The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-12
THEIR ACTION is uNRgPusLIcAN

fNIAFh ~ WV - oIlSfN'N
The action OF the executive commit
tee OF the republican party of Hawaii
Ipon the invitation of the lndepend-
ITS 10 join them in appointing a rep
resentative commission to frame a
charter for a municipal government
IT Honolulu shows that the commit
tee as a body is unutterly opposed Ia
a charter and TO municipal govern.
mcnt for this city. OF course the com
mittee has not said that this is IT'S
position. in so many words. but il
might as well have done so as there
can be no mistaklng its attitude. 1t
is TO be regretted that the republican
party Of Hawaii has at its head as
members OF the executive committee
lot OF men OF such narrow vision and
such bigoted and selfish opinions IS
animate the members OF that body.
ii is safe 10 say that they by nc
means represent the rank and file q
the party on the Island of Oahu. They
cling TO the old idea of race prejudice.
which they themselves aenounce, and
they assert that munipical govern
ment would necessarily be a failure
because a little clique could not die.
tate IL. They assume that the people
cannot be trusted with a city govern
ment. but that we must go on under a
centralized system that is the most
vicious that could possibly be devised:
n system under which the gravest
abuses have arisen: a system under
which laws have been ignored. when
IL was to the interest OF certain favor
titles OF the officials to ignore then.
and system under which the worst
abuses of favoritisme known TO semi
civilized governments hays long -four
ished
Municipal government for Honolulu
would mean government of the peo-
pie, for the people and by the people.
That is republican doctrine pure and
simple. II is the very foundation
stone OF repuhlicanism anil yet the
men who stand as the representatives
OF the party here ignore il. knowing
that they have only a very small mi
nority in the legislature they must and
do know that they can put through no
legislation excepting such as the ;n-
dependents approve OF. The indie
pendents are honest in their determin-
alton 10 establish municipal govern.
ment. The people OF Honolulu and Il
the entire territory decided BY their
votes at the polls on November 9Th
that they wanted municipal and coun.
q governments established in Ha-
wall.
Some one in discussing the subject
AT the Drill Shed meeting Monday
night said that il should be left TO
vote OF the people whether or not
they wanted charter. Such talk N
dioates that the speaker is incapable
OF reading the signs of the times. The
matter has already been left to vote
o. the people and they have decided
By large majority that they are =
favor Of municipal government Mr.
George Carter. who was candidate
for the Senate on the republican
ticket, said several months before the
election. tina; he WAS not in favor Il
municipal government and the result !
was that Mr.. Carter was defeated by 4
heavy vote while the other regular |
nominees on the ticket with him were
elected Nothing could be palmer
Inan that Mr.. Carriers attitude upon
the municipal charter question. 20
which his party was pledged. was The /
cause OF his defeat.
The republicans can gain absolute
ly nothing by their decision to frame 4
charter OF their own. In fact il IS
not the intention that they shall gain
anything by such action: the object
being rather TO defeat all efforts to
secure a municipal government for
TINS city. This is again shown
by the action OF the committee ia
Il