The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-05-14
MONDAY, MAY Ii. 1854
RULE OF THE MINORITY

elsewhere uses tue phrase, in
minority way" with reference To the
arrangements made for giving Hawaii
d new constitution. 1t is a phrase of
crushing force IN view Of the facts
No ruling junta Of a freshly revu-
lutiouized Central American country
ever so completely Y exposed itself To
the imputatiou " governing pro-
pie without the consent Of tn" gov.
erned, as has the Provisional Gov.
ernmeut 10y their pretended submis-
sion of a choice Of constitution.
makers to popular vote. In the first
place. they only proifercd the choice.
Uf minority of such constitution
makers tn an electorate ~ their own
creation. They created this .l""t"r.
ate by means Of u party test that.
whether they intended it or not.
produced au opportunity that bai
been requested in vain by u vast
majority Of the people to signify
their opinion as to the right "f the
Provisional Government Ia exist
What they really mean, to say was:
I'VE are going to organize r.l,uh-
"lic, as the object for which ". as
"snned rule has utterly failed. Az
"who wish to have any LOT or part in
"the organization of such proposed
"republir must swear allegian"r t.
"us." That is To- say, il they cho-.
To declare in the constitution that
the Provisional Government should
continue in power for two. four. siN
OF ten years, with authority Ia Gil oil
vacancies occurring, everyone ,ha,
voted al the election of a minority
VI constitution. makers must support
that declaration il necessary with
their lives. What the people a.
large understood them To say, how
ever, was something like this: Wv"
have made the claim abroad that
the people OF these islands over.
threw the monarchy. II has been
claimed ou our behalf by our graa,
"nrlginator, Minister Stevens. aud
Others ia our favor or pay, that w.
are the best government, the islands
have ever hal, aud that ever since
I'VE came into briug the people,
natives aud torelgn.r have tHrn
"nochlng 10 our support. Our sup
"porters have laid claim, when
commissioner Blnunt was hero IN
''vestigatiug the revolution, that six
Thousand Of the electorate had sul.
"scribed to the Annexation Clrh',
pledge Of loyalty to Us and support
"to our declared policy of anu"Na
"tion. Now we are going to furnish
evidence, in this election Of d"t".
gates to a constitutional rouN"h
'tion, that all these claim, in oar
"b-haif are true" Thu, were III"
issues clearly defined in the Iarr
constitutional convention. Wuh
what RESULT Out Of 1900 electors
in round numiers in 1872 aiuu
300 voted IN 1894 to show thcir
aiiegianc" To the Provisional Gov
erument. Fully onf The $500 ,vhn
voted consisted Of mrr"enary suld-
lers, spies, ETC, most of whom hav"
not been long enough IN the coun
Try To have had vote under ia"
constitution and laws. Therefore,
the Provisional Government are
confronted with the bald fact that
there is ajority Of about 1900
of the Legitimate electorate IF
these islands, ont Of total Of
1900, against their assumption of
the power to rule. This .nphatic
verdict Of the people OF the Ha-
waiian Islands should have infinitely
more weight with the Congress, as
we'll as the enlightened and freedoln
loving people Of the United States,
than the one-sided report Of Morgan
since exposed as a renegade and
discredited by his constituents
which report was based ou th" al
most exclusive evid"nce of rabiL ar.
compl ces, parrisaus and beneGciariea
Of the Provisional Government. The
United States Government, with the
true situation now before their owes,
will bring indeIible disgrace upon
thcIns Ives and the nation al large
il they do not carry out their policy,
long since declared to the world, Of
rectifying the outrageous wrong
committed with the aid II the arm
ed forces Of their country upon
friendly aud weak nation,