Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 432, 14 April 1892 — Page 4

KA LEO O KA LAHUI.

"E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono."

 

KA LEO.

John e. Bush

I una Hooponopono a me Puuku.

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1892.

 

Our Explanation.

 

            The letter from which we obtained our information as to the death of the Japanese laborer was published in full in Hawaiian in Ka Leo and signed M. Pawebe.  There was indeed a form of inquest held, but it was only a farce.  The writer says in substance that the punishment of the Japanese occurred in the latter part of the last week in March, in a cane field, by being kicked on the spine and in the stomach by a luna, from which he died in three days.  After his death a jury was empaneled, during which “no effort at all was made to obtain the witnesses who actually saw the punishment upon the man who died.  The witnesses who were brought before the coroner’s inquest were no where near the place where the deed was done.  These were witnesses to cover up the wrong done, and to entirely shield the man from the deed which he had committed.  Some members of the coroner’s jury were not satisfied with the evidence of these witnesses, and one of them asked to postpone the sitting for the reason that there was not sufficient evidence given to arrive at a just conclusion as to the cause of the sudden death of the laborer, and that search should be made for further evidence, and whence a clearer knowledge of the man’s death could be obtained.  At the request of this member,  Deputy Sheriff of Waimea spoke up, that the Coroner’s Court could not be adjourned as the witnesses present were all that he could find, and that there were no others remaining.  It was such talk from the Sheriff that changed the minds of the majority of the Coroners to the request to postpone.  The verdict was that the man’s testes were ruptured.  The Japanese doctor was very much dissastified with the decision of the jury.  He returned to Koloa, from whence he took steamer for Honolulu, to lay the matter before the Japanese Consul.  On the reception of the information the consul obtained the services of Mr. Newmann with whom he sailed for Waimea.  The service of the Court was invoked, eight witnesses were obtained who knew all about the affair, and a decision given:  “that the Jap died from the effects of kicks inflicted on his spine and abdomen, and in three days thereafter.”

            A jury was indeed called, and that was all that may be said of it.  But as we stated in our yesterday’s issue, for which the Bulletin takes us to task, “he was only a poor Japanese it appears no” real “inquiry no” inquest was held, over the cause that lead to his (Jap’s) death.”  The Sheriff was evidently in a hurry, disregarding a request to postpone for further evidence in the case, in order to come to a clear verdict.  “The poor fellow was buried and that was all there was about it,” like the death and burial of many poor Asiatic and Hawaiian plantation peons who have passed in their checks before this poor Jap.  The “indictment” is “terrible” and we fear, if the lawyers are not all paid to stand out, “a true bill” can be found against the authorities for being so unseemingly hasty in burying a poor man because unknown.  “Instead” of the “accused luna” being found out in the first instance by the effort of the Sheriff, it took the Japanese Doctor and Japanese consul, and a first class lawyer to bring the accused luna before the bar of justice to answer to a very serious charge of murder of a poor Japanese, and that is “all there was about it.”  And is it not enough.

 

HEN PECKED.

            We have heard and read of henpecked husbands, but never knew or heard of hen-pecked women, and more especially some very high in the social scale of Hawaiian society.  But such is the fact, and it often  happens that by some mysterious manner the telephone has been the medium of giving Ka Leo the information.  While our hand was upon the lever of the telephone, and posing with the hand telephone to the ear, we were astonished to hear the familiar sound of a lady’s voice, a lady whom we knew, saying:  “Can I go out to the beach today?  Only certain ladies you know will go with me, Pshaw why can’t I go.”  The lady is a widow and well known through the group, and was evidently speaking to her servant, who has some Satanic influence over her, for permission to go out to her beach house at Waikiki.  We knew who the censor was at the other end of the telephone, for we know of only one person to whom the lady would thus ask permission to go, and who will dare refuse a superior, when that superior is a woman.  This unaccountable action between mistress and servant must be due to hypnotic power or to the devil or both.

 

A Delectable Little Affair.

            We have been favored with the following note, by a correspondent, which we print omitting the names of the guests mentioned in it:

            My Dear Mr. Bush – Perhaps you are not aware of a delectable little affair that came off a few evenings since at which the host was our young “missionary friend” and would be leader of the “bon ton,” Mr. C. A. B.  The event was a regular old fashioned hula with all the accessories that the most depraved natures could desire.  What is most strange, the company was composed of several crème de la crème of Honolulu society, but there were some ladies and gentlemen who were quite ignorant of the disgusting character of the entertainment, being strangers from the East and San Francisco.  The affair took place on the grounds of the lunatic asylum or in the immediate neighborhood.

            Among those present was the would-be leader, mentioned above, a foreign official, an Hawaiian official, an insurance agent, a banker, a major, and several naval officers, all the gentlemen being accompanied by their wives.  What I am telling you is the truth, which can be confirmed by inquiring of Mr. A. C. C. G.  That young hypocrite, who got up the entertainment out to be shown up.

 

ADVERTISER MORALITY.

            William Ah Castle having failed before the Supreme court to kick the restruct6ion clauses out of the Constitut5ion of 1887.  Now comes out in the columns of the family about to advocate that the law, and the judgment of the Supreme Court be set6 aside, and the felony committed by his clients in entering the country on bogus passports, be compounded.  Verily the cheek of Castle is bigger than the mammoth.  The following is his appeal on behalf of the “very poor” Chinese; though he at all events is not any poorer by their presence:

            The Chinese are all very poor and will be compelled to work o ut their fines or be imprisoned over four hundred days, each at hard labor.  Such prison labor is both unsatisfactory and expensive.  It will cost the government a good bit to carry out these sentences.  They would much better let these people in now as agricultural laborers under the provisions of the act of 1890.  The Chinese, we understand, having fought the matter all along the line and being finally beaten are now ready to accept the provisions of that act and furnish bonds as required to remain but a limited period in the country and while here engage only in agricultural labor.  If it should be thought best by the government to adopt this course it certainly would be a wise move, for there is great need of labor and such a concession on the part of the victorious prosecution will tend to pacify and conciliate the Chinese, making it easier to get more of such labor in the near future, at the same time will supply a considerable amount at once.

            We claim to speak on behalf of the industrial masses of European and American birth and descent, as well as the entire Hawaiian Nation, and we DARE the Government to follow any such revolutionary course as is here urged.

            Does Mr. Castle drop on his pious knees to mediate how he may best “pacify and conciliate” AH SIN when he finds him on the forbidden ground of his parlor or chicken coop”

            Mr. Castle’s famous or infamous – if he please – Restriction Act of 1890, under which he is mainly responsible for having let loose on us the “Pactolus” cargo of coolies, is now proposed to be dug up and utilized.

The reference to the “victorious prosecution” may be intended as irony.  The victory was gained by the coolie importers when an obliging Board of health, which is largely interested in plantations, opened the door for them.  The country wants neither the coolie nor his fee for entering, and if Mr. Castle is really serious in deeming existence unbearable without a “considerable amount” of coolie around him, we fear there is nothing left but for Mr. Castle to transplant himself to the home of the coolie where he can procure the article at his own price.  This community will resent any attempt of Mr. Castle or his party to further fatten on the pinched stomach and the waning fortunes of the civilized laborer in passion by flooding the country with more of his pets.

 

ON DIT.

            That because Burnit was not allowed to display himself, in the management of the funeral procession of the late Judge McCully, the royal presence and condescension was made conspicuous by the non-appearance of the royal equipages in consequence.

            That the Household troops are getting tired of shoveling sand into bags, as part of their duty, not having engaged for the engineer corps.         

            That an infernal machine was found on the door steps to the residence of the Chief of Police, (at Leige, Belgium,) is a reminder to that class of officials all over the world that they are generally hated.

            That conspicuous on the day of the late State Funeral, was the Marshal and two or three of his satellites in the middle of the roadway near Fort Street Church.

            That men’s wives are employed to spy upon their gentlemen acquaintances; so thinks a certain Minister of her Majesty’s government.

            That the Duke of Buekingsham donned his first uniform as Court censor and Colonel on her Majesty’s Staff, - the Colonel expects the script of office to follow mahope, when he is made governor.

            That the Colonel was quite gay in his new rig, but forgot to see that the shoe strap to his pants were on, which caused the latter garment to shrink up to his knee, as his prancing steed kept him bobbing up and down.  He was kept busy looking around to see how the crowd was admiring him.

            That the dope men are happy, the swag having been safely catched.

            That we caught sight of Captain Robert Parker of the Police Force, taking a sly glance at us over the fence, yesterday at 3:30 p.m.  He saw us in company with Capt. J. Ross and Hon. R. W. Wilcox as we were talking over the asinine way the Police Department is managed.

 

            That the Earl Warwick’s Invincibles were the only drunks at the Arion Picnic.

 

            That the Base Ball Police Captain may try to stop a ball pitched at him, that will burn a hole in his fingers yet if he runs around peering into peoples yard.

 

Platform of Principle of the HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY

            2.  Out of consideration for the laborers rights and present opinions of the native population we desire to retain the independence of the Country and defend its autonomy, under a liberal and popular form of government; but our Treaties with Foreign Powers, and @ with the United States of America, should be revised, so as to better most present necessities and to obtain more equitable advantages in exchange of these granted by us.

 

JUDICIARY REFORMS

            3.  Our Judiciary system and Code of Procedure must be submitted to a thorough revision, so as to secure a cheap and prompt administration of justice, free of all sectarian or partisan spirit, and to render the Judges more directly responsible to the People; and we are in favor of a more liberal interpretation of Constitutional guarantees of the freedom of speech and the press.

MONOPOLIES

            6.  We shall nae our efforts to obtain laws by which all favoritism in the government and all monopolies, trusts and privileges to special clauses shall be rendered impossible, by full, definite and mandatory statues.

 

PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES

            7. We are in favor of encouraging all home agriculture and industries, and all our native products, like rice, coffee, wool, tobacco, etc. should be protected and fostered by proper tariff regulation; and also it must be the duty of the Government, in its contracts and other operations, to give preference to national products over imported ones.

 

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

            8.  We desire a more liberal policy towards the different Islands of the Kingdom, outside of Oahu, they should receive a fairer proportion of the public moneys for the development of their resources and the satisfaction of their wants.  In fact, the principle of local, Self-government should be extended, whereby giving localities may choose the most important of their local executive officers, and levy taxes for the purpose local improvements of a public nature.

 

SMALL FARMING AND  HOME STEADS.

            10.  The wealthy fraction of our population have hitherto prevented the development of an independent class of citizens; the public lands have been acquired and have been tied up in a few hands or parceled to suit favorites, and small farmers and planters have been driven out by corporations or combinations of capitalists; but as small farming is conducive to the stability of the State, it should be encouraged by a new and more liberal Homestead act, by which the ownership of small tracts of land and the settlement thereon of families of our present population, - and especially of the native Hawaiians who have been left almost homeless in their country-should be rendered possible.  To that end, the Government and Crown lands, (in so far as can be done without invading vested rights) should be devoted as soon as possible to homesteads, and conferred upon bona-fide settlers free of taxes for a limited period.

            It should be the further aim of government to, at once, so far improve the means of transportation, - local, national and international, - as to provide in all the districts, cheap means of conveying the product of the soil to market.

 

ELECTORAL RIGHT.

            11.  We hold that upright and honest manhood, and not the passion of wealth, arbitrarily fixed, should constitute the right to vote for nobles as well as representatives, and no more power should be accorded to the ballot of the rich man than to the ballot of the poor man.  The discrimination in favor of wealth now made in our Constitution is contrary to all the eternal principles of right and justice, and must be abolished.  To this end, we will favor a leveling of the present, distinction of wealth and classes which blemish our laws with respect of the right to vote for nobles, thereby restoring to the native Hawaiians privileges which pertain to them in their own country, and of which they have been unjustly deprived.

 

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

            12.  We favor the expenditure of sufficient sums to secure a number of needed public improvements on Oahu and other Islands: school, railroads and harbors and wharves, public light, and also a thorough system of reservoirs and water works, not only for Honolulu, but through-out the other Islands.

 

PUBLIC SERVANTS.

            6.  Better laws should regulate the Civil Service.  The principle of the election of officers of the government by the people should be established, and no man should be allowed to hold more than one office of profit, whilst salaries should be adequate compensation for the services rendered.  All excessive salaries should be reduced and all @ @ @ superfluous offices abolished.

 

 

PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING CLASSES

            9.  We shall @ all measure tending to improve the condition of the working classes, and consequently, without injuring any vested rights, we will advocate laws to prevent all further importation or employment of contract labor of any kind, upon conditions which will bring it into a ruinous and degrading competition with free Hawaiian or white labor.  We shall also, in the interest of the better protection of the poor, ask for more liberal exemption of their property from forced sale on execution, and from seizure in bankruptcy proceeding.