Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 344, 14 December 1891 — The Bulletin and Moreno. [ARTICLE]

The Bulletin and Moreno.

:'i e liulleliii waB an old pal of Moreno in the halcyuii days of yore, tbat gentleman was -in fcvor with Hawaiian r<»yalty, and ■wfifjld be to-day if Mr. M. was here agu]ii. And whoknow?. bnt it is the mi»leadmg articles published by Lis friend the Bulletin, that has given Mr. Moreno the information, vhich has snddenly created th:e afTce*ed deDiinciatioii towards him tUe part of the editor of our * ing daily. No doubt Mr. Moī 3ias_,been misinformed by of his numerous friends here, ainong whom was a former editor tlie Bulletin. We agree, how- < :or, that it is not conducive to the il welfare for all such malīon to ,be circulated sbn> .1. We cannot agree that it is all falsehood,- when the condition of our ,t n t rv is hcJd up as rotten, a!id iuut condition as tbe result of oQi «iai rapacitv and iacapacity ~ for we know is a fact. Nor_. is it that the adaiinistratl<>n iw uoii-representatire, awd should not on that accownt be accepted afe*i edmpetent authority to make trea- j ties that will bo expected to meet the hearty approval of this people. \Vhatever others uiay think or »ay. it is an ill will indeed that does not bring with it some good, and this is tlie way we view the #tir made by Mr. Moreno. Borne «ueh move has tended to create an 11;' ■ uiry into Hawaiian affairs and its relations abroad, instead of the b]ind acceptance of stateaients from Hawaiian and U. S. officials. The Hawaiian Peopie ean never be said by any one to have been j represented as a Nation at Wash-1 i t :ton, and we are sfLtisfled that They never will be until a Hawairecognized b}' the will of the ! s ople as their- ropresentative, is - rtt to the seat of the U v & Feder iii Oovernment. Heretofore, our repreōentatives have been the noj.iinees of governments representing the ehoiee of the Banker and 5 ;gtir producer, and Commission i erchants t —of the rich and not of i.i.- "eople as a Nation. ■■ .' —-——; What ie the Naiional Party. An indignant toady oi' the susar barons asks us what is the Nationai Party? Who are they? What do they want? Sugar is the principal thing in this country and evm - thing else depends upon it. Now i'ri«'nds, ease-your t- :nper, put on • your ihinking eap and listen to us. The Nationwl Party in Hawaii is th« equivalent of the now vory aetive "-peoples purty" iu Ameman and ]Snp;land, and in other eountncs,whatever other distinotiye title tht-y tnay have. The cry ia fqr more trciiy representative goveilft*ient. and a land and Mnaneial policv that will emancipate the: intoliimaBses i'rom tbe class rule of plutocratic capit<4ißU . aud land :!ionopolists. v

£«> th« N atioaāl Pariv ; in the ra» ka the indufe- ; trial chitjs « f mechatdes ind work- ; ngmen. tii« f)easaiit and agricul | tural c!afis. the r»»tail traders. and oot a few of t'ie jobbers of g"nera' I meelian lis<\ an«T-why ail h. 8 • ? ! Main'v becau.se <h«'re s a i undoubted e > fl ct of the severai inter depen'Tent inter» sts of theBe classes, aga : nst ih® interests of tbe pla! tera or Missionary Reform Partv. The workmen in the various meehanieal trades are a clae« | and th°ir families are quite an im- 1 portant ?ie:nent of our population. | T ieir continucd and- profitat)le em-1 ployment d*»pends upon the activity of general business. and the needs of honseholders, and the quirementof other industrial and agricultural entgfprises. īn latter years the meehaniee ,have suffered from the competition of tra"n a d coolies who have graduated from the plantations; a competition that if allowed to continue would eventuallyUrive every civilized workingmfm out of the country, and replac< ' em with Asiatic workers, without honies or families, and living as an exerescence on our civilization, instead of formin£, an imTH».rJ >nt element of a civilized eom • 1 Y.-' that would assist iu its gevieriiJ pi'Oßperitv. The agrici l ltnral ciass of sni ill farmere who on th'ir kuleanm or leased holdings have heen inade to fecl the grinding heel »>f the great sugar corporations that looin -up around them, are alarmed at the rapid game of freeze out whieh is fast rendering them lawdless and homeless, and desire to eall a halt. Our government has been and is yet controllpu by plutocratic mowho render no assi»tance ■ or protection tothe and the capitalists of the sameclasF whose arbitrarv and extortionat{? methods o/ rnoney lending all but paralyze tho eomiLion farmer, artizan or lradet:iDen. In this class we ma«t a!fco include the thousands of families. Fortuguese j>rincipally, who have a little caDital irnd"are ambitious to independent homesteaders. bnt are exc3 uded by the haughty su£ar b . >ns and land monopolists. This agricultural class are a large and valuable elemeni of our population, who in allyin? with the National Party seek to secure freedom from the dominat!on of tbe money power, and iridependonoe of the plutocracy and flaniboyant missionaries, under a Mlow feeling with the laboring aiad toi!in;* massefl of our kitigdom. The retail tra<lors in all the various and luxurie9 of a civiliz«d populaiion, look askance at the pioee,ssion of asiatic eoolie that pass their door, but by no manner of rwcans ean they' induce them iu to purc)iase. neither bv ieiii t inva v of goods or priccs, i»crh;:ps the artiele be rice or soy or opiuiu. lt is onh' when a \vorkingman or liis wiie, or a farmor from tho <'<»Uiitry Uappcns alrmg that t!<.-:<• is- a »nut\ial exeh a nge of »»«!. iV>r eui n and thus promofc£ n activc tr;ide that keeps othef io«lustncs nioving in unison. The retaii' rs i»Mid lor u[>oa tfie r< quii"hh-ius of a civilire*t |.H>p!ilaiion, a»id !ikc.visr ihe wholesalc jubhors irade depends upon the exU iit thc rotai!cr§ custoni. Tiiereui v v ioe-e inter: «ts -re allied to the .N :iti"!ial Party i»ur« i arc to the weltaro of ui:

| cla?ses that go to a&ake a prosperous nation. A The National Party is also aided bv and is bringing into prominence a largō numht-rofyonng Hawaiians who feel that there rigtts whieh tueir birth and educātio« shouldgi ve them have been ignored and mvarj ed. The attitude whieh these cabinets ainee 1887 have assumed towards them, have made them justly indignant and inspīred them p«htical agitation that will force Viheir claims to recognition. * Here Hawaii nei are their homes, their families and theburial grounds of their ancestors, and whatwer sentiments exist in them of love ft>r native land, of prid« and ambition, are all cludtcred here. The Btudied slighis and insults whieh successis& cabinets have put upon onr Hawaiian youth in favor of those of alien birth and parentage have wonnded them deeply; and as it is notk»d that in the greatr-coun-trie& whieh surround us the patrio--1 tic sons of the soil continuously erica for thsAmericans !" lt Canada | for the Canadians !"* "Australia I lor the Australians !" so we say, j "Hawaii for the Hawaiians !" We | repudiate the meaningless platitude j whieh the A Missioniiry'iieform Partv I arc trying to foist us of "all | līawaūan for Hawaii" br* adopt ' the other and clearer Sbatiment.~ j Tbose Goiors we have naiied to ihe }"mast and propose to stand bv them, | and we defy either missionary or j-rcformer.to.haul them down. I If we have answered to the satj isfaction of our friend l 'what is the National Party" we trust that he will not only join in our efForts I i to securo a popular government for I the benefit of tho minority; but ! that-he will induce his friends to | ehip in with that class. Our plat- ! form i8 broad enough for all to j stand u,jon.