Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-03-02


lulu. There is not night that police
men cannot be found quietly sleeping
on the streets in the business portion OF
town; it is not very wonderful that bur
glars run things about as they like in
the rest of the city.
AS early as the reign of William Of
Orange in England an order was
issued that so elections may be car
rled on with the greater freedom and
without any color of force or restraint,
all officers are to march their soldiers
away and keep them away from all
places where elections are held"
Queen Anne repeated this order, and
when George II ascended the throne
Of England Parliament took care to
pass law for the same purpose. In
the face OF these precedents, which
were thrown around the English rep
resentative Government as early as the
18th century, the Hawaiian Govern
ment has marched troops to the polls
IN line and in uniform to help carry an
election against the taxpayers of the
Kingdom. This step of the Govern
ment is certainly not Gin consonance
with modern free representative govern
ment," and would not even be tolerated
in Englond, much less in the United
States. 1t was tried on in the latter
country once and the party that tried
1t is now out of power. 1t was one of
the many things which, joined together,
unseated the great Republican party.
CONSTITUTION Mongerso is what
the AdasrffSer calls those who take the
ground that the organic law of the Ha-
waiian Kingdom needs amendment.
Then follows column of political
abuse of the Opposition party, with a
threat that the people will not get the
organic change" they are demanding,
and that the Government will "get all
the money it wants to spend just as
it wants in spite of the taxpayers. We'll,
this is all bosh and bluff as the Adaey-
fse, very well knows, and it is of kind
that will not further the Governments
cause. Such utterances will suggest,
however, to an unprejudiced mind
that there is most urgent necessity for
constitutional changes. Speaking of
the present movement for an I" organic
change" in the Hawaiian Government,
the Adpe,1istr says that "to an un-
prejudiced mind this sayors of revolu-
tion," and adds sarcastically that the
Opsosltion " is prepared for anything
but violence" thus adding insult to in
jury. We believe that the Government
or Administration party is the first
party which has ever been guilty of
using unconstitutional and hence
revolutionary means, as was wit
messed in the late election whereby
the Opposition was defeated. AS
to the Opposition, that is, the taxpayers
and people who really represent the
wealth and worth of Hawaii, being
prepared for anything but violence"
we would say that, while our citizens
do possess a great deal of political vir-
tue Of that kind, it would be best, in
the future, r"the Government or Ad- |
party not to push the
people of these Islands too far with
such unconstitutional and revolutionary
means, lest they are urged by necessity
TO use extraordinary measures to bring
matters political back to a constitu-
tional basis, but under a constitution
that cannot be tampered with and en-
larged upon by the Kings Ministry
We do not propose to discuss the con
stltutional questions, raised by the AG-
prrfIsrr Of yesterday, at this time; but
we do propose in the near future to
discuss the facts upon which iunda
mental law rests, and to specially
lnalyze and criticise the present funda-
mental law Of Hawai-. after comparing
I with the dictates Of Justice, the
wants OF the people and the actions OF