Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 25, 4 January 1890 — THOSE "ROUSERS"! [ARTICLE]

THOSE "ROUSERS"!

Tli6 public haa beeu r<sgaied for som# Lim© wiih cliscriptiTe writing in tke governiaeat aewsp£per al*>ut Uie eleeiion distriot clqbs of tbe plauters' missiouary reform party falliug iuto Uue, liavi'ig "anoiheī rouser-' etc. The simpla public of oourae jjwlieved 6vevyt!iijjg saul by the goveramejit orgau—the publio nhvays does! But ; the faots? p, the facts are auothcr thiug "that's differeat" altogether. Froru the blataut misrepreseutatio|as of the "family oompaoi'' j>aper the public would iiaturally draw the coucludon that the great reform party was very solid aud very uu* merous, aud it is this .uiisi-epreseutaUonwh?" Lh.de mands that the> facts be rehearsed iu the usual «sact nihnnei' of the Elhle.

The iaeetiiig of eleetiou district So. I was eaUed aad %vo» captured by the poUticid auu persoual blaudishmeuts of llr. A. \"oung. Before the meetiug of club No. 1, said Mr. A. Youug, a planter by uo'-.deut, but a fair representative of ihe plautei class, wass an opeu enemy of what is termed "iaaehiue poliUcs." But after Mx. A. Youug had capuired sidd club tkrough hU uiissioiiiiry maehiiia ke imuieili ūely becawe eonvinc«d t;h»t ''iuaohine pohtics" were "welly good. Duriug the eveiiiiig, however, Mr. A. Young reeeived a genUe )viuain ;er fi-oiu thu • iv)ys" hehad ieft behmd hiui, iu the eloeiion ot Mr. Kiug on tbe ati\e <.oiamlttoe, that all \vas uot "maeume pohi;Qb' whichgli',teied;«igokldoes: It is ciaimed hatt 46 \ otoi4>iittt ōf an a\ īriige oi al»6ut7oo<i;<<ctors iu tae uistrict sigaed thc oiub roll oi disuict Xo, 1. Auumg said tu»}iiiUei-s were iew uativ6s: Ueīorui m tlie first district theivii.>ix> repr.»seuts about oue-tiftt?euth of tuj v>aūtv voU v»f Ue district. Ko. 2, illet .;fu- s «.u.;-. At thU tl\eu weh- fo:-;v «!.vt A> tv«? fnist dl>tr.ct had Ueeil, ili-.». w;is i«u bv tl e miasvw.atY "«nl wo- ke' " Tb > k lmli t u.,' u. k.n 1 j w than >v 1 'i ,• \ lĪ>\\M 1-, Ti f , disti 1 -\f k 4 .. v M Ytl t«Vulh ol 4 ' t o 1\ \ , ii' »n Tho lo f (K'i u di>»u 1 ( 1 lowed. ,TU» cl«l> witu i>x*ctly : \ 1 tfc«? jtvf >tl Thw «I " ! t \r. 1 h>\ir <i' (nl' ! | * i t i. I>S>l Il' !' * W ! J ,uM , 4 > V> , t , ~ ' "bTiNi\> f b > 1 v v xv I >. N> ' 'n t tt\ *v ' w 5 , \ * 'V- 1 4, • '' 1 • X \ tXX u' .1 (*llhl'll Im \ > , thvH> one u1 '* v , <s>VWtJM\\ ■< K •* r<i>T\>v , \\i w lij tVrtlt\M •« *'»u 1 | H - tluv , Si .>t u N \ v ».< '«lU \ t ir i , v 1 ' ,L « 1 " " 4, , ' V , . W.ts >>)' - , « I.! V, . - A M , >•■ fc'r* vl ! . u. u . .. ; . t. , «X «v fts S \vv «4 1 .

; :laj>ter," before tUe eleelionia over! We are ■ tliat messra. Jiru CasUa »ud A. Frank ''k eaiue uui ,eaily.in-the evfcniug agaiiu>t maj- _ uyruls.ia.thjj club..aud at kst a»f:u«»d- to si g Ti . f all uiissioiiai'ies ai : 6 agairi3t'majority j ■ '.e a.nywhtre aud eTci7where this probftbly aennts fur the small uumhei- who &igued the club lt. ~A.t abijai thj3 jpoint a recess waa had, with- . -to.tjgtßid u a dlĒcussion of 'leforru inw|jlt- B " —relīcs of ,the,pasLJ Our friend the , • t3ok p>j.rt with a leadĪßg mieinoiiw; we &ny "our friend" becanse the CoI--el is iadependexit of anything, artd fear.■:»s ol missīonary political -»eng©aiice—he haa < .thstood tu-.it) - ;/nr friend the Coloiiel took part I ... ~1 b ..cceoded iu c6nviiioiiig ontsidei'B that tha [ 3 Jority according to natnre's law. must win, .- >cmise majorities represent pound3 avoirdiipois, ■ f 'mateWa]ized > ' votes! Otir frieud the Oolonel . received applause from the outside and • ■ndemnation froßa the inBide|— therefore we adi iie our frjend the Colonrl, although he ī«op- .■ )sed to ns politieally. Oolonel, dear sir! we are !tOlry to leain that eve'h after \our convincing ar■i iment Baid.Messrs." J. Castle and A. F. Cooke .Ull refußfcd to sign aaiil rn">li

7%? h;story of the life and woi'k of eiection ":KtTĪct club Np 4 is tihort and poli tically sweet M r the op])ositioii cause! ,Lesa than 25 electo ra • ei'o npou th«3 seata iu the l>ody of the hall; there ~ere aboat ns mauy more Kpectatois, in- ■ holdco-3 iinō non-rrs -ie}it«. Only a d i?eh £ the ro!l. Reform in this district, •herrfore, represents about one-sixtieth of the en-,h-e vote of the distriet! Alai! that it is so, but it is. Eaeh ānd every one of these district meetmga thns far has been oontrolled and run by the wid missionary "waTd worker" or his agerits. The platforits of ull the clubs have been eohjooted and foisted upon the organizations. Tha īiiissīonarieg and plant-ers have had theii said

'ward worker,'" a member of the refonn central o.»mmittec, to coiitrt>l the runuing of the busiJiss of eaeh clnbmeetiug thus far lieleī. This mia;ionary ward īiwu ac.tually uiaele and seconded motions at meetiiigs iu the differeut disfricts whei'e he ■n as a non-resident. Eyen tlie programme ©f eae'u ir eetiug wiis previousTy arranged, to the calling oat pf the inoii chobeu to Bpeak &t thc proper time .n'time,+. All tho distriet c!ub m«etings tlras far ,vive bera ruu by eithcr tho missionary "weiā .vorker' or n x>lanters' repreaentatire. The aotuaī , Mgapvs-of the rolls at orgaiiization woīe less than L<AS [ieform ■{» iha Jour distrkta, lhtTei/i/e,: rtpnxid.i kss Ihan mieAwmty-third o/ (A--i !■-eole of suid districliii Ail(l ; :hmi ot tlw whui" vot6 juat ahout represqnt* iks / Kee wliieu will be cast by individual mī3sīoii,.n aiiel planteva v\t tlie eleelioE to be hold imt ■