Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 117, 19 Mei 1894 — The Old Story. [ARTICLE]

The Old Story.

l’ho Aih.rtii*er i*: getting a very 1 nioe rocorl. Tho biackguarding i of the olheial sheet is simply ( l' iralyziog. We euuM illustrate < the evil ccurse of the raissionary < organ if it was not that the i l'aiienee of our reader9 is exh iu>teil as far as tho Ādvtrii9ev < is conoerned. One of the last i instances vre will raention is the | late «la-iH of Mr. Fretl.Harrison‘« 1 ; 1 statemeut as a witness in the t Gallagher mayhem case. A - representative of the j and a reprosentative of the Houv c - _ . _ A 1*1

mia were preseut while Mr. Harrison iestified. The Adtrr<is~ er rejH)rtfr simply f<ilsified aud iuade thiugs look ugly for Harrison. We don't hlame the reporter. That kind of cattle have got their little grievanoes ai:d they are always soreheads. e$pacially when they belong to the Adverii$tr. l»ut we do object to see a man of tbe alleged character and snperiority as possessed by the editor of tbe Adi'eriierr placing hi« stamp of approral on

I ’ a wi!lful and malicioos report injorioas to Mr. Hairison, and bigbly damaging to his private as well as his bn.siness cbaracttr. Judge Cooper, who, althougb we ditfer with him politically. is a man and a gect!eman. vindicates Mr. Harrison in the following letter to the editor of t le Advertiser. He pnblished tle letter, but never said a word by way of apologv' to the man iisolted aud inj ;red. Kead tae fol!owing; Mu. Ewtob:— Mr. Fred. 3. Harrison, one of the witnesses in the case of the Provisional Goverument vs. Ben G:illagber. bas called my attentioii to the Lct that your report publisued on t.ie l«th instant) of his evidence given in that trial said that be was drnnk me;tning Harrisou). My recollection of the evidence, 'iipported bv the stenographer - notes. shows that Mr. Hurrison did not so test:fy. Will you be kind enough to make the necessary correction iu yonr p;tper. Very respectfully, He.\BY E. CŌorER, Second Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circnit. Department of the Judiciar>*, Honolulu, May 18, 1894.