The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-18

nounces certain line of policy and the
voters confer power upon that party it
Is 20 be presumed that the voters want
that line of policy carried out The pre-
sumption is, therefore, that when the
people returned majority of Democrats
to both branches of Congress it wanted
their promise to smash the tariff carried
out. Hence if the Democratic com
mittee on ways and lleans report bill
in line with the mandate,of the people it
seem to us thai the minority is not called
upon to put in the way of it's passage all
be justified in so doing After the bill has
been fairly deeated it ought to be
brought to q vote in both branches.
Such tactics as were resorted to in the
Senate to obstruct the silver bill ought
not to be repeated. The wisdom OF folly
of any policy is better determined by ex-
pertinent than by any other method. In
deed that is the only way to absolutely
determine it. When it is thus determined
1t is settled one way or the other, and
the people can pass on to other ques-
tions. IT the people ale determined to
try the Democratic tariff policy, and
that would seem to- be the meaning of
last falls election, the sooner they make
the experiment the better for all con-
cerned.
We admit without reservation that the
white minority that is now in control
represents the wealth and intelligence of
Hawaii, but the rule which this minori-
ty proposes does not differ in the slight
est degree from the so called white rule
in some of our Southern States, the en-
forcement of which we have condemned
time after time as violation of the
rights guaranteed to all American citizens
by our constitution, If this white mi
norlty succeeds by force or superior in
telligence in obtaining control of the
government, and can sustain itself and
create a species of aristocratic republic,
such as was the republic of Athens, OIL
IS now the repu bic of Chilli there is no
objection to be made to it's success: but
the work must be carried on without
the aid of the United States, unless we
are prepared to admit that the amend
ments made to our constitution after the
war were gross mistakes and had no
meaning, except to further the tenn
porary purposes of a political party
Boston Herald.
This is sound and no exception can be
taken to it. The United States cannot
consistently set up an aristocracy in
Hawaii any more than it can consis-
tently set up monarchy. The true policy
OF the United States is to leave the in
habitants of the Sandwich Islands to
y1rlv ont Iai, coIu Tho al Aim,
of the friends of the Provisional Govern
ment is that the people of the islands are
doing that at present, and that the carry
ing out of the administration programme
will be an uniustifiable interference.
But if the United States cannot aid
which Islands without being false to it's
constitution, how can it look with COM
placency on the erection of half dozen
aristocracies within it's own territory,
and the partial metamorphozing of the
national government itself into an ar
known to the Herald and everybody else
that the government of half dozen
States in this union is the government of
the few with which the masses have
nothing to do, not because they do not
want to, but because they cannot with
out putting their lives in jeopardy. 1t is
fact also that the representation of a
section of this country in
Congress is the representation of the
few. Yet it is perfectly true that
the Boston Herald and almost all the
apers that have been fearful lest gov
eminent was being set up in the Sand
witch Islands that did not represent the
majority of all the people, have opposed
with all their might any measure to
prevent such a government being set up
in the territory of the United States,
and have viewed with the utmost COM
placency the suppressio by force and
fraud of more than one half the consti-
tutionally qualified voters in many States
in this Union. Nay, more, they have
just as vigorously opposed measures to
prevent the turning of the national gov
eminent into partial aristocracy. Now
what consistency is there in opposing
any interference on the part of he United
States to set up government or
to aid "a government in Hawaii
which is not formed in ac-
cordance with the doctrines of our con-
stitution, and at the same time opposing
measures to prevent the setting up of
governments in our territory which VIC
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