Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 193, 4 April 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Editor SheM >n w - f >re the A ivis--r_v and Lxecut;ve Omiieile yesterday on a oIi .rge ofc*>ntempt <>f the C »anc: '?. Mr. C. W. Ashford appeared a* attornev f<*r Sheldon. who was found g<jilty. but allowed to go on hie own rec*.igni9iiiize until eaile'l. Pre* dent I) 'le’? attitnde durii g the whole triai still confirms us in the high opinion, whieh we alwavs have entertained, as to that gentIeman - 8 high senee of jti8t:ce aid iaimee», and w<* believe that the moderate course of the maj rityofthe eouneil »as both wiae and m accord with the 9ji;rit <>fthe fin-de-9iecle whieh d>>eB not ai>prove of or tolerate interfereuce with th« pres9. In its d;sappoiutn.ent over the aelion of the Counci! in the eontempt c.i9e the Advertiser this ruorning howle and kick9 and apj>eal8 to moh-law in a rather plain though iudirect manner. A few days ag«> the same paper cuntained an edib ri.il on the freedom of the pre88 in whieh the brillant editor aaid that even the lieenee of the pre88 was a less evil than the 8uppre8«ion of it. and we admired him for hia *Bentiments and the way in whieh he exprc9sed them. Thit he aow shonld hint at mnblaw and lynching : 9 no surprise to anyb>'dy who has f>illowed the inconsistent aud iil«>gical cour?e of Mr. H. X. Ca8tle. but we should Ihink it ill idvised for him to play with dviuble-edged tools. Tbe manner in whieh he constantly insuits the Queen, the Hawaiiane, men and wonaen. aud everybody opposed to tlie poliīieal course of hie partr, has over and over again tempted the hot-headed element among the Hawaiians to make an exainple of this c«>wardly hlaekguard, but fortunately calmer eoun8elshave j>revail-d and will eonīinue to do so as l<>ng as the laws of the coumry are cirried out finuly aud justiy. and we should be the first to take up arms figuratively or i*odilv to defend him, or &nybody else, against any breagh ofthat law and order whieh iuust always be the principa! safeguard of the country and the people. • To persons ofthementil and iuoral stamp of th «se who e<lit tiie uior line aud evening I*. G.-pap 8upported sheets il may l>e p-r-fectly correct to concoct lies, pub lish thern, and t»ruceed t«> bolster , them uo by further lving. But as Comm ssioner Biount is on th* j sp«»t these little tricks will no | longer be undetected, save by those i who d> not Uke in anv other paper, or visit auy one of any but . the m<>st orthodox riewe, aud who are disposed to believe, haeauae half-baKed flen-nery the eon of a wealthy missionarv and McGrew ouee funiished b.>luseeat a price to Amenoan sai!ors. that everything they print Uabsolutely tIospel. Y-t their yarious absurd and idiotic yarns aud refutatiou9 fade into inaignificance beside their inloleunee and iilibcrality. Even Messrs Emmeluth, McCandlese, McChesney, Youuf. Wat«rbouse aud lk>it« ar« enligbteued f.ea to oppre88Īon and tyranny cnupared with them. and might poee as heroes of Iiberty on euduriag p«destaia among9t a mob of 9uch medievallj intolerant

' and tyrannical apeeimena such a* tn-e > ■ tr>butors to the :?tar and Advtrtieer. - - Th- v n)ay abuse ancf vil;fy m<<r-:ing and eveniue in print everv b <dv who has n<>t b<>wed :«i wa aud worshipped that blind |g i den idol y-clej>t the P. G. | (witbout an eye) and do thi« with out stint. They may (and do) lie ; ab >>:t f"re ; gn d;j»loiuat;c repres®n- i Utive8. They are f»ermitted (by themselves) to cause terror to the i wives and families of those who oppoee them. They are at lil>erty to hurt the feelitigs of ladies or gentlemen by every species of n;ck- | name or slander or abnse. — But 1< t anyone else presume for one moment to honest!y publish the truth, unvi>rnished and uuadorned, when thesaidtruth places them or their favoritcs in an unenviab!e light bef«>re the puhlie then the sj>irit of the Spanish Inquisition, the fires of Smithfield aud the witchburners < fSalem spring into view at onee. Away with him ! Burn him I! Tar and feather him!!! Striug him up ! Lk the obaoxious publication be suppressed. lt is dangerous to let the truth be known. If you do we ehail never get annexation and, w.irst if all, people will believe that we are liars and perjured tyrants. Such is the disposition of these bieots of the nineteenth ceutury who dare prate of freedom aud Iiberty, as if they were on speaking terms with that fair goddess, and then proceed in her name to advocate the foulest tyranny and ojipression that even despotic tyrants of old ha ve feared to execute, or, having executed. have lost life and power by the reaction cau9ed by the resent:nent at such illiheral aeliona. 0 Ye Gods ! and cliiefly thee, O Liberty ! \Vh:>t foul deeds are sought to be done in thy name. The fi laneial statement presented by Minister Porter at yesterday's meeting of the • Councils ie uot pleasant to contemplate by the taxpaycrs. It ehows that the government on Ajiril the 3rd, had #33,767 3> cash on hand, pneauiuabiy after having paid ali the current expenses for Marcb. lt also sho\vs that noticcs of withdrawal from the Postal Savings Bank matured on the same date amonni to #27.826 against whieh the Bank only has #2,688.44 on | hand. There is moreover an ! amounl of #47,(\4<) under the he:idi ing of outstanding bilis under Section 2 of the Appr.'priation hill and #139,000 under the headiug of j overdue iudebteiliiess. It is shown ! that the Postāl S:ivings Bank owes , the treasnry #59.521.36, but i the treasury is to gct that araount | d«>e8 not apt>ear as the excess of i deposits over withdrawals for the ' pa»t week on!y amounts to #3.20. The governraeut may ihen l>e | ea!led on to pay at a momenl's | notice: To Postai Savings Bank depo«ilor9 . # 27.826 00 \ To Overdue notcs ..... 139,tX)0 00 To creditors under Section 2 ... 47,000 00 Total #213.826 00 To meet tbi8 amount the eovernment has in the treasury #33,767.35 aud iu ihe PusUl Savlugs Baak {inciudiug the 13.20 from Iaat week) 12.688.44 or a toUl of #364.55.79. There i» an item called: Silrer. sundry money9 overdu« to Government about #81,000. W« 4

admit lhat we do n<>t und>r?taud that item. but we *hou'd j to the \iinisier f Puiiaioe that he go and O'iieel it —t evident that it i? needed. X > e>>mment i* n<red>-d on this st.ite of atfur« ia the tiv;isur_v. Tne ab>ve Qgureonly show h w the c«>uutrv »tan is in it« tinanove to-d.iy. We ahali 1 in a f;t !re refer t*> the am 'Unt- wh - ch wiil beC ”i;e due ’ shortiy and rhit- in the mem- : liin*- t:ie g iveriiiue;it t;ir > igh oae of it* orgaus wili g; ve th * iiiix:->ns ] taxpayers some id“a of wh>t they 1 pr‘>p”ee to d> to extnc;ite tha country fr‘>m b-inkruptcy. The bankruptcy cry was steadiiy ratsed by Mr. Thuraton mid hīs party during the last Legialalure »nd made the eauee for several votes of want of confidence in ihe cabineta. Mr. Tbur§ton’s party ie now at the helm of the ship of state —has the grim specter ol bankruptcy disappeared or will the preeent steersmen be able to conjure it away from our eyes ? We were curious to learn how the Provisional Government raade ils polilieal rtmovals, and what reasons they gave f>rousting failhful and comj>etent oflicials, and we called on Dr. Peterson the government physician of Oahu Prison and the Poliee Department. to ask him what sins he had committed to make him tbe object of the wrath of the Attorney Geueral —who by the way neither has. tbe power to diamiss or appoint the poliee phycisian it beine one of the duties and privileges of the Murshal. Doctor Peterson received our reporter with his ueual courtesy, and on being questioned as to the reason given for his dismissal. he answered that two serious oft’ences had been !aid at hia door by Mr. W . t>. Smith. One was that he had two hrothers. This in itselfwould to the ordinary mind not be considered a very he nnus ofiense as a man is some what irr spi>nsible iu regard to the numberaud caliber of relations whieh t’ne accident of his birth •urrounds him with. but it was not brothers in the abstract that the A. G. objected to, but to Dr. Peters »n’s brothers specially One of theua in an iuterview »n San Francisco had rather r>asted the P. G. and aithough he is a member of the Central Union and hie solul father in-law is in the right c.unp,h;9 criticisiu could not be over looked. Tha other br.>ther's attitude was ?o weli kimwu that even to share his name heeame a ennie. The other offense, said the doctor, w;>e that he, in a private c>»nversatīon with Mr.Henry Waterhouse, had givtn as hia opinion that the Provisionai Govenimeut was loo weak to eonlinue as a p>ermanent government in case no unr.exation was obtained. This remark had beeu repeated to the A G., and the fate of the d >ot >r was •ettled. Let this be a warning to otfaers. concluded the doctor, not to be encumbered with brothers and | to wear a muzz e when Mr. Waterhouse ia around. A Fair and a Luau wiil be given on the 15th of this month at Ka-lihi-kai in the premises be!ow \Valler's brewery. A fine pro* granune has heeu arranged and all sort of merriment is promised. The names of the ladies managing ;hc affair, wLloii is for tbe bcnefit of the churcb, insuree its 8uccess, acd we expect that a large crowd will patronize the fair. For further part:culare see the advertiaements.