Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 21, 3 Pepeluali 1890 — THE FLY AND THE SPIDER. [ARTICLE]

THE FLY AND THE SPIDER.

BY THE TIMES ī!ARi>. M May I me for your protection, " Says the King<lom of Hawaii, ' 1 Tis the only kiod of safety That doth captivate my eye. I'm so eager for protection That I do not care a d— — Whether, Veing thns protected, I am bond or I am free; And if in the solution Things shonld get complete)y mixed, I am willing, brother Joaathan, To be "tmly yoiurs" annexed, My I value * Only fco seonre tho eiKls Of exchange for its eqnivalent In sngar dividends ! " " Gomrnment papcr* pkeae :, But wliat we say of tbe othoi wing of the oppositiori." —Adv?/rtiscr. Well, say that its electioii by a large majority is an assared fact! "That there is a'stfong )e'actionarv mo\ement liere is no wonder f '- Ad< vertuer. Save us from iriends' How unkin<l to the government party! The Aclvertiser affects to cliscovei and be alarmed over attempts by eei • tain agencies to arouse race antipatby. This is one of the langhable somersaults that t!ie organ sometimes turns. Onlv a short ti 4 ne since it declared the conferring of suffrage upon Hawaiians a political mistake! Thb eagerness of the governmenf party tohave thekingdom incorporated with the United States, naturally creates a prejudice against al!owing Englishmen to acquire any sway in the legislature, This will account for the opposition to the election of certain English gentlemen on Hawaii. "That the re-actionary leaders do not trv to answer the arguments of the reform party is no wonder." —Ad' V€rtiser. Cehtainly not, for the reason that, (1) tliereare no M re-actionary leaders; and (2) that it is impossible to flnd any arguments of the party to answer. But its recordexistsand will be passed lapon by suffrage.