Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 173, 26 July 1894 — THE WAY IT’S DONE. [ARTICLE]

THE WAY IT’S DONE.

We were at one time inclined ; to l)elieTe that tUe presenk gov- | ernment had honest intentions, j and really n»eant to fnrther fn>pular governmont, and abide | with the decision of tbe |>eopJe. j We now learn tbat the boards i employ©d by the government to | promote registration are assu:nin" « inost hostile attitude to- ; H # w.-irds men, who at one time have i boen in'oppos«tioo to them. A proQ)inent politician who is an Araerican. and who is a mem- ; ber in good standing of the j American Leagoe called yester- ; day at the registration oftice,and | was refused a voting certificate, because he neither belonged to any military corapany or \vas a meraber of the AnnexHtion Club. | Miuister Kiug raised Ihe objec- : tion and tho raan was barred out. If that is the manner in whieh the governraant de8iios to do bnsiuess we sha 11 eaneel all our willingness to encourage the people to register, nnd we shall do onr level best to keep the couutry iu its present *‘ferraented eondition" for thqnext decade, be it mlo or ruiu. If the men who ruu ihe goveruraent haven’t got sense enough to consolidate their own position by exteuding tho liand of friend3bip, and comproraise to the majority who now opposes thera, the quicker we get to an issuo, tho betlcr it will be for the country. lf the proposition of Ihe government is to control the uext eleelion at all hazards, aud bar out the opposition, it is tirae to Iet it be known. Wo have advocated and still we advocate< “to fight or vote." Under the circurastances above referred to, wo ean see uo reason to abandon our policy —but rv€ eannoi euii iee ihe i*ople to voU>.