Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-09

recalls what Shakespeare says.
Men that make envy. and crooked
malice, nOurishment,-Dare bite the
best.
The veriest dullard inhabiting this
Archipelago; aye. the attenuated ass,
browsing in detection on thistles in
the outskirts of Manila knows WELL
fully and thoroughly well. II he have
but superficial acquaintance with So
called "insular possession" affairs. that
there isn't an obstacle in the way OF
Congress tomorrow passing an organic
act for establishing and the governing
of the Territory of the Philippines,
delegating to the English-speaking
people, a democratic. constitutional
form of government.
But Congress won't do It, And why?
Congress knows nothing about the
condition OF affairs in this Archipelago.
The people in the States know less
+ about the Philippines than Congress.
Now in order that Congress and the
| people of the United States may acquire
some reliable information about this
tinsurrcCtion inspiring land. ] want to
make a modest suggestion, and | par
, ticularly request that you withhold
your smiles for at least twenty-four
hours and not diffuse them now. The
| suggestion is this: Let the Legaspi
monument on the Lureta be taken
down and shipped on the next trans
port San Francisco bound. On arriv-
/ ing in America let 1t be set up in front
of the National Capitol or the White
/ House in Washington. 1t will be an
+ educator and II 1t won't I'm a pound
OF potatoes holding up a gold dollar in
the market place.
We gods. how wildly desperate man
( is, In suggesting the removal of the
1 Legaspi monument am | guilty OF
criminal libel?
In connection with discussing a ter
ritorial form Of government for tho
Philippines. had contemplated saying
something about Hawaii-which Is very
pertinent to the subject. but | will de-
fer that 20 some other time when space
will not preclude too brief treatment,
Hawaii has an excellent form Of gov
eminent, beautiful homes. a well kept
and orderly Jail and a handsome fish
market At one time 1t had a libel law,
but II IL deader now than a cold stor-
age duck. When the oligarchs were
the most evllly disposed. the country
was never damned with a sedition la,v:
and il it was I'm jar Of sweet pickles
In irNtE a. fn lignnEitinn
| Thursday night, in the seclusion Of
lonliness, bit my leg to keep from
laughing to death. What caused this
uproarious merriment. which threaten
ed speedy dissolution, were several
startling statements. appearing in pub
: lie print, among them being something
about a prophet being unhonored in
his own country. and Rome not being
built in a day. From a cursory glance
at the article. dOvetailed with these
astounding aphOrisms. inferred that
an effort was being made to give them
local application. If such be the case.
| | wish to say. in the most impersonal
way. that the species of prophets we
have in the Philippines are not only
/ unhonored here. but would be union
ored in every quarter of the globe and
in the Land OF Nowhere; they would
| be unhonored at a meeting of the So
ciety OF Aged Maidens for the Suppress
sion of Child and Propagation Of Yal-
/ Ter Dog.
And as for Rome? If remember
rightly, the early founders. the first in
habitants Of the Eternal City built on
seven hills, in their infancy. derived
nourishmort from the teats of she
wolf
1t strikes ne, dear reader, that some
of our unhOuOred local prophets are
clinging with great tenaCity to tho
teats of the Filipino wolf. and snarl
and growl and gnash their teeth when
constitutional government is men
toned. II seems to me that II they
desire to pose as prophets. to be hon
ored when they are the least known,
and remain Uuhonored and unhung
where they are best known. they should
relinquish their hold OF the beast and
assume au upright position among
men.