The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-10-15
PoLITICAL DRIFT WOOD.
Tho Leavings of Some of Our 'FRONT.'
nent Countrymen.
By AHUIMAIA,

ten on the various candidates, but l
care not os long as you permit me.
He has broader shoulders than l
have and can stand all the rebuffs
better, because am somewhat thin
skinned and he thick skinped after
ell these years of hard knockings he
has had. l also know that he knows
perfectly how 10 take his medicine,
if he has to take any, and that's one
reason OF my imposition on your
good nature, dear Mr. Editor. Par
bleau!
To those haole Republicans who
love the Hawaiian, permit me to
quote one stanzs Of native song
which runs, after abiding to "Ma-
una Loa kikala nui," as follows:
/ mai oe is'u he aloha ~kou,
He aloha vale no ko lehelehe-
Hoopunipuni
l deem the foregoing very applica-
BILE to them, the present day stamp
OF Republican politicians, who are
now lauding their love FOR the dear
Hawaiian people" overmuch, Since
when have they shown their love fer
them' Only ten years ago about,
the Hawaiians were enemies, and
now (the rest is KNOWN. Translated,
the stanza is like this:
You told me you have love,
1t is only love on your lips
A lie!
II fail to make connections how
voters can easily gulp those candi-
dates who are in the employ of 9TH
ers. Having as one OF my reasons
OF opposition to George Rsnton 10
his being in the employ OF sugar
corporation, but how about Fernsn-
DEE and Harvey, the Home Rule
candidates, who are in the employ
OF other corpogations7 Can it be
possible to reconcile these candi-
dates that they will do the peoples
Twill as against the interest OF their
corporate employers7 Republicans
are largely interested in both and l
believe that il these men are elected,
they will be certainly ussd by their
, employers, and there's no getting
out OF it.
They are not the only ones.
There's Mark Robinson, railroad
corporation magnate as we'll as q
lumber corporation owner and inter-
ested in one OF our richest Estates
He, in his personal and corporate
capacities, including that of the
Estate, would no doubt have GER
tain amount Of control over Sammy
Dwight. One thing is quite evident,
Sammy knows which side his bread
is buttered on aud dare not antag.
onize any OF those large corporate
interests OF his superior and master
Will he dare defy those interestsi /
doubt it very much. Nor will Mark
offend his own pockets and those oil
his family and friends. It's the in.
side Innings that all are looking
after and "the public be damned
no doubt, feeling the same way as
William Ell Vanderbilt when he
uttered those memorable words, now
become historic.
Who else is therei--may / AJAX,
There's Joe Gilman, who is under
the thumbscrews OF corporation ia
which he figures as oDe of it's most
valued OF employees, Will he dare
oppose i'll No, no; that is where
his bread aud butter comes from
and he dares not say that his soul il
his own or that he is conscienceless
: AS an apt pupil, he'll no doubt dc
anything for ths soulless corpora
tions az we'll az to boost his brother
in-law's stock in-trade to the highest
pitch, the people being ignored
\ when that is accomplished. He's ,
, mere henchman only in the hand
OF sugar factors, although There's
!, worked to get him an endorsement
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