Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 580, 10 November 1892 — THE OUTCOME. [ARTICLE]

THE OUTCOME.

In order that the foreigners of these lslamls.may ui)der stand the priiie:ples, position and objects ot the Liberal Party, we have decided to raise our voice again in the English language. We feel our cause to be a just one. We believe that wr ean afford to appeal to public opiiuon. and that the people wil' BUpport in the strug«le for representativc government, eqnal right, and fair plav. " • " 7 For sēveraT months there has been v a hot contest between the throne and the representative 01 the people. The result, long deferred. hag been a victory for the Queen. She has vindicated her elaiu* to form a ininistry for the t legislature, to dictate to them whom they shall receive, and to brea): up any organized opposition by Dicking and piecing together any combination to atiain her ends and hold a niajority. In oonsideration of their acquiescence the Reform receiyed three seatB in.the Cabinet, while thc retained control of thc Attor< ney-OenerarB oflsce. The "wbolc fight has been around and about thc inarshal ; s office. The Keformers obtained no better condition than thev co«ld have had a nionth ago When thev conceded the vital point the comproinise was easv. Oeeil Brown baving eome to an understanding with the Marshal; cho>c t iiree ot the st- r ongest Reforrners he coUld obtain to support hiin; amon# ihem was natu rally G. X. Wilco\, one 01 the ineei noinin;Ued bv tho opposition caucus. H has eineo been attempte<l to make h ;,npear that the cai>in«:t formed bv thv premitr; Mi. \Vilcox is to lu)nest to make any kuc!i nssertio«i .:imself. and he ought not lo ai! -\v others to do so for him. The I.iberals did not figure in thc eonipromise fctali, e.xcept as an elemeiu thvt the Reform could ,jet alonir without.

I The Liberals are leffc in a peeiiliar and difficult poaition — out in the Hjold; while the-Reformers antl Royalists embrace, v shake hands andmake up.' Personally the cjabinet is not patticularly It is c&rtainty of more subatautial composi tion than any of its predecessorg. The Liberāls might support it had a due regard for the rights of oth ers been respected, and the claims of the v Hawaiian people recognized. But the Reform having abandoned the principle, betrayed their friends, taken the enemy :nto; their eamp, ean not expect the. ua- j wavering ;cooperation whieh they j received &t our hands duria£ the struggle that has p!aced them again i in power, : j