The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-24
ADVERTISING RATES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1894.
TEN MORE coUNCILMEN.
Saws the esteemed Adpertiser:


An enlargement of the Advisory Coun- |
Gil at the present time does not seem to |
he expedient, because such measure |
would be mere stop gap. The changes
to be made must 90 further. They must
make the Government truly representa-
tive. A purely autocratic form OF Gov
eminent cannot be maintained indeh-
nitely, and those now administering
affairs would probably be the last to
wish that it should. Circumstances have
hitherto made any radical changes i'm
possible, but the time is coming when
the Government will have to address
itself 70 the problem Of taking on per-
manent form. When it does SO it will OF
necessity consult the views and interests
of all its supporters, not merely in Homo
lulu, but all over the group.
The plea for the election of ten
more Councilmen at once might
have been the logical result Of the
AdgeyhSer's argument against it.
We agree with our contemporary
that a permanent form of Hawaiian
Government will have to be de-
vised. But who shall devise it ? Is
that important work to be done by
a body composed Of ten represen-
tatives of single industry, three
representatives of the people at
large, and one man who apparently
believes that party organizations
have no right to a voice i'll demo-
cratic affairs If that is the plan
the people will not agree to it.
Through representatives whom
they stand ready to elect they de-
sire to express their views as to
the form which the future Govern
ment of these islands shall take.
Even if the Council intends to do no
more than to call a Constitutional
Convention the people want
chance to participate in the debates
which shall fix the duties of that
Convention and prescribe the man
ner in which its delegates shall be
elected.
On these accounts we still hold
to the plan advocated in the first
instance by this journal and in
dorsed by the American League
the plan Of increasing the member
ship of the Advisory Council to
total of twenty-four. Several ways
to bring the election about have
been proposed. A mass meeting
for that purpose was first designed.
Then a mass meeting to nominate
found favor and now in Mr.. c. B.
Ripley's suggestion that an Annex
ationist poll be opened during
certain period, through which the
party preference may be expressed,
we see a still better and fairer mode
of action. All that the STAR de-
sires is that the men who are relied
upon to fight for the Provisional
Government and who are sustain
ing its cause with unfaltering
resolve shall be directly and
fully represented in the Coun-
ellis. Partly to the end that
this proposal of ours may be left
without any faint of self-seeking,
it is perhaps proper to say that the
editor of the STAR has addressed a
letter to the proper authority with
drawing his name from present or
future consideration for any Office
in or under the Provisional Gov
eminent We are the more free,
thereby, to support the general
proposition together with the can
didates who may be recommended
to the suffrage of loyal citizens.
Pass a law, gentlemen of the
Council, making room for ten new
Legislators Pass it before any
attempt is made to put up the
framework of a new Government!
Try and absolve yourselves from
the charge that the Provisional
Legislature has become a close
corporation! Do it soon as a mat
ter of sound craftsmanship and
good politics, and peace, order and
contentment will thereby receive