Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 391, 17 February 1892 — "PATRIARCHAL" KAUAI. [ARTICLE]

"PATRIARCHAL" KAUAI.

The patriarchal chaxmcter of Kauai po!itics deBerveB more than tbe p«esing menUon, #hkh-ihe P. C. A. be«towed on the in*Utution. To begin irith the career of the late eleeUon, there waa nineteen - gates M at the nominating conve.i tion held at Lihoe in Willie Rioe's houw» in November. The crowd of U> wa* cot»poeed of four deputy sheriflfs and tax as9essora. headed by Willi» and Farley, six t.lanters and plantation luna». and the bal lanee wna maue of two $torekee|>erB ai\d the I«enberg famiJy,—and, <»« : not forgctting Paator ī%enberg (īLe aame who marrie<i hil brother s daughter> who wa« pre§eat t > pour out a i>enedictltīn ,on the gang. Thi» nW;ey crowd did nut r*?pre#en 4 any oiie but theui* *elve* and th*ir emplorerf. The people were not taken into acoount in any shar.e or forna. Not one o! the k>-< *}le« "co!ivention" hād ap|ic>irted by a public meeting of voter«. duly ealM fi»r the purpo*e. Thi* i« 6fcottt«e"*he pfttriarcha) Biu:|'licity" of oni liiuē# and the fact :hat the ?atDe raoket wnn'i *i.rk in Honnlulu i«jofct»urhe to rhe "aijenagitaU r; who m M oa deputy ibrifli and tas

asfee?sorg taking a back «eat m uominating conventions. This i» of cotirse verv rough on gjōod people as the Eiee-I»enberg" lami • lv who run evervthing on Kauai; I be it politieB. appointments, religioii 'or roa«ls. They own thc earth on j Kmiai, and thev act as if they had ;• "0 small u:ortgage on the people, !Tlk v are trr.e to color -examples of | the. .iro«trte c~owd who in this I.<•ov.r.:.rv mak:- the re!igion of • their ! :r. l:o;s a meui.im by whiek t3iev :r«»'. :..;tive of Li^leml, L.'-.-.ee iiim :o : st;:to of <\rJ> , -\V: irrve ir.oro :o -a.y o:i