Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-03

service was Intellectual until the present session
~ Congress. The Republican party, which
has been In power fof more than twenty years.
and to which the country owes the preservation
Of the Union, has grown corrupt with incrcas
ng strength. The party, during late years,
has been controlled entirely by "bosses" who
have repeatedly promised reforms without any
intention II making them. This continued
until what Is popularity known AZ the INA
chine sustained an ignominious defeat in the
elections held last fall. when the people rose Is
one man, demanding reform, and marching in
solid phalans 10 the ballotbox drove the
"machinc" candidates from the field many
| Republicans who hsd never before voted =
Democratic ballot voting against the candidate
of his party.
The voice Of the people will always make
itself heard sooner OF later, and this unanmity
" feeling has already had ils effect. Early In
the prcscn, session OF Congress bills providing
fot efficient reform In The civil service were In.
troduecd. A bill passed by the Senate was he
fore the House on the al Of January for con
sidcnlion. The majority favored It's passage,
bu, there was o disposition ON the part Of a
number to amend OF pick the bill to pieces,
An effort was made also 10 refer II back to
the committee, bu, the majority, knowing too
well the will Of the people, passed II To ballot
and 1t was carried by vote Of rss to ~. The
majority voting In the affirmative was com
posed mainly Of Republicans and Democrats
from the Southern States, the Northern Demo
Gratis voting against the BILL and by their action
in the matter losing akthc ground they had
gained in the fall elections. II was thought
according to the tenor OF the latest dispatches
that the President would sign the bill imme
dia,cly. The passage of this bill is a fcathc
| in the cap Of the Republican party, and Al
/ Congress seems TO have got TO work carnes,l,
1 this session with determination to pass sucl
n laws as the public voice demands, |, may b,
safe to say tina, the defeat sustained by the Re
n publican party whose members seem mos
. active--is the greatest victory that party Ia
gained, and that its stand is more secure nov
than at any time since the election Of Genera
j., Grant to the presidency.
Whatever powers may be usurpcd by tn
;, leaders OF any party or the rulers Of any coun
try, however reckless and arbitrary they ma
grow by the exercise OF that power the cas-
. must at least be appealed to the people and b
=. their decision must stand or fall. The pcopl
arc the nation. Laws are enacted for thei
, government, and they have to demand a voic
in the formation Of those laws II may b
:, delayed for time, but it is their just right an
they will have it. Large bodies move slowly
but when they have gained momentum, whe
a whole people presses forward toward any dc
sired goal, their leaders mus, move with ther
or be swept aside as waste material tina, ha
passed the period OF its usefulness. II is in
- possible in this enlightened age for few I
bind the hands Of multitude Of frcemen pc,
sessing the same rights and the same INTEL
4, gcnce as themselves. Majorites will max
themselves felt, and it is not the part Of wi
dom TO antagonze them. II not content to |
:, incorporated into the body Of the great numbe
., as one among the many, there is only one 9th,
alternative, and that must be followed. TIL
, applies to Hawaii nei as well as to the Unite
States, OF any other country.