The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-30
GENERALIZATION.

In his short address before the Re
search Club the other night, Delegate
Wilcox made this statement:
The centralized form OF government
which has prevailed in Hawaii, and
which finds supporters here, even by
some who profess to be Americans.
would not be tolerated for a single day
in any State or Territory on the Main
land.
Mr.. Wilcox does not know much
about American institutions. IL he did
he would be aware that there Is no in
stance on the Mainland where the alb
original inhabitants Of the country en-
JOY a 1.-THE of the rights which the alb
original inhabitants of Hawaii have un
der the present Government OF the
islands. The Capitalization on the
Mainland in the government of the
aboriginal natives of the soil, Is, gener-
ally speaking, more autocratic than
that of Russia.
Nor are white people wholly exempt
from such a system. No citizen of
Washington, d. c., where Mr.. Wilcox
draws his salary, has any rights of
local self-government whatsoever He
has no chance to vote for a Legislature
or for city and county officials. He
has no delegate in Congress and no
vote for President. Federal centrallza-
ton holds him tight and, in the opinion
of the majority Of the citizens of wash
lington, gives him a better government
than he would probably confer upon
himself
In nearly all the Southern States of
America, State, county and city gov
eminent Is forcibly centralized In the
hands of the whites; and although the
Republican party protested against this
fact at the beginning, 1t has since
tactly given assent to the proposition
that the rule of the ignorant and de-
based is not morally justified by the
fact that such people are able to poll
the most votes.
How far Capitalization has gone in
the South may be judged by this I'M
challenged statement OF United States
Senator Tillman in Frank Leslie's
Weekly. OF some months ago, the orig
inal of which Is kept in the Advertisers
library.
The suppression of the colored vote.
first by force and fraud and later by con-
stitutional methods, has been the subject
of much adverse criticism by those who !
knew nothing about the horrors of car |
pet-bag rule; but those who participated
in the struggle to wrest the State from !
the band of robbers who had used the ,
ignorant and debased negro vote TO .
waste our substance and destroy orr |
civilization. have no apologies to make. !
and will leave to the impartial historian .
of the future the question as to whether .
the end justified the means. The people .
of South Carolina do not doubt what the I
verdict will be, neither do they care.
What will be the outcome OF the at
tempt to govern our new possessions I
outside the Constitution, and whether
the colored races in them have any
rights Congress is bound to respect, is
left to be decided by the American peo-
pie. In the South, where the race Ques-
ton Is best understood, there is little
of opinion as to not wanting
any more colored people added 10 our
population or adding territory inhabited
by them. one result is confidently ex- I
political party can retain mold 4
on power which faces both ways. There
will be no liberation OF a policy which
demands one course to be followed in ,
the South and another in Hawaii and
the Spanish islands. The Stars and
Stripes will mean lne same thing in =.
Porto Rico and the Philippines as 1t does !
IN the United States" or It Will be !
'hauleu GOWN" by order OF the Ameri-
IAN people. !
That is Capitalization of very siren 7
lous kind; but II has saved the South |
rom a kind OF misrue which must I
ave soon destroyed its credit its man II
Iood and its prosperity 8
The time will come when, with large I
occasions OF intelligent people in the {
ody polite of these islands the pres S
mt form OF local government must be e
o amended as to include county, city, 7
nd perhaps township systems but ev- 9
ny taxpayer knows that II such a II
hange is made while the men who I
lect the present Legislature are in n Q
majority at the polls Hawaii will be Z
Numbered and degraded. There is I
iothing in the ills OF Capitalization T
ulte so intoleratle to honest and re- T
ponsihle men as those which would fol- v
DIV the introduction OF Wilcox gov b
rnment. n
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