Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume I, Number 5, 6 ʻOkakopa 1880 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

We pcT>lisii, for the inforraation of oar readers, — tire^foltowing-eet|tetet-h- — — T This agreem(Mit mude the 2Sth day ol' August, I ' 18S0, byDand between \Valter Mr Gmisox oi the t ine part, and Joh\ E. Brsn, Minist.T ol' the In- | terior of'the Hawaiian' Government of the other ! - part, witnesseth : . , ! That the said W. M. Gtbson. in consideration of ■' the «um of Five Thousand Dollars. ($5,000). paid in advancebv the said John E. Bush, Minister as aforesaid, for the puhhe printing and binding of ( tbe Hawaiian Governm>'Ut, niider the eo'niml of , ih e se v ei'al ^ MThīsTeJ'T;D''Eep'artinenG ior ^ie j further consideratiotis hereinafter mentioned, here: ' by agrees to purchase the stock, subscription li'st and good will of the Frinting and Binding Establishment ami Stock connected therewith of the F\CIKIC" 'GoMMKRCtAi. adyj5rtiseb, a ' iiewspaper • nublished iti Honoliiln. flawaiian_Islands, at the |, '■ti7āToTflUc^^ T)olTars, ($15 000) and |< ;o conduct. manage. and edit said ,newspaper, whieh is still to retain its name as the Eacieic Commercial Aiivektiser ; and to support tbe Hawajian Government and-its -policy, and pursue a line oi' diseussiou in said"newspaper best calculated to carry out the measures of His Hawaiian Majestyjs ; GoVernment : lolie *inyana'bly loyal to II is Maj- | ,is.y ; and to do all printing and book- bindi'ng re(inired by the Hawaiian Goverpment at-fairand ' reasonable rates, and to pay the sum hereby ad- j vanced in the said Printing and Binding at the , said fair and reasonable rates. • j Andthe said J. E. Bush, Minister.aforesaid here- I by avree to advance (he ab0ve sum of Fiye Thousand°Dollars.. (85,000) lo tbe said .W.'M. Gibson for'lbe priutiug aiul bih<ling of the Hawaiian Government in order That he may -purchase the Piinting Presses. Stock. Subscrlption list, and trood will oAhe Pacikic Commehcial Ai>vertisek, and Binding Establisliment conuected therewi.th; and the stock thereof. and t,o give the said W. M. Gibso'n. all the puhiie printing and binditig of the Hawaif ' jan Govei'nmetit . under the control of tlie said Ministerial DepartiMents|, fo'»-.Pie. hiepn.ial p«'iod c'ommencing from tlie prorpgation ot the Legisla- j live Assembly of 1880, or as long"as the satd W. M. Gibson, s"halj comply wit.h and,lulfill the st.ipulations above spe.citied otrhis parCfo be performed and fullilled. an'd,tfr'is berelny agreed_ tbat a failure — Comply — sttarH — opoi'al-e — t\s' a — fovft4tore— ^©f-Tbis -agreetnent onHhe part ot ihe said W. M. Gibson, and be sball-refund <the mouey advariced. except as mueh. of the advauce as has, been cancelled ui printing and binding. A ' ' The above agreement to be obligatory on tbe ■■ ' • said W. M. ,Gibson. his heirs, assigns,_ and personal repre8entfttiv<js. and on the said John E. Busb, Minister as aforesaid tmd his vsuccessors īn office. ■; * . • Iti testimony whereof we have hereunto signed . onr names and affixefi our seals, the day and date above written. l . Waiaei? M. ,Giiison. • [beal.j — ^ — Jon?r ErBusu. [Seal.] . _j — j jdinister 6f.ftiittKltfirr Thje hae boen publi8hcd by a foreign cotenaporary ; the points of it have beeia stated in the Kuokoa , nnd a native ver8ion of it wae isBued in tbe fo)rm of an extra from the Oaiello offico ; and ite publication haa beēn accompanicd with eomrnont8, ah thbugh thē contrTict waH BometKing unhcard of. .

Tho gi8t of this contract i8, that on account ol $5000 paid in advanco ,by tbe Minister ol' ,tho Intorior for pulilie printing, n certain party promi«0B to conduot a newflpapor a8 a flomi-offioial organ. ' , Tho Govbrnment lorrvverly had an ollieial organ, tho (iazette, for tho efltabliflhment and eupport of 1 y.'f ; whioh tho Logi«)ativo AHeombty, in 187-, appro- . ; — priftte<b^o MUūt 'Of$15>000. '■ Ab- tha t tim&4Iftyri0, lIutchiB{m,'ttiid othor foroigncre wore^ipjBjōre'. And tho Aeeombiy preivtcd a now offioial, ontitlod, tho l)irootor ol" tlvo Proea , who wae to euporiritend publlP printing, and advocato tho mcfteurefl of tho Govornlaont, ior whioh ho recoivod an annual ' ' :

salary of $3000. Shiel, Smith, and Raplee werej 8ucce86ive directors. After a time the Government Pre8H intereat was sold out, and the Government remained without any official organ, Thie diepo8al of thc GovprnmenT"Pre8B "and" organ wa8 regarded and opeken-ef-by-many iuūueulial getillemeu m olliuo " during the late eeeeion of the Legislature ae a mistako ; and a new ' Admihi6tfati6n thāt tēb¥ office after the prorogation of the As8embly, who had to faee an entirely advērse newepaper pr.eB8, felt greatly the need of an organ — not 80 mueh to defend their views as to preeent them fairly. The result was the contract we have before ue, hy. w.liich-...no -money ■ i8--paid~-foi?— pre887-type8'rer--thc salary of an overseer' of puhlie printing, as formerly ; but a party of experignce binds himeelf to purcha8e a press e8tabli6hmentjat a" cofft ol $15,000, to do puhlie printing at regular businpsR mi.ew, n.nd t,o preRent G Q v e mui(iaT.measiii£8'in a fair and friendly spirit as a 8emi-officiaJ organ;. Ile does not require one dollar ot ealary 10r all this ; but mērely obtains the acc.ommodation ofan advance of $5000 for puhlie printing; as provided for by the Legislative Ag8embly. This advance of cash " is regarded ae the remarkable feature of the case. The parties who make the 8tatement that this is 8omething unheard of in our public āilaii'8 know better : but many of our ■ readers may not, and wē state that advances for • work and material are among the eoipmon trans.actions ol our Governmental departments. For instance, a former Minieter of the lnterior, Mr. Wildēr, paid to the proprietor of this journal the sum of. $1500; in.adva.nce for thē puhlieation of a book of t " Sanitary InBtructions for īlawaiianH." The." money wae duly. expended, and ,fully accounted for by vpuchers laid before the late A88embly ; ' and the tranBaction rre men? tīoned not aā a reflection on any party, but merely aaan illuatration. that a Mmi8fcer tlie &iDg» desiring to advance public work, may properly -udvance bometinveB thē reqtrired-"Qa8fo — AndHread,q of department8 havē"advānced eaeh for lumber ,not delivered, for material to arrive frdm abroad . — and bave advānced public treasure in eonneetion with immigration and other publiq mea8ures. - Hawaiiana are accu8toiped to payraēnt8 in;advance, and in every department of ordināry busines8, from leases of lande,down t'o the payment of a newepaper BtfbBcriptioni the cuatom prevailfl eāeneiwl^^mo t-only-here-bii,lrin o ther-eeuntricū. l}'ut Bometimre8 public moncy hae been paid away for notbing at all . As, for infltance, when a public officer goca abroad, and< ēEayfl away a long time, for hiB own comfort and pleaflure, and yot drawB ā l"arge pay for whieh he rendera no sorvice. 'lhua Hon. A- F. Judd epent eight monthe amongTns l'riendB uTlhFXlnifea' SESfēsi enioying himeeli, andf yet for tlna onjoyment he

drcw l'rom tlic Ilawaiian Treaeury over $dUUU. There miglit be. flome excūee for epoh a gratuity to a public Borvant who wafl advanced in yoara, infirm, and had rendered - long and honorable Bervioe ; but none in - tho eaeo ol a young man who ought to bo ablc.to fulfll hia duty, and koep at hie poet at all timefl. Tho paymont of tbie monev of over $3000 for pleaeure abroad waa an uttpr loea to the country-and a niee eoneoionee would i'ēlunā |t, - The O. R. Biohop p»iled for Hanalei, Kanai; the Lehua for Maui and Molokai porta; the Kihweo Hou for Kahului, Maui, on the afterno«m of tho 4th mBtantk- - — — - - : ; ;

Ilr was known bēfore the 'candidates nominated for the Presideney of the United £States were , eelected thāt the contest between- ,the Eepuh- . ' liean and "Democratlc nomineea would be a very eloee one.. 'At first, however, the ilepuhliean •- Journal8, when counting ehaneee, were vēry. ean- , guine. They admittea that wi'Mi tne assi8tance : . « .'■ of the <' Solid South "the Pemocrat8 woq1kli;un . Theirvēry hard, but thev reckoned up the- Statea tbey could* rely upon, q,qd the chancēs in the State8..1ooked upon an doubtful, and concluded ; that the victory was Bure. Ōnly sevēii Statea. _ w'fere deemed doubtful among the list, in whieh the name oi Maine was not included. Neverthe- ■ 4eeB-,--whe&-the-Stafo;-L-leetron8-rn-'Mmrnrc:ujuu uff • laBt month the Republican. party sustained a de- . - feat whicb rendera it cērtain tbat Maine yrill be- .. carried for General Haneoek in November next. . . A majority of- five thousand' for their candidate , ' they had .counted, and- many prominent Republicans had expressed their opmiona that it would '. be double that num.ber. Rut the Democratic candidate wāe returned by ā cotisiderable majority. and thc minda of Rcpublicao leadcr3 and • journalista have b.een eorel'y perplexed bv the un- UAA expected result. . The Derrio^ats on Uiē"(itiicr hānd ■■<>• are' ingreatglēe. u Thisgreāt ēventni.arks theris- - , ing of a fiqod whieh" is likely to, ewēēp over ; thc - * ' , whole land," sāys the Nēw' York Sun. There eān be little ;,doubt as to the moral- efiēct ot the -■ victory thu8 secured at the ,<mtset of the -āam- ; paign. The State election,8 in what are known as the " September and October States," all but invariabi'y indicate ,the result o£ the Presidential election w.hen it immediately ,follows them. Which.ever party ,wins t{ifr firak important' victoi;y in these gains'as a r'ule thevotes, in 010, 8115sequent conteBt6,-"OtTI?6se who like to go with the wi.nning par.ty and-they are always a party' large . enough to turn the eeale m any closely contested ■ . election. .. . , ' 1" • ■ ■ ... — — — -*".r " - — ThefeYirē Twō" Yēāeq^ ilLaU mā-y': lead' lookers on4o expect tha't t.he Republican party in the. States are aboqt to stistāin a defeat during tho ' ' forth coming eleotibn. TlH?one is that thoy havc . already'held the executive power for anumber of • years, a term greatly exceeding what. is.ueually ; ,Caccorded to any political party in ā lree country. The o|her is the fact' that thē "moneyēd. part of community and all those who have large land monopoHefl;xally round the Repiublican Stan.dard . - -41lraBe~menTixe-hāted_l)y'th<rworkingr"jcTaMesUēs; ~ < peeiāll^eo^ in eome of the States reckoned as - " doubtful " by the Republicans. The-example- . — eet by Maine, where it 1s really the working men who have turned .the balance in favor of. the i Democracy ia likely to be followed in Oalil'omia i and otherStatefl. If bo, the Republicans wili be . „ ō hēālēn. WVhāt the general reaultB ol' aueh a . i chango will bc on Ameri.can Tiolity it i8 8imply l —

impoflfliblo to conjeoture. v ■ On Jesae Root Grant, the ' , third flonojf.,ihēex-PreBident) waa married to Miea r Lizzio Ghapn>an,tho daughterof a San Eranciscomillionairo. Th0 wedding, whieh waa a quiet ono, ,took plaeo at Ihe Palaee Ilotel, in tke apartments. oftho bridē?» fathor. Mr. and Mrg. John ThomM'_ - • ,;f. WatorhouflOrof-thi8-eityrand"at-prc8eiIt4n San~FfSnP - oiaeo, woro among tho guestB present āt tho ceremony. ^ Qf*Tho quftr«nlined passengerfl have th,eir personal ihanke for thp eopiea of the A£>vbr- ; »> imm «wl Bxnue88, wMēk ao; f«snilli^ < - — — — - ? Tb«^yI)OputyōMBr8hri-^aytoni ■ ^ i ... ~ A ! ' ■'/ , 'i'^ O' u J f ' , < : : ... ' ' «' ' . < O rf- V ' . «f, 1 4i .-■'. -■■ ■.■... .