Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 87, 14 April 1894 Edition 02 — Postpone It. [ARTICLE]

Postpone It.

The loyal citizens havo deciile(3 to leave tho Constitutional Convcution eervely alone. "We have written, epoken, aftil nrguecl against a governmont, boing for- i ward in the mauuer proposed by the P. G. Circnmstanco3, may rise though whieh woukl make \ it ndvisable for the whole people to join in tho information of a govornment , if it in its principle would be a truly popular governmcnt continued on the most roodens nnel best lt3eas 01 tHe leading statesmen of this contury. The supporters of the P. G. Administrations • do not all approve of the present proportion to eall a convention. There aro mauy and heavy objcctions. Tho convoutiou will i not represeut tho people, be- i cause a majority is already secnr- 1 ed. The planters missionaries j aud their tools will dorainate the convention. The paramount priu- | eiple of "eheap labor” will bo the prirae mover. Tho ill famed oath euforced on the voters will ■ dotcr a largo numbor of people from joining tbe move. The eon- ' stitution is already framed, and will go through the convention like a sixtv-milo locomotive. The result will be another revolution, orgauizcd and instituted by the liberal-miuded democratic men now snpporting the P. G. and

backed by the great iunjority of the Hawaiian people. To avoid theee evil results we believe that more timo shoukl be given, a fuller consideration shoulJ be granteJ anJ prospects ofpolitical harraony securetl before the country again is rusheJ into the abyss of revolutions auJ poliUeal anJ social Jiscontent. The Hawaiians will join in any raove that ean secure the true welfare cf their country anJ not infringc on their civil rights, but it wouU be both improper as well as i Jangerous for thera to shake hanJs with the small rainority that like theraselves kuow no j more abont the iuteutions of America in regarJ to Hawaii's fnture. By postponing the eon- j veution for, say. two months, the Government who calls it will atand both externally anJ internally in a far better position in j whieh to framo a stable, and yet a popular and satisfactory government for Hawaii nei.