The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-08
THE RIVAL CAMPS.

THE RIVAL CAMPS.
Having been cornered by the even
ing organ for an intimation betoken-
ing disloyal contempt for the su-
preme authority of the Annexation
Club, tho morning organ takes Il all
back and makes convulsiye efforts to
show that its respect for the majesty.
power and dominion Of the Annexa.
tion Club greatly exceeds that Of
the evening organ. There is not the
slightest doubt, however, that the
Advertiser did mean that "somo-
thing had been fixed up in regard to
the appointment Of a new Minister
Of Foreign Affairs when it said,
at is now believed that the place
can be filed in q satisfactory man.
ner." Nobody misunderstood this
intimation who has been keeping
within sight Of what is going on in
public affairs. Unless the "place"
be "6lled' in the satisfactory man
ner" that the Advertiser believed
the other morning to be "now" feast.
BILE, a carefully and secretly laid
scheme of the Provisional Govern.
ment will be smashed, and there
will be grievous lamenting by the
little coterie who have hitherto pull
cd the wires TO their own satisfac-
tion. The Advertiser cannot sneak
away from the intended meaning OF
its words only two days back. II
said while advocating the separation
Of the Office OF Minister OF Foreign
Affairs from that Of President:
Tho :'s'."lo 10 the matter thus
. suitable person to fill the office OF
Minister Of Foreign Affairs. Mr..
Hatch possesses the highest qualifi.
cations for that very delicate and
important position, but he has not
hitherto seen his way clear to the
acceptance OF its duties. II is now
believed, however, that the place
can be filed in q satisfactory man
ner, and this removes the last
obstacle in the way Of effecting the
change. Let II be made at once.
II the foregoing paragraph were
oil set in capitals, it would not be
more emphatic than its language in
conveying an exclusive meaning. II
means that suitable person-in the
view OF the Advertiser and the clique
II represents--had been found for
the position OF Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, and that the same authori-
ties believed the appointment should
be made forthwith without waiting
to consult the Annexation party at
large. Since it has been snapped up
by the organ Of the secret bodies
that drive the Government, how.
ever, the Advertiser now swings
round to admit, tacitly, that it aud
its clique do not represent public
opinion" but that this much. .belied
factor is to be sought in the secret
counsels OF the Annexation Club
and the American League.
This little encounter between thC
two subsidized organs, representing
different factions, shows to what ,
depth tho Provisional Government,
has dropped in the respect of ever
its own supporters. The elder organ
does not dare defend the Govern
ment's privilege, under the statute,
OF its own creation, to fill yacancie.
in its Councils. There is no more
recognition Of the Advisory Coun
Gil as being representative body
Notwithstanding the great boasting
at home and abroad, that il is emi
nently representative. Its function:
are constantly usurped by .secre,
bodies, composed largely Of stranger.
without any stake in the country
and these bodies are claimed by one
organ and acknowledged by another
to be the true source OF governing
public opinion" Between the two
camps, the larger public outside will
rather favor the visible authority, in
spite OF its identity with the old
rule or ruin clique, as being under @
sense OF necessity to appear as re-
spectacle Us possible. While the
voice OF the electorate is suppressed
the larger public outside the two
camps would prefer to see President
Dole rather than Tim Murray WELD,
ing the paramount authority.
There is good reason for the popu.