Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-28

The men who at present have charge of our
ship u state, seem to have no control of the
helm. no settled principles to direct their &C.
tion,. To-day an order Is given, tomorrow
II i' rescinded, or even in the same day contra.
dictory orders arc issued and diamctrically ~.
posile statements made in regard 10 policy and
purpose. The mismanagemcnt u the Chinese
immigration !, likely TO involve us in serious
trouble With other nations The whole treat.
mcnt N the labor problem by Gibson and his
conirercs IS a. unsatisfactory and mischcvgus
as il is stupid and suicidal. The financial ir.
over or kcp, out of sight, arc AZ foolish as they
are criminal. The neglect of internal improve.
menm will innd iucpafabe damage On
the property of the country, which is also
daily mpcnllcd by disregard of all precautions
against provoking the people of the United
states 10 stand out again,, a renewal of the
| reciprocity treaty on the ground that the al.
vantagcs aecming from it 10 the government
and the people Of these islands arc FILTERED
away IN shameful folly and minous c1ceses
So many of the community arc dependent one
way and another on the emDlumcn,s of GOV.
eminent office that II IS mex, 10 impossible to
secure any concerted action which may cnbar
rass, II 1t did not upset the government,
Part u our trouble comes from inherited vicious
customs. The King has been allowed TO
change the responsible ministers" Of public
affairs at his whim, has been cajoled into doing
this again and again or applauded for doing
It when II suited the views Of certain parties.
But this arbitrary, freakish style Of persona
rule was no, the style contemplated by the con.
sutu,ion. That Magma Charter Of Hawaiian
liberties was never intended TO impose upon
the country an irresponsible, reckless, disrcpu.
table set Of advcnturers True, such men may
be called to account, but whois to impeach or
prosecute them II has been evident
from the very first that the Gibson ministry has
never deserved nor received the confidence OF
respect Of the community. The Hawaiians
who take any interest in political affairs have
shown this tfnmistakably. The foreign resi-.
dents have done the same through the public
press, in public addresses, in social oJracism,
and in the common talk Of the streets. As
these men now in power have never incurred
the good opinion Of the community, they make
no prctencc Of any regard Tor il, and continue
in their mismanagemen, Of public affairs in de.
hancc Of public disproval. How long is this
state Of things to continue1 Wha, political
sagacity does this community show in allowing
this government, to drift along, the current all
the while carrying the ship Of state perlously
near the breakersr Mus, we simply trust the
favonng Providence that has so often interposed
for the good Of this na,ion2 Is there no one
forcasting the future and so be prepared in the
coming emergencies to direct wisely and guide
intelligently the future of this Hawaiian king.
dom' Have our planters nothing to do but to
see that they put in cane enough year by year
to cover expenses and roll up profts1 What
are the defects in the presen, method Of man.
agement that have been the unguarded weak
places through which the present ministry has
crawled into their places of misrulep Surely
it is time tha, thinking men among US should
carefully consider the lessons Of political exper.
ience to be read in the history of the past, and
so be ready to unite in we'll constructed plat.
form Of political reforms. We need more than
change in the ministry. We need such well
considered changes in the construction of the
government, as shall make it impossible for
similar set Of incompetents to crawl in a simi-
lar way into places Of official position only to
disgrace and injure the country. lie, us have
Chinese immigration well regulated or entirely
restrlcted internal improvements undertaken
on some broad and comprehensive plan; ex.
penditures better guarded, more economical for
worthy objects of public utility; education
more thorough and practical and the door shut
against any more such back.way entrances into
the Kings councils as We have seen possible in
the case Of Gibson and his set.