The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-06
THE
the MEN WE WkNI.
The time Of the biennial election

for the Legislature of the kingdom,
to hold the law-making power for
two years. The elections must
necessarily be preceded by nomina-
tions, and already organizations
have been, and are being, formed,
and candidates discussed. 1t is
we'll If electors are thoroughly inn
hued with the Importance of putting
forward and supporting the best
men available. Personal sympa-
thies and absurd prejudices are too
apt to exert a pernicious influence
at such times. For the good of all,
it is to be hoped that common sense,
reason, and sound judgment will
prevail.
Measures are what make or break
country, and men are the authors
of measures. Measures are wanted,
and so are men-men of measures.
Measures without men are as useless
as men without measures. How
can we get the measures we need
without the men TO make them? And
what reason is there in expecting
needed measures from men incom-
petent for the task? Just as reason
able to expect rhetoric from COW,
OF TO engage a fish to give lessons
in the art of walking.
1t is of prime and fundamental
Importance in a country of mixed
population and diversified interests,
like this, that laws should be con-
structed and the Government con-
ducted on a broad and liberal basis /;
and none but liberal minded men
are competent for the undertaking.
Therefore, first and foremost, the
men selected for the Legislature
should be men who recognize that
every individual and every class of
the community is as much entitled
10 consideration, in the regulation
of public affairs, as every other indi-
vidual and every other class, and
that every legitimate interest, how
ever small, has n right to existence
and protection. The man who cries,
Down with the natives, the for
eigner must rulel" or the man who
explains, Down with the foreigner,
the native must rule!" is not the
proper man for the Legislature.
Haole-haters and kanaka haters,
missionaries and nti-misslonaries,
should be asked TO take back seat.
Narrow and selfish minds can no
more formulate, father, or favor
measures that are large and liberal
than mouse can generate an ele-
phant. Men who sincerely believe
in equal rights for all, are the only
men who can be safely trusted to
enact "equal laws for the whole
people"
There are certain. weighty propo-
sitions that were made prominent at
the last election which need reviv-
ing, re-affirming, and re-adopting at
the coming election. Particular
reference is intended To "independ-
ence Of the country" and economy
in the disbursement of its revenues. "
Recent events furnish the reason for
insisting upon the first of these, and
dim shadows preceding coming
events indicate the importance OF
emphasizing the second.
Hawaii is competent TO manage
her own affairs1-is fully capable OF
self-goyernmeHt-~is just as able tc
do her own business as any other
country is To- do it for her, and Q
trihe ADLER The' efore, The occa.
sion has not yet arisen for seeking OF
desiring annexation, n protectorate,
or anything else that cannot consist
with perfect independence" Nei
ther does Hawaii seek or desire
anything Of the kind, although il
cannot be denied that some of hel
citizens have q feeling that way, {
feeling inspired by selfish considera
tons which oyerbalance their weah
patriotism. These are not the meI
TO send TO the Legislature. By al
means keep them out, until thu
country expresses wish TO he link
ed on to some other country. TheI
give them chance.
Economy in disbursing the publi'
funds is "a matter of which every mem
Der should have correct under
standing, as well as deter
mined will to enforce. Men are APT
To be more careless and extravaganl
in the expenditure of public moneys