Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 188, 26 January 1892 — PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

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PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

Though sc have no quarrel with the pre*cnt eahinei, we must prot-e-t against the attempt on the part of aome to saddle the National Refonn Party with the respousibility for their ofticial aets. The present administration was inauguarated by her Majesty, the Queen. during an iaterim helween the sessions oi' the legislature, and the Ministers have ho far evade<l the test of popnlarity iraj*osed bv tlie eonstitution on the ministry. , ~;j v — sr > • i. t ».* Queen a bargain with the Chief Ju.v tice in order to turn out the cabinet that have heen approvcd by the legislature is perhaps as unfoundeil as thc rest of the Moreiu* lil*els., The peeuliai- circuinstauces attending a decision that invalidatetl every commision issuetl by the late King. might seem sufficiently ?ingular to pt*ople abroad to warrant the invention of sueh an explanatior Lt is gratifying to see that the effort to get uj* an indej)endent liekel for nobles meets with but »cant enct*uragement. This shows thai peoj>le are thinking for themaelw'? and are alive to the nolitical neces«ities of thc times. The t’hinese News displays a certaiu partiality for ihe Liberal Party that indicates that the Celestials have monoy invested in that organiiation. We have heard thal the three hundred naturalized aubjects of Asiatic j*arentage are to enter a -uit to test their right to vote. lf they should win their case thert' is no roomtodonbt that thero would 1h> just so many more votes for Bush and Wilcox. The Kelonu Party shows that it is not a party of plunderer? hv dropping party differencet to secure the country from the machinations of demagogues. Bosh. WUcox, Ashford and Mir- i qow *re the propoeed cabinet xrf the * lihania. If ym *n no* aeainel 1hlT. JQQ «1« ftH* BB^B^^BBia^B^HBHBBBB

The Lihera'. Icader* do not ?eem to !>•• very radiant cow-a-days. The Nohle branchof the ticket 5* iiardiv lieard froin. Men who eam rifty doI!ar- a moutb. -eneraUy havc ioo mueh self-re j pect to beloog toa politi ai tirc-eaters’ society. Ii the hlaek Uepuhli» of Hayti. white me.i are not al!owed to own r*-u' • -'■ ■•’ ‘ . . . ai \ ines- o" trade. There i- cop.-tant war :n>.d 't»lood-shed among the hlack= and half-white.-. l>eUveen whom therc exi.->t- the idttere.-t feud- and jea!ousie?. Amerieans i aml cther? who are ineliueii to favor republican idea.-. should read the hi.-tory of Hayti l«efore votln2 lbr the Bu.sh-Wilcc*x nartv. Kxamp!es oi' ii apj>eared not Iong aso in the j>a]>ers containing accouuts of the atrcK-iou- murders committed hy Hi|>olyte. the nativc president. The <jua*lruj>Ie-stoniached ofRcer of the Liberal League, and contnl>utor t<> the opium eolumn of ” Ka Let<" is well up in the busiuess. He served a term on tlie reef for being t«>o weil posted. After eoming out of jail he made !iaste to join !iii-h’s S>cial I*urity UluL. One of the -igns of t!;e times ia the great uumber of white men lookmg for work. Herotofore we have scen l>ut little of the hordes of uncmj>loyed driftingal>ont in search of employment whioh r.rc s<> liar in other < ;iro too oltcn m i~> ta^ tramj*s. 1 difference ‘ a man who really wants work and the able-l>ōdied vagabond, who does uot. This is one of the symptomsof the injury ihvcountry lias suffered trom McKinley’s hill. lt apj>ears that the ljiberals have sustained their rej>utation for sleight-of-hand politics by attempts ing to secure a seat in j>arliament for a candidate, who eoukl never. under any circumslanees. I>e fairly elected. They managec.l to have the }>etition for the candidacy of Kev. S. Kekuewa ft>r Nohle ready to tile in the Interior Depanment. wheu the announeemeni of a vacancy was made by the Miuister too late for any action bv the other parties. Not only was the nolioe given laie. but in so unobtru?»ive a way that few are yet aware that three Nobles to l>e returned from Hawaii—all wiihoui op]>ositiou. Il is remarkable how mauy eaudidates have eoine out as meehanie. They seem to think it neoessary to show that they have ai some j>eriod of their career l*een reduce<l to manual labor. Sinee Mr. Bushhas left“Ka Ixh>" to the management of Cn>wley. it has eea-ed lo require noliee. It is filled with the long familiar mu*ings of the Australian sore-head. Tiie Advertiser has selected a tick|et for itse!f. Probably it i< not its re*l prefereuce, bul it will do for a ahow and mix things up a liUle more. < Nothing has heen said about ' boodle lately. Some stone-throwers I to realise that their I i hooa» are glaas.

Mr. Eu:melath i> a man of unusua; intelligvnce. ?ay? the Aiivertiser. He will be wisor after the th*- e!evtion ’ v al'. in«lieations Tht tight of the extremi-l>al tiie armory, that eau.e near ending iu hlood--hel. -L >w- that for waoe vou nui-t vot the National Uetorm ticket. The ihVitation toaccept flw Ad-verti.-er‘s tieket i- re?pi vtlully ileolineii. Tlu Meehanies have long ainee made up their inind« t > vote the straight tu ket, s»> the attempt to injure the prospeet- of >omc of our caudidates by associating their nanies with "sore-heads* whoeonW not get a nomination. will be a distinet failure. Mr. r riiur3tou will eain in i>opularity by the eorert attacks of this radical colleaguea of the old Reform party. Seuse and nioderation are the first requisites of true patriots. Tlie geutlemen who were roported as against an independcnt tieket s»hou!d have clinehed their argument by deelaring that they would noi support such a īieket if nominated.