The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-04
THE POLITICAL SPIRIT OF
VERNACULAR NEWSPAPERS

The conditions raised by the courts
which are endeavoring to control the
government, according to the loca
view point, furnish the text for some
caustic comments in the recent issue
of Ke Aloha Alma, the Hawaiian Dem
ocratic organ. The following articles
from the issue of last week indicate
the trend in that camp:
1.-The Present Clash and Discussions
in the Highest Branches of Authority
Of Government" is the title of one ed
itorial
AT no time before has there existed
such clashing of authority and dissen-
| sions In the highest branches of the
| government as there has been since
| annexation. under the administration
| OF q government of the people and by
| the Republican party of the Repub-
! iican factions, kamaaina and the mali
! Eini
This is something unknown and
| unheard of in the history of Hawaii's
! government, from the very beginning.
| from the time of the Kamehamehas,
| who all have passed away, Lunalilo.
Kalakaue and Liliuokalani; and since
| the State has been in the hands and
power of those who destroyed the once
peaceful and prosperous government
of Hawaii and have substituted one Of
those so-called representative govern
ments of the people, so well known to
the world. We have found out by this
experience, and from seeing it with
our own eyes, what representative
republican form of government is like.
We see by this that under the present
condition of affairs it is an easy mat
ter for one official, high in authority,
to degrade the honor, dignity and pow
er of another. equal in standing, in
power and authority, clashing among
themselves in such disgraceful man
ner, and without any compunction in
so doing whatever. In our government
Of the past. such actions were feared
and considered dangerous proceedings
to attempt. but under the rule Of those
who are in power today, they think
nothing of treading upon what We
considered sacred in our time.
such has been the case when the
powers OF the Circuit judges have been
so ignored by the high sheriff, and he
with his powers and authority has
been treated in like manner by these
judges. who by this action show they
consider him as nothing and Of no con-
sequence, Notwithstanding the recog- |
nized high official position he holds in
the Territory. So it is also with the t!
Governor, who, with powers rules over |
the people like king, but by these |
judges he is held up in contempt and |
they ask. who is he? BY this it will |!
be seen that they do not hesitate to |
drag down to mother earth the dig |
nifty and respect and the position of |
this high office and parsonage; what |
are we coming to?
Therefore they are wrangling, and |
there is clashing of authority in I
these high offices. each struggling and |
striving hard to convince the other of |
their superior knowledge of law, pow
er and influence to win by foul or fair
means, ignoring all respect and honor |
Que the positions held by and repre-
scented by them, as officers of the gov
eminent, who, above all, should set an
example.
of all this? AS 1t is well
known TO us. all manner of petitions
have been forwarded to the mainland
and presented to the President by
these political factions, each one relat-
ing their tales of woe, by saying all
but that which was not Cody of the
other, and these petitions are in stacks
high before the President. The strang
est thing of all is that those who are
doing all the wrangling and kicking
are those of the Republican party,
lighting among themselves and for
what?
Under these circumstances the right j
Ind proper thing to do is for us of the
Lahui to refuse and to object to wran-
gle with them for anything to be gain
"a Dy US, or perhaps q gam Tor tnem {
Is a result. According to the old prov l
RIB. a government which is divided ]
within itself cannot exist, a city or ]
amily divided within itself cannot c
asst So will it be with them; the
tructure will tremble and fall to c
'ieces, as they are now digging their I
raves to bury themselves alive, as C
esult of all this wrangling among
themselves. They should be sprayed G
With sea water to cool off their heat {
rom so much worthless kicking, or j
aiken out into the breaking surf and q
eft there to be cooled off by nature in
Is foaming element" h
Under the caption. Where is the
the paper says: II
&C. T. Wilder was chosen by some I
( the haole Democrats as candidate u
Or the Fourth District; the action was Q
OF quite agreeable to the Ke Aloha Il
ina, in the same sense as shown by I
ome of the Home Rulers in their OBJ