The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-12-21

selection of the achievements of
labor from abroad, also that these
shall include due proportion of
women, in order TO provide the
wholesome leavcn of family life in
our industrial population.
1t is gratifying to have the Min
istry declare themselves for the strict
independence of the country, after
the recent divulging of the protec-
torate "memorandum," that was
clearly breach of the originally
declared policy of the Reform party.
Even with the Cabinets denial of
responsibility for the more ohjec-
tionable proposals of that document
in view, it is reassuring to have the
Ministry pronounce emphatically for
independence in their formal state
ment OF policy. Other parties in
the elections ought 10 be similarly
explicit, so that no adverse verdict
to the Government could be con-
strned into one against independ-
ence. In this connection, we would
express the opinion that the Minis
try should not go too fast or far in
enlarging the scope of the recipro-
city treaty. There has been little
or no public demand for making it
broader, the main concern of our
people having been with regard to
its continuance. A mutual wlping
out Of customs tariffs between the
two countries would destroy q
source of revenue that would have
to be replaced with mere internal
taxation. 1t would also be liable
10 place other friendly powers in an
attitude of self-defense for their own
interests here, leading perhaps 10
diplomatic complications that would
devolve on the United States re-
sponsbility she might not be pre-
pared to assume on account of this
country.
There can be only one intelligent
opinion, and that q favorable one,
upon the policy promised regarding
education and health. Liberal pro-
vision will be made for educating the
rising generation, and the settled
means of stamping out the country's
plague will be firmly but kindly en-
forced. We should like, however,
to be promised improved measures
for the prevention of epidemics, that
seem unfortunately in late years
to have increased in frequency,
while not always being checked as
promptly as ought to be deemed
possible.
An important question is revived
in the final item of the Cabinets po-
Icy. The Ministry have been charg-
ed on occasions with tendency to
increase the evils of Capitalization,
which were among the causes of dis
affection toward the previous adj
ministration. Some of the legisla-
ton of the last Legislature gave a
good deal of color to this accusation.
Now, however, the Cabinet admit
the fact of excessively centralized
power, attributing it by implication
TO want in our system. They re-
commend measures for the gradual
extension of local self-government.
This journal has advocated the same
reform at different times. In this
as in some other matters, it will be
noticed that the Ministers only re-
commend, instead of promising mea'
sures declared to be desirable. Oh
course ample consideration of mea.
sures involving radical changes
should precede legislation, and il
the Ministry should not be prepar'
ed with a well-considered bill OF
any such matter, q resolution af
firming its principle, or referring il
to q select commission TO prepare {
measure for q future session, would
place the'general question before thu
House for free discussion.
Misrepresentation may go I'M
punished in this world, and perhaps
in the next, but it will never retlec