The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-12
DANGAR AHEAD.


The political situation is today what
Tho B(ar outlined a good six months
ago 1t required no very great acumen
to foresee it, How is it going to be
met. Wilcox has hied up force whose
strength cannot be despised. When
you are going into a political fight just
as when you are going into a physical
fight,it is the height of folly to despise
your foe. The French before Sedan
talked glibly of reaching Berlin, and
instead of that the Germans marched as
conquerors through Paris. The British
officers marked their baggage "Preto-
ria" but it took the whole power of that
Empire to finally get there. To despise
your foe is to court disaster. The In
dependent party is not to be beaten by
a witty phrase or a sneer of scorn.
That the views of the rag time poll
tician are absurd, that his invective is
ridiculous may all be self evident. That
his speeches are full of the most out
rageous vanity and patent self seeking
is perfectly true. That argument would
be wasted in replying to such self evil
dent bosh may be justly allowed. But
we come down to the fact after all that
Wilcox with all his evident self seeking
his vanity and his utter lack of brains
from our point of view, has the ear Of
the voter.
The Wilcox party is ranged against
progress. 1t is for the Territory of Ha-
wall, what the party of retrogression
is to China. 1t is not ranged against
the Democrats alone, it is not ranged
against the Republicans alone, it is
ranged against both Republicans and
Democrats and any one else who wishes
to see economy in public administration
ability in office, advancement in COM
merce, and progress in the country.
What the Wilcoxites hope for and
dream of is saturnalia of office hold
ing, drawing of salaries with no ade-
quate return for the pay given, and an
Overturn where the beggar can get on
horse back and ride to the devil.
Under such circumstances what
should be done. That there is ample
reason. for difference of opinion be-
tween Republican and Democrats, and
honorable differences can be dismissed
is truism. But is it not time to sink
these differences when they are in pre-
sence of a common foe. The danger
from WilcoXism menaces Democrats
and Republicans alike and they should
meet that danger shoulder to shoulder
Afterwards they can settle their own
differences.
Some days ago The Star pointed out
that the poor material on the two party
tickets would be what would get in to
the Legislature, and that the good ma
terial would be left out Let not those
men of honor and of progressive ideas
who have allowed their names to be
put on the Independent ticket imagine
that they will be any better off than
the names on the other party tickets.
They will be left as surely as their con-
feres.
What we need now, what we have all
along needed, is a fusion of the parties.
United we will stand, divided we shall
have a very ugly. fall. Let the leaders
of the two parties meet together and let
them put forward a fusion ticket, drop
weak names and have a strong ticket
which will go through solid, and not as
now, have two tickets which are bound
to be scratched A citizens party it can
be called, or any name which may seem
mt, but it will be the party of honesty,
advancement and direct anti Doodle. 1t
is not the first time that in the interest
of the progress of our national life and
our commercial safety, divergence of
opinion has been sunk, and shoulder to
shoulder the advancement has steadily
and firmly met the common foe 1t has
succeeded before, it will succeed again.
Our hope is the continued advancement
and progress of the Territory. We do
not want the slightest check upon it,
The Wilcox gang threatens it vitally
Let us heed the warning, DANGER
AHEAD"