The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-14
'r1sER-s CHANGE OF BASS.

The Advertiser has seen . great light
Inde-d. that paper. which poses as
the only siHzoz-pure. blovn-in- she-botfIe
champion Of good government. deserves
our earnest cuugrzruIsti0ns for having
suddenly discovered that Hawaii = nos
gofre to the dennfrisn bow-wuws h-san<.
the independents elected a majority of
beth h02ses Of shs legislature and t--
cause Robert Wilcox wzs @iected the first
past the Advertiser has been telling u
what wouId result If the natives stood
together n support OF Wiloox and
independent home rule party. The graz
81 dangers were 20 follow and business
was 10 bs destroyed IL il not 50 very
long ago that it said:
One Of the most unfortunate re
suits OF = native separatist move
nent would be 10 scare OF invest
meni capital and reduce the com
mon level Of prosperity. We heard
banker say the other morning that
II the natives got the legislature not
a dollar Of banking money would b.
loaned IN these Islands Another
said II they carry a city election the
growth Of the place would stop while
their administration lasted Moth
ing is 50 timid as capital and the
threat of ap era OF native spoliation
here Is already driving it back into
its shell.
1t Is now eight days since the polls
closed. The result of the election has
been known 70 every one. practically
since last Wednesday morning and still
the banks of Honolulu go on doing busi-
ness az the old stand despite this awful
threat OF sSagnation and decay. Not
alone do the banks continue doing bust
ness. but all the shipping companies are
continuing to receive and bring shipments.
dry goods houses and groceries are still
selling goods and one can even buy
choice porterhouse steaks if he has the
price. just the same as if no election
had been held. Why. even stocks con
tinue 10 be dealt in. In fact they have
NNNAA aAFSA 4fAANlh- cpIifAiAl4- VI Il AODill
since the election. and if the independents
We're ike some of their political brethren
they would be claiming that this advance |
IN stocks was all due to the election of 1
the independent ticket.
But this is not all The Advertiser |
only short time ago told how the cleo
tive franchise would surely be restricted /
if the Hawaiians went fiocking of in a /
little party by themselves instead of join
ing the republican and democratic par
lies. 1t seriously warned them that
Congress gave: Congress can take
away and declared that the franchise
,lause of the Organic Act would be GER
ain TO be amended if the Hawaiians did
lot do as the Advertiser told them to do.
Among other things it said:
The elective suffrage was given
TO the natives with the idea that it
would educate them in American
patriotism. If Congress had believed
that the HawaiianS would oppose
Americanism. going off by them
otANTS ~ htdN Tie NbiDI line IIHiU>I
the whites. it would undoubtedly
have retained the property qualifica-
tion in the Cullom-Knox bill. and
thus exclude the vast majority of
the natives from the ballot box.
Should it find its confidence mis-
placed it will be likely to amend the
law. Congress gave; Congress can
take away. and we warn the natives
that the further they go from the
American political parties the nearer
they will come to virtual exclusion
from the voting privilege We know
they do not believe this. They treat
the truth now as they did that which
foretold the disposition of the queen 5
and the failure of every attempt TO
restore her. As usual they shut their
eyes TO the writing on the WALL
Just as the Advertiser said. the foolish ;.
awaiians shut their eyes to the writing .
] the wall-the Advertisers writing on
ie wall-and went on in their blind way >.
orking and voting for the Independent :,
ndidaSes. The Advertiser said one true n
ing at least. 1t said I'VE know they
) not believe this" referring to its warn =
z of the dire things that would follow !,
e organizing of the independent party "
I'd the electing of its candidates TO of :,
e. They did not believe it. They
lew the Advertiser and its owner and :,
lew how thoroughly unreliable they !,
ere. They went on about their busi- !,
IS, organized the independent party. :,
'eted majority of their candidates just -,
though the Advertiser had never told :.
EN- they must not do such thing. and :,
III strange TO say. the bottom has not !.
lien out of the Islands nor will anv :,
the rights guaranteed the Hawaiians =,
an American Congress be taken away
I'M them
Even the Advertiser has seen a great l.,
ht and become able to realize that -
cd reigns and the government at Wash >,
ton still lives despite an independent ~
tory out here in the middle of the
cihc Ocean But why this sudden -
akening?