Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 5, 15 January 1890 — THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

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THE DAY.

We wish the native ITawaiians to take pnrticulAr notice tbat somo of tbc \rriters on the gOTērnment side ; are at present trying to create an imjpi,essioii tliat 110 matt«r whieli sicle! | wius the comiug election, ihe polili- | eal future of the couutry will be all |right. Tlu« h«8 been done becouse jthe Natīonal HFRAU>and some of the |Other uative uewspapers have poiuted out from time to time that the futūre poliheal fato of the nat-ive race depends upon every native Hawaiian voting against the f, exist?ng adm:nis-trat-iop/' and its well dcilned polit-ic-.il poliey, at the coming electiou. Tlie vuform pai ty pi*oposeb to pro j tect the political interests of the ! nati%'e Hawaiians a« well those of the haoh working clasßes of the king j dom. These industrial c!asses of the different races have unitedwith native' Hawaiians to seeure good and jugti governmeut—not for a portion, butl for all of the p.*ople of the kingdom!! If the piesent government was to un-1 fortunately win the coming e!ectiouJ il U tr«e I* -portiou $4 the peeple, represeutiug the we*lth-HcqmrersJ would reeeive gooct government from the preseut goverument party's stand- j point. The workiug peoplo, howcvcrJ including all the native; rac<e anda! j veiy large portiou of tlie workinguion' | of the Portuguese and oth#r foreigu! | races would be pushed to the political I jalnd iud»strial wall, uaual' | li true that if the preseut govem'! ment party «hould wiu the dectiou' the Hawaiiau Ooverument migut stand' it is for the preseut; but in the ijght of the iato politicul foreigu polipy of the goverument party, every uative Hawaiiau knows that the indol of Hawaii would be iu conjdtant dauger, Xor is this alb even j t|hough the shonld | and determiue forpo!icy*s sake to i jj>rolong the independence of Hawaii j!or two vears more, this would not 1 keep them from bearing a tteavy hand

ttpou t)n> worliing e!aw* of tho kmg» dom. it hm l»oen (lone in tbe pa*t. īn the uiean time tho polKle-al linos wonhl be drawn nioi o closo!y aroun<l the working elassos of Hawaii. The native Hawaiians wouKl fu\d t!ie two year'B lease of powor being nseīl to tmrtfeer weaken poiiī*cai powcr of the uative īuoo. The woukl at longtU l»« wholly nsido ajul nativo llh \uuiuus >vould bo op»mly lohl» f 'Your political ila\* ard*clono! an«l vr# lihvo uPei^u. vr- u *.w 1-i.we power, thaVgood gi>vtirnn>uiit hieuhi)' gover*>ment whieh Hawai"ians wi!J now accept or—not-hing! Th® government might be *afe en#ugh under the rule the prep«?nt gOTerninent party aud its back*iv — froaa their Btandpoiutj but how i.b*-»ut the dosirubility oi suc!i a govcrninont lruuj the stivnd|»oint of the nativo mc& an.l inuu9trial chu>t*cs of Hawaii? Th« national reform party, with pledgod and honest ciindidates, proposos that no such oue-sidc-.l govornraeut shall be imposcd npoii tho people uf kiug. dom: th<* prtrty pv<>poH's thnt &v<sry man, woman aiul ehiUl shall'feel the full benefits of politieal justiee' To give tho peonle'* e;tndidKlert a ehanee to redross the wrongs and omissions of the prcsont govornraent» the people themsclves ninst see they are elec 4 rd In this view of the maik? i'. makeg great aixl iroportant difference whieh sido wins. It is cbpecially of grout importHnee to native Hawaiiuns; und it is iue first anu last duty oi ev#ry native Ilawaiian in the kingdom to seeure protection for himBolf, liis family aud his countvy by voting the n?tional reform party*g ticket nt the coming electioh.