Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 271, 2 September 1891 — OLLA PODRIDA. [ARTICLE]

OLLA PODRIDA.

Thfe Bulktiū has §quirming *ander the lash of ihe Leo for some time: with a'dis 1x19,1 groan it Murt<ed out aoine vague but misdirected personalities and ite last squeak was a complaint that the Lko wrote E. C. Macfarlane out of the <l party 7 ' and then asserted that lie should hav<\led the new Cabinet, as )ie headed the polls.

The "Leo" reasserts that according to all principles of party or popi?rar government Mr. Macfarlane ought to havc been called. into the new €abinet that succeeded theThureton administration. Ife polled the liighest number of votes for nobles in tlve election district of Oahu and thereby appeared to be the most popular candidale. He was an active worker in the National Party duriiig the election eampaign, and on the stump he spoke strongly and well on the declaration of principles, and announced his adhesion to that document whieh had been mass meetMg ef paīrfy. He asked the people for their sufflrage on that basis, and they gave it to him "helieving that he was a friend of 'he natives and working classes and would stand by their rights and their party in the Legislature. *The opening battle was a victory for the Nationals, and Macfarlane ought to have been a minister.

But would Mr. Macfarlane havē been an acceptable minister to the party ? We think not. In the Legislature he proved recreant to -the party that el«cted liim, assum--ed an independent attitude, often Toted against party measures, savoided and worked against his 3>arty colleagues, and waa openly in league with men outside of the party and opposed to it. In fact Macfarlane bolted from the party andisstill oflf the track. He has erred Beriously and has no one to blame but himself. if he has fal3en trom the pinnaele of the moet popular national, to the level of being iegarded as a hostile traitor in the eamp. -——

There were otber traitors also in the national eamp who got themeelves elected under £alse coh>r, but they were little men of small ealibre r and as they will not appear on the surface again, we Will ailow them to rest in the shadows of oblivion.

What dismal reading the üßuland "AdvertiBer" are anyhow. Their readers are daily treated to abstruse articles about every country from pole to equator that we have already read about ia our foreign papers, and theii' lo6als are mainly pīrBonals about obscure people that the pub!ic neyer heard of and care leea ahouL Hawaiian politics appear to be a terra incog~ mko te th m. Little Dan of the *Bulletin" has made eeveral ventures, but has Rtumbled all over himself and then tried to cover his tracks by siiiiging mud. Little Dan is Ull right, but when we puhliah list of the "Bulle-

tia" stock you will understand why neither he nor Johnstone could succeed in rnaking a readable paper, while tfre manage/ment is composed of such a variegated coterie. The public will give but-little credence to the Bulletin:s utterances when thits Jist of sharohoicrs a«d dirc-ctors is exposcd. ■

Tlie Li:«» article on t: discontent" , has met with (iongratulatory eemmeudation from all quarters, more partir:ularly among tbe mechanics of Honolulu. The J.ko's devil made a tour among the artizans cf the capital. and learned that the feeling of disoontent i« now as keen as it was against the last -two cabinets; they are getting impatient for the next elections; the feeling i$ ■general that the cabinet are not doing their duty; times are hard and \vork is scarce. "Because th<S sugar men are in the dumps, the eabinet sit down and mope with them; instead of inaugurating the puhlie improvements authorized b} r tlie last Legislature, theveby keep* ing money in circulation and giving the working man a ehanee to earn his daily wage. The national mustwiu the next election or we shall starve, says the artizan.

But the Leo's article on "liawaiians for Hawaii" \yas vejy\sistasteful to a great nufca£er~ of present office holders who fear that it forebodes no good for those who are ineonipetent or wrongly placed in office, or forthe precious gang of opium smugglers who infest the civil service. Certain Bureau chiefs also fear that their false pro« mises will eome home to roost.

Speaking of opium smuggling, we are reminded that on the Southeastern shore of Leahi is a notorious establishment maintained by poliee officials. Po not understand us to mean that the plaee is notori®us for opium smiiggling ! Oh, no j it is celebrated mainly as a resort for dames of pleasure and noted magdalens,for its hula rackets and drinking bouts; l)iit in the bay, just in front, is a noted shark hole, whieh is visited firequently by myBterious emall crafts who have been seen to fish up queer thingB out of that shark hole.

Some of the Leo writers have been having lots of fun with the '°BalletinV' menagerie, but we fear that others have been unwittingly injured in the cross-fire. The menagerie began with a cat, but thip got strangled by its exhibitors, who then with a beaver and akangaroo. I|ut thebeaver in its vanity wanted the puhlie to believe that it the whole menagerie, and endeavoured to keep the modest kangaroo oiit of sight, butthe kangaKK)B ears protruded so markedly that the public cOUld not but help seeing both animals But our friends inform us that this kangaroo appears as a phamelion 6t times in any hue to stak the visitor. In fact we are infurmed by our science editor that governm«nt pap has an extraordmary ehaihelion effect upon human animak. Men will change into all Bhad(% of opinion and action under it, and sincc the s 'BulletinV' kangaroo entered the government nureery, the animal do2es on the fence and will show you any color that suits you. In the demise of the Princo Con-

sort, the nation has si>staiiied a serious loss. His conse£vation and Qareful advice. was rcspected by his pyal spouse, and was ,the onJy eheek against and malicious advice of a notorious power the throne who has not enjoyed tiie respect of tlie community. A Queen- is surrounded by scheming and x ignorant favoriteSj and the pages of liistory are blotted.with the result oftheir misdeeds and mischievous'advice, A sovereign sliould be guided onh' by the Cabinet and the Frivy Oouneil. Let favorites have plaoe and pelf, but not power.