Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 15, 27 January 1890 — EMPTY BOASTS. [ARTICLE]

EMPTY BOASTS.

The Advertiser o! this momixfg| again bursts into rhapsody over tte ! reoordof the governn)enf party. It prints for ihe third or fonrtb tii|e» !oor tliings whieh it olaima the goyernment party has done!

The HomeBtead iopio wiil be treated of hereafter. The sobjecl of leprosy never was in politics; therefore the government party could not have taken it out. What a pieee of presumption to elaim a monopoly of humanity in this field. The government has continued the efperiments of former administrations to eradicate this dread soourge. And its silly boast of stamping out the disease may well be construed iuto stamping out the lives of those who have it.

The decentralization of power;before vested in one person,into far more arbu traiy sway exercised by four persons, may safely be approyriated by the government party.No adverse elaim arises. The glory of the fresh acquisition and concentration of power in the ea >inet belongs to tb& present governua jnt. An administration to whieh every branch is subsidiary and responsible, but whieh is itself responsible to nobody has been evolved. The usnr« pation of functions has been carried to such an extent that it would be an insult to the intelligence of voters to augment by any arguments of ours the disgust already entertained by them for this high handed grabbing of power by the government party. Aud note, the goverhment jxzrty is afraid to trust this centrallzed aggre• gation of power to the opposition!

But the Advertiser bases its great« est elaim for suffrage on the mag* nauimity of the government in throwing electi6ns completely into the hands of the people and surrendering weapons of political control, whieh might secure its re*election. Every concession,according to the prevailing political sentiment of the present gov erhment party,has been made by thpm to the people. When will the com« pact regime learn that to the people alone and not to any faction is due any and every elimination of government interference with political freeaoi:'.

' As the Btrength atui wenUh of a naiion ure huili <m the partilion of the aoil īnto nu)ito fuus amall farms ra&kcr- tk*m into a f<va lar<je catatea, our can(lidateswill endorse ail practirablt HU'wealioiui for auytne?t ,: n{j the effiicienoy of the. Hoinm&UAl Act. —Naūonal Reform platform. It appemrs that the Portuguose govertiinent candidnte, Mr. Gonsalves, is ohaifed about his stature by iiis eoun» tr} r men, who eall him either tho l gi ant'' ov the ''dwarf." A1 luding to this Mr. Gonsalves, in his political speech &fc f he Lusitano Society last Thursdfily njight, is reported to have said, "It is true that I am emall, but when I stand 011 a chair I %tm taller than other men!" If this is a poliiieai point, and if the government candidates cannot iULvent better arguments to heip their eiuae, they had better 4 4 stay at home,'' a$ Mr. Wilder says. —Our candidatfiB are required to promote and dt fend all measures for the advantagc of tke work* in ] classes.—Xatioii&i Beform Platform. - : - , ...