Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 22, 14 Kekemapa 1889 — THE SECOND STEP. [ARTICLE]

THE SECOND STEP.

For tlie paat fcwo.yeary tbc!Em;j| has beeu ivlvocating "frer vote 3 for a'.l" i.nd iUv i,b,iUiua UJ ■thc "pro F erty quahfioai)ou" tho firsr step in tlw dircoliou o£ good govwnuient tha people and for the peoplo. Rea!w.ug iully tlu, iir'poriauee of securlßg tbo voting i nght to U-o peoyl«? j l**fure the defaii« of »t» app!icatio:i could be aelI vantageoui)]y tiibcuBsed and farrieil out, we , refrained thUB far from bmigi;ng up a>,y Bpringing therefrom until t]ie firbt st<-j) in (htp?opVs fuvor *as gftĪDB(3, ,For ihe firs: months ot the advoeacj- of Iha j,eopl«'i> e u\bo tl>e gdvernment anii their newspjipev wai-t ! anā pu.ipoflely>iieiit lo tlic^„ u aud< «.r-u--ujeiits of the produeer 5 o! wdalth-the meu of the kingclorp, itLin n mouth liowtver the government haa quite suddo£?y u%vakouod to tLe fact ihat tlie "property '• r«ck«t, isuījpopular and have quito ]-i)r-ly i;ombin-<'l ali the ftttaijiable inteli<jet jn the famiij- compaet-'to pra?o that the "propeity ,qualifieiUioii" cl tut j of vhe OQnsdt'UtiQU is not in tlie pimniei'a iu;i. weaHiiacquirei's mtereßt«, but is B»lely.in"the intaj.6st and for the polilieal benefit of tlie nve<'hatJiei aii'l laborerg of the k,ngdom. Tlns is the ammiei m whieh the leadei>s of the ieform party have "tumbled" to the mten|ts lnd pu.rposes ot the MechBiiies' Union and thej ilawaiiin rolitīca' Asaociationl . . . .

11 he people have been waitiiig loD£«ulaiixiouK 1?' <fr thd goverament crowd !to "tnzaW»" in the ight direction, but until lasc Thurgd;.y waited iu vain. Nor do -wiiih ! nrbitj»rily id«atify with the govemment party tl,e uimu >vh.> hn« | "tnmbled," ae his lett«r in ThurBday's goyeru- ■ nient n£wspaper points diiectly dowa tl:o politieal pathv. uy already fully ,by the leadfcrs aud miwy oi the inembers of j,he oppoaiiion. The iiiissionary reform party has hb!'etofore the opinion rather freely th«,t the op;.ot> : tiou had entered a political forest whieh they were Uuable to eee out of! Too dull to 8 tn:ubV thēmselves, ns the Blsngphrase pu!s it, h >pe uinee Mr. A. S. Hartwell ba.s "ttin:bh;d" for t!ioni tlint they wi'l no\v aduiit the step to be takeu by the c>pposition, when the firj4t, Btepis fnmly and succebbfully maele, is not- onlv a safe ont but one that it will b# popular with tjhe antt-toissi'>naiy eleuient of their own party. If it tvere uot for tbe iuonliaat© «3eejre we have io see thr botc]iethoaded brethren of the mißsionary rafi.Tm pai ty -we m\ght xie§.vly foi > them "w'aai thtj tlārd atep iu 6li<* peo , 1 l6 , & po'iiio.al maroh of progrefi* will baf Bdt trtis by :lie ,rt»y. Sinc« Mr. Hartwell has kiu<3)jf "tun>bk 1" to the political policy of the oppos:t'o;i, as ]ong ainee determiued in eouneil by tho fveo lahoi elfmeut of Hawaii, he may relyup>u th»; fo!lo v;ng &uggd3tion, made by hiiii, beiuj» ftilly cairied out wheu the people take their eted i t Hawaiiau political reform: ī yenture to siiggest that tlw: day is not fnr tli«t»nt when t!ie questi<>ti r ill hle disci;sscd in couutry of the advaqtagc o*' l«Ting »]i gifUtuie ( ompos. il of two separato b..di:s, »m' tl' ū «ue'li a measure would prove to tw !«en ,'it. * * lt iuay t>e that I am wrojig iu sayiūg t! it iu »he k>i»g ruu the llawHiiiiii votciv, «| : tti iiil tht ,rUck >f <'\perii'v>ce mul tVaditious iu seh-govoīUffi.;nt.. will Bhow Uiat they ein reason an<t abt and vo: j wisoly, aud uot be ni*isled hj pcrso»ial M'tjudice; t>ut »a< h is niy opiniou. I I