The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-30
GONE. NEVER FORGOT EN-.

The E1TSC Va Viz - -
tory of Hawaii has passed into history
and if the reviewer of the future can
see no more of good in its work than
the critic of today it will not take
many pages to sum up the penents
which will flow from the gathering Oh
the lawmakers. There is only one thing
which was overlooked in the arrange
ments of the two Houses, the taxing OF
stenographic reports of the debates, IN
the vernacular, so that the TRANSACTIONS
could be made quietly, and without the
necessarily rapid construction which
results from a running account
1t would have been a great record hau
those untiring orators been allowed TO
speak for posterity instead OF for the
moment only. How much OF inspiration
for the younger generation there Woulo
be in a verbatim report OF the grave
and dignified discussion OF the lady
dog. Future generations OF HaWallanS
have been robbed of a literature Whlch
would have been peculiarly their own
had the accounts of the stirring events
of '93 as given from time to time py
Frnmeluth been spread upon the pages
of the imperishable records OF the
First Legislature of the Territory.
There is coming a Hawaiian litera-
ture There are already many notable
works which are from the pens of sons
of the soil, generally dealing with folk
lore, the poetry and kingly history of
the founders of the dynasty. But there
has come no great essayist, or pampn-
letter as yet. This want would have
been supplied had the place been filled
by those reports. What with RussePs
accounts of the future which would
have resulted had the dispensary bill
been made law, the wit of White and
Tire popderous philosophy of Kanuha,
the grave and reverend Senators would
have lived in history and volumes of
co:lated quotations would have lined
library shelves. Kaniho on Political
Economy, Mossman on Finance and
Hihio on Public Morals might have
proven the most attractive of latter-day
reading for the young idea. But 1t is
not to be. The gems of thought have
been lost and only in the memory of
those happy ones who followed the de-
bates will live those golden utterances.
There have been scandals. which
were laid away as ghosts sent back to
the tombs, by the report of the Grand
Jury, officials who saw in a public trust
a private snap, and who let nothing,
from typewriters to stationery, escape;
small fortunes paid out for TRANSACTIONS
and printing, benefits which will never
he forgot, for the substance re-
mains in fouses and furniture. Men
there are who will think of what they
missed in that it was not for them to
know Colonel Mazuma intimately.
Others will try through the years TO
forget him. The bar will receive those
additions for whose admission the bail
ifs bill paid, and the marts of trade
will have new figures, principally in the
shape of beer and light wine sellers.
An era of prosperity will settle over
many household where plain living
had Teen the rule. but where nevec
more will it take the place of the fare
from Notes lunch-room.
However, it is not all of criticism that
must be dealt out to the men who have
occupied the public eye for the past
five months. Despite the fact that his
arbitrary rulings won for him the title
of ''the Little Gar the Speaker of the
House. J. A. Akina, has displayed
strength and fairness in most of the
trying crises under which he has la
bored. He has shown a capacity to de-
clare the House adjourned and sharp
ness in ruling. the edge being taken off
by his wit, which is remarkable. In
all of these qualities his fellow-ruler,
Senator Kaiue, has been lacking, but
nevertheless he has been painstaking
and careful in his display Of power, and
has used his place with discretion,
though always the partisan. In the
ranks of the members Of both Houses
there are men whose individual strength
of character is recognized. 1t is only
as members of that body which spent
500, 666 in giving a demonstration of
how not to rule a Territory that they
are truly impossible