Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 156, 6 July 1894 — GO AS YOU PLEASE. [ARTICLE]

GO AS YOU PLEASE.

lo view of the fact tbat tbe risiog Naval jiogoites of tbe United States are resolred on joining tbe stnall gronp of reactionary political anarcbists wbo formed tbe late provisional [ government set np by United States Minister Stevens and tbe naval forces of his coantry, for the purpose of undermining the mdependence of Hawaii-nei; it becomes of interest for the people of Hawaii to study the social and po!itical features of tbe people and government witb whom it u proposed to tbump us into line. One of the most significant features of American politics, todav, and one tbat is ominons w * witb portents of civil disorder to tbe nation, is the fact tbat the heael of tbe State is open!y treated with disrespect, and bis name spokea of with contempt and derision in public. We quote. in illustration of this from a report of the Republican League raeeting beld at Denver. Colorado on tbe 26th ult. as reported in the S. V. Chronicle of the following ! day. When a Carnot resolution eame up objectiou was made on the ground that the President of the Uuited States bad already ex- ; pressed the sympnthy of himself and the Ainericnn people, but a 1 dolegafe shouted that Grover | Cl»-veland did not repieseut all ' the people of the United States. This retort aroused the ire of 8enator Sauuders of Montaua, who said: “When the Republican party, assembled in any forra, lacks patriotism, so that the President of , its couutry does nbt speak its sentiments to foreigu nations, : then we have got to build the fires of patriotism anew. I don’t care what your personal opinion of Grover Cleveland is; he represents aa President every citizen i of the United States.” “How about Queen Lil ?’ ” irreverently interrupted a delegate, but the Montana mau ignored the question. No other country presentssuch a pitiable sjiectac]e of two great parties, about evenly divided, contending for the manipulation j of offices, epoiis and boodle; the 1 scramble for whieh does not admit of a tbought for reputation, j uational honor or respect for authority. It wonld be interesting to know what 8enator Sauuders of Montaua wou!d tbiuk of a uniforraed ! naval understiapper of his country ho'ding a brief for the p. g. oligarcbv in Hawaii, and getting off | his ideas of the President and : his policy in this country, in front of the minister whose : special province it is to deal with such matters. It is clearly a “go i as you please“ system of government in whieh warriors ean beeome the exponents of adminstra- | tion secrets, and give cbeers for ! a goverument institution in whieh ! he should have tbe decency to refrain —as a uniformed foreigner | —from expressing an opinion favorab!e to a matter whieh the chief of his country has already . contlemnetl.