The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-02-04


agreeably disappointed apprehensions
of evil, the result shows the sound
ness of the BULLETINS opposition to
the candidature of Mr.. Warehouse.
Had the election been anywhere near
as close as many people feared, Mr..
Warehouse would have defeated not
only MI. Neumann, but all of the
three six-year candidates on the con-
stitutional side. He polled an aver
age of 1913 votes against each OF |
them, while Mr.. Neumann only fell
40 votes short of their average.
Therefore, just as this paper predict
ed, he hurt the ticket all round, and
got humiliation for himself as his
reward.
1t is folly TO say now, as Mr..
Waterhouse claimed in advance
would be the case, that any consider
able proportion of his vote was drawn
from the Liberals. He drew little
or nothing from that sourceG The
variations in scratching" one Ma
tional Reform candidate and another,
in different precincts, showed whence
Mr.. Waterhouse drew his 500 votes.
Mr.. Henry Waterhouse ought to
thank the excellent organization and
work of the National Reform party
for the fact that his personal humili-
alton to-day is not aggravated by
the awful responsibility of having
wrecked the prospects of peace,
good government and prosperity
for Hawaii Nei, by his lll-advised
intrusion-without organized sup
port, without declared principles,
against the published advice of his
best friends, against every dictate of
prudence and common-sense-intO
campaign between two well-organized
parties, with grand issues thoroughly
defined.
. A word of censure on the Sons of
Hawaiian estimable body in its
way-is due in connection with the
campaign. 1t also bounced into the
field without counting the cost, and
with no special organization, throw
ing out a scratched ticket to con-
: found the chances. The liability Of
its doing mischief with its composite
= ticket, in the case of close election,
was the same as existed with regard
to the Independent "circus." Pro-
badly this was the reason its action
: at first received the approval of the
, Advertiser 1t did not elect single
j., candidate exclusively its own, while
its special Noble aspirant was at the
foot of the poll among all real candi-
dates. Had things gone otherwise
> than they did, Mr.. Kaaukai and the
Sons of Hawaii would have been
companions in remorse of MIR. Water
house.
And the Pacific Commercial Adj
vertiser! Poor, shilly = shallying,
shifting Advertiser! Its nature on
this occasion more than its middle
name has been suggestive of being
in the market for a mock auction, if
not real one, of its support to the
, highest bidder. 1t compared the
Liberal ticket favorably with the
National Reform, then endorsed the
Sons OF Hawaii's ticket, next issued
the Advertiser ticket, only to strangle
it next morning, and again produced
another one - these shufilas be-
ing accompanied by indescrib-
> able variations of temper and
tune. The Advertiser was still
g changing the very morning o.
the election, when it pulled dowr
Phillips from the Road Board anC
, substituted Won Holt. And if by
l. any means Ihe elecIioh hau peei
postponed till next February, in al
: probability the Advertiser woult
ta diurnally give another turn to it
/; political kaleidoscope. Let the p
- G. A. rest in the contemplation of
- great constitutional triumph which i
- did its little best TO prevent.