Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XIV, Number 2, 9 January 1892 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

We take pleasure in mibmitting to pur ieaders and to the Nation iu tliis issue of tlie ĒLELE, tha PlK0orm oī' -the National E«form Part}'. The | ticket of crmclidates for for ! the īsland of Oahii, Ēepresentatives ! for the five wavtls of tbis city, r.nd Nominees fov Boad Boar<l. we have ©very reason to b©heve will -not only be hearfcily endorsed by the majority of vocers but it will bo gladly acceptcd by the friend8 of Hawaii. nofc o»ly m Hawaii, but accross the ooean,' ; aa. a refulation of the scaiidelous eoinmunicntions that have been scattered broad—cast, that we are unable to settliō our political differences amieablely. Our tickiil has been nlaele up with care; some uiay be surprised ,that the Representatives selected fpr tho five wards of this city, should all be Na■tives Hawaiians With the stroag vote that they hokl, they had a right to ask it aud they did, and they liave got it. They are all represeut?itive natives inen of property iniluenee; aod will show the oppositioii party on Election Day |hat they appreciate their opportunit}'. There was a report that the 01d >Beform Party would fotm a tieket. . lf they wish the Bush-Wilcox faction to cairy the elections,,we would adv ; se them to do so. If they have any reasonable desire not embraced in our Platform, we woukl like to know what it is; if they ean selecteandidates more acceptable thut will win iheni victpry at the polla, then our defeat would be our victory. know that this is not the case, thereforej we recotnixiejid thia platforiu and this ticket to you ALL. Btand in with ns and hold the winning card.

Messrs. Bush and Wilco,\, wlien they ni6de the greafc political split that put lliem at the heael of their party, took parti(-ular pains io inform the pu'olie o£ wliat a batl lot o£ men ihe Mechanics' Union \vas composed. We did noi exaelly c,atch on at the time wliat certāin memhei'a they had refercnce to. if any; but since tliey have made their nominations, it is elear as n)ud. We ean now well affbrd to pardon fcheoi for suy iug sucli hard thingri about ns, as we did not know that we had such men as Messrs. Boss and Marques in our ranks. And we now srnell the rafc (how slow we are) that thev did. You now have them with you: allow us to congratulate vou. Yon ean eall them bad uames at close quarters and not puzzle j tbe public'with the inquiry of : "Who! are tho bad roerabeis of the Meehanies Union thr»l the "Ka Leo" is showing up ?

Wmi the resfc of the public our sight, heariug, feeling, etc., was offendcd by rc;uling the ticket of Noblcs and Kepresentativcs tli;\t the so-ciuled "Liberul Partv" have had the gall to iusult tho voters of Oahu with. Aud standing t>ut inost couspicuous amongst this pile of poiiticai rot. Iike decayctl cabbages on a ru'obish hoap, are tho uaiues of Hon. A. Marques and Capt. J. Itoss. PoRtics iu Hawaii havo eeihiinh

arrivo(! at a fleplovablo atate wliei) ; party, either native or foroigir, if forcod to eudorso s\xcli.mon as tjies( . 011 tlieir NoLle ticket. TVc . fei ventl) pray. that'-the. gods will ]->rotect tln innocent Hnwaiian voter from al such schemers. These two nobl<- aiul now notable f.re wel' known iij r the Meclianics Union as Political Judaaos. They liavo hoon anfl still aro memberR of the F/xecntive Committee of tho Union—wit.li brazetī effroutery thov liave occupied ; the seats bf honost men and playefl their double dirty deal for whst it is %vorth, and what will it be woith to them? With just l<no\vledge euough [ of the Hawaiian to consider him to | bo a fool, tlicy have assnmed tiie| position to say to hiia: x> Yote for u»; and we will know yoa are." We. woald ask t.he Noblc voters cf Oahu i; both native and foreign, if Messis. | Eoss and ?.īavques will eondoscend to! such base pulitical intrigneasto havej t,1ieiv names placcd on a tifke>, ;uid it; is any ticket with them, what mīghtj wo not expect from them when oneo! firmlv seatcd in the Honsē of Noblesj ;ind allowcd full swing of Iho arbitrary "nature with whieh they aro so richly endowcd? Onr House of !S'obles would indeed have fallen from its high estate, anel the future gencjration would curse us for our folly.

Iiili J\ationfil Eelorm Party bave !iad to aaake concessions to the 01(1 Eeform $n drder to make a successfal campaigu aud, to tbeir lionor, tliey have sliowed themselves liberal mindod enougli to do so. Now it reiiiains to be seen if the 01d . War Horses of the Reform Party ave composed of as good inetal; if not, we will knōw that thcy arc not seekiiig the welfare of tlie nation, but rather 11«o carr3 7 ing out of some bigoted or selfish notions.

Editob Elele: Ihar 8ir~111 "Ka Leo," pablishod to-day, there is an article criticisiug the ticket for Nobles as nōmiiiat«d in joint ccSnvention bj' the Hui Kalaiaina aixl the Mechaiiics Union. Persoiial abuse of the nominees of thesa t\vo p6litical is to be expe"cted from tho organ of the socalled party; and ns recrimination is worse than useless, the less tliat is said ab:>ut the candidates for legislative honors nonnnated by that palty, the better. But, Mr. Editor, the name of Hon. J. A, ■ Ctimmins is coupled with the statement that as he. is a plaMiei - , owner and agent for sngar estates, he will therēfore wOrk to flood the eoimtry vrith Asiatics to the everlasting deirimeut and min of the native and white meehanie. This is a deliberate and malicious misstatement, anu Mr. Bush has inte!ligence enongh to kuow it; Mr. Bnsh prints these statements whieli cannot bear thc slightest honest investigation, purely for political p:irposes to catch yotes from those unfortunat« native and white meehanics who will allow their eai-s to be tickled, and their solf-esteem to be inflated by tlie vcaomoasly plausible and malicior.sly inaccurate argumeiits and statements brought forward in support of the position taken by the leaders of the so-called "Liberar ! ; party. ' , How mueh does it benefit Iion. J. , A. Cummins } or tmy othci sugar ; planter, to bring Asiatic labor here ; anless tbey enu so dictate terms to said iabor that it sliall be compelled : to remain at work iu the fiekls? Afid what do tho i»echanics want? ; Do they desīrc to shut out ali eheap , labor aiul thu<s eiipple tho chief j iudastn- of tbo Vingdomr . j 1

As the writer undorstands tho sen'.iments of sensiblo mechafiics, they want to assist tbe sngar and coflfee plantations and all other f.gvicultural entcrprise "fo the ntmolf; becau.se anvthing that improves "the business of the countrv must re-act in favor of the meclianics. īt is manifestly to 1 thd* interest of the plantcr to __ keop. eheap labor in the fields, and if it is so kopt there it cannot competo with tho mechanics in the towns; and as t!iore is no reason why proper laws canuot be made to eftect this otid, it follows that tho meehi\]iics and planters are united 0:1 tho niineipal quesj tion of thp day.. | Mr. Bush knows all this perfectly ! v."e 11, but h'is main object and desire is ; to fornont anel incrcase the feeling that : hasbeenspreadabroad tothe effect that : the in£erests of mechan'ics and plan- | ters are opposed ; anrl ho is doingtliis ! with the hope of so splitting up the ! vdfe of tlie rcspectable mechanics ! ancTworking men, lhat his party mav \ get in and gorge themselves with the i spoils of offico. ! . It will he well Mr. Editor for all ! voting mechanics to remember that in orderto live they must let live; tho mechanics of this country cannot exist here without the sugar indnstry being kept up; and tho record of one of the Leaders of the National Liberal Party is that he was mainly instrumental in defeating a Commevcial Treaty with the United States, whieh with some modifications, in all probability wpuld havc put us on even terms with the sugar planters ol Louisiana; in other words if it had not been for Ikul utan, ,this countrj would not bo suffering under the finaneial depression that exists now. Meehanics, remember ihaL thisman ū a eanāiāaie forike Legislature, nominated by ihe Naiional Liberal Pariy. ■ ' :Mechanic.^ Honolulu, January 8, 1892.;