The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-10

Sovereign. Hence it is emphatic
ally true that the King is the largest
part of the Assembly. Suppose, by
way of illustration, that either the
United States or the British parlia-
mentary system were adopted. What
would be the result? 1t would be,
first of all, that exactly seven men,
bers of the present Assembly would
retain their seats. Under either of
the two systems named, Al out of
the present 81 members are dis
qualified to sit as representatives
of the people. And the only way
by which the 2l members referred
to could ever return would be to
resign their offices, and be elected
to represent their constituencies,
independently of all considerations
of ministerial favor.
His Excellency's reply to Mr..
Dole's remarks involved a taunt of
that gentleman's republican ideas.
We are neither the apologists nor
defenders of Mr.. Dole. That honor
able member carries his weapons of
defence in his own belt. But when
the Minister taunts any man with
holding republican ideas, he simply
taunts the whole body of civilized
society throughout the world. His
ENcellency, doubtless, is not oblivi-
Gus of the fact that civilization
gravtates towards republican ideas
with as direct and unerring certainty
as bodies gravitate to the center of
the earth. Where is there COM
munity, on the Western Hemisphere,
outside of the Hawaiian Islands,
which is not ruled mainly by re-
publican ideas? True, the Dominion
of Canada holds allegiance to the
monarchy of Great Britain; but
Canada, all the while, is as essen
TALLY republican in her institutions
and system of government as her
great neighbor, the United States.
Monarchy, in Canada, consists in
the appointment, every fourth or
fifth year, of gentleman of,culture
and rank, by the British Crown, to
| act rs Governor General-that and
nothing more. The Federal and
Provincial Legislative bodies are
modelled almost precisely on the
same lines as the Federal and State
Legislative bodies of the adjoining
Republic. His EXcellency is fami-
liar with the name of MaXimillian
who was to obliterate forever the
republican ideas Ct 5t Mexico. Mexico What be-
! came of it? Under what system of
organization are the states of South
America formulating their national
existence?
Crossing the "herring pond' to
old England, the nation that boasts
line of monarchs dating back into
prehistoric times, what do we find
A monarchy in name and organiza.
ton, but republic in fact. A
monarchy so thoroughly saturated
with republican ideas that VIM
Gladstone, the man of the people
though under the shadow of recen
defeat at the polls, is yet the grand
est and most illustrious figure
among the statesmen of the country
Before taunting the honorable mem
Der for Lihue again with republican
sentiments, His Excellency shoult
refer to the celebrated Reform bill
of the English mornarchical parlia
ment, which were neither more no
less than republican ideas crystal
lized into laws of the realm. Tn
time was in England when "th
King formed the largest part of tn
Legislature. But the rising tide @
republican ideas made the peopl
the largest part of the legislature
although not until one sovereig
lost his head and another his crown
in the struggle to maintain the fol
mer position.
Every great reform ever consum
: mated IN the political condition {
any people has been due directly
the spontaneous growth ofrepublica
4 ideas, whether developed in morI
e arches or republics. A monarch
: founded on republican ideas is I'll
1 only monarchy that can count on
. long and useful period of existent
: under the light of modern civiliz
t ton.