? No,
ldeed. During their reign of terror
nd tyranny from 1893 to 1898, they
i'd not allow any representation in
heir Councils or Legislature of those
Tho are their political opponents, no
'erson could hold office or even be
ligible to be Juror" until he made
ath that he would not either di