Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 265, 25 August 1891 — NO FACTION. [ARTICLE]

NO FACTION.

Tne Leo's success prevents the BuUetiii from enjoving anv more pleasant dreams of ix>litical u dolce farniente", and kiiis its presumptuous ambition ofbeingtheleaderof puplie opinion in this to\vn; therefore. its eqLianiriiity is disturbed to such an extent. that it laboriouslv pants out and pviinfully bnngs forth another long wined clumsy editßiial of "good eoin and bad.pnglisb, ,, the authorship of whieh we shaiinot trouble to enquire lnto, although parts of it bear th£<sandian ear-mark, others suggestlhe kangaroo's ungain)y swjng, and others againpoint to a hyphen-ized Yankee. The Lko does not certainly enjoy the advantege of such an ddito» riāl 4 'menagoric" at its disposal But, theLico may be, one thing is eertain and sure, that every oneof its isanxiously looked fbr 'an eagerly read by every pūbli(\* friends and foes, wha unanimously proclaijp it the ohly readable sheet in the kingdom on polieiui matters; and surely, the Lko\<? 'Utterances in one day make more iuipressian on the puhlie mi[id : th*n thc twaddle

in a yeaiy sucb- stuff espcially as contained in tbe ' editorial of the 22d. serving only as a help to eink the Bvlletin in a deeper mire of piiblic disdain. Tbe Bulletin for want of good reasons to spread itespiteon. slides into the most amusing inaecuracies, and evidently intends to use the cclebrated Vecommendation buted, to VoUaire, 'iie and lie again, something of 'it will always stick and survive." Its po!icy. the only. one it is eapahle of, is evidently to misreprsent the actual standing of the National Party, so as to fost.er the division and split it would gloat to see occur; "where ypu eannot command. divida!" of conrse, it ie no use giving any answer to the Queen Street rag, for 4 'deaf indeed are those who will not hear!" but, for the benefit of its misled readers, a few words may not be amiss.

The BuUetin is kind enough +,o concede that the Natibnal Party of 1890 u has reason t.o be proud of its platform"; thanks, old boy! but it imowing}y utters a falsehood when it.says that the "principles embodied in that platfoim have been wonderfidly rccognised" in the succeeding legislature. We say that the "principles of the national platform have been %iwondefully" arid shamefully ignored, and disdaiwd to such an extent that our platform of 1890 stands mtact (o this day, nothiug of its wishes having been # realised; except perhaps in transferring the government patronage from the Advertiser to the Bulletin,(hence this last's satisfied appreciation,)- and ever\f'plank of that platform has to, be fought over again, in view of obtaining a better realisation of it, in the next legislature. The consequence of this is, that the platform of the National Party of 1892 will be substantially the same, with the exception that the opDosition and "wcmderful" disdain manifested against it by the B\dletin y R friende and supporters, will oblige the platform of 1982 to be more explicit and stringent, and therefore somewhat more radical.

So mueh pTatform. Now about the men who intend to support it. The Bulletin rāther begrudging]y adnjits,-by inference: that the men of the National Party had in view a goal worth of national hOnor and national good: the Bulletin further-% says that the u adhererents of a party who stiok to it tbrough thick and thin.... must be credited wilh a high civic virtue".... many thanks again, for that is just what the true adherents of the National Party as represented by Ka Lko have done. Taey stood in thc j>ast by tlieir platform, they intend to continue te t4 stick to it through thick and ihin" and will not be satisfied with anv haif-wav recognition; and they are unanimous al>out it. for there is to day, iii thc National Party, no 4k factioo,"— u noi3y" or otherwise, lv parading itseif §g the party" or l4 arrogating to-iteelf the dictator--Bhipofit," Never boforftrlet k be said to the oonfusion of the Buūctinh crowd, ōever has the party beeti «o united ? so compact, so solid, so strong, as the oear future wil] prove; and there h no <k gangrenous limb M to "ampuUle," outside of iheßuUnin y s u malcontente," becauso the party now embrace?» only the staunch

luen of principleB, and v these men eomprise,—not" as the BuUetin with wilful faJsebood asserts, only. "ko N -. or three legi!slators been tried and found wanting in practieal ability to serve the public,"—• bntall and every one of the mem bers of last legislature who, having \?een tried, have heen foiirtd honest and faithful to their promises and to the nrinciples of the party; The o|f)ors, the black-sheep of the,p«/frv fiii J s genus, fhe liik&-wann ineinbers who -never endorsed the platforni but with faint pr#lis«. or were read v to sell their vote for a consideration, have heen disrarded; they are not wanted, because the party does not intend to nurse a-ny more traitors or allow them "to again deeeive the. /people nnder the disguise of tbose nohle national colors they secretly disowned or only temporarily acknowledged, toserve personai purposes and aggrandisement. But all men of good will, of patriotic p\i rposes pnliMeal honesty, are weleome into the ranks of the National Party.

Nc, there is no in the national party, outside of the niean eoterie represented by the Buttetin and nobody knows it better than that paper anti its friends r "who are justly ignored and deservedly snubbed. lade īrae! and that is why the Bulletin would fain niake the pnblic believe in a division, a want of unaniraity in the Natioual ranks. It has probably received sonie palpahle indncement from the enemies of our party, to foment discord and bring about division T if it ean !" But the Wiil fail in its dirty mission, for the . Bulktiii has no influence on the | public, by whom lts despicable tendencies are too well known; the sheet who never lost an occasion to ! cast slurs and sneers on our workI ingmen and their association, the meehaniee' uuion; the fpaper who despises so profoundly the poor native Hawaiian, as shown in its late appreciation on u Htiwaif for thQ Hawaiians," finally the organ who does not blush to proclaim, bv its motto "pledged to neither sect nor party," that it cannot fbrni any ■ troßtworthy allianee with anjone, | and who proves it by ever living on i the fence, waiting for the highest 4)id. That very moderate excusē for a newspaper has r.o right to speak in tbe name of the National oarty, no right to give it advice, and no right to pose as its u orb" to reflect and guide tiie public opinion. Mr. Bulletin, vou had better go back to make,—as is your won't, —grand editorials with scis-. sors and paste. and give the patient public news from every where, from pole to equator, and on every thing Under the sun, except on Hawaiian politics, with whieh vou are inca}>- ! able of dealing. on account of tour | narrow mind and dwaifed views, By the way, did it ever occur to that nebulous something whieh Btauds BubstitUte for an editorial mind 10 the sanctum, that there is a plentiful laek of wit. and coneistency in that alleged journal's devotir.g so mueh ofi|s valuahle (?) space to an attempt to mitigate the infiueTu*e of K\ Lko, whieh it*s?oleninl v to be rfcn-sxistence. Go to, oraxv old rag,—goto, * Hiat the Baiul navt» a muMoĀl ovatit n in Ihe ah«eiHv & popu)ar to our youog Pitt T he eanie to tlie &&ala laal Fiiday; tho «m*© mu»k«tlde> coction wa» jriven to Majesty «W embarked for WManae.