Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 282, 17 September 1891 — Be not Deceived. [ARTICLE]

Be not Deceived.

There is to be a meeting of the Meehaniee' Union this evening when matters of high importance may eome up for discussion. The President of the Union has long succeeded in u staviDg" off this meeting but has at lā st been eompelled to eall it. As an explanation for this apparently inactive attitude on the part of the President, it is commonly stated on the street, that—having proved a failure and a disappointment to his party, in the last Legislature, — he seeke revenge for the withdrawal *of party •confidence throngh an attempt to the mechanics orgaoisa--ikm inta the arme of the missionaary oppositioa — otherwiße known aae the Baldwin-Castle-Thurston «ang. It was also rungp2tid that in view of possible politidftl <ftscussion in the said meeting, the President kad invited the attendance of two noted would-be political leaders, one agovernment office-holder at a higlf salary; — the other the alleged editor of an evening sheet (called by the hyper-courteous a newapaper), Uie property of certain Oabinet Ministers and others in iigh official positions. The purpose of such invitations was further | said to be to forestall the harmonioue action of the Union upon any DeclarationofPnnciples thatmight be advanced as a basis of party policy in the next campaign, — to induce a split in the parfcy eouneile, or even to secure such a concerted <l whoof " from a few hired ushouters" {vide Bulletin) as might carry at least a goodly section of the Unien, holus-boliis. intothe inissionary eamp.

We sincerely hope that these rumors anei speeulationß are inaeeurate, wherejn such treacherous tactics are attributed to the Prēsident of the Union, whoni we have hitherto liighly esteemed, andwould Btill gladly esteem. The very fact of these rumors being afioat calls for plain talk, for this.is 110 tinie for mincing words We cannot permit a dread of injurirg the feeiings of the President, to stand in the way pf what we deem aduty to the party and tho pnhlie. If tho of-

ficer named be Himoeent of base and treacherous- design, we will gladly admit and*proclaim such in nocen jej but we sball expee thim to pursue a course of upright dealing toward the Union. His action will be our and *lie public'3 best reason to believe in the inaccuracy of these very unpleasant rumors — most prejudicial to his' reputation - Jbr Melity.

It may a3so be thnt the origin of thc foresaid rumore v is in the evident attempt of the Bulletm, and the crowd who own it, to capture the public, and especially tho meehaniee, and lead the, next eamfor its own desigris. lt is« therefore, our present objeet to warn the members of the MeehanicB' Union against the professions and machinations, of thc false and treacherous, who would masquerade in the garb of friendship and syampathy, while really playing the # part of conducting a delivery of their prōfessed friends, into the power of the enemy. If the object be to secure an impartial expresi sion of sentiment on tbe part of the

Union t in representing a very important factor of the late, — we repeat, the late, —National Party, why should the President eoneem himeelf with the effort to secure the presenee of the high salaried offidraws his pay and inBpirations from the Ifthe President of the honestly in favor of proßioihigw»! best of the Unioß r and af allewing and seeuring a free and &ir expression of opimon a» to the bestpolicy to be pursued, wherefore his anxiety to 4{ pack" the meeting by the presence of the little editorial scullion of the present fat and # flabby ministerial junta. What does he expect from either of those ehoiee (!) and patriotic (!) spirits, except the opposition and hostility\o the true interestB of the Union, whieh they are paid to exert, and whieh (should they be admitted to the eouneil) they dare notwithhold?

Thereforethis is the mor«l <rfour appeal to the memberaofthe Union: Do not permU yourself and yoytor organization to be wld out to ihe enervy by desigmng or wovld-be leaders. If the meetiog in qaestion ehall develop a condition of things evincing any kind of moral pressure it will be the evidence posBible of the existence of thd danger against whieh we here lift a warning voice, and will fomish the best of reasons for thoee of the Union who do not propose to walk in the leading strings of either the nnesionary l, thrifties" or the Soap Grease Cabinet, to kiek over the traces. Better far that the organization shouid be entirely tflsrupted, and resoved into its originai elemente than it should be used as & tool to further the iuterests of either! the elavee on ihe one haud or the galazy of grease to whieh poople;

are temporari!y compelled to refer to as the cabmet of the day.