The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-11-22
THE NEW-C CONFER"

regime. is the so-called family
compact" as applied to the ''mis-
sionary" element of the country,
which is credited by unlucky and
disgruntled applicants with keep
ing all the public offices within its
grasp and control. When the use
OF this expression family COM
pact" is accompanied by sly hints
and suggestive remarks concerning
it's connection with the nilsson
arv." the newcomer is naturally
inclined to believe that be has
struck the wrong place to obtain
recognition of whatever push, tact
and principle he may possess; but
when he discovers the fact, that by
meeting his bills promptly and
maintaining fairly conservative
standard in his political views, he
too is liable to be classed as a
missionary" and a member OF the
compact, common sense comes to
/ his rescue and he ceases to berate
his ancestors for failing to have
become agents of the American
Board or some other similar organ
/ ization.
1t is true that many of the
public offices in this country
are held by representatives OF the
conservative, or, as some like to call
it, the missionary" element. Those
who were born here, whose children
were born here, those who have
long lived here, those who know Of
no other home but that to be found
here, have a great stake in good
government and are naturally in
favor of keeping in office those with
whom they are well acquainted. 1t
is so everywhere, excepting in the
great western States Of America,
where the people are all new corners
and old residents are unknown.
1t is also perfectly natural that
new men, active, intelligent and
ambitious, should for a time look
with some disfavor on the con-
sentative element which exists here
and accuse it of too much family
feeling" But, on further consider
alton, the new corners realize that
if they held all the higher offices
they would not feel pleasantly in
clined toward a later installment
of new corners who insisted on a
new deal. We believe that less
jealousy of new corners exists here
than in most countries. We boldly
assert that in no country do the
men in high office hold their posi-
tions with less desire for personal
glory than here. Ii today, the Off
ces were put in a hat and drawn
out by lot and apportioned among
some OF the new corners and others
who claim to be deserving of place
there would be more dissatisfaction
than exists at present. The ''outs"
must always largely outnumber
the Gins" and grnwl accordingly.
1t doesn't tax the new conner long
to find this out if he will, and hav-
ing sized up the lay of the land he
settles down quietly to prove his
worth without troubling his head
with the petty fault-fnding of
chronic malcontents.
That the present Government is
free from criticism cannot be said. |
The millennium has not yet dawned |
on this or any other country. The
members of a dominant class are
always inclined to get between each |
others legs and not look out for |
the rivers which are beyond. Crisis
and political changes and revolu-
tons are never foreseen by a COM
A great nation of intelli-
gent Americans did not believe for |
a moment, in 1860, that an awful
war was before it. So it enlisted |
" three months men" for terrible
war which, in fact, lasted for four
years.
1t is said, with authority, that at |
the time of the revolution of 1887, |
when resident citizens of the
United States, Great Britain and |
Germany addressed memorials to
their respective Governments,