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FRIDAY AUGUST 1 1902
XHE QUESTION OF THE EBIAKB
The oruoial point in the Taft
negotiation js not tbat the United
States wants to get rid of Catholicp
but tbat the Catholic Filipinos want
the friars put out It is the Fili
pino and the native priests who aro
most hostile to thonij and the Taft
negotiation simply voices thoir
wishes and ia pressed as a means of
domestic peace And the
United Statoi has as much moral
right without referring the thing
to Rome to expel tho friars as
France had to expel the Jesuits
Advertiser
This id ono of those streuuouB
statements of our esteomed contem
porary that must be taken with a
large pinch of chloride of Bodium
In the first place there is no evi
dence to justify the statement that
it is the Filipino and the native
priests who are most hostile to
them the friars except tho reports
made by Protestant missionaries
whoEO business it is to stir as much
trouble as they possibly can The
only fact apparent iu the case is
tbat the American govornment is
trying to banish from tho Philip
pines that body of men that has
civilized and Ohristianjzjd all tho
Filipinos that aro Christiana and
civilized
Secondly tho government has no
business to interfere with the reli
gious controversies of its oitizens
There is au arliole in tho Constitu
tion of the United Statoa that
Congress shall inako no law
respecting an established religion or
prohibiting tho freo exeroiso tlioro
of or something to that effect and
consequently Congress canuot give
to the Taft commission authority to
do in its name what it has not
authority to do itself
There is more at issue iu this
question than the fate of the friars
There is a principle at stake that is
vastly more important to American
citizens of whatever creed thau is
MnmnBOm
tho fate of the friars It is wholhor
auy official of the government can
at will in time of penes banish auy
mau or body of men from Unitod
States tonitory without due process
of law that is without trial and
convictiou Ii such arbitrary power
consistent with tho fundamental
principles of Anglo Saxon liberty
aud traditional Amorioau Hues
Thoso who think bo and who
would sauclion such arbitrary
powor by approving of tho banish
mout of a body of men from Amer
ican torrilory should read the his
tory of tho Aliou and Sedition
laws tbat wero passed by tho
Federal party we bolievo shortly
after tho birth of the American
republic
Tho Amorioau people lod by such
men aa Jefferson Madison and
Patrick Henry revolted against
laws by which a man might be
banished at tin sole discretion of
tho President aud in the Presiden
tial election of 1799 swept the
Federal party out of power electing
Jefferson
There is auothor poiut whioh tho
Advertiser might consider Article
VI clause 2 of the Constitution of
the United States says All treat
ies made or which shall be
made under tho authority of tho
Unitod States shall be the supreme
law of the land
Now tho Paris treaty was made
by the United Stat6a with Spain
That treaty is therefore the su
preme law of tho laud Article IX
of tbat tronty guarantees to the
Spaniards living in the Philippines
at the date of tho treaty the right
to remain there if they eo wish and
the right while there to practice
their business or profession subject
to laws as aro applicable to otbur
foreigners
Now in view of Hbis solemn
guarantco which is a part of the
suproms law of the laud wo ask the
Advertiser Is not the proposed
baaiehrnent of Spanish subjects
from the Philippines without trial
and convictiou a broach of the
treaty of Paris and therefore a
breach of tho supreme law of tho
land Would tho consent of tho
Pope make it auy less a breach of
the supreme law and of national
honor
Tho Advertiser seems to excusa
tbo expulsion of the friorj from tho
Philippines by the expulsion of the
Jesuits from Franco Is tho United
States Government looking to
Franco for precedents And if the
United States Govornment shoulil
arrest an army ollicor on a chargo of
treason gnvo him a mock court
martial aud Bend him over to Devils
Island would the Advorliser exouso
it because France has done so with
Dreyfus
Tho fact that thoso Spaniards
aro friars has nothing to do with
the quostiou It ia enough that
thoy aro covered by thp treaty
Au answer to the above questions
from our morning contemporary
will be awaited with interest
TOPICS OF THE DAY
A L C Atkiusou gays there aro
no moro Homo Rulors on Kauai
Delegate Wilopx stales that he
didnt B6o a single Republican thore
Can it be that Jimmie Sims was
WW Ml WWMgJOO WLUP1MJAW
right and that Kauai is entirely
Democratic
It was herein stated tho other
day tbat W O Smith as a candi
date for Delegate could not iiiub
tor a corporals guard Tbat as
sertion may not bo altogether cor
root for wo believe that ho can bo
elected by tho district tbat return
ed him aud Dole to former Legis
latures If ho would only return
tbero Lihuo Kauai iu timo for
election we shall soon see him re
turned or dumped ai tho case
might be as Jackoy Atkiuson is
authority that tbat Islaud has gone
Republican Pela paha
Ou tho Island of Luz n a similar
baud has murdered half a dozeu
policemen If American influence
wore withdrawn there would bo
hundreds of such bands and a per
fect holocaust of crime throughout
the group Star
There is no justification for such
a statomeut as is made by tho Star
There was no holocaust of crime
before the Americaus went to tho
Philippines aud thoy would soon
stop if tho ivmoricana would with
draw from the islands and leave
the natives to attend to their busi
ness themselves
Four American teachers have
been murdered in the Philippines
Such a thing is to be regretted but
now can it be otherwise Do you
want a Spanish speaking people
to fall in love aud work in harmony
with English speaking teachers
Such a thing has been tried in
Canada several limes during the past
century The revolutions of 1837
and 18S5 weio brought about by a
similar state of affiir Still today
they speak the French language in
the tohools of the Proviuce of
QiiebocPrince Edwards IslandNew
Brunswick and Nova Sontiu
Teachers who do not apak that
language aro not very popuar in
those Britirh provinces
Jack Atkinson who recently
returned from the Gardeu Islaud
is now recognized as tho authority
that that island has gono to the
Republicans and this since ho
came out a Republicau instead of
being ou tho fence as he has done
in the past But to presume to
kuow the political pulse of that
islaud community after ouly a few
days visit is to presume and to as
sume too much Jubl fancy the
temerity and gall of the young man
We wero receully a fortnight on
Maui and we fail to havo anything
much to Bay which way it vvil go
politically in the coming general
election For anyone to prcBumo
that he knows it all in a few days is
to assume that he is a wonderful ad
vance mind reader
Hypocrisy Beams to bo quite a
weakness among some of our own
people as well as those of othor
classes that should not be tolerated
long and the sooner they are made
to kuow and lo feel that they aro
known aud havo been found out to
bo very much wanting the sooner
will thoy become senreo and that al
of a sudden This ia a disease quite
provalent among church kooib of
the Congregationalist body and ia
as well inherent in politics aa in
many other vocationB Better to
leave them alone is the Euroet aud
safest way to dov ith them and to
eeo them out
What wero the rossous that hur
riedly brought Pelegote Wilcox
homo iuole d of eUyimj by
gress and attending to his duties
there particularly in tho Fire
Claims appropriation We would
ask wlnt did the people of this Ter
ritory eoud him there for Was it
not to look after what might be of
interest to them But one of the
reasons reported for his early de
parture homo bright aud early one
morning was on account of being
pestered by bill collectors for debts
contracted by bia Princess spouse
and of being threatened with suits
innumerable somo of whioh had al
ready bo n brought iu tho courts
there and judgmouts given the
plaintiffs aud executions orderod is
sued Thoso are not very roseate
for a delegate and the showing very
poor for the people to bo satisfied
although ho was sick a good deal of
the timeand had it not beoti for the
caro given him by certain frieude ho
may not have come home alive at
all We think tbat ho should have
stayed by Congress to tho eud
If special Commissioner Pratt
who was eent by the mercantile
bodies could have staved iu YWh
ingtou aud by Cougres to the
end why could not Delegate Wil
cox havo douo likewise Wo are
of th opinion that his Wilcox
presence there when the Fire
Clahm appropriation was being
considered would have been of im
mense assistance But such as it
is this Territory lost his services
in that matter aud the peoplo are
tho sufferers The peoplo of this
Torrilory should take cogniziuce
of this during tho cemmg cam
paign
Among the many avttilables in
this Territory fir candidacy to the
Delecateahip there are still other
good material among the Hawaii
acB for iur tanc no A Cum
mins Goo C Becklpy H L Hoi
stein 13 P Low C A Widomann
P P Woods and mauy other
But from tho above names wo
would particularly mention the
unce Commodor now Admir
al Becklev who is of chiefly
descent a foremost and a well-to-do
Hawaiian a jocund convivial
and hale lolow well nut and raioy
other attributes tint go to make a
good representative among his
peorB in the capital city Wo bi
lieve he would make a good can
didate among seafaring men an
well as among landsmen nod hope
that his name will be eerioutjy
considered
Report cornea from Waimoa
Kauai that there is an attempt
amoug certaiu haolo residents and
others there tp uve a hoole ap
pointed as District Magistrate for
tbat district aa tho torm of the
present iciOtimLout will auou ospiro
and that they are moving htaveu
aud earth to gain this poiut Tbo
prejent incumbent is a wll Isdowi
native and has Lejd the p at for
many years Although he has been
in cilice a long time he hs not yet
pas oil his ussfulneBv for ho b not
yot an old man although past mid
dle age Wo know him well and
do m him most worthy He ia one
pf tho msny Ju Igos we hope to bco
reappointed AmiIo from hia juili
uial ttuties ho is a capable flhfr
mai and taro planter nud when not
on the bench lie may ha seen any
day nt oither of those vocolioup FJa
is not a hjpooritoof tho kind wa
have bom reeoully expoeiug among
judicial incumbents but ho is an
earnest and sincere Christian work
or among his foil wa We hope ho
may be reteiued sgaiual the with tf
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