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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, April 01, 1898, Image 2

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Editor
Propriotor and Pub-
EDMUND NOBHIE Editor
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WRIGHT Acalstant
KealilliiK in Honolulu
FRIDAY APRIL 1 1893
Tho great politicians who recently
havo given Mr Doles Govommont
the glassy oyo and tho Klondyko
heart remind us of tho pokor player
in bad luck who noticos tho thumb
marks on the cards and calls for a
now deck Tho dock comes ho
looks happy loses again and after a
while finds tho same thumb marks
It is the play not tho dock which
decidos who shall take the pot And
the samo prinoiplo rules in the great
poker game of government
THUKBTON ON PETITIONS
Mr L A Thurston special com
missioner for tho missionary
planters bouncod diplomat a
partner of the dovil and an all round
demagogue employed as a show
man in a ten cents oyclorama and an
advertising agent for roal estato
jobbers in Hawaii has cropped out
as an export on petitions and hand
writings
Mr Thurston has taken hold of
the monster petition signed by near
ly all Hawaiians over M years of
age in which the nation prays that
tho infamous annexation treaty will
not pass and ho has in a lawyers
brief attempted to show that the
signatures to tho petitions are
forgeries and that the whole docu
ment is a barofaced fraud
Mr Thurston in his brief devotes
considerable space in tolling Con
gress that ho is an export on peti
tions and that ho knows how thoy
are gotten up and of how much im
portance thoy aro He states that
during his experience as a Legislator
ho know of representatives who had
tho signatures of thpir constituents
attached to blank petitions which
woro filled out when the occasion
aroso to avoid tho troublo of can
vassing tho districts whonovor a
measure favorablo to the representa
tives wero at issue Mr Thurston
does not mention any names but as
usual ho speaks in gonoral vaguo
terms As a matter of fact was not
tho man with tho blank petitions
signed by his constituents during
the session of 188G tho honorable
member from Molokai Mr L A
Thurston Molokai was not oasily
roaohod in those days and it was
very convenient for tho representa
tive of that island to havo his am
munition in tho shape of petitions
roady in advance instead of depend-
ing upon the slow means of commit
nication
We havo had no opportunity to
examino tho petitions which havo
caused Mr Thurston so muoh worry
It Booms immaterial to us and to tho
niaiu issue whether thoro aro one or
two hundred names out of 20000 in
tho samo handwriting If tho
gonuininouess oi tlio petition is i
chnllonged and doubtod aud Mr
Thurston cau malco members of
Congress bolievo that tho Hawai
ians aro in favor of annexation aud
that thoy only signed thoir names
by proxy to seo thoir own hand
writing let tho Bacon
mont pas and lot Mr Thurston ad
vocate a plobesoito on tho question
of annexation
If as he says tho petition against
annexation is a fraud why does he
aud Mr Dolo fight shy of a popular
vote Tho auti annexatiouists havo
got no more monoy wherowith to
buy votos or bribe votors oven
if they wore bo inclined Wo
aro told every day by tho Ad
vertiser that not a cout has been
put up in helping tho Queen in her
fight against annexation We aro
frequently inforuird that a bottle
of gin will buy half a dozen kanaka
voters Mr Thurstons frieuds havo
got unlimited monoy for thoir cor
ruption fund and his cronies know
tho ropes by experience Why thon
devoto his valuable timo to examino
Lilikalauin signature which ho
says he knowi intimately notes or
mortgages Edward instead of
boldly assisting tho passage of tho
Bacon amondment buy up the ka
naka votes aud at a popular ballot
prove to tho United States and to
the world that the Hawaiians aro
in favor of annoxation and are sim
ply dying to surrender the indepen
dence of their country the state
ments of Kaulia Auld Richardson
and Carter to tho contrary notwith
standing
Mr Thurston says that ho knows
how petitions are made hero You
bet ho does Ho knows how 6000
names wore made to appear on tho
rostor of the Annexation Club and
why tho rolls for obvious reasons
were not available for inspection by
Mr Blount He knows who nignod
the lottery petition and how tho
bigger part of that document con
veniently disappoared when Mr
Blount wished to glance at it Ho
is familiar with the system of pay
ing tho canvassers 2J conts for each
signature and by that meaus swell
ing the lists of signatures Ohl Mr
Thurston knows all about petitions
and dont you forget it
What ho is trying to impress on
the minds of the members of Con
gress is that boys and girlB between
1 1 aud 20 yoars havo signod the pe
tition and thus creato an impres
sion that such signatures emanate
from irresponsible children Tho
members of Congress who are
familiar wfth our racial and climatic
conditions will know that the Ha
waiinne as a rule reach the ag of
puborty bofore thoy aro Id years of
ago That 11 yoars is tho limit for
school attendance tho ago of con
sent aud that although minors in
tho oyos of tho law they aro men
and women at that age
And why should not a boy or a
girl of Id years of age have a right
to hold and expross their opinions
in rogard to the futuro of thoir
country It may bo that Mr Thurs
ton has found two signatures repre
senting children only 2 yoars old
It is possible that some patriotic
father and mother signed the names
of every mfatnbor of their family to
show that oven the babes in tho
cradle protest against Mr Thurs
tons infamous crime of trying to
rob tho Hawaiians of thoir country
and bartering away stolon goods
Tho effect of the potition will toll
in spite of Mr L A Thurston
WORLDS LARGEST SHINGLE
MILL DESTROYED
Loss of a Hundred Thousand Dollars
Occasioned by Firo at Xacoma
Tacoma Maroh 22 Tho Pacifio
Mill tho largest shingle mill in tho
world oporatod by Motcalf Wade
was destroyed by firo to day Tho
property is ownod by tho Sathor
Banking Company of San Franoisoo
and its loss will bo about 100000
Thero woro wore 3000000 shingles
in tho kilns Within thirty minutes
aftor tho alarm the immonso plant
was iu ruins Thero was uo insurance
on tho Btock
Nearly every man belivos that fato
has a grudgoagaiuat him
There aro people who claim to be
praying for tho poor who never do
anything elso for them
OOBBEBPONDENaE
A First Improssioni
Ed The Independent
As one regarding all living things
in tho light of fellow croaturos hav
ing naturally tho right to lifo and
liberty as ourselves 1 nevertheless
am conscious that having tho power
wo fail exceedingly to reoognizo too
generally this great aud humano
natural law even to a limited de
gree Cruolty we soe to our poor
dumb fellow croaturos infliotcd all
round us both wantonly and
thoughtlessly tho lattor I trust
mostly As a visitor to your boauti
ful town I was strongly impressed
with the needless and apparently
sonBeloss uso of the cruel chock rein
used upon tho horses Tho torturo
chiefly in an irritating manner this
must catiso thorn must bo apparont
to anyone with tho least considera
tion How easily romedied by a
byo law of your city councillors
Truly yours
Visitoh
Wo fully agree with our corre
spondent who passed through on
the Capo Otway Unfortunately wo
havo no city councillors and tho
reigning powors are too busy check
ing the Legislature to bother about
check reins for horsos Ed
Ed The Independent
In order to bolster up the waning
courage of tho annoxation dupes of
this oligarchy for a few days longer
tho Star in its issue of March 29
quotes the roports from tho For
oign Relations Committeo in favor
of annexation which by carefully
reading botweon tho lines shows
marked tiresomeness and disgust
with tho whole disgracoful business
But the Star in order to koep up
its hoodwinking haain its leader of
the above date produced the biggest
joke of the soason Tho Star man
must havo laughed up his sleevo
while in tho aot of penning his
funny joke that tho Annexation
Coach is about to arrive with
Speaker Reed on the box Why
dear reader tho Star man woll knows
that annexation is deader than a
forty yoar old maokorol and no
doubt he is now making roady to
jump the fenco when it can bo dono
a little nicely and kinder safely
douohor know Andante
Thoro are a good many hard
money taon here Hard to got
monoy from
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