The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-03


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1rtaupllth With tAsld|ae Ell blood.
fhls a IN admItslon that We are aili
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nnlrst fnuutf rslnfninate1 az aonll
hnye pleased che nyataBder
The btafnndef says that We are not
adults YET u j. perhaps FORTUNATE that
We havo been 20. f0f IL was only under
such conditions that iho lands given
by kamehameha III to the natives
have been wrenched out OF their pos.
session IN exchange for the vices Of the
white man. Hawaii g rapid advances.
mont. however, has been planted on
that fact for where would have been
our great plantations throughout the
land had the natives ibeen padulisf',
Are there not then any moral obliqa-
tions due the Hnwaiians for the keen
foresight they displayed in parting
with their lands for nothing almost in
order 70 make Hawaii bloom rs the
rosei
That some Of tho Hawaiian politicians
are grafters also admit, but win not
lie justified in saying they do 30 because
their white brethren do so. Corruption
IN politics is an acquired habit OF the
llawaiians. The missionaries did not
teach them corruption; they learned il
from the low whites. for the latter are
MS thick here ms they are on the main
land whore they hailed from. 1t is a
part and parcel of American, and in
fact, all politics, both church and State.
The great State Of California is just
emerging from the paws of Reuf and
Schmidt Have we not been told that
RompOlia is tho greatest of the Cardi-
nails, yet what chance has he to become
| POpei What chance has any of the
great American Cardinals for that mat
teri Is it not politics that keep really
great men QUIT Has not James Bryce
" his American Commonwealth sex-
rlained the reason why great mon in
America, that cradle of Liberty, do not
/ Become prcsidentsl Politics at the root
of it. MANY great Americans neverthe-
| less have become presidents.
If the Bawaiians as a rule are cor
rupt, who made them corrupt If they
are the debauched. who are the de-
bauchersf Do not the wealthy and the
great shining lights Of higher Ameri-
can ideals debauch our politics by pay
ing natives in various sums From five
to fifteen dollars to throw away their
manhoodR Corrupt men run politics.
1 and there is very little chance for hon
! est men to succeed What has brought
the civic federation into existence, and
! what forces have been brought into
( play to- counteract their efforts for
purer politics9 There is only one an
swer, and I am sure the Hawaiians are
/ not the prime movers in the coutiaua.
tion Of filth in our political atmosphere.
! ThHy are only the, tools of cunning and
! scheming whites. That is an unfortu-
MAJ condition of affairs. The'last Maui
! loan commission contract and The re-
cent Honolulu loan commission contract
/ furnish fair examples of the forces at
work to nhllify the efforts Of the loan
commissions to5ohtain bids for con-
4 tracts that would be, favorable to tho
| Taxpayers u will be ever thus unless
| men of high ideals have the confidence
I Of the masses. Start first in cleaning
white men and the Hagaiians will glad
: y follow, A race just starting out into
J the higher order of life are not ex-
| pected in so brief a time to master the
| serious problems of life. Lead them
kindly teach them gently and they
1 will have your confidence. Abusing
them viii not accomplish great results
1 They have never been bushmen, and
therefore do not deserve determination.
1 Give them better schools; raise the
| standard of both Kamehameha and st.
/ Louis College, and if that could not be
done for financial reasons, encourage
them to enter either the High School,
Oahu College, or the College of Hawaii.
The teachers of Kamehameha, realizing
the limitations of their schools, are to
be commended for encouraging their
graduates to enter higher institutions
Of learning We can not send our chill
dren ahrond for obvious reasons; but if
Ewalikn should succeed in securing four
dollars n day for the laboring man,
their homes might be improved unless
the saloon men ever hold sway over
them, their children better clothed, fed
and educated. and the Hawaiians with
out doubt win become better taxpayers
and better homesteaders.
JAS. N X. KEOLA.