The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-01-19

IHE electoral question Is growing TO be
nearer and nearer Of solution. Many can
didates have spoken IN public. OF these,
there are observable two distinct classes.
One. calling itselfIndependent, and there
fore IN opposition 10 the existing misrule,
the other. by a strange peryersion OF
names assumes To itself the title Of Ma
uonal~
Without going into any very minute
details of the professions Of each indIyid
ual candidate, 1t l. possible 10 define the
two groups and the persons Of whom they
are composed.
First, let rs take the Independent can
didates They are iadspsldait. that Is, they
are not IN search Of place, pay, emolument
or even decoration They each are earn
Ing. in his several ayocation an indie
pendenee. They are not, nor do they wish
to be, dependent on any government sala
ries They are, for the most part born
and bred Hawaiians. aud only wish well
to their country. Not one Of them Is a
stranger or ..ha0ls' in any sense which does
not apply to the Prime Minister and the
Acknowledgement These gentlemen pro
pose to sacrifice time. labor and their
equivalents. money. in an endeayor to re
lease this Kingdom from the slough of
ycnalitY at home, and absurdity abroad,
which have been the characteristics of the
last four years. They wish simply that
the Hawaiian kingdom should be gov
erned a. other constitutional Kingdoms
are governed, by, with, and for the people.
They seek no private end and are not
needy hunters Of salaried places They
resent the position Of Adventures who call
themselves Natl0nalists, and, though Il
stranger has brought money into thecoun-
try. and turned acres Of barTenness into
fertility, they say, his reward should be
his earnings, and not the control of coin
age, national debt, and even the nomina
ton Of a Cabinet
With regard to the Minister'S party, who
call themselves Nationalist, the matter Is
very much simplifed
4 certain number Of men want a salary
apiece The word ''rdEt' being under
stood 10 mean need.
The Ministerial. self-called National
party Is thus classified: ~of twenty eight
candidates who are being supported by
| the power Of the Government. twenty-six
are Government office holders, whose liv-
| ing and whose retention In Office depends
absolutely upon their unqualified support
Of the lexisting) administration. One Is 4
! last years assessor with lively sense Of
favors to come, and one Is supported by
the King because he has not brains enough
to perform the duties Of any Office, or to
earn his own living"
The question at issue Is rather simple,
are the people to be governed by laws
enacted by salaried government clerks. or
/ by REPRESENTATIVES
The putting forward Of the son In law
as a representative Is perhaps, the most
( outrageous piece Of imposition that was
I ever attempted. He Is only known as Z
/ failure in little dTapery concern. and as
an occupant Of numerous Offices created
I for him by his father in-law. including
/ that which sent him of with very queer
message, about changing agency, to the
Captain Of the Madras
And so the question comes to this: Is
| the next Legislative Assembly to consist
Of Independent or Dependent members.
There Is no Legislative Assembly on the
| face Of the earth comparable with that
1 which the Hawaiian would be if con
structed as Is desired and worked for by
the present Ministry, whose designs are
corrupt. whose means are corrupt, and
I whose only object Is corruption
The attacks on individual candidates
may be left to be answered by those as
sailed 1t would not be dificult-though
I 1t would be unpleasant. to analyze the po-
/ sition. social. mercantile and moral of the
/ Government nominees