Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-05-17

Japan enjoy equal rights witt
other foreigners, the japanese il
Hawaii must do the same.
The next question before on
constitution makers Is how t,
satisfy the Chinese. A strong
petition gned by all the leading
I Chinese has been forwarded L
the Councils. The Chinese de-
mand representation because they
,ay one-fourth of ali the take.
and because the better class Of
them are permanent residents
here-often intermarried with
the Hawaiians. The Adrsrtisei
which stands up at all times for
the rights of the women
and of the Hawaiians (although
it doesn't mean anything in the
ca tier line) denies the Chinese
the right of representation because
t wouldn't be " expedient; "
that me- n 5, of course,
advantageous to the mission
aries. Nevertheless the Chinese
are such an important factor
here, that they cannot be over
looked or ignored as if they were
lot OF insignificant barbarians.
If the Chinese are treated with
contempt in a manner heretofore
shown by the Advertiser and TIE
p. G. clique they will take matters
in their own hands and make it
uncommonly hot for the conyen-
ton and for the government. 1t is
we'll worth remembering that so
far the CLUB, has only been
heard from and the leaders there
all rich merchants are inclined
to so slow and be easy. When,
shortly, the Chinese Protective
Union makes its demand, the
prospects are that the wise men
above will open their prolonged
head-appendixes and believe that
a cyclone had hit the government
seat. The claim of the Chinese
is perfectIyjust and Legitimate and
it doesn't involve the country in
so much perplexity as it expert
enced when the franchise was
granted to the illiterate Portu-
guese for the purpose, as Mr..
Judd says, to check the Hawaiian
vote. The japanese will get
there and so will the Chinese.
The question of franchise for
the women is only being discuss
ed with any seriousness in the !
'Ifser. 1t is hardly worth the
while using space to show the !
impossibility of listening to such |
a proposition. The most civilized |
states in the world have refused to |
entertain the experiment. A few
backstates in the West and New
Zealand have tried their hand at |
the female franchise and so far
very little enthusiasm has come
to the surface over the results.
With the different race questions
and with the other most difficultI
local circumstances. we should |
have Imagined that Hawaii had
enough to do in getting out of its
dilemma without borrow
ing trouble. The female fran
chise is an impossibility in Hawaii
Tor several reasons. The white
women championed by the Adrer-
lser, are not of class of which
Toters are made. Most of them
lave received very Indifferent
'ducation, and have been brought
Up In the humber walks of life.
We can hardly believe that the
'dltor of the Adrertiser proposes
o confine the franchise to school
mans only, and by granting it to
ii the ex-cooks and ex- servants
low rolling in carriages and !
Fealth he will bring the country
nto perfect state of pandemo-
ium. The best class of the |
hawaiian women-superior in
reeding. in intelligence. in de- l
ortment aud In education to I
heir white sisters, are satisfied '
y remaining true women and {
ontent in allowing the men to 5
cal with the political tempest in L
ar diminutive teapot, and the t
verage Hawaiian woman knows
nough to know that she knows
othing about the questions of