Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-23
WHO is ANTl.AMERIcAN?


In a TRADE against Hawaiian.Amer.
leans, an editorial in the Advertiser
contains the following paragraph:
Further than this every fair.minded
white man in Hawaii knows that the
aboriginal policy is opposed to his in.
terests. The native no more wants
white men, and particularly Ameri'
cans. to come here than he wants to.
be beaten in the next election. He.
believes that the more Americans
there are in the Territory the fewer
will be his chances to hold office
and holding office is the one supreme
ambition Of every aboriginal native Of
the soil. His spirit of opposition to
AmeriCans--whom he accuses Of hav'
inc stolen his country in lS93-is his
Substitute for patriotism. 1t appears
in all his public acts whether legisla.
tive or administrative; whether in
framing bills or in Observation-Disclosures
land bureau. And for the present
the present only-it is effective"
As a matter of fact, every well.post.
ed man in Hawaii knows tnat the pol.
icy OF the mi ssionary party. represent.
ed by the Advertiser. has been since
encouragement to immigration of
Americans. The missionary party Is
the only party that has driven white
men from the Hawaiian Islands. II Is
the only party that has attacked the
newcomer, tooth and nail. In politics,
in business and even socially. With
the Advertiser as its mouthpiece, a
handful of white men Incorporating
as Americans, have controlled these
Islands. They at one time had the
Hawaiian fiat upon his back, bound
and muzzled, and had upon their books
such an abominabe code of laws that
Americans only ventured here through
curiosity. This same party, when
those who composed It were confront.
ed with the extinction of their little
sovereignty, when they were also con.
fronted with, as they then thought, the
loss of sugar dividends, they clamored
for and got annexation to the United
States.
Since annexation, this same party
has fought inch by inch, the adoption
OF everything labeled American, whe
Their IL be a law, a method of proceed
ure, a business custom or a personal
right. 1t would be hard TO say against
whom 1t has directed its choicest ven
om,-the lately arrived American. OIL
the enfranchised Hawaiian.
The one thing, American, that the
A1uArtign. apt,t nd a.
ed hardest to these Islands, is the
American dollar. For It they have sac
rificed even the memory OF the Amer
lean spirit of justice. which in vary
ing degrees permeates every walk IL
American life. The dollar was needed
the American citizen with a mind o.
his own, was not. The tactics of tn,
Advertiser coterie for the past three
years is proof sufficient OF this state
ment.
And now, this hysterical cutlery thai
the Hawaiian is heading off an incur
sion of American settlers Is ridiculous
As to the Hawaiian's love of office
say. If the Hawaiian caresses the er
mine of Office tenderly, your simon
pure missionary hugs 1t as the devi
hugs a lost soul. If the Hawaiian Il
Jealous lest an imaginary horde o
Americans come and I'LL all the Offices
what may We call those promptings II
the bosoms of the elect that cause
them TO calumnize every American
who has obtained office without thei
endorsement. If the Hawaiian 4
> afraid that the proposed thrush o
t Americans will gobble up his lands
/. his lands-his lands-where are they