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The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

Benson. Smith s Co.. Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17
THE c1sSTITUTIoS.

Ii has grown to be 50 fashionable
70 abuse the present Constitution
that no one would be surprised If
the next fad should come in the
shape of general eulogies on the old.
We have not ourselves forgotten the
differences between the two install
ments jet, If g good many others
seem TO have done 50. Perhaps il
would not be ont of place TO remind
the public of one or two of those DIFF
ferences- The new constitution did
SIX things, al of them well worth
doing:
L Ii abolished an irrsspon<ible
veto. partly, and had the excellent
intention of doing so altogether
2 Il took the appointment of
MOBILES away from the Crown and
gave Il to the People.
8 Ii placed the seal of executive
responsibility IN the cabinet, and
made the cabinet responsible to the
Legislature.
I Il deprived the ministers Of
power TO vote on 3 motion OF want
OF confidence, and BY that one pro
vision made government by the
minority impossible, As By It's other
provisions II made government by
ole, impossible. The self confidence
which, on memorable occasion,
kept the Gibson ministry in. viii
nsTer save . ministry IN this coaf-
tEy again
5 l. shut all ofce holders out
Of the Legislature and made corrupt
control Of that branch Of the Gov
ernment BY crown or ministry i'm
possible
s. Il extended the franchise
These are : few Of the things
which the new Constitution has done
They tel Us clearly enough what
Ess. before the change The King
nOnopolizsd al the powers Of the
Executive and could Izugh st talk
about responsibility The czbi-
nj were the tools Of the Crown
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

the Legislature soul and
spirit. In short, the King was the
government Now, in the face of al
these facts (and can anyone in the
Kingdom deny that they are facts' y
is it not silly, is it not infinitely
absurd to make the Constitution a
general butt, and complain of the
things which it has left undone, or
abuse it for some minor errors and
mistakes of detail? 1t must not be
forgotten that its trainers could not
command the ceremonious leisure in
the atmosphere of which the Ameri-
can constitution was devised. Men
here had to act in hot haste. Ex-
pediency made delay impossible.
Instead of expecting a wiser and
more perfect instrument than We
have, the wonder is that it is as we'll
considered, self consistent, progress
i've and conservative as it is. Allow
ing every deduction which after
thought always SO much wiser than
forethoughtl can suggest, it remains
a document which reflects honest
credit on the men who drew and the
Convention which adopted it 1t has
not escaped the fate of all other
constitutions, and has already been
made the subject of Judicial inter
probation, or, as some think. misin-
terpretation. But this has been a
necessary incident to the existence
of constitutions since the foundation
of governments; and it is fortunate
that our own has stood the test so
well.
On the whole, our Constitution,
though by no means perfect, is so
good that tlnkering with it is more
likely to make it worse than better,
and. apart from the amendment,
which will probably be necessary to
enable the Legislature to deal eff
ciently with the Chinese question,
we Will show most wisdom by letting
well enough alone. Let US rather
enjoy the good We have than fly to
ills we know not of.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17
VIEWS OF The PORTUGUESE PRESS

Both Of the Portuguese papers Of
last week contain well written arti-
cles. cracising the platform Of the
Mechanics Union. and in particular
exposing the dangerous character of
the two planks borrowed from the
Elele. and the utter hollowness of
the an6-Chinese plank These arti-
cles clearly show that the Wilcox
party with which an attempt IS
being made to combine the Me
ehanics' Union. cannot be relied
upon for any thorough-going anti
Asiatie Legislation. II Is indeed
strange that Mr.. Ho Fon was not
sdded 70 the committee of the latter
organization as well as Col. Hoapili
Baker.
The writer in the Luso says with
reason that the success of the Elele's
scheme would result IN state Of
affairs even worse than that which
existed IN ~Gynbergdnnkenstein"
He might have added that it IS In
tended 10 lead to it Ex-Governor
Moses in South Carolina and Boss
Buckley nearer home hare shown
how the machine esn De worked. Tne
Eleleis sole conception Of Govern
ment seems to Dc that of a sort Of
public boarding house. or Of 8 ma
chine for the distribution Of spoils.
Intelligent Hswaiians disuust It's
csnting professions Of disinterested
aloha for the poor oppressed kansks,
snd the stonsch Of eTen Sydney
Smiths NeE Zsalsnder would revolt
against 8 SIX months bill of fare Of
nothing but cold Missionary IN
relieved by particle of Wit OF com
non sense Il was the same leaden
pen thst helped to sink the late Sat
urday Press
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17
HE VOTING PRIVILEGE.


The property qualification for
voters for MOBILES, established by the
Constitution. Is . provision for sta
bilIty and conservatism In govern
ment- Although the proportion Of
native Hawaiian and Portuguese
voters for Representatives, who may
also E0te for MOBILES, under the
restrictive conditions Of this require
nent, Is considerably smaller than
that Of voters, for Representatives,,
Of other nstionsliEes. the measure
cannot Be sdvantsgeo1sly discussed
IS rses question II any sense
ShsseTer- The political experience
Of this country, and especially that
OF the last few years before the rev
olution Of 1857, would nos have JUS
tlfsd the makers Of the present con
stitutiOR IN throwing open the
election Of ths MOBILES 10 al voters
without qualification Such an
arrangement would have speedily
sEsps hack the administrator OF
g0Terument TO she cO1ups standards
Of the Gibson ministry
Ifsss necessary. If the appoint
nent Of Nobles BY the King was 70
Be given Up. 10 provide for their
appointment IN some manner which
would make them the exponent Of
the m1e conservative sentiment Of
The community, not for The sake Of
property holders, but for the benefit
Of all Although property qusl6-
cation does moi inclade al Of the
intelligent voters nor e1cluds al Of
the th01ghtless and irresponsible
ones. By any means yes practically
L reaches the object aimed a. and
p9hsps il reaches Il better than any
Othr method that has been s1g-
getsd- Amsn nay have ths prep
cry guali6cztions and stiIl b Eesk
and ignzznt and easily led into
wrong FisEss bat = : ruls. the 0sn
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

Potter Drug 6 Chemical Co.. Boston. U.s-.s-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

The responsibilities of an editor
the world over are great in proper
ton to his location and the character
of his paper If he goes in for poll
tics his party looks to him to do his
duty. If he goes in for social mat
tiers he IS expected to perform his
part properly as a recorder and CEN
sor of the movements of the social
world. II he makes a specially of
news he must print all the news or
look out for squalls. In every edi-
torial walk there rests upon the di-
rector of q jonraal tha obligation of
making his journal conform to the
ideas, tastes and fancies of the read
ers who support IL II he does not,
bankruptcy and general disaster are
certain to superTene.
This is the rule as it applies to
civilized nations. In China, how
ever, they carry things still farther.
The oldest newspaper in the world
is published in the capital city of
the porcelain empire 1t is called
the Pekin Gazette, and it is gener-
ally conceded to be q pretty good
paper for China Itprints news and
gossip, and editorials on current
events, and is no doubt easy reading
for q people brought up with tea box
labels for 4 B C. books. The Pekin
Gazette is thousand years old. and
it has recently published the state
ment that since It began 800 of its
editors have been beheaded Anav-
ersge of two editors year ought to
entitle the Pekin Gazette to the pro-
prietorship of the journalistic cake.
Even the Arizona Kicker or the
Midwife MucHake do not do as well
In that favored land of ie-kniyes
and gfstuitous resolvers. =
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

to believe thst they are going to
allow themselves to be captured aud
led of by the nose by the Elele and
its crowd. The result would be only
to produce discord and confusion
in their own ranks, 10 weaken their
power for the present, sud eventu-
ally TO destroy it The Mechanics
want good government and the Elele
does not, The Mechanics wasn't as
We believe government by society
ut large in the interests of society.
The Elele wants one msn power.
and thst power the Kings. We do
not believe the Mechanics want
anything of the sort
The truth is we are very lucky to
have property qualification in our
constitution at sll. snd it would be
well to think twice before we try 10
get rid Of 1t. We believe that the
Mechanics of Honolulu viii not de
eide eventually to vote awsy their
ownpoliicsl Importance by the form
ing of s partnership with the Elele.
If they do they are likely TO have
plenty of time to chew the bitter
eud Of reflection when they see their
money voted to restore the Hawaiian
navy 10 It's former glory, and to re
habilitsse the King in autocratic
power, while public Improvements
are forgotten. and the streets of
HonOlulu relapse into their ancient
darkness and ruts-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17
Miscellaneous.

The postal card was twenty years
old on the LIST of this month.
Yale was the first college to take
up boating in earnest. This was in
1913. and ten years afterward the
first Yale-HarTard race was roEed-
The first railway sleeping-car of
which there Is any authentic infor
nation was used on the Cumberland
Valley Railroad between Harrisburg
and Chsmbersburg in 1896.
There has been q marked decad-
eEce in the use of the French lang
uage at Montreal during the last ten
years Formerly It was the prevail
ent tongue, but row the English pre-
dominates.
In Madagascar you can keep
house, live well and three servants
for about 20 cents q week A hired
girl would be paralized with aston
ishment If paid over 8 cents per
week. and the vasherEoman thinks
she has got soft snap at 3 cents .
day.
Sixty war vessels we're built by
the powers of the world last year.
No les than 100 we're building
when the year closed, and a still
larger number are under construc-
tion now, with Uncle Sam beginning
to join in the chorus and taking q
leading part
; Thos- A. Edison asserts that there
Is no insulation which viii make an
electric wire safe, either above or
below ground he says that high
tension underground wires viii burn
out the tubes and may force danger
Gus currents into houses and man
holes
= THE -es.It - reeent erperfmerts
II tie Mediterranean Sea sf.owirg
hoE fsr daylight vii penetrate the
Ester we're fond Nth geIztino-
broaide Plates. The greatest deplh
val .518 fest, OF 81 seet short Of
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

will be enterprising and more
stuGous of public questions than the
man who lives from hand to mouth.
1t cannot be reasonably argued
that such a restriction is unjust or
that it favors any political party.
Native Hswaiians do not make a
political party, neither do the Portu-
guese, nor the voters for Mobiles,
these various classes will always
divide more or less at elections upon
the existing political questions. If
the property qualification interferes
with race prejudice or is an obstacle
to the accomplishment of political
sims based upon race distinctions,
then it has an additional value of
great Importance. for there are few
greater political mistakes, from all
standpoints. than the attempt to
influence or control government in
the interests of race which forms
s part of the body polite National
advancement can only be promoted
upon the basis of the interests of the
nation as a unit; any divergence
from this principle is full of danger
to public and individual interests.
Its generally recognized that the
voting privilege is not a natural
right which belongs to. all: it is
rather public duty which men
should be called upon to perform
according to their capacity to per
form this service intelligently and
with benefit to themselves and their
fellow citizens. There is no con-
venient or practical method known
of gauging this personal capacity by
individual examination: committee
of wise men might possibly conduct
such examinations, but as it is not
easy TO draw the line between capacity
and incapacity in relation to the
act of voting, such committee
themselves belonging to some poll
teal party. would never hold the
confidence of the public in their con-
clusions-
1t remains to make the selection
Of voters through general rules.
which approximately accomplish the
desired result; such is our require
ment that voters for Representatives
shall know how to read and write
and the property qualification for
voters for Mobiles There Is no more
Injustice in these requirements than
there Is in the qualifications of
age or sex Many youths under
twenty. and many women are, in
character and intelligence, far more
qualified TO vote than many men
who by knowing how to read and
write may vote for Representatives
or who having sn income of $500. or
sn estate worth $4,000. may vote for
MOBILES; but these regulations cannot
provide for exceptional cases, and
the consideration is, not whether
Johnny and Mrs. B. and keaEe and
Manuel Silva are injured by not
having the voting privilege. but
whether the State IS sufficiently in
iured to make it desirable TO remove
OF modify the qualifications of age.
sex. education and property.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17
SHALL The PROPERTY QUALIFICATION
Bg ABOLISHED?

The property qualification for
election of Mobiles, 10 which we
alluded yesterday. is one Of the chief
safeguards Of liberty snd good gov
eminent in this country Perhaps
no one of the numerous political
changes which date from the S0th Of
July. 1857, Is more important than
this unless we except the abolition
Of the veto powerl. The reSson IS
thst is Is S guarantee, SO fsr ss such
s mstter csn be guaranteed ST all,
tbsf one-half Of the Legislative body
shsn be composed Of progressive, re
hshle snd honest members. II in
sures this result because 1t gives the
House Of Mobiles the must intelligent
constituency in the country. Moth
ing could be more mistaken than 10
suppose thst the qualification for
election for MOBILES Is q mere prop
erty qualification. Its pre- eminent
ly sn intelligence qualification. and
S very much surer and safer ene
than the ordinary low educational
test Il gives, Of course, political
weight 10 the small owner and makes
il eertsin he viii have 8 voice in the
condue; OF sfairs. This alone would
be Justification enough for the ar
rsIgement were 1t Tot justified
without But the chief advantage
OF the system lies in the fact that It
recognizes the superior intelligence
Of skilled laborers in comparison
with The unskiled, and gives. IN COZ
sequence. 10 the skilled labor Of the
country s political Importance which
II ought 70 hsve. and which i could
never get II any other way. The
Mechanics Union would not begin
80 be the political force 1t now Is OF
csn, be If all the voters for Repre-
sentsUves throughout the country
were also voters for MOBILES. No
doubt there are msny members Of
the Union who are not IN fact voters
for MOBILES. Bat surely If they have
intelligence and grit they may al
hope 10 become such. and IN any
case their number Is Eifing CON
pared with the great mass Of ignor-
snt and politically uninsu1cted
voters throughout the land Ittakes
brains 80 make 8 good mechanic.
and b-ains are entitled to power az
the polls That IS what the present
Constitution recognizes Is there
anything wrong sbout that:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

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Scalp, when Rll other means absolutely fail.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

The planters s good many persons
nsy suppose, are the ones chiefly
benefited by the property qualifca-
ton 4 moments reflection viii
show that no opinion could veil be
more untoanded- Good govern-
nent- Of eomss. be1ssss 81 classes
II the ooD2unlty. - 5r s. slsy sre
vel disposed s1d Z lie plsnsers BE-
,o1g 60 t1st estsgo-y doabLsss they
c-2s u f1r g share n he bzneft
BIT tLsy are z1t Oz5szy5zse inter
a-ts6 n tbs Dsftsr and are in no
Tlse directly bsae6ted by Il Their
poEer 81 ne polls does lot count
II 81! DOrs- Ther numbers sre 50
snAH thst as voters they are Of little
consequence and are completely
sEsnped 81 the ballot box by any
other class, 70 say nothing Of al
combined As voters alone there
to-e Il must Be = matter Of practical
indifference 30 them what eonditions
are sttsehsd TO the franchise But
# this Is tue a them considered
directly Is voters. Il i equally tue
that their general political influence
: nos one whit increased BY 3 prop
ST! qualification II Their interests
run counter 10 tie general interests
of the country, Intelligent electors
with property and Interests Of their
own 70 defend and preserve are the
ones most likely 70 discover the fact
and take proper measures EpIsn-
tsrs u any one else E1sh 70 exercise
N undue and political inauenee.
theT best heod 1 IN ignorant eIec-
to-ste With nothing 70 lose. their
SUs1 enemy tbe intelligent voSer
with home and family Of his o@-
Hthere is any force IN tbs fore
gong. Il Is vgy clear that nos tie
planters not the big commission
hOlss but the mechanics, the
skilled lsbOrs-. the snail proprietor,
the Subordinate employees IN mar
camille hOuss. are the pRE
chiefly interested IN the snail pup
ersE and lnc0ne g1ali6cs60n which
OU present COosEitztion sttsche
70 The night 10 TOte for Noblaz
Iher political Importance : vastly
lncrsased- ~ might almost say
czsaEsd thsrsby- Il + suicide for
than 10 sttaek ths azrszesnenk
-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-17

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-06
SHADOwING OFFICE SEEKERS.
The President Knows About Men of
Doubtful Character.

The President Knows About Men OF
Doubtful Character.
Two men stood az one end Of the
Riggs House bar tonight, and further
along the bar were three oflce-seeker-.
one OF them h.s been on "a spree for the
past week OF ten days. s man who is "a
clerk in the secret service said 20 me
E I wouldn't give two cents for that fell
llw's chances When J asked Why he
said
=" Do YOU see those two men at the end
Of the bar They're secret service men
They rc watching oflice-scckers all over
town Those TWO men know the names
of more ofhcc.-e seekers than all the other
men I'm Washington Every man who
gets drunk and shows himself 90
be Of incorporate habits is known
20 the President They are work
ing under instructions. a man who
comes 10 Washington for an office and
gets drunk, is q fool There never was
such cold water Cabinet as Harrison
4 man who is addicted to drink is not
likely to get anything from Harrison.
Lots of politicians come here and forget
themselves you know.
There are two Philadelphia men who
are candidates for two OF the principal
offices in Philadelphia They were both
involved m brawl- that will IN all prob
ability prevent their appointment. One
occurrence was et the Union League
The other was in the Riggs House bar
room Both the President and Post
master-General Wanamaker know the
full pariicuiars The result is that one
office at least is more uncertain now than
il ever was
4 Congressman who was eXtollng
the virtues of candidate for an Office,
started i'm 10 tell the President what "a
sober. industrious fellow the man is. lie
had hardly started on the sober racket
when the President wound up the inter-
view by saying
II know all about him
The CONGRESSMAN was paralyzed. He
knew that his candidate bad done
something He found out. The man
had opened a lot of wine in one of the
hotel bar-rooms lie shouted in "a
maudlin voice that he was solid with
Harrison. After the man got sober he
was told that somebody had told MEM
ber of the Cabinet about his little
escapade. Nobody had. He went to see the
member OF the Cabinet. and denied that
he had been drunk in the Riggs House
bar-room. He put his foot in il. The
Cabinet officer didn't let on, but he in
quired into the particulars and found
that the candidate for Office had told him
deliberate lie. The Cabinet officer hates
a lie worse than he does a snake. That
oflice-seeker' name is Dennis. ~ PhtlQ-
cslptm Times.