The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-03

by the two parties in the field.
The meeting was chiefly for the Portu- |
guese, and Mr. Halstead, the candidate
of the Reform party, told the elect
ors that that party had given their race
the ballot, and had vigorously carried out
the Homestead Act, by which they had
very largely benefited. That was the
substance OF his argument. The Oppo-
sition candidate told the audience that II
he was elected he would have law
passed ensuring to every laborer dol
lar day and board. He told them fur
Their, that otherwise they would soon
have to work for twenty-five cents day.
Finally he assured them that he would
do all that he could to have the lepers
returned to their homes.
These were the arguments OF their re-
spective sides.
Some Of the editors of the opposition
sheets in Honolulu have more ability
probably than poor MIR. kala, the Maui
candidate. None of them, however, have
| advanced anything of any more weight
than he. The Bulletin, which feels the
necessity of being respectable, does not
deal in arguments }f the Kala type. The
result is that it has nothing to offer. The
National Herald does not feel itself un
der the necessity before mentioned, anc
in consequence uses campaign mater
ial yerv much in the same style al
the utterance OF Mr.. Kala. Though los
to every sense of truth and decency it Ii
still too shrewd perhaps openly to advo
cate the breaking up of the leper settle
ment, but it does not hesitate to defenC
things quite as shamefully criminal.
That there is strong re-actionar.
movement here is no wonder. That tin
re-actionary leaders do not Try to answe
the arguments of the Reform party is n
wonder. So far as these men are con
cerned there is no mystery, nothing to b
explained A few INSCRIPTIONS men
trading in the credulity and ignorance {
an uninstructed electorate, and in rae
prejudice, hope to be carried into powe
by the weakness and creduilty of tn
voters whose confidence they abuse
Their business is naturally simply
continue to trade in these elements, a
vigorously as possible, and all argument
which do not threaten to impede the
success with the electors on whom the
count, they can afford to treat with di
). dain.
AS far, therefore, as the noisy wing {
}. the Opposition is concerned, everythir
g is clear. No one needs any explanation
/ the motives of Messrs. Wilcox and Busl
u But what shall we say of the other wiz
of the Opposition What shall we So
of the silent wing? What is the meanir
OF this political stand? Until the elevenr
hour they have had no voice, made !
D speeches, have not been represented
Is the platform or in the press. The Bull
e tin can hardy be considered an organ
r. theirs, for the Bulletin confines its r
e lemic against the Government to t
n statement that on the whole anoth
IL ministry could probably be obtained
m good as the present one, and to t
~ further allegation that both parties a
ID sincere friends of the cause Of good sc
r eminent, and that it makes no ditferen
10 which side is elected, Cuspidor OF Eld
70 Shrub or the Palama Liberator, it is
nc one to the Bulletin. This for candida
" is commercially non-partizan positic
a. and even if it makes the editor ride
III lous, it holds his moral qualities up
q. the admiration of mankind. We cam
st avoid in passing paying it the tribute
Is our respect.