Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 302, 15 ʻOkakopa 1891 — Stand Firm. [ARTICLE]

Stand Firm.

Tt i? becoruinK increasinglv apparetit that tbc mißfiionary planter elemeni lias recognize<l the neeeBsity of creating a split atuong the workingmen in this city, as a means of letting tliempelves down easily, in the coming electoral tournament. Xt is plain to their Vision th*t the late lametjted Iteform P?»rtv has Jegenerattd into a oontpnintiblo "mmp" too iuipotent to cvcn eflect u«! orgaiii2ation f»?r the comittg cainpaign. Beeing thcir own »ttcr laek of power, they liojk- to so f:»r workiiigineiy that Uie

cati put forward ene of the wi«gs of that element afid, by falling iu behind the disaffected mechanics,! stand somc elianee of defeating a. | few of the National Liberal candidates. To aeeompliah this end, : the pious politicians are sedulously engaged in creating discord among their opponents and especially among the members of the Meehanics Union. ♦ -'We wish to warn our friends among the Avprkingmen against v the i wolves of the Fort $treet fold, who j hope, by treachery and intiigue v to! attain a success whieh ean never be ! theirs by anv fair and above-board methods. We fail to see any necessity for the diflference soUght to l)e injedted into the councils ōf the workingmen. Those honest citizens stood noj3ly together in the last campaign, and carried their ticket to victory. This they ean easily do again, if they will give traitors their j ust dues t and when solicited to desert their party colors, i send the solicitor to the right about face, withput ceremony. ' I Several of the ex-members of that organization have got comfortably seated in fat official plaeee, and at least one of these latter is popularly credited with spending mueh of his ; sowing discord among "his late co-workers in politics, than in attending to his official l>usiness. for whieh he draws a salary. The apparent object of this p'olitical officē holdcr,(a being that lie so lately professed to abkor,) is to say divide the opposition to the present nondescript Oabinet so as to iiisure their contiunance in office, coupled—of course—with the continued ineumbency of our polUieal officer aforesaid. It beats all how these polilieal purist s and' 4 m ugwnm ps' 'eh a nge their lone, when onee thny have got their hands into the Treasury. ī-et # 4< Haniiony" be the watchword of all lovers of and wishers for better govcrnment than that whieh is now being imposed upon us. To the Mechanics Union we say—eom * pose your differences. if 3-0u have any, geiitlemen. Do r,ot allow personal )ikes and dislikes to enterinto yonr deliberations and control your actions. Take your stand on a set of principles. and, haviug done so co-operate cheerfully and | cordially with all and l sundr3 T who j will ass:st you in those principles into practice. Of the l)eelaration of Principles published 'in as the basis of a proposed platform tbr the National Libera! Party is, in the main cor:rect, clasp hands with all who will agree forward those general prineiples—subject to snch mo<liflcation or aQ:endmentas further discussion may suggest, But above all. gentlemen, lewk out for spies and traitors. present administration has subsidized anumberof that stvle v of gentry, and they aro busily at work auiong vou.