The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-22
A" NOT IN TOUCH"

ITO be a popular leader a man must
be in touch with the populace, he must
to some extent mingIe with them, or
must Show himself to them in some
popular light. Above all the popular
leader must appear to give his conf
dence to his party.
THE American system fosters dem
oeratic ideas, but democratic ideas do
not consist of shaking hands with the
crowd, and wearing an affabe smile
on some occasions. Democratic ideas
are fOstered by getting at the hearts
and minds Of the people; this is what
Lincoln and Gladstone did; this is
what Mckinley is doing now. 1t is
also by having devoted followers, and
you cannot have devoted followers IN
less you know them yourself. unless
you discuss your plans with them and
ask their advice. 1t is easy sometimes
to gain followers for a moment in
times Of crisis, but 1t is still easier to
lose them, when pride Of place, or lit
tleness of intellect, make a man forget
what he owes to those who made
him"
Although the foregoing treatise by
our contemporary, the Star, was I'M
dOubtedly intended for the edification
of some doomed statesman, at least
thousand miles from this city. there
are persons of singularly dense percep-
ton who Will insist that it refers TO
the hideOus crime of Mr. Dole, in not
keeping 'in touch with the boys" The |
damning defect in his character in re-
fusing to become like Barabbas, zone
of the people," justiies this fervent, |
but rather confused commentary on |
his behavior. He is certainly in an |
abject condition of depravity when,
after being repeatedly solicited to do
so, he stubbornly refuses to scratch
the backs of the boys. If Mr. Dole had
spent less time in the Executive build
ing and more time in that spring of
everlasting political wisdom, The Tail
or Shop in Fort street, he would not
now be so near that dreadful political
doom, predicted by our contemporary,
and so distressingly accelerated by
President McKinley's act Of appointing
him to retain the highest office in the
territory. 1t is we'll understood that
in Fort street, as we'll as in "Tooley"
=
breaches, incohate trousers, and re- !
constructed coats, has suggested the !
wisest political maxims of the Anglo
Saxon race. Nor has MIR. Dole Guilt
waited that divine fellowship with 9TH
ers of the boys, who believe that the
best administration is obtained when
the Chief Executive blandly asks them {
IF they will take something" a de- +
IightfuI method of fostering demo- ;
cratic ideas" c
If Mr.. Dole would prayerfully study :
and initiate the lives of Tom Plat, o
Richard Croker and Senator Quay, the :
most successful politicians of the :.
two largest States of the Union, he r
would at once put himself in kindly
touch with democratic ideas, and ar G
rest the close of his political career in :,
Infamy. >,
American history also furnishes the =
examples of two revered statesmen,
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, who,
in a similar way, and most unwisely,
neglected to get in touch with the boys,
refused to enter and consult the or
acles Astounding in the Tailor Shops, n
and forgot to ask the other boys to
take something" Both of these
statesmen were promptly refused the
honors of the Presidency. Even Mr. n
Gladstone failed to keep in touch with
he boys" of London, and was mobbed
ut the Imperial Institute, with the ap- d
indeed, is his party today? Ii
These illustrious examples, and a e
hundred others that might also be
eited, show how previously Mr.. Dole =
has fallen by the way. A thousand h
lines better it would have been if he IL
lad Travelled the turnpike of political o
policy, as constructed by the engineers d
# the Earnest Patriots, and daily paid
ribute to the Patriots who sit at the Ct
oil gate. e
Commissioner Hit will be edited -
Iso at the unfavorable opinion which =,
'ur contemporary holds regarding the c.
nen who refuse to be rotated out of
flee. Z - -,
''To prevent men getting into the o,
lotion that they are indispensable, ro- T
alton of office by election is arranged W
or" .
AS Commissioner Hit has absolute
y declined to accept this theory of
overnment. and has been reelected to
congress every two years since the
ear 1882, he will please understand
hat he is not approved of in these
arts, and the sooner he mends his I
rays the quicker he will avoid a col
sion with powerful political interests
ere. 81 may be small, but can butt"
s the goat said when he dashed his