The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-03
Kinney's Great spsech at orphoum
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forego his own convictions and aci
against them when ordered to do Sc
by the machine. This means a dis
tinct impairment and lowering of the
standards of the civil service; it means
less efficient officers; it means officials
OF lower morals. 1t calls for the ex-
clusion of those who will not surrender
! their independence of thought and ac-
ton to the control of others and 1t
| invites In the class that will
The filling up of a Republican con-
vention with Office holders under the
personal leadership of the Attorney
General to defeat Mr.. Cecil Brown
shows the growing tendency of the
Executive to absorb all power ana to
suppress and blacklist men in public
life who do not propose to be dictated
to by the Executive or any one else.
ONE BRAVE REPUBLICAN.
The Democratic party has nominated
but two Senators for the Island of
Oahu, leaving the third position vac
ant because the Democrats desire to
vote for Cecil Brown in order to place
themselves on record as protesting
against executive interferepce with the
conventions of the people. Mr.. Brown
was and is a Republican and, there
fore, the Democrats have not nomin-
ated him or endorsed him but they
have left the members of the party
free as citizens to go and register
their conviction on the issue thus rails
ed between the Executive and Cecil.
Brown. And this they do, not for Mr.
Cecil Brown or to help him out in
dividually, but because his fight is
also the fight of the Democratic party,
his defeat means our defeat; his VIC
tory means our victory; it aids the
Democratic party in its plan to resist
the interference by the Executive with
the Legislative branch of the Govern
ment
Coercion works evil both to the men
who use it and to those against whom
II is used. party using coercion has
to keep using it and generally has to
extend its use to hold its own and with
coercion comes intolerance of public
and private criticism. Men who are
using coercion and intimidation to Sc
cure the support of office holders, who
bride and demoralize voters naturally
dislike to have the light turned on.
naturally dislike investigation, natur-
ally dislike open criticism. How many
times during the, last year have we
found Republicans criticsing the Exc
cutive in whispers and with the en-
phatic injunction that you are not to
mention their names? How many
times have we found them, looking
around to make sure that nobody was
standing by to play the part of a tale
bearer? The existence of such condi-
tons are offensive to every right mind
ed. self-respecting citizen, and all
should welcome the advent of the
Democratic party which proposes to
turn the light on to everything and
to declare it's convictions in regard 10
Executive aggressions in the broad
daylight and before the eyes of all
men, which is the privilege and duty
of American citizenship.
There is no cowardice equal to the
cowardice of a political push when
riding down in combination any one
individual who dares to differ or OBJ
ject. The violent and personal abuse
of Mr.. Cecil Brown by the Republican
machine is the time honored method of
the machine in attacking independence
of thought and Is in marked contrast
to the well known complacency of the
to corruption and bad men
and bad citizens, provided those bad
men and bad citizens stand pat with
the machine.