The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-20
the NEXT CAMPAIGN.

Ndlllhe CldGtcIlIS IllaU was qulIe re-
freshing; several independents of
tried character have consented TO
run next year" -. ."they can be
elected by united action, hard work
and untlagging belief in the justice
of the independent cause. -. "but
it is none too soon to begin" Good
words and fine sentiments! They
show a laudable bracing up for the
fight. But what pity it is, that
all that rests on q wrong basis, and
that the superstructure Of the edifice
of our future elections, as therein
announced, is precisely the one that
would ensure the failure of the
whole campaign, the failure of every
one of the independent members
thus patronized.
l concede it is "none too late to
Begin But how ought the cam
paign to be conducted, and how can
it now be inferred that it is going
to be conducted? 1t is announced
that triumph can be the reward only
of "united action" and yet the
campaign is preciselyIto be opened by
isolated, personal action and man
agementl ''Several Independents
have consented to run" Who has
asked them? And how arc the elec-
tions to be run? BY few men, by
a coterie, for the benefit of class,
or by the whole mass of voters, for
the benefit of the nation? That is
what is necessary to settle distinctly,
even before the first shot is fired,
and then the real independent voters
will know what they have to do.
l do not ignore that it has been
the habit here of managing political
affairs "a huit clos, en- famille," be-
tween few men-very honorable
they undoubtedly were-but who as
sumed TO be omnipotent leaders
without any one having ever given
them any right to that leadership.
That may have been possible, suffer-
able, in former times; but the
whole situation is changed, the
troops for the fight and the enemy
themselves are different, so that the
tactics must be changed too, if we
don't want the Government to have
absolutely their own way through
our own fault.
And yet so it appears that our po-
litical heads intend to follow the old
track. A, B, c, ID and f meet very
cautiously at F's residence, with the
intention of settling the next cam
paign. Well, says A, what are we
going to do this year and who is to
run? Nothing more simple, says
b; you and l will run in Oahu; C.,
d, L and F on the other islands.
We club for the necessary money,
and there we are. But, objects ID,
if in the districts we are assigned to,
the voters do not like us, and prefer
other candidates, that will make a
division and loss Of votes? No
matter, replies B, the voters are to
vote as we say, not as they may
please, and if there is split in
their ranks. we'll, we'll all get left,
that's all, but we must look out for
that.-All right, cries out the cho-
rus, that's settled, and after par
taking of drinll-of soda water, let
us all very quietly Withdraw, for
fear that our meeting should be sus-
pected, and that our names as ring
| leaders get diyulged.
Now, l put down as an indispu-
table axiom, that, if the electoral
battle is to be gained next year,
that can be expected and obtained
only through the atnited, una,ainO Ous
action of ALL the voters who do not
approve of the present administra-
ton. All these voters, whether
white or black, red or yellow, must
thus be formed into one solid, COM
pact body. How can that be done
Simply by telling those hetero-
geneous elements-as properly called
lately by correspondent of yours
that they have to vote for some un-
known candidate patronized by some
unknown clique? Or else, by get
ting these elements together, by
making them understand that the
evil and foe are the same for all and
command unity of action, and by
making them select, designate them.
selves, for candidates, such men as
may prove to be the most popular
amongst them!
l think only one answer can be
made to that, especially when one
fact is taken into consideration, ant
that is that truly independent voters
and their number is fast growing
will no longer submit to being
bossed in the old ways. Conse'
quently, | say, before selecting
candidates who consent to rum
let us first organize the Opposition
Party, which at present only consists
of isolated GROWERS who stay II
their own corners, and think Oh