Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-23
SUNDAY POLITICAL THOUGHTS,

u
New York is foreign city, in that
the vast majority of its citizens are
foreign born"
This statement of Senator Chauncey
Depew made during an interview on
the New York excise law may seem
to have no local bearing. II certain.
ly could not have any If the prevail
ing spirit in our local official life were
the same as that expressed in De-
pew's remarks, in which he recogniz.
ed the degree oil justice and honesty
in the demands made by a good.sized
portion of the foreign or allen" pop.
ulation for an open saloon on Sunday
in the city OF New York.
Senator Depew belongs to the class
that is spoken of by one section of
the local press as the wealth and
substance Of the community" He is
for good" government. He is in ev.
cry sense what the men who think
the world present and future revolves
around a dollar would be ready to
term a representative man. Ho
speaks of the foreign" majority elec.
torate of New York city as bringing
with them many of the customs of
their native land which they are not
quick to relinqulsh, which they regard
"A oh fnl -
privileges. is the open saloon on Sun.
day and open places of amusement,
both Of which are abhorrent to the
general sentiment which upholds the
American Sabbath and has thus far
kept the day as one of rest
II we were to anticipate Depew's at.
titude towards these foreign citizens
: by the standards voiced by local or
Gans which pose as good govern
ment" opponents, he would be expect
4 ed to set after these foreigners" with
, all the venomOus wrath he could mus
, ter; charge them with being aliens
by birth and aliens at heart" with the
slightest possible veneer of American
/. ism, and forthwith demand that they
/. be refused the franchise since they
/. seek to saddle upon the American PEG
!, pie doings on the Sabbath which are
foreign to the ancient customs hand
e ed down to us by the pilgrim fathers
n This is what Depew would necessa
h rily do II he followed the example o.
a select circle of Hawaii. which AFRO
gates to itself all the good govern
s. ment" views to be found in the Terri
d tory. whether among the American
Q born citizens or the native.bon.
y But Senator Depew. a man trained
in American public life and methods
does not say the things that might be
anticipated and which. ii said, would
eXemplify the methods of attack SC
j characteristic of certain men in Ha
. wall posing as leaders and directors
OF the Territory's best interests. He
does not remind the voters of their
allen" birth nor does he condemn
their sentiments, which are to a large
extent alien to the American Sab
' bath, He goes so far as to admit that
I'VE have here within the confines Of
our city great body of just as good
Americans as there are to be found
anywhere in the United States" He
says this of the men who are urging
an allen" Sabbath upon New YORK
city. He says further, These people
hold these liberties as much on prin
ciple as the good folks up the State
hold to their observance of the Sab
, bath. Moreover, these naturalized
6 citizens of ours have enough votes
;. among them to elect or defeat any
/. municipal ticket that may be put up.
, Fortunately, Hawaii has no Sunday
saloon problem to wrestle with. Its
citizens, who have been termed
O aliens in thought and action" arc sc
h much more advanced than the natur
o allied voting majority Of New YorF
v city. But we have other problems anC
|. we have voting majority of newly
enfranchised American citizens whose
loyalty is as strong il not stronger
J. whose education is as far advanced Il
:. not more adyanced-than that of the
s foreign majority to which Senator De
Q pew refers. and with which the meI
}. Of New York city are working. Hence
0 1t is that the remarks of Senator De