Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-22


ers may by petition demand referen-
dun to the voters, Of any legislation
affecting the interests Of the county or
its residents.
Upon such petition being lodged
with such clerk, the officers Of the
county shall proceed in like manner as
provided for the election of county Off
GERS. the propositions being published.
and in such publication given a num-
Der, which number together with desig-
nation of choice as yes or no or other
designation, shall be placed on the bal
( lot to be voted, and the elector shall
indicate his choice by drawing pencil
mark through the designations other
than his choice. on such ballot.
Whenever herein a majority of
votes or of voters is esignated-it
shall mean a majority of all the regis
tered voters of the county. and a like
majority shall be required to make the
vote on initiation or referendum. car
ry."
/ There. Mr.. Editor. Is one section of
this ubiquitous" County bill as some
Of our oligarchsts have termed IT,
. Scattered throughout the same bill are
many more wholesome provisions
which would repay perusal. have
quoted this section in full. as 1t points
the one avenue to true reform. Edu-
cate the people to whatever plane of
civic virtue you desire them to rise
and you will find the reforms you are
aiming at, work themselves out at the
bar of public opinion, a. voiced through
the initiative and referendum. All
other efforts are time wasted and mon
ey blown in.
No one can question the motives OF
those assoCiating themselves together
for campaign against vice. II is
laudable in the extreme that they put
such an amount of energy, devotion
and cash into their work, and the only
reason for writing this article is a de-
sire to see the efforts made yield per-
manent results. County and municipal
government inaugurated under equita-
BILE conditions such as would be con-
served by legislation of the kind herein
) referred to would, in very short time
make marvellous changes in the
chaotic conditions existing in this COM
munity today.
Members of the Anti-Saloon League
are you doing your whole duty in con-
fning your efforts to an ulcer or two on
the body polite? Is there not higher,
nobler cause to be served? A broader
sphere of usefulness to be opened up?
, A deeper probe to be made into the
reeking carcass Of special privilege and
commercialism which are rapidly de-
vouring the last vestiges of patriotism
) and civic pride, thus inviting the condi-
I tiops you are endeavoring TO combat?
= Your future course must be the
answer to these interrogations, to me
b. your duty seems plain.
k Annexation. whatever else 1t may have
i done. has brought us fact to lace with
S the necessity OF changing on: political
r system of the past to one more in har'
It mony with the spirit of the Declaration
d of independence and the Constitution
d of the United States. We MUST EN-
n brace that system or lay ourselves opeI
Is to a charge of moral cowardlce
We are going to have county ant
' munlclpul government III lheSS iSiahu
d and not even Congress or the Presiden
= dare say nay, the plant of our mis-
y governor Notwithstanding.
J. Such being the case, 1t seems to M
r the paramount duty of every citizen o
II this Territory having the welfare o
d, the community at heart, to bestir him
lie self to the end that we may have TN
Or most wholesome laws, founded II
n. equity and justice, created for tn
l" greatest good to the greatest number.
~ Thus wisely framed, the laws won'
as be honestly administered and the pow
err er vested in the whole people woul
ic make each individual feel that person
al, that moral responsibility whic
i alone can beget permanent reform.
~ Which shall 1t be. an ostentatious az
o: peal to the courts for an abridgement c
s. vested rights, with its long draw
IT, acrimonious contentious and waste {
"a energy and money or an appeal to res
ed son and the ballot box?
ny In closing trust you will accept tn
or criticism in the same spirit in whic
Ter 1t Is offered.
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