The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-10-04
L. A. ANDREWS LErrrh

! hold w my hand an interesting iet'
ter from D. A. Andrew sheriff n ihe
island ~ Hawaii addressed 70 one %
his police Officers located on thii is'
land. The letter IL written in Hawaii
ian. translated into English % reads 90
follows
The letter commends the police on
TO go 10 the Republican committee 81
| his district to get its endorsement Tor
the position he holds. the same 90 be
sent TO the main committee at Hilo.
These things are being done al the IN
stance Of the Executive OF this Terri.
tory who desires to promote the well
fare of the Republican party In the
Territory"
The vital significance Of this letter
Is that under the policy OF the pres
ent Executive men cannot hold office
until they have secured the recon-
mendation OF the machine. and We
know what that means. 1t is not
enough that man should be a Re-
publican; he must be a good RepuD-
lican. In other words he must be an
administration Republican, which in Its
final analysis means a man who will
forego his own convictions and act
against them when ordered to do so
by the machine. This means a dis
tinct impairment and lowering OF the
standards of the civil service; It means
less efficient officers; 1t 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 and TO
suppress and blacklist men in public
life who do not propose to be dictated
to by the Executive or any one else.
CASE OF CECIL, BROWN.
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 interference 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 1t and to those against whom
it 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
are using the public patronage to
bride and demoralize voters. naturally
W nave lne llSHl turned on,
naturally dislike investigation, natur-
ally dislike open criticism How many
times during the last year have we
found Republicans criticsng 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-
tions 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 its convictions in regard To
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