The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-02-06

voter will have the opportunity of showing
his strength. Considering the means that
have been used of late by the Government
Party to get in their candidates it will be
matter of no surprise, if the announce
ment this evening should be that the In
dependent ticket has not been elected in
full. Those who wish to see how elections
can be carried ON in this country had bet
ter be at the polls and watch to see if the
military and police are marched up to the
ballot boxes as they were two years ago.
Public opinion made itself heard upon
this point after the election of 1880, and il
will do so again and even more forcibly,
should like tactics be repeated to-day.
But it is not upon its influence over the
military, the police and the salaried Off
cials of the government that the Govern
ment Party has relied for carrying the
present election. Intimidation has been
used. We are informed upon credible au
thority that natives occupying government
lands, or lands over which certain mem
bers of the Government Party have con
troll. have been told that unless they vote
for the government ticket, they need not
look for a quiet continuance in their little
homes Tax receipts have been demanded
and the unfortunate voters, not strong
enough to Withstand the pressure brought
to bear upon them, have delivered them
up. In all cases where the voter is con
sidered doubtful, it will be found that his
tax receipt is not forthcoming on the day
of the election, and in this way he will be
deprived of his vote How strong the in
| fuences brought to bear on voters have
| been may be Judged from the fact that
many have gone to Mr.. Carter and asked
him to take charge of their tax receipts,
knowing that though they were anxious
to vote for him, they would be unable to
stand the threats and the wheedling they
| would be subjected to: in point of fact
knowing the power that would be brought
to bear, they distrusted themselves. Hon
| orably has Mr.. Carter refused to acquiesce
in their request: he has told them that to
do so would be at variance with the politi-
cal teachings he has tried for years to in
still into the native race: he has striven to
make Hawaiian electors vote as men, and
the votes that will be cast for him Will be
cast by MEN. He feels, and all good cit
zens must feel, that it were better to be
beaten having clear conscience, than to
! win, with the consciousness of having
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| to do so.
By means of influence and threats and
cajolery, as far as can be ascertained, the
| government have the assured control of
| 500 voters. But what of that; Honolulu
has voting population of about 1000, and
one fourth of that population cannot carry
| the election. Even of the 500 voters whom
the government have locked up as it were,
they cannot count upon getting all the
votes, for a considerable proportion of
these will be men who are to be Kept from
voting by means of retaining their tax re
| ceipts.
In spite then of the various methods
used, among which, by the way, was race
prejudice, some one very high in Office,
who, to choice selection of electors, called
( together to hear his statements, stated that
he was surprised and panied to see white
men coming forward as candidates for the
legislature, where they would want to
make laws for the Hawaiians, land the
Adrertiser dared to say that the Independent
Party was antagonizing the races, in
spite of all such tactics and of so much in
| fluence; the prospects of the Independent
Party to-day are good. The Hawaiian Is
| by no means as stupid as the Government
Party would have the world believe, and
apart from all foreign voters, there is a
solid phalanx of Hawaiians who have
weig he'd the Premier and have found him
wanting: who have found in this man, with
his cheap clap-trap and his half dozen
honeyed phrases nothing for the pure
patriot of Hawaii to hope. To number
of Hawaiians the Premier is now repre-
scented by Moreno's celebrated simile OF
a squeezed orange. He has been thoroughly
squeezed and there is mighty little juice
| left All these Hawaiian voters need Is q
solid support from the foreign voters. In
| teligent Hawaii understands clearly how
| ill-adyised, and how destructive of the fu-
ture of the country the course of the pres
emit government has been; but it will re-
quire the full support of the foreign vote
to make the intelligent Hawaiians masters
of the situation.
That their support will be given we sin
cerely hope. Jobbery, mismanagement OF
public funds, autocratic use of power. dan
ger to our commercial and financial pros
perity, have been the result of tolerating
the present men in power. If this coun-
try is to prosper in healthy manner, this
must be changed. Hawaiian prosperity
cannot Last forever, the evil day, the rainy
day is coming on apaee, and the manner
in which we shall be able to weather the
storm depends almost entirely upon the
manner in which we prepare ourselves to
weather it At present the ship of state is
in bad fix, it has neither good captain
nor officers, neither good pilot nor proper
| physicians for the crew. 1t rests with the
crew at this moment to determine whether
they shall be led to destruction or not.
What VIII be gained on the whole by any
man, if few dollars come to his purse for
the moment, and the business of the coun-
try is ruined. And continuation of the
rule of the present ministry means ruin.
To what end viii it be that government
contracts for hundred and one things are
obtained, if the government is to be con
Quoted in manner which viii reduce the
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