The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-09
THE LEGISLATURE
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ssveus among Themselves. and neither
hey nor anyone else knows how. when
~ Whcro tie difficulty ia going to end
From the present outlook % would
,ccu that FDnatnr kaiaunkbinui would
De offered w as Vluarious sacrifice
~ the Disconnected natives IN add.
lion to Hppcaslug their desire for ~
vcnEe Tor the failure ~ the Lvgisla
ture, the non -plusscd Home Rulers will
also pay on several persons scores
hat they have against the tail Scna-
.ur, The why and wherefore " this
n long story that runs back several
months, and TO which there are sever
al highly interesting chapters, Brief
~ told the story " az follows;
kalauukalani is the acknowledged
leader OF the Home Rule forces. The
Hawailans FOR months past have been
subservicnt to his every beck and call.
Nothing has been done without his
consent. At times there has been a
tendency on the part or several strong
minded members TO kick over the
traces, and start on a tangent Of their
own, but the Moses OF the Home Rul-
ars. who was To lead his people out
" political bondage, into the land that
dowed with partisan milk and honey,
always managed to whip the unruly
members back into line, and while
there has been, especially of late. many
who have complained OF the way the
deliverer of the Independents was run
ming things, yet they kept n stn up
per lip when the unsympathizing pub
lie were anywhere about. OF late, how
ever, the complaints have been grow
ing louder, and those who at one time
were wont to hold up the hands of
their leader when In some political
strife that demanded their entire at
tention, are now indulging in curses
not loud but deep, and Will. they say,
before long, have the leader who has
promised SO much, and accomplished
so little, out of the way for all time.
When the Home Rulers came into
power. Kalauokalani made all kinds II
inducements. He assured his compat-
riots that If they would but bow down
and worship him. he would practically
remodel the government of the Hawaii
an Islands so far as the organic act
and the constitution OF the United
States would allow him. Those things
that remained unaltered would be SO
arranged that the whole would con-
tribute to the interest of the Home
Rulers, anyhow, and that in the end
1t would be all the same. The politi-
cal kahuna said. among other things,
that Governor Dole would have to go.
He assured his trusty followers that it
was not a question of whether or not
take place, but merely a question OF
how long before it would occur. This
was a bit of revenge that was sweet
indeed to kanakas. They rolled 1t I'M
der their tongues as a sweet morsel.
Another promise that was made to the
all-contiding followers of the Hawaiian
politician was that every haole and
missionary sympathizer would be turn
ed out of office inside of three months
after the Independents took hold OF
things. AS soon as that had occurred
the vacated positions would be filled
with Hawaiians, from Governor down
to poundmaster. The salaries of the
officers would be raised and paid from
the overlooking funds of the public
treasury How much these stories APP
pealed to the natives. and to the haoles
that were enlisted in making their
fight, may be realized from the way
those papers that are opposed to the
Governor jumped into the fray, and
did all in their power to make the posi-
ton of Dole as insecure as they could.
How well they succeeded may be
judged from the way in which they
have, silently, given up the fight, and
let themselves down as easily as pos
sibe into a state of apparent neutral
lty. Governor Dole is still in the gu
bernatorlal chair, and kalauokalani |
has not fulfilled his promises.
But one or two public officers have ,
suffered at the hands Of the regime |
that promises so much. The old office |
holders are still in power, and the ma
tives who were but waiting for the
word, to rush in and take their pick Of |
public positions, are still out in the
cold, and are shiverng. They will,
from the present outlook, continue to
shiver indefinitely. The public treasu-
ry is still a bowling vacuum. There
is not a surplus dollar in sight, and
II the Territory is to depend upon the
independents, it will be some time be-
fore there is any extra coin on hand.
There are no counties by means of |
which the number of office holders will |
be greatly increased. The appropria
ion bill that was to feed all that were
to line up to the public crib, is still |
in the future tense.
Because he has disappointed them
at every turn, the Home Rulers have
determined to do away with their
prophet once and for all A meeting
was held in the headquarters of the
night in which the disgruntled poll
ticans discussed their troubles long
and loud. The entire situation was re-
viewed most thoroughly, and the re-
Sponsibility of the whole matter was
placed upon the shoulders of him who
lad promised so much, and VINO mad
fulfilled so little. There was no hest
ancy on the part of the speakers to
give voice to their opinions. There
ire several leaders in the prospective,
)ut who the wearer of the mantle will
De, is difficult to say at the present
line. Beckley is mentioned as IA high
y probable leader, but he has not been
officially recognized as yet. There are
some objections to him on account of
MS years. many of his party feeling Z.
hat he Is lacking in experience that II
hey feel should be part of the makeup
If leader Beckley has had enough II
experience to keep clear of one thing. Il
lie is studiously avoiding the making 4
II rash promises.
The House 81 Representatives did
carcely anything yesterday and the
senate did nothing except once more
firm that they would not recede from
he position they had taken In the mat
or of the House, namely, that they
considered their bin to be nearer I'm
inc with the needs OF the Territory