Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-02-09

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election Hfw,.| Jt, lp.5 column,
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u.u,d fu H.. Wn /, D., ut rou.,,
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h.u ,g ,o Nw .N, basis %, uavulh.
IuU.u,a, s.f,ura. ls 10 dv,s, with th,
substantial facts IN the accounts ut
other, In lhl, ISSUE, also. ls au aualy
50, nt the Honolulu vote. and com
lau,on with the figures ut last year
", need not repeat those figures here
cN,rl, to mention again that Mt ]
q. tm,t's vote Is larger this year than
it WIS two years ago, hv nearly I've
hundred, Nit CATERS gain IN the
two years represents fairly the gain IN
the independent vote lor Mt Garter
pledged himself to stand ot fall with the
ticket and there was only a difference
nf thirty eight between his vote and the
lowest obtained hy any ot his three
associates II is idle now to 90 into
the question Of the fitness or the unfit
ness ot Nlr Cauor's co.candIditcS
They stood together, fought together
and were beaten together For the
success or the failure ot the ticket rs a
whole the business interests OF Homo
lulu cared very little. As class, the
men OF Honolulu are not profoundly
Interested in national politics, They
ought to hep YES, but the fact re
mains that they are not They were,
however, sufficiently interested in the
election of Mr. Carter to nv and have
him returned The result is not what
It might have been, but II marks a be
ginning Let us hope that the end OF
the beginning may bear fruit two years
from now.
Mr. J. O, Cartcr's name at the head
ot tGe ticket on which 1t appeared was
dual compliment to two nationalitie,
and to two races Mir Garter is a
white, YES but by birth and residence
and training he is a Hawaiian in the
genuinely national sense of the word
lie is white Hawaiian, yes, hut he Is
Hawaiian none ,hc less, and his sym
pathl,s preferences, as.uau'ns an,
ca,t-iys have al been enlisted here
and tur Hawaiian nationality IN 1t.
brmd,, sense, Mr. Carter has writer
aud spoken and worked as few Other
H3vaians meow hvnI have done. Yet
Mir Carter w', defeated chiefly by
native votes. Why , One potent iactor
u Nr CATERS defeat was the persona
auia-onlsm ot Mi Gibson. II ther,
had fcen a gClin OF sincerity IN Mr
'''isgh 'i"ies'l"ns oi " ueSiIt 10 iaC'
iui' ana impartial tN.'in'natlun OF MI
aoi"'nis,Il'i.h stewardship ne Woui'
have hc'i.,u 10 eject Mr O'i'er th'
man o' '' 'l'n 10 NhoW inc h"heS
SSltei'1's u' lh, administration an'
'.'e h'heS' opponents oI 'he aumii'i'
'''inn '"ohen az ivi ihIe''HsnS IN
s,l'iai ana scar iei','s hN'sos'u1h
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mere IS no relG'ao'e defender Oh th'
"H',,,i'i''i"'iuh VINO oou'u iaH'y oOJcG
10 MI. O'I'ei as an investigator !
MI NlnSon haa ho'h'hs 10 cover Mt
""o'd nave secured enough votes Il
ele'' inc man who' oi All i1awalianS
Con'" most clearly nave INDICATED mn
nom me charges mat nave been s.
hee'y SO lui'y' so iearleSsiy made. IL
uid ms nest 10 aeieat him' ana sue
oc0ueu' me inference goes "''hou
>'Yihs'
Bu; 10 return to the Honolulu mer
chants 1t is difficult to write abou
the conduct OF Mr.. Carters friends
Policy iorbldS a full expression G
the thought mseparable from dispas
sionate consideration. Yet truth dc
mandS what policy denies, and the trut
Is that Mr.. Carters election went b
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