The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-30

FRIDAY
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

The formal opening of the Legislature
will take place at noon to-day, by His Ma
jesty the King in person. Only the rou-
tine business incident to this occasion
will be transacted to-day, and the Legis-
lature will probably organize tomorrow.
The session should not be a lengthy
one, as we understand the Administration
is well prepared to forward the public
business, ard will be in a position to
place in the hands OF members soon
after the organization material which
should fully engage the attention of the
Legislature for some time. In addition
to the usual departmental and bureau
reports, which promise this year to be of
unusual interest and importance, meas
ures affecting revenue, currency, and
other points of public policy will be early
introduced.
Our Opposition friends will find their
stock-in-trade run down very low when
they encounter the actual work of the
session, and the constituencies at large
will soon be in position to see how en-
tirely groundless were the statements
made prior to the late general election
OF the policy and purposes of the Gov
eminent There will be nothing sensa-
tional submitted by Ministers Vested r
interests have nothing whatever to feser
That a progressive policy ~. be, -6so, en-
bodied in the go,s y eminent e measures is
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aolrlslDted, but this will be upon lines
of prudence which the most conservative
citizen must recognize and should APP
prove.
The duty of the Legislature will be to
apply itself to the work submitted to it,
and not to initiate any new policy.
Ministers have been long enough in
office to understand the actual wants of
the country by virtue of their official in
formation, and points which may not
have come to them through the regular
channels of information have been con-
veyed by the newspaper press and the
Opposition, which certainly have not
displayed any modesty in the statement of
wants and grievances. This being the
case, it may be taken for granted that
Joints of public requirement. There
may be differences of opinion as to de-
tails, and doubtless there will be but
upon the general policy OF the measures
TO be introduced there should be no radi-
cal difference.
The course which the Legislature
should pursue, therefore, is clearly
enough indicated. The National party,
represented by the Administration, has
a large majority. The Opposition is
powerless to accomplish any purpose of
its own, but it may obstruct and delay
public business. This would be an I'M
wise policy TO pursue in the actual con-
dition of parties in this Kingdom, and if
the Opposition would accept a word of
well-meant advice from the ADVERTISER,
ness. Assist the Government to carry
out an enlightened, safe and progressive
policy for the public good; and in this
way endeavor to deserve well of the
country at some future time" Should
this advice not be accepted and acted
upon in the spirit in which it is rendered,
we suppose the spectacle of an unseemly
and impossible fight for office will be
presented in the Legislature, during the
progress of which the public veal will be
lost sight of, and personal aims and am
bition do duty as patriotism. This would
be a misfortune to the country at the
present crisis, when so much depends
upon the prudence and wisdom of the
Legislature.