The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-15

P0sAoiM tnat TASK, ana not merely
his friends but for everyone who has
an interest in the preservation Of
character from unjust attack. Still,
the vindication in this case might be
left to time and the natural instinct |
OF justice-an instinct which in most |
men obliterate the harsh judgments |
OF partizanship, were it not for the
fact that the issue is really OF
quasi-public character. If the con-
illusions Of our contemporary are cor
rect, then not merely Mr.. Kinney
but everyone whose political convic-
tions are akin to his must have been
guilty OF gross Inconsistency in sup
porting the Reform party during
the late campaign. This seems GER
tainly an absurd conclusion, but it is
the necessary implication of our
contemporaries whole column and
half Of an article which wears the
delusive semblance Of moderation.
i
The charges to the exposition of
which the Bulletin has devoted so
much of its valuable space are as far
as we can gather briefly as follows.
MIR. Kinney vlbrated between two
Numerically opposite positions.
! 1. Because, if Mr.. Kinney had de-
sired to make a record for consis-
tency, he would have made his battle
chiefly in the issue that he had been
SO eager in urging the Ministry to
adopt.
i Whyf There was absolutely no
reason for attempting to force an
issue between the two parties On the
Chinese question.
Both parties had adopted speci-
fic declaration on the subject, pro.
posing the same Legislation. The OBJ
ject of the anti Chinese agitation
, had been to force the Reform party
! into an anti Chinese policy, and il
possible to secure immediate legisla
ton by the calling of an extra see
sion of the Legislature. The frs,
/: object had been attained, and it was
: too late for the second. Even if the
. National Reform party had had tn,
q power and the intention to call i'm
0 mediately an extra session of tn,
Legislature, consistency would no
have required MIR. Kinney to sup
y port them, because the party wa
: new one and had adopted prin
ciples and formed connections which
MIR. Kinney did not approve. Their
was absolutely no connection be
tween that party and himself, be
yond the fact tina. it included som
e of his previous following. As
Il matter of fact the Chinese question
was not an issue of the late cam
l, paign and was not discussed by tn
n speakers of either party. In tn
light of these facts it is silly to pre-
:. tend that consistency required any
st matter of the Chinese question q
1t the late election.
20 2. Because he opposed the part
;. which had adopted policy platforr
of comprising all the ideas and lines {
Of policy for which he himself ha
stood.
- But, the Bulletin contends MI
N Kinney was bound to support th
National Reform party because il
Of platform supported all the ideas fc
Or which he had contended.
Surprising this statement to
true it contains too pitiful a no
sequitur to deserve an answer. 81
makes no difference how many {
my pet ideas platform contains,
it also contains things of the utmos
moment to which I am earnestly O,
= posed" The National Reform pla
IS form proposed an extension of th
suffrage as well as other thing
which all those who thought wit
MIR. Kinney regarded as foolish an
dangerous.
= 3. Because he supported the r,
F. form party, although on Januar
!. 18th, 1890, he said that til
foreigners who for thirty years ha
controlled the government had bee
NJ. drawn almost exclusively from th
class representing land and capt.,
:" rather than labor, and that this WE
at grievance requiring the organic,
ton OF a party to correct.
= The third contention of the Blu
letin has perhaps more plausabilit,
This is question involved. Is it po
p sible for anyone believing the cap
- tai to have been and to be undul
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