Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 4, 14 January 1890 — THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

THE DAY.

īt soem* thnt ak usual the minister, of the interior haa been bbmder»ng «g»un, if no worse. The luw of treason m tno?t fr«?e eonntvi#ks; is, helieva. that tbere shall be at least two witnesses to th© cvert aet before eonvietion. TUis gives ihe aeensed eveiy ehanee of escape. It 5s fair to app!y s\ieh rule of evidenee to the. lesser misdemeanor of offieial prevarieation, and withhold ji»dg*meiit uiitil llieie are at least two witnesseA to the **oVert aet' ! In the easo of our good rainifiter of the interior the matter stuiuls about tinis: Atter faid minister, in dc!iberate violation of the gpir»t of tho eiectionlaw, had apn<»iut - ed as many inspeetors of olect:ons fix»in amo4igotlice hoUors he dare<l, he manBged to t!frow himst-lf into the inidst of a newspaper dispnte. in whieh he has been ..y tac testimony of two ivliable of— <4 lying vnder a mis'. / '! Mr. Widemann told the truth it> the first. plaeo, u« everv* bod» know ; ; Ir. Thnrston tho«ght he to!d tiie tradi in ihe second plaee, as ev« rv body did not know! and Mr Lncas tol-1 the truth in third plaee, as ever\ 1 dA knew again! Mr. Thurston cer f . tinly was and probabl . still is—"! ug nnder a TOkt«ke" ! One of the tuost important things of 1110 dciy is for evcry votcr to utter*u *•■■■• »"J K ,M» I,» « . . > \ W *" — -~ Mi * '• at on, i e. Every man who is entitled to a vote in the kingOom, and e>peci - ally every native Hawaiian, shou!d! secure regbtratiOu in his pro|K k r dis-| triet and piveitict. We are weli awaie that the regktrat!on law lias becn badly nuKldled; this has been done ēither o> through *he us t ;/l oHeial blttndering of the goverumeht

|mvtv. Bvit no ra«ttoi how it has linpponoīl, ihe faot remftiiis thnt tho on!y way no?r; for a votor to bo suro af a v«>to in noxt Fobruarv, is to t . * J see ihal Im aame isat oneel plaeoel upoii tho grout rēgister in his nmwi- dUtnot and j>i-ecinct. Td nntive Hawaiiaiw especially we say, do not tftke auy body*s word for it; but Nee for yourselveB tlmt your namos are roalJy and properly placed upou | the regis*or. That 4< important erisLs for Hawaimentioiied t-his morning in the ccrtaialy upon iliem, br,t j perhapa not qu:te in the tvay the j 'family eompact" organ lhinks. The l"m»povtaut erisiis for Hawaiians M i» ' of the pvrsviit. and bears no analcg)* tn the pasf. Hawaiiaiis need not re;\d ETigllj;li er Gernian politieul history to securo a elear nndorsuinding of the crisis that threatens them as a r.ice. The nat?vA Hawaiian» o?ter being eo.nVvited, politieally iluttercd anu āuaneia»ly eiieated have in their last ex tivmity found out that the ei'mi» wiiieh threatens them with political ruin is tho profcssed politieal friend!>iiip of ihi'ir hnoh irienus f ropios.iited nn»iiily by tLe "fumily compaet." Ihe Advei tit?or is the openly professed organ of this same f< fami!y eompael.'' Every native 39[awaiian in these islands, who is worthy the name of a patrkt, has thetefore nnit%d with the workingii;on qf tLo kingdom to prc- | «erve our natloual i 2ide[ eudenee aud to proteet the re»*.air»ing nativa kule«nas froai the mortgago-broki.ig i'aee, who huve always beoii tLo nnaneiai and ipuiitical robbers of ycbterda\ and tm,: enthiisiastie and patrietle of • to-day* The natives wili aut be fooledj j at tms late day —so iong as tncir *'/uwh fi*iendss 5 ' hoid ihe niortgagos and make them poliiieal promlst s! Complaints havo been rcceived from j Wailuku, Mani, that M undue political inilneuee" is being cxercised bv some t»f the plantation men or managers in that d:strict over the \oters iu plant« ation emp]oy. Tltis is no.t as ii should be/bptlt is unf rtnnatoly exactly| [ what bas always been and what ib es-! |peeially cxpeeted at this time when| | the goverunient party is in so grent; pv J dar ger. "Wle snformed.by ono of the e?uploycos, on one of the. big plantutibns a fovv miles fr. m Waithat the big "I Aoi" of this | plaiiiaiion orderod some of hls moii! ! baek into a governinent paHy nivetl:.g, ! ' whieh they wishe J and had u r«ght to leave. Gur inforniant, whom we k' lievo tells the truth, further deelares tiiat on some o£ the plauhitions politI«; eal iiitimidation has been earried s. • far that f m?ployt;es have boeo notified, ' tLey are expeeted to vote th# j < re(orm s ' ticket ! Complaint j is ulso made from the district that a , taaiority of inspcetors of eleeI ;u'l c:t!ior gcr-. mnen»; enu'e ( lioljlors or plantation men, wliieh means the same thio.g. This of course, ib a bad state of political affaiis. The law bad enough, but the men back of it are worse! We are eonvinocu, * j hov over r that the national reforrji party, will be strong enough to win an uphill' fight »īiis tiuw, The eausse is good am| the people are in earnest! !