The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-25
SOME RUBBISH.

The Argonaut is a singulary well in
formed paper. At all events it poses
as SUCH and is constantly arrogating |
its superior knowledge over its con-
temporaries, 1t has always, as far as
Hawaiian affairs are concerned, been
pro- Royallst organ, and was bitterly
opposed to annexation,
In a recent editorial commenting up
on Governor Dole and his administra-
ton when he was President of the Re
public of Hawaii the following is clip
ped
Under the Republic, as well as un-
der the Monarchy, the central govern
ment exercised all political power, and
| all expenses were paid out of the CEN
| trail treasury. Honolulu was the capt.
tai, and more was paid out In beauti-
! flying and maintaining 1t than was re-
ceived from that favored city, The
| country districts made up the differ
ence. The Hawaiian band and a num-
Der of similar luXuries made life very
pleasant for the inhabitants of Homo
| lulu, but proved a grieVous burden for
| the less fortunate inhabitants of other
| Islands. one of the first acts of the
! Legislature was the passage of n NUM-
cipal government law and under this,
Honolulu must pay the expenses of it's
own government, The band will prob
ably be discharged and salutary po-
Icy of economy will be inaugurated.
The new law means more than this.
Local self-government Is the best pos
sible school of practical politics. The
people become familiar with the details
OF government, and learn by actual
observation the results of the mistakes
a ...IFA AH Al 20 TtaNNf
the enactment of the municipal gov
erpment law is one Of the most impor-
tant events of recent Hawaiian devel-
opment"
Who the informant as to the munich
pal act can be, 1t is hard to say. SO
far, and the session is nearly at an
end, there has been no municipal act
} brought before the Legislature. In
fact the Legislature which Jerome
Hart built so much upon from his
b preconceved notions has gone com
I pletely to pieces.
e Honolulu taxation more than pays
Q for anything done in Honolulu. That
g of course Mr. Hart knows nothing
about. If Mr.. Hart could have at
tended the present Legislature he
would change his opinion about the
"salutary policy Of economy" being
t "inaugurated." Seeing that there has
e been no enactment of the municipal
! government law" one fails to under
stand how 1t Is going to have any i'm
, portant results upon Hawaiian De-
velopment"
G Mr.. Hart is only another instance
. of the man who knows 1t all. He Is
+ cultivated man, has brilliant powers
and has been over a large portion OF
} the world. He is quick at generaliza-
, ton and can produce most readable
5 set of sketches, as his recent book up
= on his European trip shows. But he
e has no appreciation Of the heart OF
things. He is an observer of "persi-
nage," not of cause and effects. 1t Is
just this kind of writer who creates
erroneous Impressions and does much
J harm. lie probably has no idea that
he is making any mistake. The blum
derer never does know how far he goes
D wrong, but the blunder is made, the
false statement Is made, and it runs
, round the world. TO confute, Mr. Hart
is easy, to show that he is talk nom
E sense is not difficult, but to prevent
= his false statement having currency Is
impossible.