The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-17
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

MUM hUU HpuUI NJ IHiNu'
One of the usual characteristics
of small insular community is to
become unduly excited by triiles
and to make a weeks talk and won
dcrment of insignificant events such
as attract but momentary notice and
scarcely produce a ripple in large
communities. Honolulu is small
iusular community, separated from
the great world by two thousand
miles Of ocean and without the con
Meeting medium OF \ subaqueous
wire, and Honolulu is occasionally
put in n state of almost universal
commotion by triaing social or poll
tical occurrences that would hardly
he noticed in large communities.
At present the repose of the com
munity is disturbed by difference
among the Crown Ministers. Three
Of those gentlemen hold one view OF
certain questions, and the other
holds another. The community im-
mediately gets into fever, and its
hair stands erect with excitement.
People take sides, some backing the
three and others seconding the one,
and the general talk savors more of
senseless idiocy than Of calm intelli-
gence. For one Minister to be op-
posed in opinion to his colleagues
and still retain his portfolio is "re-
yOlutionary,' those who agree with
the minority view are revolutionists,
amt the whole affair portcnds revo.
luton, is common talk. What .
farrago Of imbecile nonsense and
palpable absurditv. Even the sedatC
Advertiser, a journal conducted by
gentlemen of whom we have right
to expect wise and judicious coun'
sci, has gone so far as TO intimate
for so we understand the allusion)
that "the BULLETIN thinks the times
demand another revolution" simply
because the latter journal asserted
its belief that the minority view ot
the Cabinet was in accord with tn,
majority sentiment of the country
Let us for moment look at thi
cOmmotion in kettle as rationa
men. Granted that Cabinet dis
agreements are not desirable, is it ;
revolutionary matter in the popula
acceptatlon when n disagreement
happens to arise? Surely the iilibus
tering propensity engendered by th'
movement Of June, 1887, has not 81
permeated this community that 81
small cause can be deemed sutli
cient to justify resort to unconstitu
tiOnal methods. As TO the gravit
of the situation, there is no gravit
about it, other than in the minds o
rabid partisans. The legal remed
is at hand. BY law the Legislator
may be convened within n fortnlgh
Of the present time. If the Cabine
disagreement is SO serious a matte
rs TO he detriment (Which we d.
not believe) to the public welfare
why not call together that body 4
the earliest legal date, instead u
deferring the meeting three or fou
weeks later:
In short, differences of polite:
belief either in the Cabinet or in til
community constitute no justilic;
iion of the employment of extr;
constitutional means for their scttl
ment, and we believe such is Il
sentiment of the bulk of this cor
Inunty. Let all differences
freely and fully discussed, and
The same time all lilibustcrng Ia
discOuntcnanced. June Of 1887
past, and so is July of 1889. 1t
not good for anybody that the speci
local events of either should ber
peated, and should anyone ever be
weak-min1ed (Which is improbabl
as to attempt repetition, he mi
he certain of a short career. II
constitution and laws amply proyi'
for the settlement of grievances al
the rectilication of wrongs, and
sensible and patriotic men will kce
within the bounds prescribed.
SUGAR TARIFF AND RECIpROCIT'