The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-16

is long ago exploded aud further
he emphasizes his. idea by adding,
tIf we wait for elections to do any
thing, it will only be another great
mistake, 20 members Us. 20 Mobiles
and four Ministers and the Kings
veto." What the number of men,
bers and Mobiles has to do in this
peculiar matter, am quite at u loss
to understand, for the House has
never once stood % independent
members against 90 dependent
Mobiles and 4 subservient Ministers:
on the contrary, the MOBILES have, as
a rule, been the most independent
and patriotic voters, but perhaps
Action No. 2 has not yet been long
enough in the country to know that.
AT any rate, here is the heresy:
if waiting for elections to do any
thing, and expecting any change out
of them, is "fallacy, great mis-
take, long ago exploded" (by
whom?) then what is the use of our
good, independent members who
fought so valiantly, and did, against
all odds, so much good work at the
last session, what is the use, l re-
peat, of their running at all? And,
further, what is the use of the press
crying down the abuses, what is the
use of any one occupying himself
with politics, with elections, with
reform, with organization, with get
ting in more voters and selecting
LEADERS? All that is bosh, if
Action No. 2 could be right, and i
will leave the answer for the public
to give, who will probably ask him
also what kind of action he is await
ing.
But if he really means what he
says, he evidently either has been
bought up by Mr.. Gibson himself to
write stuff that may discourage the
ignorant voters and prevent them
from doing their duty and helping
their share, to change the actual
statu quo; or else there is some
thing wrong in the equilibrium of
his mind. And, moreover, all the
chances are that if he had to lift up
the mask under which. he prudently
hides, we would find out that he is
not even q voter.
About the names that have been
discussed, have nothing to say,
except that l am proud of always
being put into such good company.
l will, however, take this occasion
of repeating that l fully agree with
all the praises that have been bes-
towed on Mr.. S. G. Wilder. 1 con-
slider this gentleman the best man
for the Interior Department, the
only one who can help to save the
country from its rapid slide towards
ruin. 1 have the greatest respect
for what Mr.. Wilder has already
accomplished and rest the greatest
hopes in what he could yet do, and
1 like his uniform, courteous, gen.
tlemanly public behavior, which is
not common in our public men. Mr..
Wilder is evidently to be one of our
sheet anchors, if he will help the
country when his time comes.
As for my own name being brought
out and discussed, l have nothing to
fear from publicity, but, although
thanking so many of my friends
amongst which l must not forget to
place Action No. 1-for their kind
opinion about the possibilities of my
being capable of doing some good to
this, my adopted country, l would
rather them keep the subject for the
proper time. When that comes, if
the unanimous voice of public OPT
Mon pointed to me as a useful
helper, then 1 might consider whe,
ther should be what Action No. 2
calls ,"big fooP' enough to accept
office or not, and l doubt what the
decision should be. But, at any
rate, if l did accept, "to save the
ship before it is too late," two things
/ could warrant, and these are, 1st
that l would serve the country as :
duty, not for job; 2ndly, that
would serve it with the utmost free
dom and independence from an.
clique, or clan, or sect or party
and that is more than a good many
men here could say for themselves