The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-09
REPRESENTATIVE BOND
Objects to Mr.. LOebenstein'S Criticism
of Law Makers.
Names Members Whose Opinions Are
Respected - Critics Opportunity
Passed-HandvritIng on Wall.

MR.. EDITOR-After reading Mr..
this morning, one cannot but fall to
pondering over the inscrutable faulty
that leads the public, Mr.. Loebenstein
himself included, to not elect any of the
right men to undertake the response
bility of performing the important du-
ties required of them in the Legisla-
ture. Now, 1 claim nothing for myself.
Nominated and elected without any
seeking or effort on my own part, l
have endeavored, with such modicum
of ability as has fallen to my lot, to
give careful consideration to such bills
as were introduced to the House, and
been thankful, if errors were found in
any bill, after it's final passage through
the aid of my vote, to feel that it was
not passed without the required major
ity or more, out of the twenty-eight
members and two chairmen who COM
prise the two Houses of Legislature,
among whom are successful men of
business and others who have had
years of experience in this field of la
Dor. The results of their combined Ia
bors during the present session, and
by implication, the men themselves,
among whom may be mentioned Will
COX, Baldwin, Lyman, WaterhOuse,
Brown, Robertson and others whose
deliberations have been aided by ex-
pressions of public opinion from mem
bers of the Cabinet, and whose decis-
ions have been endorsed by the Presi-
dent, without whose signature no bill
could pass, have been stigmatized as
mediocre"
Concerning the record that has been
made by the present Legislature, Mr..
Loebenstein writes: THAT it did not
rise even to the level of mediOcrity,
that it did or did not possess the acu-
men or prescience to grasp and solve
the many problems affecting the rich
and poor of the body polite alike, that
it proved to be a record Of inaptitude
and imbecility instead of one of wis
dom and courage, all these questions
will be asked before long"
What" he asks, "have you accom-
pIished in return for the peoples mon
ey which has been paid to you? They
honored when they elected you; what
measure have you given in return?"
Now, Mr.. Loebenstein, if you had
any great and wise measure in view for
the benefit Of our Hawaiian Republic,
why did you not give your representa-
tives the benefit of your thoughts while
yet they were in the full tide of their
labors, desirous, even anxious, to do
all that could be done. and to take sug-
gestiOns from any quarter?
Why, when you sat on the floor of
the House and heard the discussion
over the Registration Act, which you
now so severely condemn, did you not,
in private interviews which YOU had
ample opportunities of securing, give
an expression of your views? Your
structures come too late. It is even said
by those who ought to know, that you
did give expression to your views on
the subject, and that you favored the
bill That you, like any other man,
have a right to change your views, no
man will deny. But in the name of
conscience be moderate in your CEN
sures of an Act that you approved at
the time it was under discussion. And
by all means get elected for the next
Legislature.
Should you introduce and carry any
original measures of great import, the
public will be sure to give you due
credit Failing so to do, you will stand
condemned by your own hand. as it ap-
pears in the Advertiser of this date.
''The handwriting is on the wall"
E. c. BOND.
Honolulu, June 6, 1896.