The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-10-02

EDITOR OF THE PoLTHEsLAS In No. Is Of the Pa
cifc Com. -Adrertiser, is an article over the signature
of s. Hoe that is by no means unworthy of attention.
Every member of community, from His Majesty God
bless him) whom we all honor, down to the humblest
individual upon these Islands, has an interest in the
matter alluded to.
The police organization of these islands, as much
as in any other place, affects the interest of the entire
community for good Dr. for evil and therefore it is
highly important. that strict surveillance should be
kept by all interested. We should not only approve
what is commendable, but we should condemn what
deserves condemnation in that department. All con-
nected with that department are public officers, and
as such must consider themselves as amenable to the
public for the discharge of their several duties. The
chief thereof should heed well the straws that indicate
the course of the current. Public opinion is gener-
ally right, more especially IN an enlightened commu-
nifty ike this.
Abuses too payable to be disguised are so frequent
and apparent here that to attempt to excuse them
even, by any one would be simply ridiculous. To
make specific charges where wrong exists, and hold
the 8 : mirror up to nature, - is the duty of every lover
of good order and good morals. It is not right, not
honest, but cowardly and contemplate, to make gen.
eraI fnsinuations or ambiguous charges. Besides, they
are but little needed. as they deserve to be, and under
such imputations the guilty generally go unwhipt of
justice. Again, if offences are charged straight home,
it gives the subject OF the charges a fair chance TO
vindicate himself upon the moment, Or make repara-
ton in time TO come.
In this relation we do not look for responsibility
among the miserable camille who strut about the
streets. and take note of every individual out of whose
pockets they think they can flch a dollar, and loaf
about unlicensed grog shops, and see nothing wrong
because they get from such their board and grog free
Of cost. Neither do we allude 20 those who extort ex-
horbitant bail from the poor, unfortunate inebriate,
~ IL yn-ol- -, .Nyu- ul,1H %hnv Hn-0 ,O,n-
amounting to many times the amount of the fines
that could be imposed by the court for the offence,
charged, aNoriag them to be guilty, for their appear
ance at court next morning, well knowing that money
and jewel. viii be forfeited to their own grasping av-
arice.
Such trash is, simply-trdsh. In good time it viii
find It's proper avoir1upois, and get where it belongs,
and the sooner the better. There is higher game
than this to shoot at, and if : the cock that rules the
roost'' happens TO get winged by this chance shot, it
is nobody's fault but his own. 1t may, we trust IL
will, arouse him from his apparent lethargy. All
will be gamers thereby. He is the man, and he alone
Is responsible for the conduct Of his subordinates, aIi
if they outrage decency, unless he administer the
merited punishment it is supposed, and fairly enough,
that he approves the act.
A case in point When a lady was being assaulted
in a public street by %rufhans, and a youth stepped
forward In her defense, was it decent in the police to
pounce upon him and acquire honors by letting the
real offenders go and taking the youth to the station
house for the glory of having made a capture, if for
no worse purpose? And when the fellow that turns
the keys offers to let the youth out on bail, for no Of
tense, TO appear at court next morning, was it decent
TO refuse the obligation of one hundred dollars of a
gentleman amply able to pay twenty times the amount,
because it was late in the evening, and he did not
happen to have the ready money about him : And
when, after having remained in a close cell At the sta
ton house all night, and next day went through the
form of a trial, he was discharged, and appealed to
the editor of a public press to vindicate his character,
was it decent for the head of the police, when he
learned that a vindication and exposition had been
written, by appeals and by insinuatiOns that it would
be worse for the youth if it was published, prevail
upon the editor to suppress the article
Let those interested answer the foregoing, and then,
perhaps, q few more interrogatories may be pro-
pounded "Hoc' No. 2