Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-05-15
The Advertiser Tinker.

occasionally one or two columns
Of stuff which he calls editorials.
has finally made mp his mind to
frame a coust Triton, and he ont
lines the way in which 1t Is to
be done. As a matter Of course
he fayors the general franchise
for tie Hawaiians as far as the
lower lsiel House Is concerned.
He furthermore allows all the
iIliterate Portuguese who regist-
cred ut the late election to vote.
He then grants, mir15iis dic,u. the
franchise to the japanese. Poor
fellow he couldn't help himself
and be finally leaves ont the
women altogether. We have
hardly the space and decidedly
not the patience to take up Mr..
Castles propositions in the man
ner that they deserve. His
Topping over from one day to the
other Is 50 embarrassing to his
political opponents that it is
becoming a disagreeable task to
show up the sublime idiocy and
the supreme folly which now are
paramount in the official organ.
At one tine the Hawaiians were
to be DISTINGUISHED according to
the AJreTtiser. That period is
pau every Hawaiian who can
read and write his own language
should have right to vote. The
"Asiatics' were to be left in the
cold as a matter of course. Now,
the AdUertissr gives them equal
rights and allow them according
to qualifications to vote for the
lower Us we'll as for the upper
House. IA attempt is made to
save the Portuguese vote for the
lower House by allowing every
body who registered at the late
election to vote in the future. In
fact the hdUsriiser tinker thinks
that he has got everything down
to a fine point The only pro-
blems which are pulling the
philosophical brain of the editor
Is the question of the alien vote
and the question of how to keep
the majority with in hands of the
missionaries and "always be on
top. The alien vote is easily
fixed by the government organ.
1t admits theoretically that the
alien vote is an outrage, but it is
admitted that through sentiment
al or practical reasons the
der ned haoles won't take an
oath which will result in their
alternating themselves from their
original citizenship. However,
says the morning spouter, we
can't afford to lose the alien voter;
lie is the great standby of the
reform party, and we must ac-
commod, te him even if we conse-
quently have to give the Japa-
nese a vote. At the same time,
the upper House is TO be the
salvation Of the missionaries. An
educational and a property quail
ihcation will be placed on the
voters IL such a manner that
very few outside the family com
pact viii be able to vote. But
knowing the extreme lack of
educational qualifications among
the men who could vote for mem
bers of the upper House" the
wise phi losopher prints the fol,
lowing sentence that ought to be
set in golden letters and certainly
preserved by the Hale Naua, or
by the Historical Society;
An intelligence qualification
and a property qualification which
practically works as an intelli-
gence qualification" Ye gods
and little fishes, does our esteem
ed brother mean to say that a
man holding a property qualif-
cation, thereby passes an intel
ligence" 1--WE suppose he means
educaticnall qualification Let
han look around among his
intimate friends, bis family, his
inancia, connections. All of
them undoubtedly have property
qualifications Tor he Wouldn't