Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-07-12
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King kalakaua has practically given /
his full allegiance to Gibsonism King
Spfcckes IS on hand to supply brag,
bounce and bilinsgatc essential 10
arouse his royal consort TO rcsolutc dc
iiunce OF public opinion King Jus
tice sleeps in his cave and the usurpcfs
think him dead In the meanwhile,
the mills Of the gods are grinding
The future of these islands has been
pressed by circumstances into an ex
eeedingly small mould. It, present
sembance is \ shuttlccock withwhieh a
knot of men are playing baitledoor a
triumviratc of Hawaiian, lcuton and
No Mans Lander are playing the situa.
ton tor all it is worth Kings Spreck
els, Gibson and kalaknua are on top,I
the community is down for the
nonce. If the thousands OF whites
and ten thousands ofnativcs whomakc
up the community are to have good
government, It must come after the all
powerful trio have been taught that at
least two of them must climb down
from the driving seat of the government
coach That is the plain United States
.of it, Those who believe otherwise
are not wise.
1t is unconstitutional to disparage
the king we do not dlsparage him
We admit that he is boss 1t is almost
impious 10 discuss the reputation of a
saint we refrain from calling Mr.
Gibson by those unparllamentary
titles by which he is most often named
ON the street 1t is rank treason to
say unhandsomc things about Mr.
Sprcckels We will not repeat to him
the language in which he is most ire
quently mentioned, But we ask the
king, and we ask Mr.. Spreokels, to Try
and determine why this is thus why
this almost universal feeling of dctesta
ton among all those not directly bene
fitted by government patronage.
There is, of course, the usual answer
to this. "You fellows who are out
want TO get in. That is all there is to
it. But that is very shallow answer
Does any intelligent man in the I'm
position and that unpatriotic organi
zation members more than one man of
brains docs any intelligent man in the
Imposition believe that anything like
majority of the signers Of the ant-bank
bill, or the anti-cabinet petition are, or
are likely to be, office seekers' The
men who make the lmposition's
speeches, and write its articles and pull
its wires, and enjoy its profits, know
better They know that the Opposi-
ton is made up of a large majority Of
earnest and honest men.
But it is perhaps true that Mr.
Spreckels does know exactly what peo-
pie are thinking of him, and that he
does not care. Boss Tweed did not
care; Boss Shepherd did not care; John
Law did not care; Warren Hastings did
not care; Charles the First did not care.
The day of reckoning has'come often
in human history. 1t will come to Mr..
Spreckels If he does not look things
in the face. viii he look things in the
faCep No one wants to bulldoze Mr..
Spreckels He is not an easy man to
drive. But he ought to realize that a
struggle between knot of men and
nation can end in only one way. The
struggle may be long, bitter, discourag
ing, apparently not worth making; but
right and reason are bound to triumph,
in Gods good time. We are aware that
the present struggle for constitutional
government, fair taxation, and honest
administration is beset with difficult
ties. As yet, there is not that intelli-
gent working majority which is essential
to the election of legislators who will
not sell themselves for official place or
official pap-for assessorships and poi
contracts, We desire to see the evils
of mis-administration corrected in a
constitutional manner. We cannot say
we hope to see them so corrected But
all the residents of these islands who
have proftably read the lessons Of
history know that there is an unwritten
law of necessity higher than any consti-
tuition.