The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-07
A NEW PARTY.

A certain part of the Hawaiian people
has decided that it will be an excellent
thing for the advancement of the Terri
tory to draw the color line. IT must be
remembered that it is the Hawaiians
themselves who have decided upon this
distinction. We shall be told bye and
and bye that whites have drawn the
line. 1t cannot be too soon understood
that it is the Hawaiians or a section of
them, which has decided to make the
distinction-not the whites. The Repub-
lican and Democratic parties here have
thrown their ranks open without dis
tinction of color. They have formed on
the broad lines of manhood suffrage,
and are based upon opinion, not on
prejudice
What this group of men intend to do
is to play upon the prejudices of their
fellow countrymen, and have a distinct
anti-white party. What they expect to
gain by this is not very clear. Suppos-
ing they do capture the Legislature and
try to bring about deadlock by refus-
ing to ratify the Governors nominal
tons, the business of the Territory will
go on just the same, for the appointees
of the Governor, put in on June H. will
continue to hold office until ratification
is made, and if ratification is refused,
why as soon as the Legislature is closed
other appointments can be made.
The only result of an obstructive poll
cy would be to injure the Hawaiians
themselves, and to retard the progress
of the Territory for year or So But
the wheel of progress would eventually
roll on, and if it crushed this narrow
minded coterie, it would only be a result
which has happened again and again in
the history of the world. 1t may take
some little time to learn, but neverthe-
less, the lesson will be learned that this
is an American territory now-neither
kingdom nor an independent republic.
The federal government has great
powers The chief appointments come
direct from the chief executive, though
we have much in our own hands with
regard to the management of our inter-
nal affairs, we are under Congress, and
if any party gets in and passes foolish
measures calculated to injure the prog
ress of the Territory, why Congress can
easily step in and put things right, and
we can be assured that Congress will
not hesitate to do so.
The true friend of the Hawaiians
would point out to them the unwisdom
of forming a political party upon the
lines suggested. The true policy of the
Hawaiians should be to amalgamate,
not to keep aloof. Their object now is to
prove themselves good and capable Am
orleans, and they cannot do that by
drawing a color line and displaying an
antagonsm to the white element in the
Territory
Our great aim is to reach statehood.
To do that we must ally ourselves with
the great parties of the United States.
Upon the way our Legislature will con-
duct the business of the Territory will
depend the future statehood. bad
impression, created at the outset, may
take years to overcome A good impress
sion at the start may bring us to the
desired haven which by wealth, popu-
lation and energy we are clearly entt-
tied to. 1t is to the interest of the ma
tive Hawaiian, as it is to the interest
of the American and European settler
of the Territory to reach that haven
United we can reach it; divided we shall
fail. Unity of purpose should be the
watchword of the population, not dis
union and petty jealousy, The night for
such things is past. The dawn is APP
preaching; on the fourteenth the sun Of
Americanism will burst through the
clouds, and we should all so guide our
selves that all of us may profit by the
hours of sunshine. The sun may draw
forth the most abundant of harvests if
the cultivator is careful, but it can also
scorch and wither if he is not