Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-01-25
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERN.
MENT

realize OF else does not WISH 10 reCOg-
nize. the essential principles underlying
American government except when
invoked for selfish purposes. Provin-
Cialism begat of insular isolation is
the only rational excuse for such OBJ
vious folly. and its hopeless struggle
for continued liberation. Disguised
ever so adroitly. II can survive but
briefly. its own moral deformities be-
ing its ultimate undoing. 1t loudly
demands the limit of protection wher-
ever the law is along lines of selfish
ness, but is ever ready to torture the
plain meaning of the statute, to suit
mental treason and moral usurpation.
Bright intellect is corrupted to pros
titution in the effort to jaundice public
sentiment. No amount of Instruction
airy spirit, however justified 1t may
have been in dealing with liliputian
imbecilic monarchy, will qualify the
reasonable thought with more than
, transient potency, In adjusting our
relations to our parent government pat
tern. Such effort deceives no one long,
Is about as thinly yelled as the body
/ OF the tabled ostrich only miseads
superfcially and deludes those in local
power into ultimate national disap-
proval.
Ignoring the vain consideration of
what might have been" the die is
cast" and we are an integral part Of a
great modern system Of government.
sustained and approved by powerful
intelligent electorate, who prize most
mighty the citizens rights and duties,
and who jealousy adhere first, last and
all the time, to the popular ideal of
government by the majority. No other
ideal will he tolerated. And the Leg
islature is the instrument designated
for the expression of the peoples will.
Trespassers invade this prerogative at
their peril.
Therefore any attempt to bolster W
the backbone of the administration
with the notion that the public will il
to be tempered with even temporarily
is wrong in principle, and frought with
possible and probable disaster to al
concerned therein.
1t is not the prerogative OF the eX.
ecutive To canvass the intellectual OIL
moral possibilities of the legislature
The electors are responsible for that
and the electors are supreme. II II
duty, not choice. that demands tina,
when affairs reach a condition of hi.
atus in public finance, that that branch
Or government to whom alone the mi.
tiative is entrusted, shall without quib-
BILE or delay. be resorted to for its CO.
ordinate action. There Is no other log
ical course for loyal officials of loyal
government. II is not a question OF
anticipated debate on incidental evils
they may be remedied in other ways
IL is a question of adhering 10 the spirit
the laws Of our country, and any Other
course is almost certain 10 react dis
astrously.
As to the letter of the law as apple
able to the present financial dilemma
IL plainly provides what the Treasurer
may do. with the advice OF the Gov.
ernor, but no other possible inference
can be extracted from the context. thar
that IL was merely makeshift pro.
viso, to cover the possible extreme
emergency, pending the necessary de.
lay in obtaining an expression OF tbs
peoples legally accredited voice-its
legislature--and this admits of no sub.
stitution-however eminent or respect.
able.
Get Congress to amend, alter OF
abolish the Organic Act, or educat,
your people to higher standards, moi
of evasion but obedience to law, but
II you would avoid further embarass
ment OF this Territory with ridiculous
situations, do not set a pernicious ex
+ample, TO rise up and haunt you wher
the situation is reversed, as Is not be
yond possibilities. Meet these emer
gencies patiently. Loyalty and consist
emily and the remedies for the bOoga
boos incidental thereto will be mucl
, simpler, than butting up against tn,
stone-wall of mainland admiration TO
the genius of representative govern
ment.
There Is no peace under the Ameri
can flag for monarchy, plutocracy o.
any Of Its legitimate or Legitimate off
spring or puppets, and the sooner W,
get In tune with this elementary fact
the better for all concerned The tai
must allow the bull to dominate III
movements-there Is no question as t,
the identity of the tail under our sys
TEN, and It is bad politics to juggl'
with the buzz.saw of majorities, undel
established American rule.
The people of this Territory may b.
guilty of some sad political blunders
but none so great as would be the in
curing of popular prejudice agains
us on the mainland. There should b,
every effort used to avoid pretext fol
carpet.bag rulers being demanded
with the color of necessity to justify
the practice. It should be remember
ed that the hungry are knocking clost
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