Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 9, 20 January 1890 — THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

THE DAY.

«ud of lb# 06%ĀCt or g*a, ds»aglb« liatfev wks, the gmMM&t f»attyj wkkh bnily eompael oo&Ma isd Miteally repro--8B&ts» k politiocdly thmskimied. This ! kmohifteas ou &e |»it of tbe govern~ nieal p»?tF mbib lo bd amptified tuid gmd* piwp ßi *»y P*®k record of tbe * ( existizig «nlminhimllHUU, lijf «110 iiiLoi|oti(l Honk&ōeii) wf tilti cause itself and by the laek of poliiioal abiiity displayed, np to the pre* B«nt timft, io the njv«ninition and d«fonse of the govetjnment p&rtv eam - paig&. With its nsnal stapidity the party of promises i has either passed by or Lrts not eeen tbe strong6Bt i>ōiut. whieh cohld be made agamst the nalional reform pcrty (for what politic«i party isperfectl)«nd has hinged its whole fight npon an a»somption that the national reformers are "remotionr« /' in design." \ ' • • ! Ontside of this one ciy the governmejut party has nothing to offer, except duiiy personai abose of candidates. Its demand that principies Auā moas«res be discussed has passcd away, as did its ārst thought of political reform in 1887. īts present after-thonght of fatnre reform will shortly f«de »way in like manner, shouid the governcOent nnfortnnateiy win the coming election. • The torm "^e•actionftry, ,, as nsed by the govemment party, is transiated by the mtolligcmt elector as a fear of the loss of 4, politicHl spoils" by the gnvern« me?)i mrtv. Th« crv * w . V O whO'hivA recHlled the et traly good" to the:r prayers Jy rapping thom ovcr I th* jmlitic«l knnekleH, ib of nn HVA.il i now, the family compact shoTild havoj an&wercd such charges when thuy! were made and proved, in piaee of pas»iiig ilioin by with bilent aduAib»ion. The factis that the g(wernment par'y has been daily trying political and waiting for "something to turn in their favor. Beiiig withoat cither political head or pleitform the ptariy of promises accused the national reformers of Btealing*a platform not yet form u- j iateii on thw government side. Thisj charge not being a success. tiie people } s cause growing stro;.ger day by day on the past record of ; heparty of promises > it was deten.iined to publish daily the "good woiks M done by the government. This ex}>ediency >lastedabont a week. By this time either the "good works" had run ont; or the joiirnalistic enthusias n of thei family compact had vanishcd as doth a government promise! Tliere was but one thing left for the g vernment pariv to fight withr this wa., >>*r3onal abuse. The first fling made was about whiskey. On this point it is both the moral duty and political [K«(Hiv Ol tub gOVeiUuIUU«» potly lo keep profonndly and persisteatly silent, lt is only throagh the for* bearance of their opponents that high officials backed by moral heads of de< partments in the govenunent have thns for escaped pablic exposure on the drinking qaestion, whieh their o£lcial condact has eo riebty de6erved! Kor is this all. After degradiag

hosz thc p&al rccord cf fhe gtmm* ment paity, the gotwiix»eat oj*gan plmā& that prejoāi(M B%onid 3iol l»i created »gaiQst candidstee 011 feither side, becanse aaeh wem o6ocenied 011 the gorenittieQt side in the rebeilions of either IWT or 1889. A that haa Ann^mn^ the iebellio& of one eet of men in 1880 aad has pcrsistcnt!y claimcd 'jxt»inptiuQ for thoee who did the same thiug more saecessfolly in 1887, is at |least iliogical and inconsistent and V2.'j.y sot pv f3?or« < revoiut!onists who failed afterward«. The national reform party condemns the pnneiple of revolotion in both in* j stanc€s, but hoids at the same time ; that political blame should not attaoh to or»e nerir>d whieh doesnot attach to the other—both periods beiug inatan« ces of extra constitntional action, whcroiQ pnnciplesand men Wcro open to merited biaine. The revolation)stß oi both periods were to biame aud are to blame; and those who insist on carrying ont the revoli tionary policy of 1887 in the face of the vishes of a majority of the people .of all races, are stiii foliowing a coorse whieh merits fnrther blame and criti* cism on the part of these who favor constitntional government in the in« tei*est 01 ihe majority.