The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-28

short. they do not want to be swanned
by Portuguese and natives They CON
sider ~ eNpedient that the owners OF
P,itIlel,S shouId be in a position 10 block
AT hrst blush the suggestion OF a prop-
- IuaIih.atlon Tor voting for senator
soullus n-American. and probably what
upon this assumption. But ~. riaf1
/ truth is that its Introduction will fosfer
- ii NE anu It's absence viii tend
! To the m.rican idea and thai - -
io5aI paper expressed il the other dav
tneit VIII be precious little American
Ism IN the Hawaiian Legislature without
H. IL - not easy to say Just now how,
party lines will b. drawn in the f,ltuT..
oIt ms huSh, al least, may be predicted
WITHOUT hesitation; Nearly all the white
people. those who nave worked earnesti,
Tor annexation and have made tn. gov
eminent for the las. 7even wears ar,
Republicans, and wiz s.~-4 - To- -, -
government In the future a. 49, have IN,
the past. Opposed L. tEc-o sci h.. m.
LOT. 5oTtus1 , ese, who a.r B. "a t.---.er by
tleif Ieligion. Between -i.g. Two ths. is
sue VIII lie with the natiy,-. Ei-.h more
numerous than either Clae- b0tJiue, a..
baiance. So far as car D. -oeD al pres-
emf, the kanaka vote v'li br tur-.lccidin.
J factor: and which wa, ans viii h.
thrown no man can say with r,o-itfye AS
! suraESe. Under the United states laws
the thlnese VIII have no vote. and i'm
piacuce the same viii be true of the Ian
srese. because, although the latter might
d ape 10 1ecome naturalized through
one OF our favored nation" Treaties not
one in a thousand would be found 10 re
nophte ms allegiance. The clause in tho
Cullom bill providing that the Csavernor
OF i1dWan shall be a resident VIII ura-
serve these islands from carpetha.- poli-
b tics, Tor which everyone here il deeui,-
thankful: In some other respects the sit
udtloh OF the white people promises to he
somewhat Ike that of the arfstccrati.
classes IN our own South after the civil
var. hut there are two important dif-
ltltnc"S: thts - wei ruled community
with a great future befOre 10. and IL seems
IN the last degree unlikely that am, TENN
tation that could come would provoke the
and acquired RAFT the ruling class TO
resort either to intimidation or To cor
fupuon. IN certain rather marked in
stances IN the past they have refused 90
huy Things that were for sale. They are
certainly not the kind Of men 10 90 n
Ter either Of these methods, or to war
/ rant them in one another. Beyond q
doubt they VIII present their side TO the
natives. and in so doing they VIII serve
me interests Of the latter a. wen aa
Their own.
II is true that most OF the prosperous
people in the community are on one side
IN this question OF the property quail
hCation for the Senatorial vote. and that
many OF the unsuccessful. whether or not
by their own fault, are on the other
but IL should be distinctly understood
tnat this - not question Of rich versus
poor, but OF good government versus bad
Of clean government versus corrupt. OF
public spirit versus sclhshuess. The ITa-
waiians. in whose behalf IL Is sought 20
exclude this qualification, have not asked
for such action. The motive agents IN the
matter are white eX-royalist demagogucs
ana politicians VINO desire to pose before
the natives as their friends-and use them
for their own political purposes 10 need
not bc inquired here how many OF these
persons tried TO get Office under the Re
publican Government. failed through lack
of ability. became d!sEruntled and cha g-
ed their political opinions with suspicious
suddeuness. Suffice 10 to say that their
motives are purely selfish. and that they
reckon on reviving the stagnant but lin
gcring sentiment in the kdnaka mind in
favor OF Democracy. The average native
has pretty nearly forgotten what hap
peUed after Cleveland sent Blount TO HO-
nOlulu, but he has vague notion that
the Democracy meant to restore Queen
LII However, Intelligence has grown -
good deal among the natives In half
dozen years, ana a large number OF the IA
now realize that thcy can trust what GER
tain white men say. n IL no longer who'll
IS true that the last man who secs Ia"
voting kaudlta is the only one who
I counts. There are good judges who say
that Honolulu would probably go Kcpub-
lican in any case. though this can hardly
be said Of other portions Of the islands.
sun, IL Is a poor scheme TO add point
I IN opposition to good government, and ~
| Is certainly not desirable to run the risk
I of a purchasable Upper House. Hawaii
chief point which the oppositiou il able
I To bring against the Government concerns
\ the commercial dealings Of wealthy firms
whose political influence is thrown on
that side; but this oft-repeated statement
/ serves chiefly as a'blind to the fact that
the opposition has done everything Ia its
power to introduce into the Hawa an
I bill clause providing that titles 10 dnd
| acquired i'm the future from the Govern
ment here must be registered in Wash
irgton. thus favoring the rich man at the
expense of the poor. and tending to ex-
/ clude the small farmer class OF white
| immigrants from the United States, who
are both needed and desired. All things
! considered. IL is obvious TO the careful
I and impartial observer that "a Govern
ment controlled i'm the last resort by the
respectable people viii be the best for all
concerned.