The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-13

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tlouai cost which in view of all the
circumstances seems Insignificant
Ne Could Have saved HE People.
There are those On Hawaii who
ny that the conduct of the natives
iu the plehisclie takes away their
title To- our sympathy I cannot ac
cept that view They were put TO o.
test that was too hard for them. d
would be as iair TO open barrel of
whiskey IN an Indian village and then
hold a local option election Senators
knew that and ! did. The only hope
Ia the course that was adopted lay ia
the promise Of the delegate. lle
could have saved mis- people. / still
think that he meant TO do it. For his
failure | can only pity him as pity
the people whom he was too weak
TO lead, In the greatest opportunity
they ever faced.
So now having done what we could
against hopeless odds at home, we
intend to come back to Congress even
more confident than before and
much more needy for the result of
the plebiscite has so enlarged the
desire and the nsolence of the liquor
trade that it fairly puffs like an adder
in the politics of the Islands, fearing
nothing but Congress.
Focal Point of American Civilization.
The natives are even more aggres.
siyely and mercilessly exploited than
before, ana wife beating, rape and
urder are even more common, in our
loveliest possession. Soldiers and
sailors in charge of complicated bat.
terie, battleships and shipyards are
preyed upon Dy the meanest business
that the world has ever seen.
The spirit of civilization that impels
us to hunt and kill bubonic rats. vel
low fever mosquitoes and filthy house
flies, to drain malarial swamps, abol-
ish dung hills and the typhoid pollu-
, ton of our water sources seems to
leave Congress no choice but to expel
the liquor traffic from this focal point
OF American civilization, and to save
; 1t from becoming, as it is rapidly be-
coming, the American Port Said and
} make it, as indeed Congress proposes
to make it, the American Gibraltar.
? Mr.. Woolleys Statement.
The Friends editorial comment is
, as follows:
A copy of the Hon. John G. Wool
) ley's statement to the United States
1 Senate committee on Pacific Islands
< and Porto Rico and to the House
= Committee on Territories concerning
:. the recent plebiscite was recently re-
J., ceived in Honolulu 1t was trans.
il mitted to the two committees towards
e the close of February. The document
S Is spicy and serious reading. 1t re
t cites clearly and tersely the imme-
r date history of the movement that
eliminated in the overwhelming de-
feat of last July and places the re-
n sponsibility of the outcome exactly
a where 1t belongs, upon the shoulders
t. OF Delegate Kalanianaole. The expose
y naturally makes plain the unfortun
s ate political plight here, namely the
S incompetence of a large proportion OF
n HaWaiians for exercising the fran.
d ehise. the consequent necessity OF
Y their bein" controlled by the more in
o tellgent minority, the inevitable de-
y bauching of the electorate, and in Ger.
o tain reaction Of this deporable nexus
n of conditions upon the entire life OF
s the Territory.
I What the new Congress will do in
J. the face of this challenge to help mat
d tiers cannot be foretold. 1t is of course
quite possible that in its desire 10
/ achieve high record the Democratic
|, House may pass a prohibition bill for
n Hawaii and that the Republican Sen
e ate, unwilling to be outdone in virtue
: may heartily concur, or the same sort
y OF good work may originate in the
s Senate. Probably both Houses how
i ever, will dodge the issue as the last
Congress did on the ground that Ha-
!. wall having spoken on July 26 must
! be left to the consequences of its ae-
ton. Here in the Islands, however,
+ the problem presented by our unfor-
} tunate political situation cannot be
n eVaded.
It Mr. Woolley in his statement puts
k this situation admirably: 1.-THE strong,
:. rich men who made the Territory and
y dominate it, must have and will have
e security for their operations. The
= natives must have offices and Jobs.
S And there you are. The natives get
:. the offices and jobs, and the business
t interests get security by contributing