Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 18, 30 January 1890 — THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

THE DAY.

The persistent eoume o! blandar* ing pursued by the < 4 exi»ting admimstration M has, within the last two days, been topped with a master stroke o! unskilled jonrnalism, whieh we now prophesy will start the ball rollmg | that will ultimately knoek !rom under us, i! not checked, the benefits of American commercial protection whieh we receive through the reciprocity treaty. We re!er to the advocacy oi the !ree trade doctrine by a !ew nonAmei icans, who are contrōlling and directing the policy o! the present government, together with tlie illtimed utterances o! the government organ the i>aily Times. This time we writ€ in sorrow !or 6ur !uture prospects and in pity !or the 4 ' energetic idiots' ! whose !oolish courso in advot;atiiig ' -the boon of perpetaal free trade.' will be used by our enemies as tlu ehie! factor in destroying the benefitt of American commercial protectioi whieh we no\y enjoy. We eall the men advoeating this !oolish free trade doctrine "energetic idiots.'' It is not a misnomer. The men who will raise such a dangerou> issue at the present time and give ut terance to such un*American senti' ments as they have, are worthy thc rude epithet! It is un!ortunate i'oi Hawaii that our ministerial blunderers have uttered such sentiments just before the question of the continuance of our commerciai protection is to be again discussed. Why? Because thc enemies o! the reciprocity treaty already have their agents in this kingdom collecting data !or the coming fight to be made in Washington against the continnance of this treaty when the question next comes up. We speak from certain in!ormation in saying that one o! the anti*treaty agents in Honolulu is now in high spirits over this latest and greatest niinip.terial blunder and is dilligently collecting every utterance of tbe free trade advocates for future use against us. These utterances after being care* fully edited and annotated, with a host of other facts against our reciprocity treaty added thereto, will be forwarded to the United States almost as soon as our coming election is over These are absolute facts. They ar' nate facts for our merchanis ānd oui planters, as well as for eve; man in this kingdom who is ende oring to develope one or more of ou possible small industries. It is & pity that these idiots," who forced themv ]ves upon the countrv by force of ar;- did not have practical sense enoi to be silent upon this free trad« loeii'ine. It is a pity the country i l with such a set men and it is a double pity tuat our merchants, our planters and the people generally will have to bear the political blame and eommeieial iujnry almost certain to !ollow such a boyish political policy. The charge long ago made against the present ministers o! being too young is already verified. To this charge ean iiow be added the graver charges o! politicnl rascality, a prominent laek o! peisonal ability andan open design to sacrifice the interests o! Hawaii in

order to gain, if possible } a few votes for the govern£nent ticket between this and election. Who is v responsible? The entire j government party, including every candidate on the government ticke\, who remains silent and refases to repudiate this free trade madness be« tween this and election day! The fight 4 to be made in Washington when reciprocity again comes up is to be made by the anti-treaty men from our veiy midst. Such facts are well known to hona fide Americans who are posted and theso facts were to be kept out of sight until a government was secured through the coming election who would be pledged to stamp out the suicidal policy followed by ttye present rebel govevnment during the last two years. This course would have been carried out with every ehanee of success for our treaty had not these ministerial blanderers sprung this free trade madness upon the countrv in liopes of retaining control of the gov - ernment in the interests of the family eompaei and the non-American political clique. If the present ministry assume they are acting for the good of this kingdom, we shall be able in a few days to undeceive them and the public generally. The whole truth about the ori gin and purpose of that attempted new treaty has not yet been told and it will throw a llood of light upon the present insensate coui*se of the "existing administration." It is uow proper to state the following fact whieh a few short months witi prove to the Hawaii an public to be absolutely correct: viz tlie men who drew the late propostd treaty, then denied it, now aeknowl* edge it and foolishly try to justify it by urging the doctrine of free trade, are trying a political experiment for policy's sake withoat the knowledge, endorsement or consent of the United Btates Government. The men who drew the National Keform party's platform and established the policy to be carried out, if the election is won, know exactly what they are doing and have probable assurance from the best of sources that the treaty ean be car - ried to a continuance, provided the government is so run that all classes of our people shall receive its benefits aiid native v of the Ha waiian governinent be pwi- cted at home' Axd now the Times discovers that the treaty subject is sensitive. It thinks two years appeal to the passions of the native people has rendered them advorse to any extended treaty relations witli the United Statos. Our whole population is in favor ōf treaty relatioii* — reciprocity treatv rohfi. ' 4 s - with that eoi\ntry. UuHio one outside of an iuterested clique, who woaM sacrifice public weal to private gain is in favor of any treaty purchased at the price of our autonomy. Will the Tiraes kindly outline the treaty relations it advocates with the United States? Will it plaee itself on record as an advocate of the infamous bargain whieh Mr. Carter carried round in hts pocket while here? The Times fiuds fault wiih the phraseology of the National Reform platform whieh ''countenances'' the present

treaty. It ig &&nid tba UaiMl OMilai will take exceptioii to ihe wofd, aa not sofficienily dnthnsiastio > 6to. Wha4 rot! Countenances mean approves, and the organ knows there is notbing ungracious to America in it. īt knows the National Reform party is in favor * of extended reciprocity relations with the United Btiites. But it does nol seem to know that the National Refoim party is better poeted on our future treaty relations than the present government is! And the organ further knows that the National Reform party does not countenance any treaty whieh secures private proßperity by the en* t&ilment of naiional suicide. —Our randhlaU x are rrqutred to i>ronwie. an& d<f?nd all mt<i#nre* for (he adrantwj* of fht worb in'i cla#ses.—Natioual Reform Platform. The Advertiser clearlydemonstrates to the Bulletin thatas the National He* form platform was formulated as an espression of the wishes of its adherents some time prior to the epitome offered as an apology by tLe government par* ty in deference to public sentiment } therefore the must be a plagiarisir of the latter. Chronology cuts an rtantfigureinplagiarism. Itwould be absurd to assert that Patrick Henry uttered what Stephen A. Douglas intended to say. The Advertiser wae the organ of a party whieh it asserts to be anti-Chinese. A diligent search oi its files fails to discover a single anti-Chinese editorial, unless the statement !made a day or two since that the eoolie question was a "side issue" be entitled to rank as such. Plagiarisni of the Advertiser's position on this question woukl narrow down to a fcw sentimental letters from a woman vlenouncing Mr. Kalua for his attitude against John. Wt believe (keū ctrCam puhiie oJficee mūjht he sattsfac(orHy JilU d hy electionx)f ihe people and recommend the <jui>stioii (o ihe thoughtful considereUion oj thc le<ji*lalure.-īfntiowi\ Reforti\ plHtform. [ The Bulletin see-sawing on tho question ot official tenure, finds objections to ihe removal of Hon. C JL Bishcp from the Presidency of the Board of Ēducation. The Hon. C. B. Bishop makes the usaal respectable figure head in that position. His retention or; removal woula have about as mueh effect on the educational pob icy as the retention or removai of any article of furnituro from the educational office. The Board 62 Educatioa is, as it has always been, the secretary. | The President is a dummy and it does not matter mueh whether he be called Bishop or Binks. The inspeetor general is degiaded to a pony e\:pross and his fuiiCtions are those of errand boy ior : .the. secretary, The educationol polity hangs 011 caprice of a man whose <luties should be simply clerical, but wii'), by re.-ison of persona! push and usurpation, has sncceeded in ab* sorbing ail functions connected with ihe department. j§o Mr. usefulness educationally will be affected by retention or remqvaL Ēaeh board is found useful principa3ly to reappoint the same secretary to continue the usurpation of its privileges. The argument *of the . Bulletin that the honoraiy pre* sident receives no pay does not justify him in neglecting duties imposed oa him by law or in delegating his authority to a subordinate.