Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-28
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Among the foreign invaders whom the
,alace party and is venerable young Hawaiian
friday most dutifully despisc, there are none
more powerful for good or III than the hewers
II wood. the drawers of water, the mechanics
,rtizans, draymcn, express drivers and workers
generally. These men may OF may not feel
the almost inevitable pinching Of msgovern |
ment: they may or may not think But when
they do feel and do think look out a.! The |
laboring classes Of this kingdom, so long as
they remain Hawaiian, or Portuguese. orl
Chinese, ne bound hand and foot by tradi-
tons, by Indifference and 10y national inertia
But Anglo-Saxon workmen are made Of very
different metal. A bad workman is often
everything he ought not to be, but a good
workman is a king among men. There are a
number Of workingmen already in quiesccnt
organization here. They have weighed the
policy Of the party in power and have found it
wanting. They have seen and felt the fatal
tendency NJ the one man power and they are
ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with Their
more wealthy ncighbors in a fair fight for an
honorable end. These men know, what the
planter also knows, that the interests of all
classes in this community are in common. II
is the blind, suicidal policy OF the adminis,ra'
ton not to see this. So the government is run
as an Opposition shop" In majority of
cases. it, subordinate positions are in the hands
Of good men, and, considerably throwing to
the dear people that considerable sop. the
handful Of men who really control affairs SO on
doing just about as they please Bonds are
paid out as If they were coin, and not for the
specific purposes contemplated by the loan act;
government work is done, and the law regard
ing contracts is no, complied with the public
school service IL disorganized, in order to
crafty the malice Of the corrupt in power the
life Of the community is perilled, that leper
politicians may go forth to make votes /; the
spirit Of the license law is violated, to give
court fqvortes chance 10 make money in the
saloon business the unspeakable degradation
Of hcathendom Is revived, to pander TO the
wors, passions Of the Hawaiian race; and the
catalogue might be indefinitely extended. But
workingmen know these facts, and the mem.
bers Of the administration know that they
know it, Here, then, Is the milk In the cocoa.
nut II, by any means, the workingmen can
be separated from the planter and merchant
class, the opposition bundle Of sticks may be
broken bit by Bit So every means is taken
by the administration and its organ to antago
nile the classes which must together win the
legislative fight. To the desired end the adj
ministrtion bendI all its energies. II stops
at nothing. There is no weapon too vile io
serve its purpose. The lives of honored and
honorable men arc assaulted in the only way
the craven crew Of the pirate ship dare assai
anythng--with inuendo and sncer and mis-
Interpretation. The aim Is to make the foreign
workingmen Of this community (by which /,
meant the large majority not yet rich) believe
that their interests are different from the in
terests of the wealthy. The religion, the
manners, the business methods Of representa-
tive men here have been misrepresented in
every way that malice could suggest. Forum
aiely the stupidity of the administration has
been unequal to the demands Of its hate. The
attemp, has failed. The voting workingmer
of Hawaii nei land strong native contingent
is rapidly wheeling into line) see very well OF
which side their bread is bu,tcred. Sel6shnes:
and honesty are sometimes yoke-felows. lr
the coming campaign they are Enthusiastically
so. For, II there is to remain in these islands
any religion, any honor, any morality, an,
civilization and any prosperity, the crab climb
ing patty Of reaction must be summaril,
defeated.