The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-04-15
HAWAIIAN RIGHTS.

on the Noble election protest furn-
ishes one of the foreign editorial
writer's of ka Leo with text for
some lofty writing on rights and priv
ileges of native Hawaiians. 1t was
suggested both in the decision of
Judge Bickerton appealed from and
the opinion of the full bench affirm
ing that decision, that there was a
defect in the law where it omitted to
provide that the descriptive words on
the ballot should he printed in Ha-
waiian and English. Doubtless the
defect will be remedied at the
earliest opportunity. But why did
Largely because native Hawaiian
representative were not watching the
real interests of their constituents.
The discontenied gentlemen in the
back rows were quite alive when
wanted for assisting or projecting
fraudulent schemes of Chinese friends
to beat the treasury on private roads
and failed cheap labor contracts for
public works. They could be easily
enlisted to block legislation whose
promoters had failed to beg on bend
ed knees for their support. Their
senses were alert to seize the oppor
tunitv of a thin house for displaying
their momentary power by moving
indefinite postponement of measure
the merits or demeritS Of which they
did not take the pains to master,
There were only few such, but they
all belonged to the factonrepresented
by Ka Leo to-day. While Mr.. Bush
himself displayed conscentiousness
and some breadth of mind in most OF
his utterances at last session, he was
very derelict in his duties in point of
attendance on the proceedings. I'm
less there was pet measure of his
own or his faction on the orders, he
was unlikely to be found in his place
to protect the rights either of his
immediate constituents or his coun-
trymen at large. Indeed, his hob
bies-some of which commended
themselves strongly to many who did
not accept his general politics
would have stood far better chance
of success than they did had his APP
pearances in the House been less OF
the nature of angels visits. He
took so little interest in the general
bulk of legislation that when his
beaming countenance irradiated the
chamber he was stared at as comet
strayed out of its orbit. Where was
Mr.. Bush, the responsible editor of
Ka Leo-the paper that so strongly
| reprobates injustice to Hawaiians in
the election law-when the provi-
sions governing the ballot were al
lowed to be completed with the glar-
ing defect now revealed in the courts
and denounced not without cause as
an injustice to Ilawaiians? Had he
and other members who pose as the
high ordered defenders of native privi-
leges acted at the proper time in that
praiseworthy function, and been balk-
ed in their efforts, there would be
| great force now in their bitter lamen-
tations over spilled milk that cannot
be gathered up again. However,
there has been no proof adduced that
any real injury has been done to the
Hawaians by the defect in question.
They were too we'll posted in advance
on the candidates of the respective
| parties not to know for whom they
were voting on the ballots provided.
And there is not the least doubt that
the defect was a pure inadvertence
in legislation, which might have been
avoided had the leaders in the pres
ent complaint exercised due vigilance
while the law was being enacted.