The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-07-10

general satisfaction that the repub-
lie no longer exists aud that the
conditions that obtained under the
Dole oligarchy have passed away,
Under that regime a handful of
men, not exceeding a dc zen, con
trolled and dominated the islands,
and sixty per cent. OF the people
had not even the franchise. II was
strictly military rule. The offices
we're parceled out to Incompetent
members OF the families ri the
government. Under the Territorial
form OF government all the people
have the franchise without property
qualifications or test oaths, an alb
horrent to free men. The Dole
faction hoped to perpetuate under
the Territory the conditions which
existed during the republic, and
their inability to do 40 has lad to
the friction which exists betwea
the executive branch, in which The
faction is supreme, ou the one hand,
and the legislative aud judicial
branches on the other. They have
made war upon the leg Stature ani
judiciary simply because they can
not control them. II the snbjacts
o. controversy we're put to vot, >.
ninety per cent. Of the people would
uphold the legislature and the
judiciary. The only way that thu
Dole government can regain thar
lost power is by having property
qualificati placed Ivy Congre.s
upon the right to suffrage, which
would eliminate very larR, native
Hawaiian and white vote as we'll
To this end charges OF corruption
are being made bv the executive
against the other branches OF the
government, designed to create a
purely artificial sentiment against
the native Hawaiians. An effort
was made at the time the Territory
of Hawaii was created by the last
Congress to have property qualif
cation placed upon suffrage in Ha.
waii, but it failed. The same ele.
ments continue the fight. The
Dole element maintains a paid
lobbyist at Washington the year
round. I do not think the effort
to disfranchise large body Of
peaceful, )aw.abidipR, and fairly
intelligent people will meet with
any degree OF success or favor"
The third editorial must have
been written when Humphreys
found out that annexation OF Ha-
waii to California would not be
tolerated. 1t reads:
"One of the developments of the
bitter personal and political quar-
rel now raging in Honolulu is the
movement to annex the islands to
California. Annexation seems TO be
the fashion these later years, but
we would advise California to leave
it to Uncle Sam. Upon his capaci.
Gus boeom let both missionary and
Kanaka weep. Uncle Sam has 40
many race troubles in various parts
Of his dominions that this little one
surely can not worry him much
But mixed with California's politics
Hawaips troubles would burn like a
mustard plaster. This is a small
community, and that is still small
or one. We in Csllforni, had
trouble in settling The Chinese ques
tiop, aud now the Eastern State,
are trying to unsettle it again. II
we annex Hawaii, we would have
our Chinese question, their Chinese
question, their Kanaka question
their missionary question, theil
Portuguese question, their Porto
Rico question, and their lepsr ques
tion. California has troubles of hel
own. Among others, she has bel
newspapers.
SIN small way, the experience oi
California with Hawaii would he
like that OF Uncle Sam with his nav
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