The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-08-28
REPUBLICAN HOME RULE.

Editor Advertiser: find your edito-
rails always readable, though not IN
frequently distorted as to facts, or
"wobbly" in their logic. Your article on
THE Next Governor" in this mornings
issue, seems open to this double criti-
cism, wherein you declare, and ask:
Long ago the people at Washington
adopted the principle of home rule FOR
Territories, and both parties declared
for 1t in their national platforms.
What has happened here to warrant a
change from that principle?"
| II Hawaii now presents an illustra-
tion of the Republican idea of home
rule" then Heaven send the Renub-
lican leaders a better understanding of
the phrase and its meaning. Look at
the Post Office: the custom House: the
offices of, and allied with, the United
states Court: the Internal Revenue
Office: the immigration and Chinese
Inspectors Offices, and you will not re-
quire all of your fingers on which to
count the officials of kamaaina claims.
Have you forgotten the press descrip-
tions of the manner in which certain
far Western Senator, some months ago,
received the telegraph news OF the
demise of a certain Federal officer in
Hawaii, of Presidential appointment?
The press described the statesman in
question, twho was frustrating in one
of the "cow counties" of one of the
grazing States, during a recess OF Con-
gress,) as rushing pellmell across the
welt" to catch the first train for Wash
ington. that he might prevent any of
his patronage from going outside Of
the grazing State referred to. He
captured the presidential ear before the
less alert statesmen with party bench
men to pension upon the public purse,
got in motion, and in due time the
bucolic appointee to the vacant chair.
of said statesman's nomination, arrived
in Honolulu, and has been serving the
government very acceptably ever since.
The above incident merely illustrates
the general conception Of home rule
for Hawaii" as held by Republican
party leaders, and, incidentally, it IL
lustrates, (does 1t notD how wide of
the mark is your editorial of this morn
ing.
Being n Democrat, 1t follows that |
am home ruler. Democracy and home
rule are Synonymous terms. within the
limits to which the latter phrase eX-
tends. Democracy and "carpet-bag-
gerry" are as far apart as the poles.
While hoping, with you, that our
next Governor will be a kamaaina, I |
can find no warrant for the hore in |
Republican practices. whatever may be |
said of their professions,-of their |
creeds, as distinguished from their |
deeds. 1t is more than likely that our
next Governor will be some spawned, |
wind CALLED, and generally faded old |
political hack-horse. Called by admir-
ers wheel horse') of the Republican
party, for whom will be prescribed a
run upon Hawaiian pastures for the
rest of his career and who will have
to consult an atlas, or a grandchild,
for information as to where the devil
is Honolulu anyhow"
In preference to such political equines
as we are likely to receive from the
States, to fill our executive chair, I
would cheerfully note the appointment
of almost "any old thing" from the
local Republican camp,--even Mr.. Car
Heaven knows, he is about
the limit