The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-21

educative forces. They run with the
plde OF popular sentiment; they never
pause TO ask the question, us u
rignt?' Leaders of the party machine
never take up an issue unless they
thlnk they can win a majority through
srch issue. They do not follow Henry
Gays principle. Il would rather De
right than be President" The Offices
are the objective point OF party actiy-
ltJ. In Great Britain, as well as in
our own nation, great political reforms
nave resulted from the campaigns of
education, which Clubs. Independent. Of
party organizations, have conducted at
| different periods.
j Deheve, however, that here and
In this our formative period, these
CLUBS, IN order to be most effective,
should be partisan organizations.
| have never been a hide-bound. knusk-
le-ciose partisan; but the result OF .ny
experience is, that non-partlsai or
CARNATIONS are short-lived AMI inef-
feetlVe. They are spasnodlc AMI
le0nJclastic, not institutional and con-
structive. In times of great public ex-
| element. arising out of some extra
ordinary official malfeasance. some
reckless abuse of power, or shameless
| corruption, and when all the Large
party organizations blindly miscaicu-
late or ignore public sentiment, non
partisan movements succeed for a
time, as in the election Of Mayor
Strong, in New York, and Mayor
Schieren, in Brooklyn.
At certain eventful periods in mu
inequalities, citizens organize non-par.
. IL.
their parties have fallen under tht
control of corrupt leaders. But they
have themselves to blame for the de
| generacy OF the party organizations
| They raj against the Boss" but they
are too blind to see that he is tn,
| creature of their own inactivity
i Everywhere, under our form of gov
/ eminent, there is provided the loca
meeting for the election of delegate:
to nominating conventions, or tn,
i primary election, at which citizens
! vote direct for the persons whom they
wish to represent them, either in nom
mating conventions, or on the part!
/ ticket.
If, ihatead of remaining at home
and leaving the field to tne Boss,
men OF character and intelligenc,
would go into their neighborhooC
meetings, or attend their primaries
they would make themselves felt; the.
world elect as delegates to nominal
ing conventions reliable and patriot
!, men; they would nominate for officer
men whose character and capacit.
, would stand as a guarantee that TIN
u government would be honestly admin
istered.
! Instead of making Independent nom
: nations, municipal leagues can ak
: party organizations by agitating thos
: social and economic questions, upol
which people must be educated, befor
, they can be made political issues. Blu
/ an objection may be raised here, tina
; there are no political questions tina
; enter into the government of a mu
: nicipality. IL is a common thing {
5 hear men say tnat the municipal cor
: poration is a mere business concern
} requiring good business men for 1t
J management. While all men agre
> that the affairs of a municipalit
= should be managed on business priI
S ciples, yet il must be admitted ths
e there are many municipal question
: causing wide differences of opinion
S upon which it is necessary to educat
e the electorate. Among them are sue
e questions as these: Limited, or III
|. limited public franchises; municip
Il ownership and control of street raj
J. ways; street cleaning; street lighting
u removal of garbage; sterilization
e milk as a sanitary precaution; m
II terial for sanitary streets and paw
ments; filtration OF water; the licen
a ing of department stores; prohibitiC
IT of liquor traffic; high license, or loo
/ option. Such questions can we'll
ct agitated by clubs outside OF party o
$. CARNATIONS, and by educating the pc
y, pie upon them, these clubs prepare Z
>, way for the introduction of such que
Is tons into the party platforms.
Ig 1t is a mistake, gentlemen, TO thil
that we can ignore politics or par
D. in the management of either our m
3, nicipal or territorial affairs. Let
Il not forget, that from now on, we sh.
in enter upon our career towards stat
r. hood. Our entrance into the sistt
Y. hood of States will depend upon o
ne growth in political philosophy, pol
III ical science, and political managemer
~ il will depend upon our ability to co
n duct honest and efficient territor
y and municipal governments up
e. bread gauge principles. Remember
ar this every citizen will be a true 7
in triot, who does his whole duty
c: wards establishing here what tn
G. typical American called "a Cover
rd men OF the people, for the people, a
htr Mamie -