The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

nese, and on the other hand the
growing antagonism of other whites
and natives to the admission of
more labor of any klnd-unless con-
fined and restricted TO plantation
work-pont significantly to the com
ing collision on that question this
election.
Those interested in cheap labor
have been represented or rather mis-
represented by their leaders in such
way that they will be pushed into
the coming election with record
furnished by their mentors so unne-
cessarily disingenuous, one-sided
and inconsistent as to provoke un-
precedented hostility and resentment
on the part of their fellow whites,
and will heavily handicap themselves
in obtaining even their just demands
next legislature.
For example,: the pro-Chinese
leaders have within the last two
years adopted as a political princi-
pie the view that the necessities of
their fellow whites will not justify
restrictive measures against Chinese
if involving departure from the APP
proved presidents furnished by free
institutions, forgetting that they
themselves have resorted these many
years to this identical plea of "ne-
cessity" to secure, ut hazardous risk
to the free institutions of the coun-
try, the coolie labor they now have,
and have no other plea to urge in
asking more of it next legislature.
Surely all history proves that
there can be no greater menace to
free institutions n0r more radical
departure from safe precedent than
in attempting to incorporate into
free country with already many ele-
merits of weakness droves of igno-
rant aliens of a hostile civilization
and religion, with an enormous pre-
ponderance of males among them,
and in such numbers as already to
constitute one-third Of the entire
population.
The fact is both the planters de-
mand for more cheap labor and his
fellow whites demand for some
check upon that labor now here rest
upon the identical plea of necessity.
The arguments which justify one act
Justify both, and it cannot in rca-
son be expected that the position
taken by the pro-Chinese leaders,
disalIowing all legislation based on
that plea when introduced in behalf
of others, will not in turn by them
be forced upon the pro Chinese
party regardless of consequences
next legislature when more labor is
asked for.
The exasperating effect this posi-
ton of the pro-Chinese party will
have on the electors at large next
February when fully presented to
them can only be fairly appreciated
when one considers that the undue
pressure upon whites and natives
they now complain of was not of
their own seeking, but has come
upon them while cooperating in the
introduction of coolies for their own
fellow citizens Interested in cheap
labor. 1t would reasonably be sup
posed under such circumstances
that those for whom this labor was
allowed to come--fOr whom this
risk was run-would in turn con-
slider themselves in honor bound to
lend their hearty cooperation in
preventing loss or menace to their
white and native brethren by rea-
son of the coOlie' $ presence. 1t GER
tainly would never have been he
lieved, had not our own eyes wit.
messed it last legislature, that it was
to he this very class which, standing
in the front ranks of the legislature
would resist and kill every attempt
to check the rising tide of coolit
competition in the towns which now
clouds and ohscures the future OF
both whites and natives.
Again those interested in cheap
labor go into this election without
any right in truth TO claim that Tho
position of the anti-ChlRese party
was or is hostile to the planters in
terests. The records of the legis