The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-11
AMENDMENT NEEDED.

sAS As'ioiNto w PioooSS
men of the gigantic calibre Of Glad
stone, the superb governing quail
ties of Cleveland, or the calm, per-
severing determination of Parnell;
but it is not too much to say that
the Kingdoms affairs have come to
a pass in which the services of men
possessing the elements of character
for which such as those just named
are distinguished are urgently
needed. A crisis not unlike that
which produced the American civil
war seems to be rapidly approach
ing. The motto of the fire-eating
Southern politicians and slave-hold-
ers, ''might makes right" has been
all but adopted by the dominant
party in the Legislature. That
sheriffs, tax collectors, police JUS
tices, road supervisors and others of
that kith, hold the balance of power,
is of itself a fact sufficient to
account for many of the votes which
have already been recorded on the
division lists. And the worst of the
present session has not yet been
seen. Beneath the "lowest deep"
there are yet CLOVER deeps' to be
reached. To expect any radical
improvement with a legislature of
the stamp of the present body is
useless. While the majority of the
representative is made up as it now
is, the assertion of the honorable
me mber for Molokai that ''it is
about as we'll to talk reason to a
craven image as to this house" will
hold good. Whether this state of
affairs continues until the ship of
state is dashed upon the breakers of
revolution, or until the incongruous
mass of petty functionaries yclept
representatives is dissolved by the
breath of popular Indignation, Is of
course, impossible to predict. Ha-
waii cannot hope to be exempt from
the operation of the universal re-
ceived maxim that history repeats
itself.
The outrage perpetrated upon the
laws of the kingdom in the Kama
pail and Kona election cases IS one
of that class of acts in which the
majority will learn, when too late,
that victory is much more calami-
tous than defeat. The proposed
amendment to the Constitution, by
which our political system was to be
assimilated to that of the United
States and Great Britain inasmucll
as it contemplated taking the coun.
try and its affairs out of the hands OF
mixed body Of representa-.
tives many of whom are the servile
creatures of a body of irresponsible
ministers, was unceremoniousl,
fired out of the house; while tn
vote of 100000, for which nothin,
more tangible than ministerial gus
and vanity was offered to the house
in return, was got through withou
any trouble.
The resolution of the honorabl
member for Lihue, introduced O
Monday to relieve the Marshal O
the Kingdom of legislative functions
invited, as might be expected, a
attack, all along the line, from tn
Government phalanx. The fact G
such resolution being submitted O
all proves the existence of radios
defect in the Constitution itself, {
a lack of self-respect in the men
bers of government responsible fc
carrying out its provisions. MI
Kaulukou's appointment to tn
Marshalship, if Ministers had ha
any regard for the dignity of til
house, would have been precede
by his resignation as represent,
tive. Representative Keau's mi
tion for indefinite postponement an
the manner in which three of I'll
Ministers pressed it was, simply
"put up job. The more honorab
course taken by Minister Dare
worthy of notice. The Attorne,
General, like his predecessor, hs
evidently not yet reached the meal
ure of obsequiousness which is a
indispensable qualification of a Hi
waiian Cabinet Minister. The Mil
lister of Foreign Affairs, howeye