The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-18
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COMMENT PROM NEWS"
The reception that Bob Wilcox 4.
meeting ON Maui seems 60 indicate
that the day of shallow pretrndsrs has
passed, and that the IfawRians Of MauI
are already educated up TO the Idea OF
managing their own annirs without the
Interference OF orervescing Bobs
Occasional irrcgu aritits In the mat
ter Of mail delivery are naturally to b.
Expected. but when mail which leave.
/ Mailuku on Saturday - not delivered
/ In l<ahului TIN Monday Afternoon
somebody is liable TO kick
The increase In the pric' Of labor on
Maui sugar plantations viii chip n
slight fraction or the percentage OF
dividends on sugar stock but tn re will
be compensation I'm the Increase
amount OF money turred loose on the
Island, and the consequent | crease ia
the amount Of trade and general pr s.
perity among business men. And II is
TO b. hoped that less Japanese and Chit
nese labor Wi b. employed. thus d.
verting steady outflow of gold to the
Orient.
No one who could have seen the Ha-
waiians assembled in the Maui Republic
can district convention, and observed
the alert and manly bearing of these
representatives of the people, wou d ever
nre UP to date American citizens. Thu
sovereignty which was taken from the
hands of their queen and put into their
own hands was wisely bestowed, and
whether the Hawaiians become Repub-
leans, Democrats or independents, the
taste of individual power which our
form of government has given them
has done its good work. and will bear
fruit In the direction of an admirable
class of Hawaiian American citizens.
The proposition. now successfully
launched, of establishing a yacht club
at Kahului. is one full of promise of
benefit to Kahului, and pleasure to the
members of the club. Yachting excur-
sions, boat races and a surf bathing re-
sort are secured, with indications of
other athletic amusements to be added.
This is but the beginning of what Ka-
hului is to become in the not far dis
tant future. new hotel will be the
next attraction, and as desirable new
corners arrive. opportunities will be Of
fered them to engage in business at our
seaport, so that before many years
there will be right little, tight little
town covering the present dreary
wastes of Kahului.
The proposition to segregate the Is
lands into counties with municipal gov
ernments may fail to pass at the COM
ing Legislature, but If so, the true reas-
VII VIII iipl We tllal we are HOt Teduy
for 1t. The voters on Maui, whether
Hawaiian or haole, fully und srstand the
proposition of self government, and are
quite able to attend to their own affairs
without help or advice from Honolulu u.
The idle claim that campaign of edu-
cation is needed to fit the Hawaiians
for self government stultifies itself, for
there is no way possible so good for the
purpose of education of people in the
art of self government as to put them
to governing themselves. Influences of
selfish nature in or emanating from
Honolulu are more than likely, how
ever. to defeat the masses In the ap-
preaching Legislature.
Wanted, hotel at Lahaina There Is
crying need for small but well k pt
hotel at Lahaina. The Kinau and
Claudine each touch there twice q we k
the Mauna Loa once each week, and
tramp steamers constantly land there.
To avoid the trip around the west end
OF Maui, many would drive from Wal
luku to Lahaina overland, and take the
steamer there, but there Is no place in
Lahaina to stay. Recently a party
came there and had to sleep in a hack
all night A small hotel, well kept,
would pay.