Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-30
IMMIGRATION OR GALLERY PLAY

Responding to The Bulletins query
ms to the sincerity OF Secretary Akin.
sons methods in dealing with Euro
rean immigration, publication is made
of the clipping produced in this paper
from the San Francisco Call The Call
article is paralleled with a news.story
that was published in The Bulletin of
n previous date. The assumption is
made that the correspondent OF the
Call took his article from The Bulletin
news-article. We assume that this is
a statement OF fact. as the correspond.
ent is probably responsible for II.
This brings the whole matter right
down to the facts and incidents which
have either furnished increasing evi.
dence that the Secretary of the Terri.
tory In lambasting the planters was
playing fast and loose-with the Gov
ernorship taking precedence over the
immigrant-or was and has been won
derfully misunderstood.
The article published as a news.
story In The Bulletin was the direct
result OF conversation OF the Secre.
tary OF the Territory with an acknowl.
edged opponent Of plantation interests.
While direct quotations were not
used. the statements therein contained
were the reelection of the definite i'm.
precision conveyed by the talk OF the
Territorial Secretary. There was no
question of the Secretary's attitude
on taat occasion.
Furthermore, there can be no ques
ton that the Secretary In his remarks
90 Bulletin representative gave the
imp ession that he was well pleased
with the general atmosphere of the ar
iicle published by The Bulletin.
Yet within twelve hours after, the
Secretary OF the Territory repud!ated
through the columns OF another paper.
certain OF the assertions for which his
words furnished the basis
Not only this. When the editorial
comment of The Bulletin did not tOl
low along the same lines az tha news,
story. the Secretary delivered hlmsCl
OF expressions unprintaDlc but 10
the effect that the - - Bull
letin is sucking at planters pap.
Such changes of front may represent
a policy that will bring European i'm.
migrants TO the Territory. II they do,
then The Bulletin confesses that II has
misunderstood the real purpose OF the
Secretary They are, nevertheless,
matters of fact.
II is all very well to cry out that
The Bulletin Is striving TO discredlt the
Territorial Administration, but the rec.
ord of events points more strongly to
the Territorial Administration dlscred.
iting itself.
Whether the Secretary intends II OF
motive assume that he doesnt-he
Is creating the impression that the
only definite immigration policy Is to
be all things to all men. Meanwhile
the European immigrants are just az
many miles from Hawaii as they ever
we're. The only result is bluster at
the planters one day, variation or re.
pudiation OF the buster the next.
II the people have erred In assuming
that all this is a play TO the gallery for
the supposed purpose of feeding per-
sonal ambition, the error rs entirely
human. No competent policy of state
Is ever one thing today and directly
opposite the next, according to real or
supposed views OF the individuals en-.
countered. Since the Kaleidoscope
changes are not In keeping with a com
petent policy OF state, the apparent eX-
PLANTATION turns naturally In the direc-