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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, February 15, 1901, Image 2

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glorious Republic the flag of which
floats over Hawaii to day
Wo cannot understand American
politics as construed by the Advertiser-
It is supposed to be a strong
Yepublican organ but was it ever
loyal to its party When Goo A
Davis a man who has made an ex
cellent judge as a substitute and
who is au earnost energotic momber
of his party is proposed for a seat
on the Bench of tho territorial Cir
ouit Court the wouldbo ouioial
journal dips its peu in mire in an
attempt to kill the prospects of the
man endorsed by tho majority of
the executive commlttoo of the Re
publicau party If that is American
mothodswo admit that wo do not
understand them yet
This morning a lowyor named
0 0 Bitting was oalled in Judge
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EDMUNI5 NOEIilE Editor
Kesldlnc In Honolulu
FRIDAY FEB lo 1901
ALIEHIOAtT BIErnODS
Wo are told by Mr Doles organ
this morning that Thr Independent
is a short novitiato in things Ame
rican Wo publish herewith in full
the editorial remarks of the odicial
organ
Now it ought to bo clear to oven
the Independent which is bright
enoughtto have tuado tho most of
the short novitiate it has had in
thiuKs American that business has
the decisive hand in tho legislation
of the United States Business
passed tho Dingloy tariff it patsad
the gold standard bill it carried ex
pansion measures in the interests of
trach it put up the money which
settled the campaign bills of tbo Re
publican party in tne late quadren
nial fight Business is kiug Mo
Kinieys is 0 business administration
Tho voice of businoss goes further
with it thau does auy other voice
save patriotism Andletusadd that a
very largo sum was asked last fall
of the business interests of Hawaii
by tho Republican National Com
mittee the money wan secured aud
more will be aked for next time
Is any one so simple as t suppose
that the Republican leadors in Con
gress are going to stand idly by and
seo so generous a contributor robjBd
to make a holiday for a party that
opposes the Republicans and would
run the material welfare of Hawaii
if it could
We feel as certain as we can bo of
anythiug in the futuro that if tho
Legislature passes the plunder bills
the native suffrage will not last a
year longer Tho sugar in
terests of Hawaii affiliated as they
are with the sugar interests of the
United States could appeal to Con
gress with a persuasive force not to
be resisted least of all by a nondes
cript Delegate whoso vanity aud
inaompotonoo are his most conspi
cuous traits The general business
interests whose prospsrity adds so
much to tho customs revenues of
the Union and to mainland trade
could in making au appeal for re
lief get tho aid of all its mainland
connections if necessary tho pres
sure of a billion dollars could bo
brought on Congress and where
tHat pressure was used lecitimatelv
and in a good cause no Congress
could resist it
We now admit that we cannot un
derstand the American methods
which aro espoused by the Adver
tiser and wo pity the people who
exist under such a form of govern
ment as that claimed by tho Adver
tiser to exist today in tho great
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It is fortunate that the Adver
tiser does not represent true Am
erican principles Amerioans are as
a rule just and fair and will not
support methods advocated by men
who are willing to spend a billion
dollars for bribes in Congress ac
cording to our local saccharine
organ
The Advertiser doeB represent the
sugar barons porhaps but it cer
tainly does not ropreseut the Re
publican parly in Hawaii If it
wasnt for the foolish policy of that
missionary sheet and for tho im
becility of Dole and the men who
appointed him governor the Re
publican party would be dominant
in Hawaii now and our local affairs
would run ou according to honest
American methods
Tho threatened disfranchisement
6f tho Howaiiana by Governor
Doles organ should not be lost
sight of The threat is empty be
cause in Washington Delegate
Wilcox is the spokesman for Ha
waii and not the representatives o
tho missionary organ Even Mor
gan the protegee of the planter
refers his subsidizes here1 to Bob
The planters may as well adopt
truo American methods by Vusine
their spare cash in paying the just
claims of tho sufferers fromiho bu
bonio lire tho imprisonment and
the dethronement American gen
tlemen would act in that mannor
TOPICS OF THE DAY
It is the tax bill and - not the
claims which islkeeping the Adver
tiser clique awake at nights The
Legislature thinks it is time that
tho sugar planters should pay a fair
oro raia on tneir enormous
comes
in-
The oleotion of Frank Austin as
president of the Gospel Temperance
League has been a great comfort to
tho sensible men of Honolulu The
League has killed itself bv thevery
mentioning of Austin as a promin
ent factor in is work The new
temperance claims to have a great
deal of mlluenoo with the Hawai
ians and tho results will show how
much it was
We have not had th opportunity
of Mr Thurstons organ to gain all
the gossip about the private char
acter of Geo A Davis which ap
peared in this mornings issue of the
Advertiser All we know is that he
madB an excellent rocord while tem
porarily a Judge and that the own
er of the Advertiser has to the credit
side of his account as a politician
the most despicable record
known here
V4 n VXi
ever
Tho carting of tho bodies of dead
soldiers across the seas is a method
highly objectionable to Americans
Lot the men who died under tho
Stars and Stripes among tho boys
in blue rest in tho soldiers grave
which to the honor of our country
is found wherever tho American
Englo I b known Thoro is
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iiiiiiiyuiiiiimjiwwwniimnn
Estees Court to answer a charge
laid boforo tho honorable District
Court on habeas corpus proceod
Jugs Tho Judgo didnt recognize
the foot that tho corpus wan in
Court and granted a continuance of
the case At Ilia request of an at
toruoy who was not 011 record as ap
pearing in the case If that is the
way they do business ia America we
must again admit that we aroout
of data
A large number of properly hold
ers demand readers for tho wanton
destruction of thoir properties dur
ing tho Plague scare Thoir claim
is good as ore the claims of men
illegally imprisoned in 1B95 and of
tho royal lady foully and viciously
ill treated by existing authorities in
those black days but tho Ameri
can organ of Mr Thurston de
mands that just olaims shall be
ignored and claimants swindled on
the basis of American methods
thing offensive in Uio idea df having
the dead bodies of soldiers dugout
from their graves in Honolulu and
sent via Guam Manilaaud Honolu
lu again before tho unrecbgnHUbJo
bodies can reach tho friends anjl re
latives who are asked by a generous
government to glare at a box con
tainnlng perhaps a dead cat but
never again upon the beloved
features of a soldier who was a
fathor husband or sou
A Flot
KOREAN AFFAIUS
Against Foreigner
covered
Seoul Dec 25 In my last letter
I referred to some daring attempts
of robbers in the country districts
which had been construed into signs
of politioal unrest Now news of a
more serious nature apparently that
is calculated to infuse fear into the
hoartsof nervous people comosto
uauu UUW UiUilU UI lb IS utaiuriuu
by hearsay report I cannot say at
present Still thore seems to be
some truth underlying the rumors 1
if they cannot be entirely verifier1
Some timo ago warnings to remain
in their centres were sent to Ameri
can missionaries by their Minister
in Seoul as acme disturbances that
might affeut foreigners and Chris
tians were apprehended Tjiq actual
reasons for these j warnings
to be the discovery of a plot It
now transpires that a leading Am j
erican missionary who was wjthhis
family and some others itinerating
in the Whang Hai Province was in-
formed by a young convert that an
edict signed by one of tho Ministers
of the Crown for a rising against
Christians and foreigners had been
issued and that tho dates were fixed
on tho 6th day of the 10th month-
29th Nov for the rising in the
northern provinces and on tho 10th
da Urd Dec for tbatrin the south
In order to avoid undue attention
be sent telegraphio messages in
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Colin to his brother missionaries in
Seoul and another- station as well
hi tojthe French missionaries jn tbo
former dity Thejmattor was thou
brought totliendiioo of Dr Allen
tho American Minister who took
his colleagues into his confidence
aud th1ey together waited on tho
King
am told they woro informod that
thore was no foundation for the
rudMljJf WM8 Clio foreign
closely he began to make excuses
and thus Indirectly Olfet tho dot dut
of the bag It BppoafsJttlaUJfe
himself had not lent his hand and
seal totheedictibut that heyiold
log to political pressure had given
his tacit consent by no raising any
objections or forbidding the meas
ure fHb ovidontly realized to the
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ms auiujpHiuuG ouu Jruiuiscu mai
tho edict should be instantly re
voked which was duly done Thus
a danger which came very neaf be
coming t roar ono wos aVerlor in
good time I cannot say in how far
the nation as a whole was prepArod
for a politioal stroke of -this kltid
but from theifadt that Ihe common
people were ignorant of this in most
Sports of tho country we may obn
elude that the affair was planned by
nfew restless headflsfrldexpecfed to
look after itself It is possible that
Mia Towdyelemnntytif whUhvVthdro
is always a good riVppqrtipnTnevVy
riilUnVmlRbt nave availed itsol of
this opportunity fbr an outlet
for their tupr abundant and mis
Rilidsd energy What
sions thS rising would have as
sumefljis similarly beyond calcula
tion although it stands td reason
fhat with three good harbors open
tliroughout Ihe Winter thdintereef
edppwers could easily h4ve put a
few troops ashore and thetjwhole
affair would very likelv then
fizzled ilself out I noticellfojvflveri
a strong tendency to alalrWamfctrg
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Mutiny in Formosa
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roildents belonglR C tho sister
branch of our Anglo Saxon family
This is tdbe deprepated aq an exhl
bition of fear is least calculated to
discourage an opponent By saying
this I am not ttfrald ttoll MKhllTji
callod an apostlo of foolhardlneas
The facts aro now simply that plot
was discovorod boforO il8t1mofu1f
being onaoted had arrived that it
was crushbdVnndjtha for thqprA
drit tlje dangor If pere Vvjojiny
real one is passed Thorolbrol
everyone is freo to purYuo his call
ing as before as iff nolhinfrhacl hap
pened which is really oase
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