Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-06

resistless, have been able to say to
prerogative, Thus far shalt thou come
and no farther need hardly say. sir,
that into the full enjoyment Of all
which Europe has reached only
through such slow and painful steps
We sprang at once, by the Declaration
o. Independence, and by the establish
ment of free representative govern
ments; governments borrowing more
or less from the models Of other free
states, but strengthened, secured, i'm
proved in their symmetry. and deep
ened in their foundation. by those great
men of our own country whose names
will be as familiar to future times as
u they were written on the arch Of the
sky"
Through all this history of the con.
test for liberty, executive power has
been regarded as lion which must
be Gagged. SO far from being the object
Of enlightened popular trust so far
from being considered the natural pro
toctor of popular right, II has been
dreaded, uniformly, always dreaded as
the great source OF its danger
"Our security Is in our watchfulness
of executive power. IL was the consti
tuition Of this department which was In
finitely the most difficult part In the
great work of creating our present gov
eminent. To give to the executive de-
partment such power as should make
II useful, and yet not such AS should
render II dangerous; to make II ell
cient. independent, and strong. and
yet to prevent II from sweeping away
everything by its union of military and
civil authority. by the influence OF pat
ronage, and office. and favor,-this in
deed, was difficult. They who had thu
work to do saw the difficulty, and we
see IL. and II we would maintain our
system. we shall act wisely to that end
by preserving every restraint and
every guard which the Constitution
has provided. And when We and those
who come after us, have done all that
We can do, and all that they can do
It will be well for MS and for them. II
some popular executive. by the power
OF patronage and party, and the pow
or, too, of that very popularity, shall
not hereafter prove an overmatch fol
all other branches of the government.
In striking contrast to the above are
the sentiments of the Republican ma
chine of Hawaii. Take for instanc,
their slip just issued entitled 'Inde
pendent candidates" In II they TAX,
the following position.
Every man of average intelligenc,
: who will stop to consider the matter
must know that II any good Is to come
out OF the next Legislature, II musl
come through that body working IN
harmony with the administration, ant
surely the way to secure such harmony
any man or set Of men ayowedly op
posed to the Governor and his plans.
Please note that the machine con
siders II improper to elect ANY MAN
opposed to the Governor and his plans
And what do they mean by the Gov
ernor's plans? Does II include hi,
"coercive plans; his plans to force
voters to vote his way whether they
wish to or not; his plans as shown b,
taking undated designations from po
lice and District Magistrates? Wha
does the Governor plan to do this SEES
sion anyhow? Does any one know?
We have often heard that some op
position is healthy thing. but accord
Ing to the standards avowedly and de
liberately established by the Republi
can machine, II Is bad thing for tn,
Governor to have any opposition. OF
confront any difference Of opinion.
What AFFECT rot! particularly wher
, one stops to consider that the Governor
now controls by law everything excep
the selection of the local Legislature
and the Delegate to Congress. Thes,
. are the only people elected by the vot
ers and now forsooth we are told tha
not "ONE MAN" should be elected t.
the local Legislature opposed to thu
Governor or his plans" Has not tn,
limit been reached?
Yours truly.
Hnnalulu not A IA