Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-13
GENEROSITY AND IRIS nbwAep


aut ~ the Hawaiian Government bill
e was predicted by the American resi-
dents Of Hawaii that this step. well
meant though It was. would result IN
iayorably to Hawaiian interosts.
This Is just what has happened. un
election day. Nov. G. Hawaii chose TO
hrst Delegate to Congress and It's first
Territorial Legislature. All the cahdi-
dates for Delegate were natives of Ha-
wall The Republican nominee was
Samuel Parker an able lawyer OF half
Hawaiian half white origin. The Dem
ocratic candidate was Prince David, OF
noble Hawaiian lineage. The lndepen-
dent or Royalist candidate was the
least capable and deserving Of the three
"a half-white adventurer and profess
sional revolutionist known as Robert
Wilcox. It is this Wilcox whom Ha-
wall has chosen as its first Delegate to
Washington.
In other words, the Hawaiian voters
have made the very worst choice that
was open to them. They have sent To-
the National Capital discredited fac
Zionist, notorious in past years for hia
opposition to American supremacy, AMI
a type Of the basest element In the ar
chipelago. The one rodeeming feature
OF this mans election is that 1t WIS
accomplished by very small plural
| ity--thus proving that the native H1-
waliars of the Kanaka race did not
vote solidly against the Americans.
There are about three thousand AM
orleans resident in Hawaii and fully
thirty thousand natives. The require
monts for suffrage are merely ability
to read and write the English or Ha-
waiian language. Thus the franchise
Is as open to the ordinary Kanaka as II
Is to the American college professor or
planter or merchant. Thanks to the
good schols which the Americans have
maintained in Hawaii for generations,
very few of the Kanakas are illiterate.
It was in their power to sweep the
whole field II they stod together and
to bury out of sight the Republican
and Democratic candidates. That they
have not done so-that the Independent
Royalist nomine wins by perilousy
narrow marEin-shows conclusivCly
, that many of the Hawaiians, and they
presumably the most intelligent and
substantial. have withstood the race
cry and voted not as Kanakas but Is
American citizens.
. OF course. so far as the United States
itself is concerned, this Hawaiian faux
pas makes not the slightest difference.
Bob" Wilcox promises the credulous
Kanakas who supported him that II no
were elected Delegate he would see that
Liliuokalani were restored to her
throne! He probably owes his victory
to this absurd electioneering. but when
he gets to Washington, II his future is
to be judged by his past. he will pose
original and uncomproising anneXa-
zionist. The man will. however. ma
turally be mistrusted. He will not be
able to accomplish half as much for
Hawaiian interests as his Republican
or Democratic opponent would ha re
been.
So the evil consequences Of the blud-
der will fall entirely upon Hawaii IT.
self. Thanks to unrestricted suffrage
the Royalists control also the new Ha-
waiian Legislature. They will un-
doubtedly devote their whole energies
to tearing down the admirable system
of finance, education and government
which the American missionary and
mercantile influences have erected. The
Royalist party in Hawaii is the pagan,
reactionary party, the party of the lot
terry and opium rings, the party of gen
eral license and benightedness. 1t has
been kept under for many years by the
superior courage and organization of
the American element, which 1t hates
as the lawless class in every commui-
ity hates the men who stand for order
and have the power to enforce their
will
There Is one safeguard, however
against reactionary and destructive
legislation in the veto power of Gov.
Dole, representing the Government In
Washington. This will go far to keep
life and prosperity secure in Hawaii
until the natives come to their sober
senses. imperialism" is grotesquely
inaccurate word for political system
which enables the Kanaka royalists &C.
send an anti-American filibusterer as
Hawaiian Delegate to Washington.
This may not ce a good system, but
imperialism" is not the term by which
1t can be described. The truth is that
we have been liberal with Hawaii
over-generous,, not to our own harm,
! but to the grave injury of Hawaii's
own interests.
The white people Of Hawaii and the
| Christian natives will probably demand
, now some restriction on the suffrage
, which will prevent relapse toward
the corruption and RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
the repudiated monarchy.
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