Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 184, 20 January 1892 — NO NEED 0F AN INDEPENDENT TICKET. [ARTICLE]

NO NEED 0F AN INDEPENDENT TICKET.

A Review of Mr. Thcr=tos's ReVIEWER. Editor Holomua: — The revitw of Mr. Thurston'ā letter, whieh by the way is no review at all, opens with a burst of repressed sorrow at that gentleman’s seeming defection. With most magnanimous candor he concedes to Mr. Thurston ability. virtue and angelic attributes generally only second in their redundancy to the same traits aspossessed by himself. Having unbosomed himself of a mess of sycophantic adulation he announces that his argumcnts will ignore Mr. Thurston and dispose of Mr. Thurston’s theories. This convenient dissolution of eopartnership between a man and a man‘s ideas is eminently worthy of the insignificant scribler who announces it. Mr. Thurston’s views invite respect not only from their intrinsic soundness but also on aecount of his prominence as a leader of the old Reform organization, He is at least representative. He represents a large class who feeling that their own favorites are unavailable as candidates, resign themselves with philosophy to the inevitable and accept the best that ean be secured. Mr. Reviewer repre|>ents fiimsed omV. /Te ih anonymous because his tirade is without a signature. His identity is fixed on a certain crcature who flourisbefi under the o!d Reform regimo and could not possibly flourish under anyother. The ill-eon-cealed motives that dictate this splenetic letter do not impart mueh valuc to ihe lofty sentiments of morality and virtue assumed. Through the robe of the lion protrude the ears of the—transcendent kicker. Leaving questions of morality to gcntlemen of this ilk who discuss same without practicing, I proceed to trace his phenomenal ideas of of expediency. Skipping over his analvsis of facts, his complacent conclusion that Mr. Thurston’s lcgic is worthless because of a mistake in the identity of facts and as sumptions and his vaunted superiority of intimacy with New York politics. I eome to a consideration of facts as set forth by this political experī. Some facts are correctly stated. The Reform Party had a sweeping victory in 1SS7. The figures of the Naīional Roform majority in 1890 are also correctly given. But I would suggest a variation of the exercise in substraction. viz: taking the highest vote cast for any candidate of the Reform Party from : the highest vote cast for any Naīional Reform nominee and sirnilar exercise with the lowest number of ▼otes cast for respective opponents. lf the lowest number of votes cast for any nominee cf the Reform Party were substracted from the number received by the most suo cessful candidate of the National Reform Party the result ascertained might dampen even the worked up enthusiasm of this professor of mathematics. Yet taking the average majority at 119, whenee arises his cause of elalion? It is true that 119 is only 119 and that

if G0 votes had gone theother way. the Reform Parīy would have beea victorious. I eannoī quarrel with Mr. Reviewer‘s figures as pr t -?cnfcd. His reckoning is as reliable in numbers as his ealeulaīion? art absolute on receiving a fat job under a reform regime. I a!so concede that ihe carelessness of 119 voters prevented the "triumphant endorsement of the Thurston Ministry,” but I am v.ct similarly impressed with the 8ignijicance of the figures. Mr. Reviewer "studied the known events and probable changes of the last two yeas”—from 1890 to 1892. 1 shall briefly contemplate the known events and positire changes that occurred between 1887 and 1890. In 1887 the Reform ticket was overwhelmingly elected. Why? Because every voter favored reform. In 1890 the Reform ticket was badly deleated. \Vhy? Reviewer winks confidentially at Mr. Thurston and elaim? that ihe party was £, badly handicapped.” He further ascribes the Waterloo rout to an attack of emotional insanity on the part of the people, "who rushed pell mell.” &c., &c. If Mr. Reviewer embraced in his mathematical demonstrations a chapter on the discrepancy between the Reform victory of 1877 and the Reform defeat of 1890 —his reflections on the issue must appear even to his dense apprehension as an insult to the intelligence of the voters at both elections. In both elections sufirages were cast for the game object —reform; althougli Mr. Reviewer sagely concludes that in the first election they were cast for reform. and in the last for spoils. Will any rational voter be terapted from his allegiance by such a ĀU AĀP Ā9/5P.’ ,Tbl«-AS\aj? .w.ho indicts Thurstou in windy phrases voices the contemptuous opinions of the coterie to whieh he belongs in classing the National Reform Party as the riff-raff of the couutry. Has it never occurred to him that other men beside himself may be actuated by pure motives? And does he mean to aesume that the vast array of voters who left the Reformranks were all after s{x»ils? Perhaps his conclusion that his party was badly handicappeil is the best solution of its defeat. I believe this to be the true cause of the result. It certainly was not handicapped by the character or stauding of its nominees. They were the very flower of our business coinmunity. It was not handicapped by a laek of organization. It had the whole machinery of government at its back. It had newspaper supix)rt. Weahh was in allianee with it. Yet nevertheless it iras handicapped—handicapped by an unsavory record. We were all reform voters in 1887 but three years of Reform administration had failed toyield thereform for whieh we votcd. The popular demand for reform was never dormant yet no aeiual antagonism to the Government developed till it heeame patent that no reforms could be expected from it. The Reform Party committed itself to an endorsement of arbitrary executive delinquency and broken pledges and ihe real reform wishers, finding themselves deserted by theirown organization and leaders, united to form a real and bonafide National Reform Party. That Bush, Wilcox and others flocked to its standard is no argument against the integrity of the organization. Poliūeal parties do not admiuister eommunion or demand letters from churches. Mr. Reviewer would cheerfully work in unison with EIder Bush if that individual allied

. him=elf wiih the party whieh he 1= ?eeking to resus*.;tate. The record : fthe Naūonal Reforru Party is not one of mntual treachery a= Mr. Reviewer allege3. It is a eonsistent and straightforward one. Its achievement? have been eommensurate with it= opponumties. Not having t>een in the ascendancy it ean be charged with no responsibi!ity. As a part\ it has cleared itself of the imputation of being after spoils. True, there are men in its ranks who seek prefermeut as eagerly as Keviewer desires restoration to his poahion. But the rank and hle want good governraeut and are not mhguided. Mr. Thurston s cntic may rest assured that the party will preserve itsentirety. saring the clique whieh withdrew animated bv the same elevated notions that inspire and distinguish Mr. Reviewer. Its ranks will be swelled by that resnectable portion of the Keform Party who have no axes to grind. Its mission is not a crusade against society nor a destruction of government. Its adherents are intelligent men and have not deferred their convictions till the issuance of circulars. There has been no plot between leaders of the Reform and National Reform parties, except a tacit concession that an opposition ticket would be inadvisable and inexpedient. There is no plot excepting this self-constituted marplot. Since he is so virtuōusly oflfended by treachery—let him contemplate the treachery whieh seeks to disturb the present politieal ealm. He voices the rule or ruin policy of a defunct party while his able coadjutor, the "Advertiser,” serves in poliūeal hygiene as a counter-irrhant to the Natlonal Liberal Party. The following of Mr. Reviewer’s leadT is as si'ender as the logic he adduces in support of his impudcnt propositions. The voters of this Kingdom have pronounced no uncertain verdict upon clique ascendancy. This literary Bolivar will not be able to fan up a decent organized opposition and the voters at the coming clection will not delegate to him the privilege of doing their thinking, no matter how alluringly he oflfers his services in that capacity. Such following as may attach to his lead might as well be at onee transferred to the Liberal Party. If defeat awaits us victory is not in store for Reviewer’s clique, and if defeat should be the result at the election let those captious upstarts who contributed to stem the tide of a successful campaign on the part of the National Reform Party, eontemplate their agencv with such satisfaction as may be warranted by theoutcome. Naūonal Reform voters wlll not bolt the ticket because eaeh and every candidate is not in accordance with their personal preferences. Measures of importance await solution and men likely to carry out the popular wish will be selected. The grievances of Reviewer’s class are purely personal and of nonaūonal importance whatever. Be sure that the interests of the National Reform and Reform rank and file are idenlical. All discerning and sensible men will treat this disturbing element aa inimieal. They are as hkely to transfer their votes to the support of this iniquitous coterie as to cast them for the Liberals. There are no bosses in the Kational Refonn organizalion nor will they aeeepl ihe dictators ihat were rejected in 1890. Thebe is so seed of ah Iia>£pExni2rr Ticeet.

KA LEO” .LBR0AP. HAWAII ANP THE t'NITEE STATE. The interestsof tbe l nited mHawaii are very great, aud are botu polhieal and commercial. 1 ne polilieal impouanee of the island3 lies in their gituation in midocean. whieh renders them a convement station for the eoaline. repainng, and provisioning of vessels travorsine the Pacific. In caseot war the\ would supply a base of operations for a fleet against any nation bordering on the Pacific. Germany would like to add them to hcr Pacific island colonies; England did seize them onee, but was obliged to relinquish possesion. By natural ties. and by the lines of their development. the Hawaiian Islandsare doser to the United States than to any other nation. The commercial development of the islands has l>een the work ot Americans. lp to the yearlSiO the most important trade was that of the vessels engaged in the whale fisheries of the Pacific. Some Americans, among them Claus Spreckels, had learned of the possibilities of the islands as sugar producers, and in the year mentionetl a reciprocity treaty was negotiated between Hawaii and the L nited States by whieh raw sugar was admitted into this country duty free. The result was an enormous development of the sugar refining industry on the Pacific Coast, and a corresponding growth of the sugar planting interests in Hawaii. Naturally, the other industries and the general commerce of the kingdom increased in propotion. Nine-tenths of the exports consist of sugar. and about the same propotion of the total trade is with the United States. This development of the resources . of the islands being dye to Auiericans, it fotl'6ws that Hawaii’a best interests connect her with the United States. Unfortunately, Hawaii has had the same expericnce as other communities that have beeome suddenly rich. Her prosperity has attracted adventurers of all nations, who have had no difficulty in winning over or corrupting members of the native government to futher the;r schemes. Physically the native are a reraarkably fine and handsome race, but in character they are indolent, joyous, an<T contented. The more energetic foreigners found it the easier for this reason to do as they pleased. At the same time, the characteristics of the natives made them unsuitable as laborers on the sugar plantations. This has led to the importation of large numbers of Chinese, Japanese, and South Sea l3landers under contract. It is charged that while these laborers are notninally bound only by contract, they are in reality slaves. If the laborer, says a native paper, referring to this subject. "happens to be a Japanese, he haa to some extent the protection whieh his own government insist3 on, of medical men and interpreters and in3pectors of his own countrvmen, to see that he gets justice; but what of all the other nationalities not so protected, including even the /fawaiian? I 3 it not a fact beyond diapute that there is not a poliee judge on the islands outside of Honolulu who does not know that his lmng depends upon not doing anv official act contrary to the expressed wish of the loeal planter? Are not the sheriflf and his deputy also l«ppy when the plantaUon xiianapr stmles? I 8 there not attached to every plantation a stall-fed lawyer as part of the eoneem, ever «ady with his legal lasso to haj the contract laborer over the legal coa i9 , while the unfortunate

e aged ohattel —who ha< t , to find himself and , | thirteen to eighteen ,; ar , ' monlh, if he is able to ii j «ix daya work a month—> : I blv deatitute of a knowh -■ • * •• or a lawye’s fee. Futheru >ro. • law requires that there - original contract and a .-. j one for the master. t!.. •, ! the ?ervant. They eai ii - i dol!ar for acknowledgin_’ . - - commi3sioner. and eaeh . . I stamp. It seldom haj r the servant demand th- : v . he knows all about it: . < j the formality of aeknowl . | original lt is put away u ' ] as the stamping costs a 1 r ] is a needless outlay unh • 1 orer is taken to court. Tl. * the laborer quits work ; ' | court for redress—unh _ he is arrested and char. i - | desertion. and if convh: i. tj r . or, failing the ability to pa \. .. * to work it out on the i . I> j par with criminals. a!l i au-. is unahle to show tract. ?> In the case of many of tho S „ Sea Islanders, it is elaimel • : I slavery is even more aj-i ■ ::: ; * years gone by such native< were j tully kidnapped by coutrar rs : • < labor; now they are kidnajy i i der legal forms, it is chargetl. I: l asserted that at least one drn: Honolulu did for years l ir_rain:: ] the delivery of South Sea Island::- i and retail them out at - > mueh. head. Not satisfied with the j n.-• state of things, the sugar plan*r: • are seeking even cheapcr lal>>:,« :: . it is reported that a plan is un; • consideration for importing nath ■ of inelia. The frce lalx)rers sufler fr>imcec- i $nthjthe contract la ;■ - | and their complaints are -ome 1 the many grievances whieh the ■ •■ 1 tablishment of a ropubli> i~ •*x: ■ ed to remedy, At present, of the total popula* tion of Hawaii, one-hali' ;• •_• posed ofnatives and theother hali foreigners. The Chincso >• , one-quarter of the wholnuu. | The history of the islan i- mak - | it evident how poor a tit •• Que: i Liliuokalani has to the throne. . 1 early times, eaeh island ha<l a k;-: or supreme chief. At the beginn;n , of this century the islan<l- *•- t formed into one kingd"in y K. * mehameha I., who died iu I'i He has succeeded by Kamehame.i • II., whoee reign was signalize<i ' j the abolition of idolatory -; mui:a:eously throughout the i-lani-Vancouver, the discovcr*.r, *-■ i made three voyages to the i-’.au ;• had made sincere atrempts to 1 lighten the natives concerning truths of Christianity, an ! -ucce-r ed so far that their eyes w< ro op--- i ed to the absurdities of th<.ir sye:e- j of idol-worship. Thev <li i c however, comprehend the new :tgion, and when the fir-t mi?-- : , aries arrived from Ameri<- 1 in l'- r they witnessed the singular ] ■■■- omenon of a nation without a g:on. The missionariereceived, and in less than : years had taught the e .:ire H ? | waiian nation to read ai.d ffr - cipher and sew. \Vith thc n of Kamehameha V., in 187^*1 direct line of Kamehameha; -'i cameextinct. A chief n.ime.i --'I nalilo was elected to tho T3 ' throne, and upon his deatn in IKalakaua was chosen king- •''■ present qneen derives her -y u simply &om him. Under sncn ■ cumBtances, educated think that they could do *l well without hereditary ruler?j j instead elect a president or g° Vc " wfoti specific term.