The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-09-23

ITO he q popular leader q man must
b. IN touch With the populac.. he must
10 some extent mingie with them. OF
must show himself 10 them la some
popular light Above all the popular
leader must appear 70 give his conf
dence 10 his party.
The American system fosters dem
ocraiic ideas. but democratic ideas do
not consist OF shaking hands with the
crowd. and wearing an affab'e smile
on some occasions. Democratic ideas
are fostered by getting Mt the hearts
and minds Of the people; this II what
Lincoln and Gladstone did; this Is
what Mckinley is doing now. II Is
also by having devoted followers, and
you cannot have devoted followers I'M
less yon know them yourself. unless
you discuss your plans with them and
ask their advice. II Is easy sometimes
to gain followers for a moment In
times OF crisis. but II Is still easier TO
lose them, when pride OF place, or IT.
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 edifcation
OF some doomed statesman, at least n
thousand miles from this city. there
are persons OF singularly dense percep-
ton who will insist that 1t refers TO
the h!deous crime Of Mr.. Dole. in not
keeping lin touch with the boys" The
damning defect in his character In re-
fusing to become like Barabbas. "one
OF the people," justifies this fervent,
but rather confused commentary on
his behavior. He is certainly in an
abject condition of depravity wnen,
after being repeatedly solicited to do
so, he stubbornly refuses to scratch
the backs OF the boys. II Mr.. Dole had
spent less time n the Executive build
ing and more time in that spring of
everlasting political wisdom, The Tall
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. It is well understood that
in Fort street, as well as in ''Tooley''
street, the inspiration Of patched
breeches, incohate trousers, and re-
constructed coats, has suggested the
wisest political maxims of the Anglo
Saxon race. Nor has Mr.. Dole cult
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
III they will take something" de-
lightful method of fostering demo-
cratic ideas"
II Mr.. Dole would prayerfully study
and initiate the lives of Tom Plat
Richard Croker and Senator Quay, the
most successful" politicians OF the
two largest States Of the Union, he
: would at once put himself In kindly
touch with democratic ideas, and ar.
: 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 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
and forgot to ask the other boys to
take something" Both of these
honors of the Presidency. Even Mr.
Gladstone failed to keep in touch with
the boys" of London, and was mobbed
: at the Imperial Institute, with the ap-
prevail of the "swells." And where
indeed, is his party today?
These illustrious examples, and a
cited, show how previously Mr.. Dole
> has fallen by the way. A thousand
times better it would have been II he
, had Travelled the turnpike of political
, policy, as constructed by the engineers
OF the Earnest Patriots, and daily PAID
, tribute to the Patriots who sit at the
!, toll gate.
, Commissioner Hit will be edited
also at the unfavorable opinion which
our contemporary holds regarding tn,
men who refuse to be rotated out o
q Office. ..
= ITO prevent men getting into tn.
notion that they are indispensable, 70
tation OF office by election Is arranged
; for"
AS Commissioner Hit has absolute
ly declined to accept this theory o
government, and has been reelected (,
Congress every two years since tn.
: year 1882, he will please understan,
that he is not approved OF in thes
: parts. and the sooner he mends hi
ways the quicker he will avoid q col
lision with powerful political interest
here. II may be small. but can butt,
!, as the goat said when he dashed hi
- head into the locomotive.