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CHINESE RESTRICTION.
Ills Excellency the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gibson, gives
practical evidence of a dealt c to
Bav the country from entire Chinese
domination, in a regulation pro
claimed under yesterday's date as
follows:
From and after the first day of
April, 1880, no Chinese passenger
shall be allowed to land at any pott
in' the Hawaiian Kingdom unless
such passenger be the bearer of a
passport, in due form and legally
issued to him or her under the pio-
visiou of the Regulations made and
published by me on the first day of
September, A. 1). 188.'), "for the
control of Chinese immigration;"
and the provision in Regulation
Kumher 1 of the nfoicsaid Regula
tions, which allows tho lauding of
not more than twenty-five Chinese
passengers from any one vessel at
any port in the Hawaiian Kingdom
without passports, is hereby re
scinded. If tills regulation be enforced, and
it be possible to prevent the fraudu
lent issuo of passports, the increase
of Chinese in this Kingdom v. ill be
checked at once, and, naturally,
there will follow a gradual decrease.
Probably this regulation goes to the
length of what is practicable for the
time being. It is, at all events, a
jnovo in the right direction. There
can be no apprehension of the plant
ing interest suffering for lack of
labor on account of the measure of
restriction proclaimed, while Japan
ese in apparently unlimited numbers
can be obtained and Portuguese arc
still disposed to come here with
their wives and children. There
arc, indeed, large resources of
Chinese labor now in the country,
which is the more available the less
that nationality controls the maikct,
as it lias in the past. It would be an
excellent corollary to the new regu
lation if the vagrant law was en
forced, so that Chinamen could not
"be supported in idleness by associ
ations of their countrymen, thereby
being maintained as a vicious and
injurious clement in the city.
STATUS OF FOREIGNERS.
It is a misfortune to this kingdom
that its constitution does not provide
for utilizing the opinions of its for
eign population, so that the progres
sive ideas of tho older civilizations
may be incorporated with the
"united wisdom" of the national re
presentatives in the administration
of affairs of state. There can be no
reasonable objection made to the
propriety of entrusting the franchise
to subjects, for instance, of the
German, the British or any other
constitutional European Govern
ment, or to citizens of the United
States, while those governments are
on friendly terms with the Kingdom
of Hawaii, and some of them signa
tories of a treaty compact recogniz
ing its independence. Of course, in
the countries named, citizenship is
indispensable to the exercise of the
suffrage, but the conditions under
which that restriction obtains arc
widely different from those of Ha
waii. Their constitutional systems,
some of them at least, arc the re
sults of centuries of civilization;
their commercial enterprises and
social institutions are indigenous to
the soil, and the outgrowths of that
civilization; but, in Hawaii, with a
civilization not yet as old as its
living inhabitants, with its commer
cial enterprises carried on by for
eigners, its institutions transplants
from foreign soil, and forms of gov
ernment copied from Europe and
America, it would only be consis
tent with the eternal fitness of
things if the subjects and citizens of
those friendly powers from which
the forms of government and the
institutions of this kingdom are
derived, were admitted to a voice in
tho management of its affairs. That
the well-informed and intelligent
class of European and American
residents could bo otherwise than a
desirable class of constituents for' a
member of the Hawaiian Legisla
ture, is a proposition that hardly
admits of the possibility, of a doubt.
' Men, whoso traditions and princi-
pics lire invariably on tho side of
order, progress and liberty, ought
' to be the (list in the kingdom whose
opinions on public affairs would be
.given practical effect nt the ballot
box. The right of voting by for
eigners could be placed under such
restrictions as that the risk of their
abusing the privilege might bo re
duced to a. minimum. The icsiilt of
' pucb, an arrangement would be more
THE DAHtf $UX,ITItf STIMMAT; KOOLU, H, ?., SATUBDAY,
irssLv.
advantageous to tho givtf. that to
the recipient. The inomboiH of tho
legislature, however, as well as of
the cabinet, ought invariably to bo
cither born or naturalized llawallaus.
While the foreign residents have
siifilcicut brain and moid force to
conduct and summit the institu
tions of civilization, it seems an in
congruity that they should be
debarred the privilege of a yea or
nay on the question who shall engi
neer the political machinery, on the
judicious management of which so
much of the success of trade, the
stability of society and the develop
ment and perpetuation of civilized
institutions depends.
THE SOLDIER VOTE.
A few duys ago the grout Morn
ing Apologist for all that is corrupt
in government and outrageous in
political chicanery, with that In
imitable nonchalant mendacity for
which the sheet has acquired an un
enviable notoriety, states that in the
United .States "no one ever questions
the right of a State militia or national
guard to vote at all elections," and
from this proceeds with an elaborate
apologetic defense of the iniquitous
manner in which the "soldier vote"
was polled at the recent election in
this Kingdom. Comparing the
lights of militiamen to vote in this
Kingdom with the rights of militia
men in the United States, is neither
more nor less than placing fraud
and corruption in contrast with
honor and patriotism. Were United
States militiamen ever known to be
placed under military orders on the
morning of the election, and marched
in platoons to the polling booth?
Were United States militiamen ever
allowed to enter a polling booth
wearing their side arms? Did a
State government ever dare to insult
the nation and degrade the ballot
by coralling the troops on election
day and supplying them with un
limited rations of liquor, as was
done on the Palace grounds in this
city on the morning of February
3rd ? If the ballot were outraged at
a single polling booth of the United
States as was done in Honolulu and
throughout this Kingdom, ten days
ago, a storm of indignation would
sweep over the Republic from Maine
to California, carrying the guilty
parties into political oblivion.
Neither militia nor any other "com
panies" have the right to vote in the
United States, and members of
these bodies possess the franchise
solely b' virtue of their being citi
zens, of full age. Roys of 10 and
18 years who happen to be under
military training have not the right
of voting either singly or in "com
panies." Moreover, soldiers of the
regular army are not allowed to vote
at all. It will be time enough to
cite United States election methods
in vindication of Uio3c of this King
dom when the Great Republic de
grades its citizenship to the perpe
tration of practices followed only by
the lowest giadcs of ward politicians.
POLITICS IN ENCLAND.
To a casual observer, the political
agitations by which affairs in Eng
land arc now, probably, under tho
control of the third Cabinet, within
little over half a year, or, perchance,
in the turmoil of a fresh general
election, the situation may possibly
be considered ominous of serious
danger to society. Frequent up
heavals among politicians in Eng
land would seem to indicate Hint the
social fabric rests upon elements of
too volcanic a character to be alto
gether safe. Rut it must be remem
bered that constitutional order is not
always identical with the personal
security of individual statesmen in
the exercise of functions for which
they arc not adequately qualified.
And the sort of pitch and toss game
of late going on among cabinet min
isters is really the result of the Irre
sistible force public opinion is exer
cising more and moro every day in
tho nation. When public opinion,
readily finding expression through
the press, indicates lack of confidence
in the men at the head of
affairs, they must go, what
ever niy be their party an
tecedents. Whether tho popular es
timate of public men is right or
wrong, they arc, by every principle
of constitutional order, bound to
abide by the verdict. Nor is it left
in their own power, as in this king
dom, to manipulate, almost nt will,
the suffrages of their constituents,
Tho result of an election is the ver
dict of publio opinion in England,
but tho result of an election in Ha
waii is simply tho success of schemes
both legal and illegal for tho sup
pression of a possibly adverse deci
sion. Instead of the force of popu
lar sentiment acting upon the Gov
ernment to the subversion of order
and the production of discontent
among the population, the reverse is
the fact. Causes of discontent are
reduced to a minimum when the pec
ple find their fate to be in their own
hands. And this is the most fertile
source of dissatisfaction in this
kingdom, that public opinion is con
scious of its own inability to effect
its objects. Every change of gov
ernment in England leaves the peo
ple stronger and tho security of
society greater than ever before.
THE ADVERTISER'S RETREAT.
Last Thursday, the Advertiser
took up a bold position on the mat
ter of the military vote. He has been
driven from it so effectually by the
HmxiriN, that this morning his
whole force, nrguments, fictions,
and all, is in full retreat. The United
States army and militia that he fool
ishly called to his aid, have turned
their guns upon him. This morning,
nothing is to be seen of the '7i.ier'i
bold front on military voting. The
only demonstration lie is able to
make to cover his retreat, is a dis
charge of blank cartridge composed
of the old and hackneyed reply,
"that's all lies."
ELECTRICITY.
Gasoline, together with all pro
ducts of petroleum, is liable to fre
quent fluctuations in price, accord
ingly ns old deposits are exhausted
or new ones discovered. Gas coal
is more likely to rise than to fall in
price with the ever-Increasing de
mands of the woild for fuel. On
the other hand, electricity as an
illuminating agent is every day be
coming better understood and more
capable of being cheaply applied.
Hence, the dictate of ordinary pru
dence and foresight would seem to
be that costly permanent additions
should not be made to this city's
lighting apparatus by any of the
methods now surely lapsing. The
experimentation with the electric
light now being sedulously prosecuted
by enthusiastic specialists .should be
awaited for a resonable period.
Then, whenever results show elec
tricity to be available as our illumi
natingagent, prompt measures should
be taken to adopt it. An clement
that is not taken sufficiently into
account, in calculations for public
improvements, is the enhancement
of a city's good reputation abroad,
from being kept up to the highest
mark possible in modern conven
iences and institutions. This is seen
to be proved in the ense of Hono
lulu, notwithstanding its obvious
backwardness in many impoitant
respects. In the generally kindly
notes of travellers on our tropical
city, its churches, halls, benevolent
institutions, telephones, cheap car
riages, inter-island steamship enter
prises, factories, and withal its ex
cellent society and exhibitions of
culture, are cited as evidences of a
highly creditable degree of civiliz
ation, while the defects of organiz
ation and tiie missing public con
veniences are palliated or entirely
overlooked. Therefore, the nearer
the city is kept to the van of modern
progress, the higher will it stand in
the estimation of the world, and
while a good name is rather to bo
chosen than great richos by the in
dividual, for a city or a nation it is
n very effectual means of attracting
capital and wealth-producers. Elec
tricity adopted for lighting purposes
would probably electrify Honolulu
in more ways than one.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Federal Council of Australia
was sitting at Hobart, Tasmania, in
January. At a banquot given by Mr.
Sorvieo, the I'lesident, Mr. Douglas,
one of the Tasnianiau ropiesonta
tives, made a speech, in which lie
picdicted tho early bopaintion of the
colonies fiom England. Ho hiiid tho
time was not far dibtant wlion tho
colonies would no longer remain sub
ject to a little island in tho Northern
homisphoio. Tho other members of
tho Council piesont expressed dissent
from tho view held by Mr. Douglas
on tho subject.
Thero ought to ho enough enter,
prise in Honolulu to got up an elec
tiie light company. Besides tendering
for lighting I ho streets, it might do u
good thing in furnishing extra lights
to private premises. It would bo
porlmps, as cheap for a man to have
a lump nt bin fiont gate as to keep a
dog, gun and watchman for warding
oir sneak thieves. With plenty nf
light, the police on their beats might
sleep in fcafoty. At all events, it
would be worth while to obtain esti
mates of the cost of electricity be
fore a three years' contract is closed
for the fitful gasoline, that mostly
corves to make the daikncss visible a
few feet from the lamps.
Honolulu saloon-keepers will have
to make some discrimination in the
customers they consent to serve, or
a feeling of antagonism will form
against their establishments which
will ultimately sweep them away.
Burglaries and murderous sallies
traceable back to the saloons of late
should be enough to make respect
able people pause before passing the
emerald shades.
It is all falsehoods that the Bulle
tin has been telling about the
methods used to obtain the Govern
ment victory at the polls, the Adver
tiser says. Yet u party to a civil
suit swore in the Police Court yes
terday that two cases of gin in dis
pute had been given to him before
the election by Lilikalani, while the
party of the other part testified that
this man was drunk nil the time and
had three boxes of gin in his room.
Apparently the Chinese are find
ing British Columbia a hard country,
apart from restrictive regulations.
Lately the Mayor of Victoria called
a meeting of Chinese merchants and
informed tlicin that they must pi o
vide for their countrymen, several
of whom had already starved to
death, and about right hundred were
begging and stealing for a subsist
ence. , Accordingly the merchants
began opening soup kitchens for the
relief of their starving countrymen.
The Planters' Monthly for Feb
ruary is out. Among other subjects
editorially discussed is "The Elec
tions," an article on which con
cludes thus: "Hawaii is fast losing,
if she has not already lost, her repu
tation for decent, orderly adminis
tration of her public affairs, and the
facility and cheapness with which
her electorate can be debauched and
bought opens up a field of specula
tion as to what the future may have
in store for her, that is not encour
aging to those who have her welfare
and honor at heart." An only too
accurate hit. The correspondence
of this number of the Monthly
comprises a variety of letters on
sugar growing and making.
A learned aiticlc in an exchange
says the orange and the lemon ori
ginally came from Asia. Anybody
should know that from their color,
and their high price in this country
is of a piece with Asiatic ascen
dancy. A recent number of the Boston
Herald contains an illustrated arti
cle on rapid transit, which shows the
advantages of the Meigs system of
elevntcd railways, especially in
narrow streets. The Honolulu street
railway promoters should examine
that system, so Unit the city may, if
'possible, .bo up to the times with re
gard to this projected improvement
when it is ultimately consummated.
Some food for thought is furnished
in the statement of certain economic,
doctrines recently made by Sir Julius
Vogel, Premier of New Zealand,
which is reprinted in this paper. The
estimates therein given of the ele
ments of national happiness nro
doubtless in the main as correct as
they arc clear. To apply the doct
rines to this country is to show that
the dependent upon the results of
cheap labor, here obtaining, is a
poor assuranco of national prosper
ity and happiness.1 More than any
thing else tho kingdom needs an
increase of labor able to command
good wages, nndindependent workers
to produce wealth out, of the soil,
who would bo at once tho stay of
trado and the strength of the state.
There should, therefore, be no weary
ing in tho efforts being now put
forth for tho promotion of coloniz
ation and of diversified industries,
so that Hawaii inay stand high and
firm in tho company of nations, and
FEBRUARY 20, 1880.
her prosperity be preserved sccuro
against every contingency of the
world's markets, or variation in the
results of labor in isolated particu
lars of her own pioductive industry.
Tho Trades and Labor Congress of
New Zealand has put itself on record
against the system of plural voting
in vogue at elections in that colony.
It is strange that such a thing should
bo tolerated for a day under institu
tions based on the equal rights of
freemen.
A London dcspatcli says the
French Government arc accusing
Englntid and Germany of dividing
the Pacific Islands between them.
France can hardly talk that way
since England has joined herself
and the United States in a note
favoring the independence of the
Pacific groups.
A plea for olive culture is made
by a correspondent, who forgets
that the subject has been mentioned
in these columns. Mr. Lycan inten
ded to have the mountain sides of
his fruit farm at Kalihi planted In
olive trees, which was mentioned in
a description of his enterprise in this
paper. It would be a grand con
summation to have the dismal hues
of the mountain slopes overlooking
Honolulu superseded by a verdant
garment of olive foliage, the now
unproductive wastes becoming
fields of industry and sources of
wealth.
The judiciousness of a liberal ex
penditure, when paiticular work
must bo well done if attempted at
all, is manifest in the result of hav
ing a Government veterinary surgeon
appointed and giving him power to
stamp out glanders. When the
Legislature granted the appropria
tion for this official about eighteen
months ago, that disease was making
fearful ravages among the equine
stock of the kingdom, involving an
annual loss of many thousands of
dollars to plantation owners and
others, and threatening to become a
universal plague all over the Islands.
Now, through the skilful and ener
getic action of Mr. Brodic, the
veterinarian appointed under the
Act, and his coadjutors of the Board
of Inspectors for the Suppression of
Disease among Live Stock, the
malady lias been effectually eradi
cated. A
!7th
Sydney despatch of January
says: "It is announced that
the Cunard steamer Parthian is
under nn offer to the Pacific Mail
Company to run between Sydney
and San Francisco, in conjunction
with the present vessels, the Austra
lia and Zealandia". This looks like
opposition come to stay on this
route.
A pretty extended Samoan ver
sion of the recent action of Ger
many at Apia is given in to-day's
paper. German' seemingly does
not have the nack of acquiring colo
nics so as to make the original occu
pants of the particular territory in
question responsible for ensuing
troubles. England alone, among
the nations, seems to bo master of
the art of colonial acquisition, tho
peoples brought under her dominion
being always, apparently, repre
sented to the English people, as
well as to themselves and the world,
as receiving a just and beneficent
fate. And, almost without excep
tion, colonies acquired by England,
in whatever manner, take remark
ably little time in adapting them
selves to their changed relations,
their inhabitants speedily develop
ing into the most devoted lieges of
the Empire.
DEATH OF AN ACED LADY.
Mrs. Lydia Ellis, widow of Judge
Ellis of Sonoma, died at Santa
Rosa, Cab, on January 28th, aged
1)2 years. Mrs. Ellis was born in
Alexandria, Va., November 12,
17!)!). She remembered distinctly
the burning of Washington City by
tho British ; also plainly remembered
the death of General Washington.
She could describe the horso and
equipage of the first President to
their minutest details, recalling
plainly tho negro who acted as host
ler. In 1815 Mrs. Ellis' father re
moved to Zancsville, Ohio. She has
been a resident of Santa Rosa for
the past two years and lias lived in
the county for thirty years. Tho
aged lady leaves ono daughter, Mrs.
S. C. Florence of that city. Ex
Sheriff Ellis of Sonoma is a nephew
of deceased. It can safely bo said
that Mrs. Ellis was the only person
in California who had lived through
all tho Presidencies.
MANILA CIGARS
In Bond or Duty Paid.
A Very Choioo Lol, Fresh and Full.
Tlic Best In the Market.
HOLLISTER & Co.
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C. K. MILLER,
General Business & Purchasing Agont.
My most faithful attention will be
given for llio
Purchase ot Merchandise
In Honolulu for the resident? of the
39 1 several Islands of tills group, ly
Val'ble Stock!
FOB AXiE,
11V THE
Woodlawn Dairy & Stock Co.
t Thorough -bred Holstoin Bull,
"Dutchman," 3 years old, will welch
about 1,800 lb?.
1 Holstoin Bull, 12 months old,
"Hercules Second," sired by Judge
McCully's Imported Holslein "Iler
cules," dam, a largo fine graded Hol
stoin cow Imported from California.
Dam has given 441bs. of milk in a day
in this country.
1 Holstoin Bull, 9 months old,
"Ajnx." This lino thorougli-brcd Hoi
stein wns sired by "Hercules," dam
"Elma."
Wo also have several graded Holstcitt
Bulls from 2 to 8 mos. old.
This is u rare opportunity offered to
stock.raisers to secure n superior bleed
of cattle. Stock men in America claim
Unit for beef, milk, and butter they arc
superior to any other class of stock.
We linvo rcccnily imported 2 thor.
High-bred Holslein Bulls from Syracuse,
N. Y. 'lhc:o animals arc related to tho
finest dairy stock in the world, viz: the
Aaggle Family.
The best cow in this family at 0 yeais
of ago made the following milk record:
84lbs. in one da), 2,30albs. in ono
month. 18,001 15-1(1 lbs. in one year end.
ing March 25, 1885.
Applications made for bull calves from
tlico superior animals will receive our
attention. We uru i.gents for Smiths,
Powell & Lamb, and are prepared to
take orders for stock to be imported
trom them. Wo have open catalogues
of their stock, which we shall be pleas
ed to furnish upon application.
We have also becii appointed agents
to take oulcrs and sell cattle and horses
from the well known ranch of Gov.
Leland Stanford, Vina, U.il. Governor
Stanford has been importing from
Smiths, P well & Lamb thorough-bred
Holstcins by the car-load, paying as
high as $1,500 each fer cows.
WOODLAWN DAIRY & STOCK Co.,
Address A. L. Smith, Sec'y.
MsleiHS for Beef.
As proof of the superiority of Hol
stclns as beef cattle, we call attention
to tho following statement:
In the winter of 18S1 and 1885, we
caused to be slaughteied thu recorded
Holsteln bull Syracuse (S22), calved
Apill 24th, 1882; the iceoidcd cow
Signet (1817), cult oil Apill Gth, 1880,
and Littlo Wonder (1788), calved May
14tli, 1880, with the following result:
Syracuse weighed, alive, on
day of killing 2,290 lbs.
Dressed beef 1,430 lbs.
Hide 142 "
Rough tallow 120 "
Per cent, of dressed beef.. 02.44
Per cent, of offal 20
Signet weighed, nllve 1,470 lbs.
Diosscd beef 915 lbs.
Hide 7
Rough tallow 120 "
Per cent, of dressed beef. .02.31
Percent, of offal 24
Little Wonder weighed, allve..l,493 lbs.
Dressed beef 701 lbs.
Hide 78 "
Rough tallow 124
Per cent, of dressed beef.. 52.03.
Percent, of offal 33
Syracuse and Little Wonder had not
been fattened for beef, and Signet wc
had fed for some time, but she was not
what beef men would regaid fat.
Taking everything into consideration,
we think tills shows decidedly to tho
advantage of Holstelns as beef animals.
The butchers that purchased and cut
up the carcasses of Signet and Littlo
Wonder' send us the following strong
testimonial as to the quality of thcsc
two cows :
Sviiacuse, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1885.
Mr.ssns. Smiths & Powki.l:
Gentlemen; Wo were much pleased
with tho two Holsteln heifers purchased
of you last month. Wo have been In
tho meat business for the last twenty
live yeais, and have" killed all grades of
cattle, tho bust vu could llnu in this
country, but never have wo hud any
that would equal In quality those pur
chased of you. Wo have had a great
many compliments from tho leading
families in tho city in regaid to the
Holsteln beef.
Respectfully,
W. & J. PAGE,
49 Warren St.
Tho imported Holsteln bull Ebho, live
years old, was killed on the Hemlngton
Farm in Cazcuovlus
Weighed, alive, on day of kill-
1"K;; 2,200 lbs.
Dressed beef 1,313 lbs.
Hldo 150 "
Hough tallow 75 "
Per cent, of dressed becf.58J
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