Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-21

It is when the Governor deals with
the everyday facts of local conditions,
the government of which he is the
head that he brings in the stumbling
block. And IL is the same old block,
that caused the election of Wilcox,
that has kept this Territory in fer.
ment ever since 1t was first organized
and 1t Is produced from the same old
source.
The Governors statements are inter.
preted by the Springfield Republican
as follows:
Point No. was the statement that
there are 5000 Hawaiian and Portu.
guese voters TO only 1000 white voters,
and his urgent sentence in conclusion:
we demand more than any other thing
recognition of the American civiliza.
ton which has made Hawaii what 1t
is He used the word demand and
used it with all his force. He protest
ed against the present political system
and took implicitly the position that
the whites must be supported and the
native Hawaiians put down"
Here we have the same old story
The array of class against class. OF
race against race.
The Governor protested against the
present political system. Our present
political system is identical with that
of every American Territory hitherto
established.
The Governor demanded" the rec
ognition OF the American civilization
which has made Hawaii what it is. II
According to his Interpretation. this
civilization Is of the character to be
found in an oligarchical form of govern.
ment, restriction of the franchise.
property qualifications, assertion of
the inherent right of a minority to rule
majority. This Is the American civ.
ilization urged by the Governor. II is
the American civilization of the South.
ern States. II Is the American civil.
zaiton repudiated in the halls of Con.
gress, and also repudiated by every
party organization IN this Territory.
none being more outspoken ohan the
Republican organization. which the
Governor is supposed to support.
There is no reason to believe the
Governor has been misrepresented.
The remarks and sentiments credited
him by the Springfield Republican are
in line with what he has always stood
for-minority rule. refusal to accept
the native Hawaiian body polite as
honest in its American aspirations.
Furthermore, the Governors recogniz.
ed official organ in this Territory not
only endorses the Governor but goes
further and, by wayrof explaining what
the Governor means, says:
Let 1t be added that while the Unit.
ed States got more than 1t expected in
Hawaii, this Territory got less than 1t
had a right to expect from the United
States. 1t was prepared to see its la.
Dor system disturbed, but 1t was not
prepared, in its legitimate expectation
of stable government, to see its organ.
ic act so framed as to put the Ameri
cans here under a political majority
OF anti'American aborigines, led by
carpet.basgers. That this was an err
ror was plainly said by the leaders OF
Congress at a dinner given in Wash.
ington to Governor Dole; and the same
view has been taken In private CONVEX.
sation by the President himself"
What could be clearer. what could
be more pointed in demonstrating the
spirit in which Governor Dole and his
fractional leaders interpret the en-.
dorsement Of Governor Dole's admin,
istratiOn. "Anti-American aborigines
led by carpet-baggers." What does II
mean? What, If not that Hawailans
as a class are anti.Americans; that
Americans who come to this Territory
to make their homes, who believe in
American freedom of the ballot, who
believe in American equality without
regard for race, color or previous con
dltion OF servitude, who believe that
the American civilization that accom-
plished the upbuilding of the greatest
nation on earth is capable of carrying
cosmopolitan Hawaii forward on ira
ditional American lines; that such
Americans are "carpet-baggers" and
any native Hawaiians WHO may be Of
the same opinion are "anti-Americar
aborigines". According to the Dole pro
gram as established by the facts Of
past Territorial history and now furth
er exploited in his accepted mouthpiece
the only persons in Hawaii possessing
the right to be termed honest Ameri
cans. be they American born or native
Hawaiians, are such as subscribe to