Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-07

The end The reward n Virtue Il was
now the Kings turn ~ crown the efforts II bis
mos, faithful subject with The only reward
which could be- equally available 10 both
parties. lie bcgsn by calling The shepherd To-
hll an Office made vacant fyf thst especial put
poac The former pfcuef, unwilling 10 sell
his bluh right fpr any ppiiage u Ills Majesty
brewing, retired in suitable disgusii The shep
herd Saint was ~ once summoned ~ stop the
gap in The cabinet His approach naa the zig
nal for general retreat n the ~ pfcmief's
associates and q new cabinet Il sanity satellites
vas speedily formed.
Nov the fin bcgan in esnes,s the Premier
devoted his energies 10 The unioing II the
policy u bis predecessor no opportunity vas
lost. Whereby be- could cast oiium upon he
former ministry. and ihus dignihei silence
called forth the baacst nainusiion ile toDk
maiieipus pleasure In The unteaIn1be erer
ci4e ri hia prcrogniiye. The pryy purse VS.
| nctienshci ~ thc disadvantage n tho pnbhr
works. financial appropriation leaked oul and
tnekled through mysterious channels into The
one gfcrdy Golfer, the pdyy purse A display
" unjushing aycophancy drew down upoH
him the contempt u ihe publiej but foyal
favor retained him near the throne; never be-.
fore bad " pliablc tool been a. the service oi
IIia Majesty; never again could Ili' Majesty
hope 10 secure its counterpart.
This was the reward of Virtue; IN ingenoui
system N reciprocal back scratching that, vhil'
II vas no doubt agreeable 10 The participant
al the same time prcaenicd 80 the disinieresie'
spectators q spectacle ~ ridiculous as il VA
undignifed and ~ pusllanimsn, as It vas un
parliamentary.
Feeling assured II his claim upon the foya
favor this Premier played and Is still playint
his game with cpnsumma,c assurance, II Is vi
of one to half dozen of the other; game il
which the honon arc easy.
The question of autocrary becomes in III
! hands of this jugglef, bloodlcss weapon viii
, which he threatens to annihilaie his opponent,
The inblcau of the Premier a, this moment IL a
! imposing as that of the mco.dramntic yiIlai
With his stuffed club; slow music and blue fr
are all iha, are needed to complete the dra
matte effect.
So long as he natters the ambition of III
King 70 long he feels secure; the moment h
ceases 10 meet with the royal approval tn;
rnomcn, he can hope for nothing but bansl
S ment; meanwhile he chants psans before h
c august master lie says of that master; %.
d studiuus man from his youth, man Of wid
o reading, trained lawyer, an experience
b writer, and now a man Of wide travel is
J. not precisely the man from whom, when ell
d waited to the throne, We should expect etc
n etc. p Precisely And his henchman in an e
Is tacy evolves a crown! his prime minister da
:: zles himself and his sire with visions Of cor
n nation to which all the world is to be invite
e and from which We are to gain--what
> The golden egg has been laid: the Prcmi
n is the goose who laid it, and, now, during Il
dangers and delays Of incubation, it bebo.
him 10 ruffle his feathers and quack mightil
% but whether the egg will bring forth fish, He
!. or fowl, or adde in its shell-remains to
,f seen.
CTo he continued)