Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-25
The Circus Begins.

the two very ineongroos factions
which are represented respectively
by the Advertiser" and the
Star" would fall out has never
been doubted by anybody con
yersant with Hawaiisn politics
and more especially with the
characteristic features Of the
Missionary Party and their oppo-
nents. The Reform Party al
est, the family compact with
headquarters in Central Union
Church, demands either the whole
hog or nothing. They are will
ing to use anybody who will sup
port them to get into power
and they are just as willing to
kick their supporters as soon as
they been helped into power.
They will hold out promises of
all description and offer all kinds
of rewards and they will break
their promises and squirm and
lie out of their obligations as
soon as they are in" We saw
it in 1887 and We see it again to-
day. The great majority of men
who helped them in 1887 received
then lesson and refused to join
them in 1898. Feeling that
they have been found ont
since 1887 they imported
this time as many strangers
as they conveniently could,
and they emptied the public
treasury to pay for class of men
who formerly was considered
highly undesirable, because they
had neither interest in, nor care
for the affairs of Hawaii, but
simply were found ready to
serve the highest bidder. The
Star editor and his immediate
hackers are now learning their
lessons. The leaders in the club
and the secret leagues were never
friendly to the missionaries
because they knew them too
well. They knew the Reform
party's avarice, selfshness, and
ambitions. They knew that the
main point in all the politics of
tie party of 1887 was the demand
for power and pelf The lesson
is a good one and it will be
benefcient for the country and
lead to the second and we hope
the final downfall of the Reform
party. The Star of course states
that everybody belonging to the
revolutionary party is ready to
stand by the P. G. and the Ad-
vertiser is called hysterical
because the family compact is
having doubts as to the sincerity
of Mr.. Smith and his leagues.
OF course the secret leagues
and Mr.. Smith will support the
p. G.-that is if the p. G.. will
accept the role of dummies and
allow the administration to be
carried out by their alleged faith
full supporters. And that is
where the shoe pinches the com
pact. Ii the irresponsible crowd
as the political organization
mostly consist of in the eyes o
the compact-only few of then
having sugar stock-is above,
to run in ten members in the AID
visory Council where, oh! wher,
would the sacred privileges o
the sanity flock be? Before lon,
=. high officials woui3 be fount
wanting and the Castle family
would no longer have the mono
poly of filling the offices. Tn
loudest blower would always b
on top and Mr.. Mulligan and Mr.
Smith would run the country
And what frightful prospect
there would then be- No Chimes
labor. no cheap labor in fact
no undivided possession of th,
government pap. and finally per
haps (what horrorD an incom,
tax or special sugar tax. TIL,
compact has two methods befor
them to avoid the terrible catas
trophe. They must either rous,
all their members and get then
into the secret league and thel
run that shebang to suit them o
they must arrange for franchise
and a Constitutional Legislator,