Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 280, 15 Kepakemapa 1891 — "KA LEO'S" COMPLIMENTS TO THE HILO RECORD. [ARTICLE]

"KA LEO'S" COMPLIMENTS TO THE HILO RECORD.

In spite of the asthmatic and invidious sneer we congratulate the editors of the Record on the aeumen and intelligent perceptions displayed in their article on "the political Hituation" reproduced in the Advert ! mr of September 8. The Recorrd has but echoed the changes whieh Ka LeO has been ringing upon the situation for some months past. Its general denun ciations of the eabinet accurately express the feelings that exist alsom Honolulu. We jom hands, "in affectionate care? with the Record in saying ,: we want men sent there this next year who will c©rrect the faults of the past two years' cabinet; we have had a most competcnt cabinet for the work we demand ef them," and 4, what we need in a cabinet is, push, energy, honesty and work." That is about exactly where the National Party stands, and what we hope to accomplish. And since the Rccord displays a libcralj spirit in announcing that a National man who will go ahead and do somethingisjust as good as one of thc opposite partv, we assure the editors of the Rccorii that by a96isting tbe Xational Party at the next elections, there is a i*eaj?oiiable ccr* tainlv of securing a cabinet of intelligent progrcBsive and representative mei?, who wUlmore nearlv

realize the ideal that the Hilo journal has set up, and will be inore likely to have more popular support, than any men the so-called missionary-reform party are like-1 ly to advance, If our hrother sciihes in Hilo will read the Leo attentive)y . they will find many object lessons in political government,i and cannot but fall in line \with the sensible ideas and honest purposes that are animating the [ National Party. The īleeonl ex- , cep,ts the Minister of Fmance from its sconng of the Cabinet. We admit the propriety of the exception for the ministet has hot been enough in offiee to heeome responsible for the waywardness of his colleagues. But Ka Leo while giving proper respect and consideratio!i to the gentleman r s private character has objected to his entry into the cabinet, for we considered it an insult to the intelligence, of this community to insinuate that no one could be found in the Hawaiian Kingdom fit for thus nosition, that had to i>e offered to a visitor from Boston. Mr. Smith has been so many years raway <from here | that he is a stranger to our loeal con\litions. The Record alsePte,s somewhat in saying that u good officers have been

turned out without good reason." That might have applied to the forme]* Cabinet but tinder this eabinet iihere have been but two importarit dismissals. Marshal Hopkins was dismissed without cause, simply to make plaee for Mr. Wilson; the Cabinet in justice shou ld certainly have given Mr. Hopkin s some other position eq ually as goed. The second dismissal was that of P; M. General Wundenberg and this is the only creditable thing the Cabinet has done. Kad the H ilo jou rnalistg read tbe legislative committee reports of his arbitrary and profane. of his office. and did they know of the tiigh handed injustice with whieh he treated his eubordinateS, and the general unpopularity of the irtdividual in Honolulu, the cause ofhis dismissal would be plain to see. Ka Leo has clamored for other dismis6als of other nien equally as objectionable, but none have been made. New appoptments have been made howe4er as the Record remarks of mediocre pets of the Ministers. Au rcvoir.