The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-03
CHARACTERISTIC
TI7LMAN ROAST

TRADES on the stump against the abuses
which are evident to all he never stops
to tell the people that all these things
have come about with republican Pre-
sidents in the White House and re-
publican congresses in control.
CONTROL OF MACHINERY OF
GOVERNMENT.
"The machinery of government Ia
the hands of the northern masses has
drifted under the control of the men
who are guilty of the wrongs and in
famies which Mr.. Roosevelt denounces
in such scathing terms. If you ask
who passes the laws which are so de-
fective, the answer is the republicans
in Congress; if you ask who failed to
pass the laws so necessary to remedy
all these evils, the answer is the re-
publican Congress. The people have
been betrayed by those for whom they
voted and the remedy lies with the
people and the people alone. The pub
lie conscience has been debauched by
favoritism in government in the in
terest of these very predatory rich
who are so vigorously denounced by
the President.
The poor fools who are shouting mis-
praises have so far failed to under
stand that the bad government which
the republican party has given the
country is due solely to the ignorance
and debauchery of the people. Misled
and deceived by these newspapers
which are owned by these same rich
men labor organized and disorganized
trails along behind the banner of re-
publicanism and shouts for Roosevelt
and his policies. The millions who
have been robbed are equally as en-
thusiastic as the milionaires who have
been benefited
"The capacity of the people to gov
ern themselves wisely and protect their
interests is seriously called in question
by existing conditions. The money
gained by dishonest and unfair meth
DDS is used to control the machinery of
nomination at Chicago. The price OF
negro delegates in the south rises day
by day. The offlce-holding clique ma
nipulated and directed by high Off
cial of the government under Roose-
velt's sanction and orders and rein
forced by the millions in the hands of
the relatives and friends of one of the
candidates is opposed in the struggle
for the control of these southern de-
legations by beneficiaries of republican
misgovernment, who want to be left
alone in the enjoyment of power and
the benefits to their private fortunes
which the existing conditions afford.
1t is battle between predatory wealth
on both sides, with the power and
prestige of the President thrown into
the balance in behalf of his favorite.
Civil service rules, pernicious ac-
tivity of government officials, bold and
unblushing effort to dictate his sue
cessor in the White House or compel
his own denomination for third term
are conspicuous factors of the situation.
The necessity for keeping the negro
vote in line compels the President 90
seek permission from Congress to an
null his own deliberate action in re-
gard to the Brownsville rioters.
In the mad rush to placate the ne
gro vote we may expect to see before
the Chicago convention meets, to quote
a great New England newspaper, the
President reviewing the re-enlisted ne
gro battalion on the White House green
after which there will be luncheon at
the Executive Mansion The Presi-
dents action in that matter was hasty
and unjust, inasmuch as the innocent
were punished along with the guilty
but it is a pitiable spectacle, all the
same, to see the mad race for negro
votes
PRESIDENTS SHORTCOMINGS.
Turning from this aspect of the
case, let us consider some of the facts
known of all men which cannot be
ignored in making up judgment as tc
the President on shortcomings and res
possibilities.
Mr.. Roosevelt is always loud-mouth'
ed and even vehement in the proclama'
ton of his own purity of purpose ana
patriotism. He has absolute faith il
his own infallibility, and is apparently
so drunk with power that he uncon
sciously lapses into the imperial we
, and sends cablegrams about me and
my people, But these things are 81
small moment-.'vagaries of a noble
and impetuous spirit'-and we coulC
pass them by were it not for the ex
istence of cold-blooded facts to show
executive responsibility for many o.
the evils which exist without dispute,
The President clamors for changes in
some old laws and enactment of new
ones. The people, fretted and angry
because of the wrongs to which the!
: have been subjected, clamor with him
= Some Of these DrODOsed changes are IN