The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-24

mucn OF Stretcn OF courtesy TO call II ny
that name, proceeds as follows:
Politics are not an exact science, all
men are liable to err; it is a common
thing, too, for political opponents to ex-
aggerate their differences, as well as to
ascribe to others number of dangerous
vices which they do not, after all, pos
sess. The Republican party supposed
before the election OF Mr.. Cleveland that
a Democratic success would prove the !
ruin Of the country, and yet Cleveland |
was elected and no one much the worse |
for it. 1t makes no great difference
which OF two political parties is success
full at the polls, things go on very much
the same whatever the result happens to
be. And SO forth to the end OF the cal
endar. Therefore, it makes no difference
which party is successful, and those who
have different opinion are narrow
minded and prejudiced. Q. f. D.
What a use to be made OF all these
worthy old saws! OF course if these
pretended demonstrations OF our dialect
ical evening contemporary prove that
political cynicism is the true spirit to be
cultivated in this country, they prove
great deal more. They prove, for in
stance, that the wave Of popular enthusi-
asm which carried Abraham Lincoln
into the Presidency in 1861, was great
mistake which never could have been
made if the American people had only
surveyed public affairs from the calm
height of our evening contemporary it
proves that it was a matter OF very little
importance in the development of Amer
lean affairs whether the people elected
Lincoln or any other candidate who
might happen to be nominated to run
against him it proves that it is matter
of no moment whether Boulanger gets a
majority in the French Chamber or not
that it would make very little difference
tie the public whether the German liber-
.. ais GUST Bismarck. We ourselves are
weak-minded enough to suppose that the
Northern patriots who voted against
Lincoln were very fatally "deluded -
that the admirers of General Boulange1
are fatally "deluded" and gulled; and
that it would make vast difference in
German affairs if Prince Bismarck should
hand over the control OF the empire t.
his political opponents.
1t is time that all this talk should bt
known for what it is and that the gull
BILE portion of the public should no long
er be humbugged with it. Such talk il
either foolish or criminal. There arr
> real issues here which men who ar,
q both honest and intelligent cannot refus
to see. First and foremost among thes
issues is the preservation of the libertie
won in our late revolution. The Reform
party won and has preserved those liber
ties. The Re-actionary party are de
nouncing the revolution OF 1887 as
d. crime. Does that not make an issue
1t does with men who are not so cate
up with the leprosy of indifference tina
they have ceased to feel or care. One c
the most prominent nominees OF tn
= Re-actionists regards himself, and is,
candidate for cabinet position. Hi
- previous official career is one long his
tory of malfeasance in office, extravs
gance and waste, and shameless abuse
the public trust. Do these facts raise n
Il issue? They do, for honest men. 1t
e an undeniable fact that large numbe
4 Of the voters Of the country are Reaction
he airy in sentiment, and are running,
lie opposition to the Reform party all owe
the group, men whose whole previou
career is one of servility and subserviel
he cy to the King. Does this fact sugge
Or no issue? 1t does to all but the blind.
8, But it is waste of labor to exhib
r. and specify facts which are as clear {
10 day, writ SO large in the signs Of tt
times and the history of the country tn;
he who runs may read. We think TIL
n in view of all these countless facts an
es evidences, which every man in the Ian
o. has the means of knowing, it is no CIV
81 dence of narrow-mindedness or prelude
s. to assert that the honest opponents of tt
e. Reform party at the coming election
and some such there undoubtedly ar
are "deluded."