Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 160, 11 July 1894 — GO SLOW. [ARTICLE]

GO SLOW.

If the present gOTernment hooestly mean to promote a stal>U and representative government bere, we should snggest to Ihem to postpone the election whieh. according to their constitntion has to be held before November. as long as possible. Tbe reason why this should bo ione is tbat it is nearly impossible todoaway witb tbeprejudices now axisting among the people against the republic witbin a week or two. We offered no advice yesterday to tbe supporters of the principles for whieh we have beou standing up. We simply aaid “rtgbt or vote.” “Yoo pays your money and takes your ehoiee." It is not difficuit to see wbat tbe sensible majority of the people v> i11 do. Those who bave the iuterest of Hawaii at beart j vili do all tbey ean to further a g.)vernmeut whieh some day, at least, muy be able to create tbat !ong-looked-for boom. But Bome wasn’t built in one day nor 5ah a govermnent be whieh is bast)d on a totally opposito play, aud whieh bas iuet witb and ereated mueh bitterness, mueh augei' and mueh dissatisfaction. i As we expected we bave dur- | iug tbe day met with a great deal : of abnse, and numerous iusiuu- j atron» because we now believe j that tbe time has eome to make an issue of the poliiieal situation j iu Hawaii. A further delay lo arrivo at tbat issue is in our opinion injnrious to tbe countrv in 1 damaging to tbe best interests of the people. Tbe few sensible aien who differ witb us in tbis view, and wbo, wdh a strong teuicity aw*it tbe ‘ Amenean miraele- ’ oppose our tbeories on aecount of the teuor of tbe constitution. They hold that if we iike tbe oatb aud vute.we wili be bi a h-ipe'ess miuority, because evervtbing has been “fixed ’ so as to suit tbe meu in power. Tbcy elaim tbat even if tbe people got , % majority in the lower bonse, . yes, eveu in tbeseuate their pow•r would be nil, becanse tbev would be uuable to remove tbe . president or bis cabinet. Tbey elaim tbat by coutiuuing tlie inactivity whieh now is the policy of i tbe royal “protestants,” it will be | um>ossible for the United States lo recoguize the republic of Hawaii. and tbat tbereby Mr Dole’s goverameut will be pusbed to the w.ill. and if tbe tre ity isabrogat«k1 tbe couutrv driveu to ruin.and that tbrough sbeerdespair.au up- ' rising will iake piaee whieh will crusb tbe missionanes. Tbey also believe tbat nt> fairness oan be »btair. ’d at the b,ilIot box. Tbat j tbe lx-oks uf registrations will be macc<-ssible to tbe opposition. mnd tbat ail possible meaus will bo useti to keep the majority of the people iu an insigiiific*nt !egi»Utive mmoritv. And they feel assnred that even if tbe op- ; positioa did become « ‘ loNal’’ 1 opposition to the republic, and | gaiue«1 a working majo.ity. the I result would be another revolu- j iion b> the Dole ooterie, and the proc!amation of another constvtution snitabie to meet that emer gency. TKe last elaim they base

on tbe fact, tbat Mr. Dole aad his hired army will always have a military supremacy, and tbat tbe legislature business will simply be a farce. tolerated only, as long as it aeU in accord witb the men who compose the pxesent governmeut. We believe, that the men who raise these objections against the formation by onr party to a ; “loyal” opposition are taking a ratber pessimistic view of tbe sitaation and of tbe men in power. We prefer to ask the Advertiser to answer the objections raised, but will only say as far as we are concerned, that we are ioclined to believe, that Mr. Dole has yet, so moeh sense left and so mneh honest patnotism in his heart, tbat he will be willing to snbmit to an honest majority as long as be feels that he heads a truly representative, a truly popnlar and a truly de jure government. And tbeu, we beg to state that we haven’t 'soldoat’ to Mr. S. B. Dole.