Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 11, 28 September 1889 — A POLITICAL ORPEAN. [ARTICLE]

A POLITICAL ORPEAN.

Last week we published a platform of the '' Young Hawaii " or " New Reform Party " and stated tbat upon casoal reading we were in doubt as to its politioal importance to native Hawaiians. A raore careful reading removes tbo doubt and we now hola it to be of little or no iHf|)Ortance to the political w<jlfare of the native people. Within a week, and since its publication in the Elelp, tho docnmen't has become a polilieal orph;i n and ife quite likely to romain 3vithout even a guardian through the comiiig campaign. Fōr some reason or reasons, at present unknown, this plat- • form was doubtess not intended for immediate pnblication; and we wish to say that had such fact been eommunicated to us by the able and intelligent men back of it we woukl certainly not have pablished it. In faci we would have aided them iu keeping the matter dark until the proper time arrived for bringing thechild of polltieal fortnne before the public under the immediate protecti6n of its influ ential parents. But alas ! our pnbllcation has made a political orphan of the documeot and as such it m«sst now be treated.

This child of political fortune could not l>oar tlie ligLt. Why, we uoeel scarcely inquire. lt is all too evident from the palpahle inconsistencies eontained ia it and from its ternor of evident iusincerity. At thesanie time there are some things in it that eveiy native Hawaiiaii who loyftg .his country ean endorse; but the design and practical efFect of the docuraent, if practically applied, would Ipe to cut away a few more political rights whieh na{ive Hawaiiane now onjoy and to make them still more dependent Hpoh their " kmle friends." Of coursē we do not chargethat thedocument was gotten up by the " haole friends" of tae native Hawaiians; we only elaim that a platform li'ke this one whieh liolds out a few political baits io the natives and attempts to lead them into pei*_ son>l sid .: issues against one or two well men, while the political whip is still held by those " whose family interests and all there is in life for them ftre located here," is just like the '''-ounwai tliese same " haule j wouM t»e • i ~— l — : ' * f, " Poor politksal orphanwe sinceie]y wish we haa knowo your lamented fath®r before hē left you an uanourished iofant wa'.ling before the cold and unfeeling world. Had we the wealth of yonr supposed friends, or the planters' weālth, we would build an orpban asylum especially for you—nay we would even go to the extent of searching araonig the highest and most dignified officials of the kingdom to find you a suitabl« and sympathetic wetnurse. Even as we write the cry of this orphan rings in our ears. Listen to its pitifnl wailing: "Father, why did you point me out to the per:sonal scorn of 'one inember of Cabinet?' Why, O, whv! did you leave ue b the doubtful protection of the 'latest acquisition' to the Cabinet, for how did you know that even he is au ex ception to the politioal'baseness. 1 the times? Do you think that I will be ; able to contend with 'armed forces' of

; aliens, wiien even my father desert3 ; mexnmy long ciothes? Alas! will I s not be orushed or wounded even unto death between the solid rotundity of 'our Supreme Court' and the agile thrustmg or the 'youthful AttorneyUeneral?' Wo is me! you have given me no defence. Tou would alīow me but one seat in the Cabinet, although! 1 represent *the majority of our voting population.' N a y-you have forsaken me com].l»tely, for you havo endorsed the inkmal management of the countiy by the present govern raent and henee hokl my bottle of poliheal pap so high that I wail and j starve in tlie politieal eradle. O mv j tather thou hast been most unkind~1 1 care not forcivil serviee reform uortho j pension law; I care uot for the Chinese nor for the planters' righfe. ! ,f, sm n°t eveu to have my pmt of i pohtieal uidk fresh everv * momine | trom the Cow of Stote.; £uhe It dej| I fat.ier, (): that you eould returu to' , your poor political wa|f and sav« me ! 1 neglected bv4hose whol j are afraid to be my be-! j fore the eold eyes of UU nati\e Haaaa their foreigu frumds. | Mi -oq eomo uot f faUierl ™ a re vou | al, v ,leadT Ther*» is ho hope, I aud vonie wmmnu, 1 uk m %eopy of the haiefuf lli.m . > ai I thereiu to tiio sileut lomo" ;