Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-04-18
SOUR" MUNICIPAL POLITICS.

OO Is MUNICIPAL FULL i NO.
Tho solemn platitudes that emanat
from the Social Science Club are sci
dom OF sufficient importance to meri
the passing attention Of the averag
business man or the practical man
affairs accustomed to dealing with con
ditions-not theories. Occasiona'
this organization OF wise men steps
outside profound discussion Of the
immortality OF the soul and kindred
topics.
When this outcropping Of a practical
view Is discovered to the general COM
munity, 1t is almost without exception
found to be blind lead which offers
we'll at the start but when developed
shows the nuggets Of practical commoh
sense few and far between and mighty
small at that. The discussion of NUM-
cipal government by Mr.. Dole, as re-
ported by the official organ indicates
that 1t has not remained 70 the Execu.
tive head Of the present governmental
organization to offer an exception to
prove the rule.
The position taken by Mr.. Dole may
be accepted as the general opinion on
American municipal government held
by the so-called missionary element Of
the country, although as Is well known
the name Is a misnomer according to
the general acceptance Of the term
outside these Islands.
In the first place, Mr.. Dole and his
compatriots have acquired their know
ledge Of American national and NUM-
cipal government exclusively from
books and an occasional few weeks or
months trip to the States. They We're
born an deducated under the actual
rule OF monarchy, weak one at that,
and based'upon the general scheme of
European government. Possessed CT
one good fortune, strong American an
cestry, their whole political education |
has been upon the lines of how the |
people can be ruled, rather than how to |
secure the best rule by the people.
They know nothing Of practical Ameri-
can political life and appear to desire
to know less Of that American condi.
ton where the laborer stands on tie
same footing as the best people"
Getting close to the people Is as
foreign to the teaching u Mr.. Dole
and those whom he represents as 1t is
TO the royal family of Great Britain or
Russia. Hence 1t Is that It is impos- {
'ible for many Of the Hawaiian born '
Americans to approach the subject of
American territorial and municipal ad- {
in Hawaii on the basis I
# established principles for which '
fought and which Lincoln |
all men are created I
rec and equal. (
Government, according to the opin- G
ons Of our good theoretical friends /
must be placed in the hands Of the 7
best people"-and they arrogate to c
themselves the right to designate the (
best people" who, according 10 Mr.. I
)ole's statement before the Social t
Science Club do not include "'irrespon- "
ible Natives and Portuguese" Just G
low the irresponsible line Is to be c
Irawn has yet to be stated. v
In contemplating future municipal G
government we find these gentlemen
lr, Dole in his paper before the So
ial Science Club and Mr.. Thurston in 7
lis daily mouthpiece-expounding sew {
raj basic principles. First, that "po- !
itics' is a synonym for corruption" I
second, all American cities are con-
rolled by politics" Therefore they A
each the easy conclusion that all !
cities are corrupt and Ha- I
1t is American territory i
nd its citizens are American citizens
must needs look to the monarcnies CT n
Europe to find that purity of govern =
,ent and excellence of business admin a