Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-11-25

by the trainers OF the constitution, not forth |
few who mistake the character Of the institu
tons under whichIthey exist, but for the
benefit Of the entire American people. 1t is
the greed and grinding process Of the corpora
tons which are sappng the likelihood OF the
republic that tends to social and political reyo-
luton. The labor organizations throughout
the land are not composed Of IDIOTS, but the
BRAIN sincw and muscle Of mighty republic,
and which will, in the course Of time, GER
tainly force the solution Of a great problem
In abiding to political matters generally, |
must not overlook the contest. in this State.
The people here are thoroughly disguised with
the intolerance Of the Central Pacific Railroad
monopoly, which has corrupted the politics Of
this State ever since the corporation has been
in existence But how the people intend to re-
buke this powerful monopoly is not quite APP
parent just now, inasnuch as Stoncman, the
Democratic governorelect, is a creature Of the
railroad corporation, so the Examiner, as the
organ Of the party, asserted two days after his
nomination at San Jose, while smarting under
the defeat Of its own choice for the guberna.
toral honors in the person Of George Hearst,
who is heavy stakeholder in the Examiner;
yet the Democratic party OF California were in
high glee over his nomination. The rif.raG
element that made Denis Kcarney the sand-lot
dictator and howled itself hoarse with anti
monopoly music for the past years, is the main
element that was relied on to insure Stone
mans election, and one may well excaim,
ooh, consistency, thou art a jewelp Stone
man recently made weak campaign speech at
| Wifi, H.. "eeks % s""ri,ious silence, IN
which he said that the two vital issues at
stake were the Sunday law and the Chinese
question, and totally ignoring the fact that the
people were overweighted by corporation OPP.
preston and praying for deliverancc. With
us the Chinese question is really settled for ten
| years at least, in spite Of Assistant, Secretary
French's peculiar opinion on the subject, as re-
Gently expressed for the benefit Of the collector
Of this port which is a flat contradiction of the
intenis of the law that is now in operation,
and the Sunday law bugbear is only matter
| of secondary consideration. Stonemans susN
picious attitude on this important point is in
glaring conflict to the wellk sentiments
Of Morris NJ. EStee the Republican candidate
for governor, who has been particularly out.
| spoken on the subject Of railroad oppression
| and cxtortion. The rabid attitude of the
Ch'onit(t in the campaign, while protesting
the utmost loyalty to Republican principles,
had tendency to defeat the party. Paul
| Neumann, the Republican candidate for Con.
gress in this district, met with the most bitter
| opposition from the ChtoUiclt, which styled
him the tool of Claus Spreckels in the Ha
| waiian sugar interest, and also accused him Of
| being under the control of the railroad com
pany. BY way Of showing its peculiar
sympathy for the Republican party and the
| ticket, the chronicle advocated the election of
| a Democratic Congressman in the person Of
General Rosencrans, whom il denounced in
unmeasured terms two years ago. Dr. Nc
Donald, Of Vinegar Bitters notoriety, was the
candidate for governor on the Prohibition
ticket, but without gaining any special rccog.
milton even from the demagogues, he only sue
ceeded in jeopardizing the chances of Estec's
election, as he failed to draw any votes away
from the Democratic ticket.
As it is now a settled fact tina, the Demo.
Gratis will control the next House of Represen-
tatives, the country will closely watch the &c.
ton Of the leaders of the party on the tariff
question. The tariff commission appointed
last winter to take testimony in the various
cities of the United States, touching the re.
vision Of the tariff will make its report either
at the close Of the present Congress, which
is Republican, or at the beginning of the next
Congress, which will be Democratic. AS the
present Congress does not expire until March
4, 1883, it is more than probable that the tariff
commission will present its report in Decem-
Der, and even in doing so, it is question
whether proper legislation can be effected be.
fore the 4th of next March, According to
tradition, much opposition can be expected
from the Democratic leaders in the revision Of
the tariff; and should it so happen that the
tariff question is not tinkered to suit the ideas
of the Democratic leaders, backed by the
foreign capitalists of New York, then the
question will be reopened during the new Con.
gress, when the Democrats will have full swing
to do as they please, and probably repeat the
blunders made in 1874, which are part and
parcel Of Democratic history. The free trade
craze in 1874 is distinct in the memory of all
who have mi erast oil th.,,s al,,.. -, la: - r.
back as IS4a. II will be remembered that
James X. Polk was elected in I84,, on the
Democratic war.cry Of "Polk, Dallas and the
Tariff Of a." The subsequent action Of the
Democratic party according to tradition
both in the Senate and House, in betraying the
promises made to the people during the presi.
dental campaign, cannot be easily forgotten.
In the Middle and New England States the
Democratic leaders have been lukewarm tariff
men simply because their election depended on
this question, while in the South and West
they have advocated and maintained free-trade
doctrines. 1t is only within the past two years
that slight change has come over certain
prominent Democrats-one leader in particu.
lar, Dan Voorhees,, Of Indiana, better known
as "The Tall Sycamore Of the Wabash" This
gentleman was, up to the time mentioned,
free-trade advocate and great friend of the
Southern leaders who, in early days, were
a"song the most pronounced Of the anti.tariff
element. !, was partly on account Of the du.
plicity of the Democratic leaders on the tariff
question that Hancock was badly beaten by
Garfield, consistent tariff man in the House
and on the stump, in 1880. 1t will also be re.
membered that the Northern Democratic
leaders sraddled the question by advocating
tariff for revenue only General Hancock,
it will likewise be remembered, after having
been silen, for some time after his nomination,
lnrced L.. Tho ..ao..l.,. .l....... Z. a.