The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-28
Kinnsy's Great Speech.
Continued from 1st page.)

be that Judget ana IL we VIII piaSS ehe
executive power in the same hands,
we may readily simplify government.
We may easily bring 1t to the simplest
of all possible forms, pure despotism.
But a separation Of departments, so far
as practicable. and the preservation OF
clear lines of division between them, rs
the fundamental idea in the creation OF
all otr constitutions; and doubtless, the
continuance of regulated liberty de-
ponds on maintaining these bound
aries" aa'
1t is charged that If Democrats are
returned to the Legislature this cleo
ton on q platform protesting against
executive encroachment, 1T Will LEAD
merely to a pickering, fault-finding
and unbusinesslike session of the Leg
islature wherein the practical wants
and needs of the people will be disre-
garded, and the time given over TO
factional and useless quarrels with the
Executive.
Webster has something to say on this
point in the same speech, pointing out
that the highest and most useful fune-
tion of a representative of the peop.s
is to resist executive encroachment and
once to call halt upon any subversion
OF established land marks. Thls Is
what he says:
1--WE have been taught to regard
representative of the people as sem
tinel on the watch-tower of liberty. IL
he to be blind, though visible danger
approaches? Is he to be deaf, though
sounds of peril fill the air? Is he not
rather. to catch the lowest whisper
: which breathes intention or purpose OF
encroachment on the public liberties
s and to give his voice breath and Ut
terance at the first appearance of dang
err? Is not his eye to traverse the whole
horizon detecting, through all dis
guises every enemy advancing, In any
form, towards the citadel which he
guards? Sir, this duty of foreseeing
danger and proclaiming it; this deter-
ence Of established landmarks; this fear
less resistance of whatever would trans
cend or remove them,-all belong 10
the representative character, are IN
terwoven with its very nature. II de-
priyed of them, an active, intelligent
faithful agent of the people Will be con-
yerted into an unresisting and passive
instrument of power. A representative
body, which gives up these rights and
and duties gives itself up. 1t is a
representative body no longer. 1t has
broken the tie between itself and Its
constituents, and henceforth is fit only
to he regarded as an inert, self-sacri-
feed mass, from which all appropriate
principle of vitality has departed for
ever Ssl AAa E.H
SYMPTOMS OF DISORDER.
While we have had something less
4 than year of one man power, there
are not lacking in this Territory Sc
rious symptoms of disorder, and man.
fest evidence of lack of balance of
power in the body polite. Something
lis out of balance when the Attorney
General can openly go into nominat-
ling convention of the people backed by
4 4, large body of Office holders absolute
tiy under his control and defeat the
Termination of candidate for the Leg
i ;lture on the sole ground that he Is
8 /, rsona non grata to the executive.
Svmething Is out of balance when
n II .thout protest or check the Governor
Vas obtained direct control of the ma
!, .strates of the Territory, SO that they
can be removed by him at will when
k,the Legislature provided that they
should only be removed for cause by
s. 1he Supreme Court of the Territory. and
z5noinething is extremely out of balance
Fl, the territorial government when the
q ex-governor in addition to destroying the
itip pendence Of the heads of depart
1s,cAts and taking direct control of a
lH,ee part of the judiciary feels the
i, of still more power and is allowed
fsin exact pledges from candidates for
1.-the Legislature before their nominal
tun whereby his Attorney General can
s iridicly announce that every Repub-
81 Al, nominee stands pledged to sup
+ J,,.it the bills which will be introduced
l,y his (the Governor's) administra-
4 ;ior." Something is certainly out of
ii ',rce when the Attorney General of
the Territory, with his undated resigna-
s tim in the Governors hands, therefore
acting as his spokesman, announces
thai as every Republican nominee is
pledred to support the bills which the
Governor will introduce in the Legis-
lature, therefore 1t doesn't matter how
3 Incompetent a man may be his vote is
as GOO as any other If he has agreed
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