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THE PACIFIC ' Commercial Advertiser VAITEB. O. SHIXH - - EDITOR. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 J. Emmeluth met the Queen at a luau yesterday, but It Is not yet known whether she looked as "fiendish" to him as he said she did seven years ago. The moth-eaten municipal circus Is on the road again but there are few people out to welcome It. The price of admission Is much too high for the kind of performance billed. "Yes," said the bullfrog, "we've fully made up our minds to act. These oxen that walk around regardless and lie down in the soft places must go. The bullfrogs have concluded to 'fire them and If you will listen some night you'll hear 'em whiz." 1 A contemporary asks why Gen. Hart- well was passed by when the Planters' Association was looking for a perma nent aeent at Washington? The answer Is: For the same reason that H. P. Ilaldwln. J. 1$. Atherton. C. XI. Cooke and Alexander Young were overlooked; the t.l.intprs knew that none of them would take It. 4 The latest haunt of piracy Is the Chi nese coast. There the tales of the Spanish main come to life again and men are robbed and murdered and treasure Is stolen In quite the old swashbuckler way.- It would pay the Chinese Kovernment to suppress the Oriental Captain Kldds. for if It gives them a free sea much longer all Chi nese ports, landing places and rivers running to tide water may be taken under foreign Jurisdiction. A-Republican National Committee man who cared anything for Hawaii would have brought aid here from the Mainland to win the election. The man we have collected money from the su gar planters and went away with It, putting the funds where they would help him to get political recognition and giving Hawaii the go-by. buch a Committeeman Is an Impertinence and being one will probably not resign even though petitioned to do so by ninety nine per cent of the party. Hawaii Is one of a few places in the world Inhabited by white people that does not know or Is not able to find out the results of the Presidential elec tion. Every part of the United States, Including the West and East Indian possessions, barring only Hawaii and Tutulla, have been In touch with the news for more than a week. We shall have to wait until the 17th for data about the returns of the 6th. It Is at such times that Hawaii realizes. In most strenuous fashion, tne need or a cable to the Coast. One of the plumbing supply men, in the course of a recent interview, said that he did not see why the plumbing trust should be attacked here when it Is let alone on the Mainland. The causes, however, are easy to find. Here the master plumbers have com bined to rob the people and on the Mainland they are content with the rate of profit to which householders have long been accustomed. No pro test haa arisen at the other end of the long ferry and doubtless few people there, not in the plumbing business. know of the existence of a trust. The same might have been the case here had not the plumbers tried to outdo the Forty Thieves of All Daba. The attempt of . the San Francisco News Company to prevent the receipt by the Honolulu press of files and As sociated Press correspondence before the circulation on these streets of Coast newspapers Is another conspiracy in restraint of trade. We have no doubt that It can be dealt with both crim inally and by civil process in the Unit ed States courts and that local con cerns which are hand in glove with the San Francisco News Company in the deal can be made to sweat for it. How ever as things are going, the Adver tiser Is not likely to lose any news ad vantages It has hitherto enjoyed and so long as that is the case there will be no need on Its part of an appeal to the Federal laws. The vealy Bulletin revives the dis cussion of Sewall's 'misadventure with the Governorship and as It seems anx M I . . . ious ior ngm on tne suoject we may as well tell a story. One day last spring President McKlnley sent for an eminent Hawaiian citizen to ask his advice in the matter of Sewall and IKIe. Mr. McKlnley Intimated that Mr. Sewall was slated for Governor and Mr. Dole for Chief Justice and he asked how the appointments would be re celved7 The Hawaiian spoke kindly of Mr. Sewall but stated that the lat ter's friends had made such malevolent attacks on Mr. Dole that Sewall's ap pointment would cause an undeserved humiliation to the man whose labors had, more than those of any other one Hawaiian leader, made annexation pos slble. The President wanted particu lars and was given Bulletin clippings to read. Going over a few of them he expressed disgust and ended the Inter view, saying nothing of his Intentions, A few days later the nomination of Panford B. Dole for Governor of IIa wall was sent to the Senate. If French Canadians can work In Ha waiian cane fields the average Amerl- ' can farm hand can do so. We still be lieve that several thousand men might be had for the Hawaiian labor market from the ranks of the 33,000 young sol diers, now serving In the Philippines, whom the law requires to be disbanded next July. These stalwart youths come, as a rule, from agricultural dis tricts, they are now working In a hot ter climate than this for $13 per month and found and most of them have probably, by this time, come under the spell of the tropics. If the United states uovernment, which has con tracted to return them, at the expira tion of their terms of service, to the place of enlistment, would agree to land such of them here as might be Induced to do field work, paying them In cash FIRING THE MISSIONARIES." ,;; ;r - ...... , . ...-, -- . The anti-missionary program which Mr. Facrington was easUy led to divulge has an ancient and fishlike smell. For oer seventy-five years strang ers have turned up on this beach witn tne tnreai, as ramngion puts n, i "fire" the men of conscience and responsibility whom people without sucn phases of character are most apt to flout as '.'missionaries." Uniformly these adventurers have failed and most of them have had an unhappy ending for their public careers. . " One of the pioneers In tne anu-miSgionary element, a man namea mm- ton was a Consul nere in io---j. iouh uuem-c -u drunkenness and the social evil and put himself at the head of -a faction which, for a time, caused the missionaries and the native government wmcu they maintained, some annoyance and embarrassment. In thei resulting controversy, however, aeceni ih.ho canj v.... nc, .. finally brought to terms as a aisturDer or tne peace Dy me captain oi an American man-of-war who, in a subsequent report of his Inquiry about the miinnarlps wrote that "not one Jot or tittle, not one iota, derogatory to their characters as men or as ministers of the gospel of the strictest order, could be made to appear against the missionaries by the unuea errorts or an wno conspired against them." In 1853 malihinis from calirornia oegan a campaign against me so-rancu . . . . . : v. 1 . , l tta "missionary cabinet or mat year, noiaingn resyuiisiuie iui iue spreau ui m smallpox, but they achieved noming except tne suiieiseswuu une miiu ary" minister whom they did not like by another towards whom they felt no more favorably, and who, with his colleagues, kept the government running in the safe old way. The reicn of Kalakaua witnessed the Intrigues or one great radical poli tician and several small ones to overthrow the influence of the conservative white party in the affairs of Hawaii Walter Murray Oioson, Celso Caesar Moreno and Volney ana uiarence Asnrora. uiDson s career was remarKauic and. for a time, it threatened to dominate the politics of these Islands during the lifetime ot the man. Gibson believed, as Moreno did, that the "mission- aiies were men to enuure miuci iiio.ii lu ugni. nun 6'" "c -"" their character the events of ten or more years ago attest. The ex-Mormon leader and the evil genius of Kalakaua went easily Into power and grew bolder with practice, finally developing a policy of extravagance and fantas tic adventure which strained the patience of responsible men to the break ing point. The "missionaries" assembled, one blow was struck and the Gib sonian Idol came down like the image with the brazen cheek and the feet of clay. Moreno's reign lasted but three days and it was brought to grief under a dangling noose. The Ashfords then tried their hands but the only imprint they ever made on the history or Hawaii was caused ty tneir downfall. Viewing the fate of the politicians and factions that have in turn butted their heads against the rock of Hawaiian conservatism we can afford to smile at the threats of the little flock of Job-chasers whose tale-bearer and handy chiffonier is the editor of the Bulletin. The comic aspect of the thing Is In creased by the fact that, but a few short weeks ago, they were all on their knees to the "missionaries" begging for the money to run a campaign and agreeing to thro.v a Jonah overboard If they could get It. Even Sewall went around with cap In hand pleading for the money with which he hoped to bid for personal favor at Washington got It and then left the party of which he is supposed to be the official head to Its fate. It was 1'Good Tige, Good Tige" to the "missionary" then; It Is "fire the missionary," now that the money has been spent and the Job-chasers are unhappy. It will be a rare show when these peanut politicians bring their pop guns and toy swords to the nring line and attempt to do what Walter Mur ray Gibson with his massed artillery failed to achieve. It will be a Joke to see them range up to be counted, as they were once counted on an uproarious political evening in the Drill Shed. And It will be funnier yet when the non descript collection of "firers" hoist the white flag as usual and wig-wag this message: "If you'll let us have a campaign fund we'll knife any one on our side you don't like." t "Be Strong in tixe : Battle o Hatoov is the person thor- oaohlv prepared, by perfect oood health, to win life s ty t;i - .... battle, l fits ConauiunLurncz only with absolutely pure blood, Uver u per cent, of humanity are troubled with a taint, impurity or humor of some kind in the blood, " iich should be removed by hood's Sarsaparilla, the best specific for both sexes and all ages. A GOOd ToniC On general prin ciple I have token Hood s SassaparHU as A needed spring tonic, S is a most excellent medicine." Hakon Rammer, Engineer, 'Pottsto-wn, Pa. Hood's Pllli wn llTer Ills ; the non-Irritating and only cathartto to take with Hood' BarprUU. 'JlM67Wi . : ST I J - - f lifer yY? AnS'SmPfo Sponges A new lot of the finest Bath, Toilet "KNIFING" THE PARTY. The following appeared In yesterday's Republican: Knowing that the cause of the RepuMlcan defeat was mainly due to Its actions and those It represents, the Advertiser now boldly lies about It by declaring, "The Republican says that the Republicans were defeated because the Gear combina tion bolted and refused to vote the straleht ticket." The Republican never said anything of the kind and the Advertiser knows It, and furthermore the Adver tiser knew It was stating a distinct lie when it printed the words quoted Well, neighbor, let's see about this:?' On November 8th, the morning after election, the "Republican" editorial ly assigned, among other causes of the partial Republican defeat, the reason that the missionaries had dictated the nominations. "Such action could have but one result. It alienated nearly all of the best and most effective party workers. They were either coldly Indifferent or openly hostile to the ticket nominated with one or two exceptions." On November 9th It said: "The defeat of Mr. Henry Waterhouse Is but natural when the political considerations are taken Into account. The Republicans of the Fourth Representative District, In the party primaries last September, de clared against the nomination of Mr. Waterhouse for senator. A. V. Gear was the choice of the Republicans of the Fourth District as one of the Re publican candidates for the senate jjut of course this made no dif ference to the party wreckers and they proposed to thrust his (Waterhouse) candidacy down the throats of t!ie voters regardless of whether they wanted it or not. Now note the result. Mr. Waterhouse Is the worst beaten , man on the ticket. The resentment against the methods with which Mr. Waterhouse's nomination was secured, told at the polls. The silent opposi tion to him was not so much an opposition to Mr. Waterhouse personally as, to the Infamous methods which forced his name UDon the ticket." Now for a bit of analysis: First we are told that "all of the best and most effective party workers" were alienated, and "coldly Indifferent or "openly hostile to the ticket nominated, "with one or two exceptions." Who were these "alienated," "Indifferent" and "openly hostile" party workers? Certainly not the "missionaries," for we are told that they had dictated the ticket. Certainly not the supporters of Waterhouse. for the Indlf- rerenee and other kinds of enumerated hostility were directed aeainst him. By process of elimination, who Is there left but the supporters of A. V. Gear, for we are told that he was their first and only love, and his failure to get the nomination caused "silent opposition," "resentment," "alienation." "cold Indifference." open hostility," besides other vaguely hinted" at but uncata logued evidences of mental pain usually conducive to what' the "regular" dyed in the wool politician calls "knifing" a candidate or a party. The plain English of both editorials is that the Gear supporters defeated Waterhouse. Moreover it Is the truth; but the fat-witted Republican was so anxious to damn the "missionaries" that it did not at first perceive that .It was giving Gear's treachery away. Now that it realizes its blunder it Is try ing to bluff out of it. It will be In order now for the Humphreys' end of the would-be machine to deny that Humphreys, the apostle of straight party vot ing, scratcned the Republican ticket himself. we snau aiso expect to hear that while the Gear end of the combination was spending money to defeat Waterhouse. It wan helnc- inno oaUn, t ri OUlCljr 111 I 1 1 1 interest or nnrmony and party success. Or perhaps there is a more chartT- able explanation. Doubtless when Judge Humphreys' paoer tmblished a dmi- uie coiumn article witn lurid headlines, violently attacking the Republican territorial administration, on the day before election, it was done In the be lief that the paper's character for faking was so well established that no one would believe Its fantastic yarn, but would, on the contrary, draw the nnn. elusion that the adm nistration was all rhrht. Again, when, after Waterhouse was nominated. Gear was hirlnc- men tn carry petitions around asking that Waterhouse be put off the ticket and Gears name substituted therefor, he was doing so in the consciousness and belief that enthusiasm for Waterhouse would be stimulated, bv nnnh and to demonstrate thereby that he. Gear, was consumed by devotion to the party Interests to such an extent that he was willing to pay for the privi- vl K.iei uii-iiiK nimseu on tne party aitar. r.i . ... . VL wiee explanations are piausioie, ana tne Advertiser is willine to apologies rrom ootn Air. Humphreys and Mr. Gear 'Ul living Kimtru me party organization in Its publish, free of charge. to their party associates, very first campaign. an amount equivalent to the cost of to announce that he helped to slaughter transporting them from here to the en listment depot, the way ought to be easy to get plenty of white labor. French Canadians. Italians. GallHana and the like may be better than no one at all, but American white labor for American communities is far and away tne most advantageous. - There never has been a time, previous I to the 14th of June and since the arrival or the missionaries, when the port of Honolulu was so destitute of war ships as it Is now. Time was when Amerl- can, British and Jaoanea were frequent visitors and when Hono lulu was always protected by at least one broadside. Now we have to nut t with a Government tug. The war In the Phitlppines and the fact that for eign vessels need no longer .come here to protect their national Interests ac counts In some degree for our cruiser- less condition, but in spite of all this, if Pearl Lochs were opened or Kalihl bay dredged out, the presence of men-of-war would be much more frequent. Men who knifed Republican candi dates In the late election now deny It and set themselves up as the. only straight-out, dyed-in-the-wool and tat-tooed-In-the-flesh Republicans In Ho nolulu. The sole exception Is Hizzoner Alkali Ike Humphreys, who Is pleased a rew Republican candidates and will continue to do business at the old stand. .ur course Alkali Ike has ah office, which accounts for some of his Indiffer ence to the party which gave It to him, but even then he Is to be preferred to t these ultra "straight-outs" whose , crooked work In the canvass they are now trying their little best to conceal. AN l) Baby SPONGES JUST ARRIVED. Carriage AND Harness Specialty. 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