The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-30

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whether u fheN be p'fmAnenul lhe'i'
tofated onto 8uf national territory ~
ipi,tsd an a., lydepsudert foogtnn An
IHuntoFy to cuba. III necessarily post.
Itonsd dutBpr tina pfsHsnt transitional
Ir.riod This auestloo H. not politirnl,
land on its solution. apaft from party.
IN, American PEOPLE are divided A
large number OF Democrats and a
large number Of Republicans are
ranged ON each side Perhaps IL might
no fpitiv inferred that the balance of
pubiIc opinlon lncitnes either way, ac-
cording ia the prepoasesElon Of each
citizen bv whom the Inference ia
drawn.
uut there 10 nm. point ON which In.
NftAlNEHnf Americans
l,hat 40 ,ba, IA. C;ov.rnrnon, ~ the
lt.pi,od states IL M, partiu,r and that
IL, 10 disio,,aI ,nd ,rescherous 10 use n
,oit,tc,i ,,,,,oign 90 ,opeut discord
a., ,,,o.sa,,,,.,, a. o,,, ,o,,norarv Asia.
tic poss.sslous. Judge Parker. I'm his
spoecb ~ acceptance d,stinetly ac-
lknowledpea thai the acquisition OF the
phIIInnInas resulted from the accident
o,Iuar ana Tint there as everywhere
eIse our national RESPONSIBILITIES
should IA. fully met He argued that
II was n plain duty to prepare the
FilIuinos for "self-poyernment" which
10 trua In any event. Tho Democratic
nlatforn however. with inter disre-
pard Of the differences In conditions
had insisted thar tbev sbou,d he treat
Cd nm m. ea,re nian 40 tho cubans
and mada "fres and ,ndependent Now
Judpa parker exnlains that no ala not
moan that IN. islsnds should he pre-
nared for self-povernment under the
American flag hut that tho ma ndate
oy tho nlatform shouIa ha carried into
effect Thus the attitude Of the Dem
ocratic marty is that the final disposi-
tim of the phiIipnines is an issue In
the present campaipn. and that the
vote for President is to determine,
now and when no such question Is be-
for. the neople what the DESTINY of
tho EiIipinos is IN he
This attitude. probablv forced bv the
inter lack of anv ground of attack nm
nm President Rooseve,t,s administra-
tion ;s dislovaI and conference.-the II
lie also miscbievous and inhuman. be-
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there are treacherous noIiticians To
whom elections are merely opportun-
tiles for grating. and IN whom, In our
Asiatic possessions. rebellion and the
sacrifice of life are unimportant when
compared with tho Inst for office and
for nelf. The Filipinos. who have
among them incompetent. ayaricious
and reckless leaders. on a mar with
| a small fraction of the Hawaiian par-
tisans. do not understand American
party struggles. Years ago. when the
Same crv that the Democratic marty
has now formalized was raised. IT was
followed nv small rebellions against
American rule in tho Philinnines. Every
American soldier who LOST his life or
was MANNED in those petty wars.
which had and could have had hut one
end was , victim ~ nalnabla disloval
~ ond marty exigencv then as now
ENACTED the role of murder. II was not
the native Filipinos who were to be
condemned but the unpatriotic incl
ters 70 bloodshed at home. who thus
Isacrificed their brave countrymen
abroad.
IT is deeplv TO be regretted that
Judge Parker. who in MANY respects.
as for instance in his condemnation
of groundless personalities, has main
tanned an American character. should
have allowed himself to be dragooned
into the approyal of partisan expedi-
ents. which are we'll calculated tn in