Complex sentence: Spreckles' royalist slant in his editorial articles were deplored by most American businessmen then residing in Hawai i. Revenue at the newspaper suffered as a result, forcing Spreckles to eventually sell the "Pacific Commercial Advertiser".
Split into simpler sentences: Spreckles' royalist slant in his editorial articles were deplored by most of the American businessmen residing in Hawaii at the time. Revenue suffered as a result, forcing Spreckles to eventually sell the "Pacific Commercial Advertiser".