The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-10-25
ACADEMIC POLITICS.

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A With a new adjustment Of the law ano
q by " moving things ahead. n q mu'
= dern Democratic Congress had fought
! the Spanish war ~ would have given
! up the territorial spolls on the ground
I that all governments derive their Just
, powers from the consent Of the gov-
rule a conquered and unwilling people
! The Republicans, however. gave Ameri-
can rule 20 the captured countries thus
enlarging the sphere OF American ideas
} and preparing the way, through ex-
ample and education, for a wider diffu-
: sion Of liberty. The one would have
scanned the letter OF the Declare ton;
, the other acted upon the spirit OF our
, people. There was nothing in the Con-
or suppress slavery. The Democrats
stood by slavery because the Consti-
! tuition permitted 1t; but the Repuhh-
cans brought on a war to change the
, Constitution and abolish slavery and
the whole country thanks God for 1t
today.
1t needs this resume of Democratic
policy to put one in the point of view
of Chairman Kinney as shown in his
attack upon Governor Carriers 'usurpa-
tons at the Orpheum meeting Satur-
day night. Mr.. Kinney is what used to
be called a strict constructionist," for
getting how often in politics as well
as in the Interpretation of the Scrip
lures that the letter klleth and the
spirit giveth light. Because the fathers
of the republic, dealing with a small
Anglo Saxon community, were inclined
toward government by a debating So
so decentralize the administration in
Hawaii as to prevent the Governor
from controlling the officials for whose
acts he is responsible and leaving them
free agents-as Wright and the Boyds
! were-in our Territorial affairs. But
good as the New England town meet
not provide safe government here.
! That Is because of our different Condi-
! tons. Since the fact was established
/ at Appomattox that the United States
/ is not a group of cousins but Nation,
/ one and indivisible, the American idea
! has tended towards a wise centraliZ-
alton of authority. The President has
more power today than the King of
England; far more power than WASH
{ ington or Adams or jefferson had. and
I his personal appointees in office, re-
movable at his will and pleasure, num-
Der tens of thousands. The idea is to
| make one official responsible rather
than a hundred; for in the case of the
| hundred it was found that everybody's
business was nobody's business and
modern city charters in the United
! States. especially the charter of Greater
/ New York, are based upon the princi-
q, pie of one-man power. The excellence
! of such charters makes it impossible,
| or nearly So to have any more Tweed
rings and the more the principle is
worked out the better satisfied are those
who have to pay the bills. Here in Ha-
/ wai the Organic Act, as framed by
| ('ppprpSS ha,e civ H.. Yaa1
authority and the President holds him
responsible for good government The
7 Governor cannot bear that RESPONSE
bility If the men to whom are given
the offices that carry out his plans,
are free agents, permitted to act as
they please. To secure uniform results
they must act, in administrative meth
DDS, as he pleases; and If his pleasure
takes an unlawful turn there is a way
to punish him.
What is needed in this Territory is
what we are getting-the vigilant,
strong. firm willed management of a
man who interprets his mission as that
of giving the people good government.
So far he has uprooted plenty OF evil
made vigorous reforms and violated no
I law. II his methods are not those OF
the Jacobln dreamer who filled the
Declaration fun of glittering generals
ties about liberty. coined first as bon
mots in the French salons, they are not
less adapted To our local needs on that
account and they lit well with the mo-
dern American theory of executive duty
and power Mr.. Kinney. barking back
TO the spirit which jefferson imbibed
| from stars gazing tdealists, would make
! government irresponsible Tor the sake
/ OF giving everybody a visible share.
Governor Carter on the other hand,
knows that it Is the business OF the
/ Governor 10 govern, subject 10 the laws
passed boy Congress and the Legislature
and To the Interpretation Of those laws
by the courts, lie must b. Governor
in the Treasury Department the Audit
ing Department, the Police D. parmeut,
IN the Board OF Health and the board
~ Public Works. Tor these are the
bureaus of his administration for tho
| conduct of which hr must make good