The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-16
THsT FOOLISH Policy.

publicaus were going Ia be victori
Gus in the next president al election,
IL is none the less bad policy on the
part Of those who are hoping for all
nexation at this end 81 The line to At.
tach their fortunes to any ono uf ih"
great parties Of the United States.
There is not ths slightest probability
that any single party will be- potent
enough Of itself to carry through q
measure of such great Importance as
would 10 the am ration 81 out side
territory. 1t behuoves both the Gov
ernmsnt aud the people OF these
islands, II they would secure an early
contamination Of political union
with tn" great republic, tn rake no
entangIing alliances with either Of
the two leading parties when friends
are likely to be needed on both
SIDES. This is not the only Phase Of
the question to be- considered, how
ever, for there is another one that
should he patent to our wise men,
but to which they seem to be- oblivi.
Gus when they talk Gippantly a. II
the Republicans were the friends, aud
the Democrats the euenlies OF Ha-
wall. Does il not occur to them
that, once the Democrats are con-
WINGED by Hawaiian official and other
influential talk that this couutry i fad.
mitted to the Uuion would be only .
"rotten borough" for the Republican
party, the Democratic party, now
cont shining many powerful friends
OF annexation, will come to show =
solid front against the projec,l
Anybody with the gumption requi-
site for q poundmastes ought tn
realize the folly Of inviting such
situation regarding the Hawaiian
question iu the United States. At
Shs same time, it is folly to predict,
at this time, as has been held in thi,
paper before, the result OF the next
presidential election. The local
elections, in which we hear OF great
Republican gaius, are really no cri.
terion OF the great national contest
Of 1896. Many of these, as the news
Ill Il IN al
ment iu behalf OF municipal reform,
aud as tho Democratic party ha-
been usually strong in the large
towns, it is proportionately held re-
sponsible for whatever there is to
reform, therefore has to go down
before the bosom OF revived civic
virtue. When the struggle takes
place for possession OF the executive
power at Washington for four years,
municipal reform will not be u fac
tor in the case in any bu. a very
minute degree, il at all. The people
will judge the present administra.
ton by its record and its results. II
the dismal prophecyings Of blue
ruin, to follow the not altogether
unsuccessful attempts at tariff re-
form, turn out to have been belied
by the condition OF the country next
fall, then the people OF town and
country will not need to be instruct.
ed upon that point, but will vote &C.
cording to their interests as we'll as
their intelligence. Great national
questions, and not the small affairs
OF the burgh, will determine the
issue in all the doubtful States,
Eastern, Middle and Western, and
there is no more hope OF breaking
up tho solid South" at the next
election, than there is OF . way be-
ing made for ships across the 18th
mus OF Panama by that time. As a
email measure OF repairing the mis-
chief already done by some Of our
people here, in making faces" at
the Republicans, it may be useful iol
our friends across the water to know
that many OF the earliest aud strong
est supporters OF the revolution fol
q republic here were Americans Of
the Democratic party. Also, that
at the last presidential election tn,
mock election held in Honolulu, &C