Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 334, 30 November 1891 — TO THE MECHANICS. [ARTICLE]

TO THE MECHANICS.

The tl Krien<l" han publiahed some nootl advice to you whieh we will repr<xtuee(l, and ask you also po»uler and eonskler. lt cotnes from the side. but it iBsound aml weij?hty, though we feel &ure it ie not in aceord with the ambitions af that party who?e dietatorH are the dugar han>ns. Vou are a gro\ving taction aōd in your hauds you hold a strong suit—the cards politieal. The e!eetioiiB of 1390 prnved thaW the Mechanies Union wae a foree an«i a power that eouhl a political platform to victory. Tlie reforin leaders have r<N3oguized tlus faet. aud while to rospeet

you an& your poliiieal organization. they fear you. and tberejbre there age.nts are attempting to forment quarrels and discusfiion among vou, and have even gone so far as to make insinuating voffers for your disaffection. You also hf»ve traitors in your eamp, who acting as the tools of unprinciDles politīcian£, are seeking to create rupture and disunion among you or induce you to blindly foilowthe lead of treacherous and selfish enemies of your eauee. - You'had a splendid organization, gained considerable prestige that exist, even to this dav,ānd it would be your own misfortune if you , allowed the structure to be v, disrupted mto its oriscinal elements." īn organizing for political purposes you are but following the lead of laborers and workingmen's parties in America and Europe, who eomhine for protection against the aggression of capitalists, and organize i<Ro .political c!ubs, in order that they may have some in Auenee in legislation for t,heir wclfare. In

America and Europe the labor par--ty ie getting to be ftore and more recognized as a powcr ft that must be respected, for they represexit the trnc democracy of a. nation, being ihe people and the inajonty, a great evolutionary force <bat inust be considered and have its voice in nationai councils. The "labor day" demonstrations abroad, now ihe highest holiday of the ycar. and their claini s for notice and corisideration, are commanding the attention of the leading statesmen of the day. V .

This is an age of social unrest and in its morat hikl intellectaal growth the \vorkingman of to-day i seeks to emancipate himself from | the position of being a mere ma- | ehine of industry, and to secure for himself and fainiiy a recognizcd and certain position in the* soeiai fabric. The mechanics and workingmen of Honolulu are as intelli- : gent and r€spectable a class of men as could be found knvwhere, and have a rlght to political consideration.

You wcre rouscd to actxon in 1890 I by the attiti3de of the government whieh you feared threatened your very existeuce. The Bituation has not materially changed, and your old leaders ~nave again sum moned you to consider the outlook what attitud« you wi!l assunie, The old National Party, under i whose color» you votcd, lias been revived with a ' liheml" addition; j ;md the cont6st will undoubtedly be ūs it Tvas last vear with the

plantere or niissionary-reforhi p:irtv, lf the National Party has hitherto failed of its niisfeion, it was not thcir fanlt, but t,he fauit of our system of governuient, whieh we hope to roctify so jt mav nevcr liappen again. ~ You nre ru»w nsked to join foroos oneo inore for an eleeiion *>n the national policy, a p®licy whieh you all know to be basod on thc piinciples of popular govcrnnient. or the greatest good for the i<rentest nunil>vr. nnd especially in proiection of the interest« of the workingn\«m. (To be Continue«iV.