The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-14

with each other, IN large measure, and
yet may work harm obionsly II admins
Tered by Wise and well ira ned men;
something like the situation in the
United Sssies. where the people live
under TWO distinct govei nmeDts, one of
the State and one OF the Unitea states,
"a" b working IN harmony With the
other.
I Ny propos ttion IS that the 8eees-
ssttes Of the case de1lo9td oa u1acona-
monty strong central 9OUernaeRhS
t0tth 0ery large potcers tgs the hands
| ~ q JsU. This proposal IL not dem
oeratIc, but Is based on the necessities
| OF the case. IL Is almost tTlfilDg N Al
ter I r Anglo-Saxons to form a repre-
sentative governn at FIR themselves 1t
comes with the "miik.' But here we
have got To do a great deai more than
rule ourselves. Ii we were here alone
ve.y little Sovern a. ent would b. qaite
suf1cient, because the true Anglo Saxon
dos not require much governms MT; esch
man rules himself. Ii must be distinctly
understood that besides III in thtnl-
selves, the whites must create a form of
government through which they can
ru natives, Chinese, Japanese and
Portuguese, IN order To prevent beiag
showed under" That Is, we need two
distinct forms OF government made UP
| lnto one form; one for o.IrseivesAand Que
Tor aliens, who outnumber US Thai
which may be quite sufi rienr for us, would
probable be utterly insutfi:ie mt for Them if
we wish to keep control. This making
up or two forms OF government inio one
IS most difficult affair. We run The
risk OF making a poor government all
round; one not adapted to on s. Ives and
the other not capable Of ruling the
aliens.
The delegates TO the Convention, as
well as the best thinking men we have,
are without experience in this sort of
work. as there are presidents for il.
No one has yet asked on the floor of the
Convention what is the character of
these great forces lying all about US, and
how shall We coutrol them? To simply
give them no suffrage is to hold mules
hind loot by tying 1t with a thread.
Annexation may help US some, but
We may be told that if we cannot rule
ourselves the United States will not want
, and We should return 10 royalty. In
any event, We must see this business
through.
The reason why the simple form of
representative COVE nment, which Is
quite sufficient for ourselves, the Ameri-
cans and the Teutons, is wholly iusuffi-
Client for the rule OF the ''aliens.' is that
it cannot work swiftly and with one pur-
pose. Only men of train ny and exp ri
ence, full oI resources, ho have male
the matter a close study, whose plans
cannot be destroyed by well mean ny
men, who have all sorts of ews about
them and hold all SORTS of opinions. are
competent TO administer complicated
forms of rule.
I There is a case in point; the treatment
OF Hawaiian annexation by the I pited
States The Government of the States
has for MANI re- Ia frod- anuaxafiop
bur the people of the country, who .ule
themselves, have IN the past taken no
interest IN the N after, and have prevent
ed the Executive from acting. Presi-
dent Harrison would have annexed the
islands, but the Senate prevented him
from doing SO. AS the s'dear people,
have no policy in for ign affairs, the
Senate followed the pc pie and refused
10 follow the President. LII Mr.. Cieye-
land favored annexation today, it is by
no means certain that ne could command
two-thirds vote in the Senate, because
the powerful Sugar Trust is against us,
and the labor interest may oppose it.
In dealing with the negro, the
Government of the United States
simply Produced social anarchy in
the South, because the people
did not understand the matter and for Ell
the Government to adopt many foolish
measures. In vernIng the Mormons
the Federal Government presented
sorry spectacle of imbecility for thirty
years. and the Mormons got the rest Of
it, until the mining men came in and
took possessi n. The politicians RAM
he armies during the fist year of the
civil war, and only after fearful loss OF
time, blood and money, cid the people
give Ia and make Lincoln d-spot
The Govern nent of the United States
has the same ABSOLUTE power over some
| thousands of Indians that we hold and
intend TO hold over the Asiatics. The
frightiul and chaotic exercise of that
power, resulting, "a it Was sad in Cen
gress, in the violation of every Indian
treaty for hundred years ia written IN
the pages of the Century of Dishonor,"
and makes every trne American hope
that for once, in these islands demcc-
racy will consent 10 Government
adapted to the situation.
Intelligent democTacies can rule
themselves well enough, but make bad
| failures when they try to rule hers.
| The mary thou sand aliens which we,
| the few Americans and Europeans, must
| control, are not interior races, but strong
and developing races. We must rule
] them b. an independent and absolute
! power. The on look t II rs is IN goUerra-
ing them aOith impartial justice.
| "Democracies are pruveIbially W just
and short-sighted. In the scramble Tor
| Cffi .es, great and vital interests are en-
tirely overlooked, and wise and far
| reaching policies are not followed, be-
cause there is no money init
Ii va attempt to govern these aliens
through a simple Republican form of
government, they viii soon get the best
OF us. as they will, if their interests are
involved, quickly furnish money to the
| politicians aud take strong hand In
elections. Their opportunities will
easily come when the primaries are at
logIerheads; the parties di-puting for
| public plunder: the ing watching the
outs - and the "outs" hungry and
| naked, and the Executive crippled by