Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 11, 28 September 1889 — THE KING OF FOOLS! [ARTICLE]

THE KING OF FOOLS!

"Better to bear fora while the ills wehave, than fly to tiio.se we kuow not of" advises ihe governnient newspaper of last VVednesday, at the clōse of an article written on "The*Gonstittitional Amendment." It is not onr pnrpose to <Jiscuss the eonstitutional amendment i:ere, but to point out to native Hawaiians another point raised by" the governnient newspaper in the samfi artiele. If the present amendment is adopted'by the miniatera and an extra session of the legislatnre calīed, the governraent new3paper admits that the amendment will more than likely be killed by tlie present refdrm party in sneh " extra session of the legislature. The govSmmēnt paper is affaid, if the cabinet introduces such amendment. fhat its own party will vote it down and then, alae! the ministry will be forced to resign! It is the lewa of tffice.thf>t breaks the Koverhment paper's 6fScial heart, It cares not for pnneiple and has no moral standard as its »aat recprd but it doeB sincprely fear tlie īoss of govemment patronage whieh would likely follow a change of administration—henee these journalistic t«ars.

The governndent organ is verv unwilling to lose a dollar by allowing the people to try to better their condition and their government; but it is very to plaee itself on record aa the king ot fools! by printing the following paragraph: If the ministerial measure fails to pasf-; if tlie house ehould decide ngaln to lndefinitely postponc. it, what woukl be the result? The niinistiy, aeiordiug to prccedent, must resign! And what then? A new mimstry, —not reprēsenting reform intere«ts —not one in heart and voice with tbe progressive Bpirit whieh now inspires tlse government and people alike, but one whieh will restore the niinaliou period of 18S2-7. How many who demand the -reaß6embling of the Legislature are ready for tti<s possible reth-ement ōt. the Ministry and rest'oratib.n' of the late regime, with poliiieal chaos and diStfust ruling tbe country?

In the name of the labbring classēs—fb*''trn£ w<?alth prodTicers of the kingdooa —we Lumbly beseeeh yonr majestv, th« king of fooh' to eonsider the view taken of the matter by a majority of the nRtive and foreign elements ol Hnwaii. The people—not t,hr plaiiters anil lanfl-»nbbers —the people hold that the present, ministry dn not represem reform intereRts and nre henee willing to take theīr ehaneea with a new ministry, on the very sensib3e ground that a new governmerit <ould nol he ipor»e; that the only "progr<"'.ssivs ēpirifr," whieh at preeent inspires the mass of the people, is to induce or force the present minigtry to resign; tha: the people do not fear a returiī to the "ruiaation p«riod of 1882-7," but that, they do fear and tremble for tiie eountry, if the prese«t government, bi»cked by the ruie of wealth,.is eontinued longer; aml lastly, that the people are. now »triving—nay praying in their clobets —tlia( tiiey may be strong enough at the nest electiou to 6natch Hawaīi nei from the "political ehaow and distrust ruliug the eountry" at present. <)f the "late regime" tli= i>eopio say 'let the dend past bury its dead;' and a shout of glory ftnd 8atisfaction would go up, >f the laboring masses i eould say the eaine thing of the present regime. Not sati8fied with VVeduesday's foolish freak the government paper po»es as the veriest deinagogue in Thui-bday'a issue. In the face of fact that the revolntion of 1887 was liatoked aiui carried through by the present reform par'.y; notwithstau(Uug the fact that tue present government! are not better than throned rebels, backed by the; tyr»nny of the planters' wealth; notwithstanding ■ the fact that the peaee and prosperity of Hawaii, have been interrupted and set back a dozen years by the oourse of these false "haok friends" of the Hawaiian people and thia same government paper —stiil it has the foolhardy eheek to elaim that! Hawaii is now enjoying peaee and prosperity nnder the present rebel govexnnient and presumes to reminā the people that prosperity would be irapos8ibl« Hnder "turmoils, insurrections or revolutions whieh are the bnin of many unprogres»ive oountrīes' !. Does the government newapaP«' e*peci e»th«r )iatives or foreigoeis to bcii"V.. rjoh iUog}£#L.4HVei'! toi 0, thou king of ioolu'