The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-03-06

/ Nelsn one ieatuer IN Oetelml0iuS AF. "eoo u
abandon the enterprise
And again. in the same article:
~The question is, are We in position fiuan-
cially, as a government to make Mr.. Webb's line
present Of $4,000 per annum, simply in order
to ape our beiters In pOckeQ7!
And again, likewise in the same article:
Very naturally the GAZETTE of this week
disagrees with the clear arguments, sound sense
and temperate language Of its correspondent
Inquirer who writes SO ably on the subject of
The Steamship Subsidy But while disagreeing
with the writer, it wisely refrains from undertake
ing the task Of combating his views or Of dis
proving his positious-for the reason, doubtless,
that they are impyeguable,"
Likewise:
AS it appears to be "a constitutional or chronic
necessity for our Ministry to run US in debt,
and as we have 20 remedy but TO protest, aud
submit, let US beg of them to at least eKpeud the
money thus raised in the country. upon internal
improvements and not bag it up for expectation
III the shape Of subsidies to foreign corporations.
These are editorials, and every cores
pondent on an important subject is sup
posed to be in "tone" with the paper,
unless the editor makes a disavowal of
concurrence in the views of the CORE
spondent; and hence we find in the same
paper the following extract from a cor
respondent, which, however incorrect he
NAV have been in his supposition as to the
profession of our correspondent "1nquir-
err" indicates the stone" of the paper at
that date:
at seems to me that have heard Inquirer
address jury, of which l was member and |
trust that he has sufficient influence with the
Cabinet to put an efectual bar to the PROPOSE
ton to squander the public money upon line of
steamers already receiving assistance in free
wharfage and know not what else"
Now, let it be remembered that this
was the opinion of this exponent of
"Public Opinion" on the 9th of Deem
Der last; Mr.. Webb having had his con-
ference with the Ministers on the Goth of
the preceding month (November,) and
the Privy Council consequent upon that
conference having been held on the 2Srd
day, and its conclusions published by US
on the 29th of the same month. 1t will,
then. be seen that the change of base is
both instructive and amusing.
Again, on the 10th of the same month
(December,) they We're still firm in the
faith of the week before; and in their
leader in opposition to our editorial, which
commented adversely on our correspond !
ent "Inquirer's" position, they say:
at" meaning ourselyes.) thinks our duty is
to secure Mr.. Webb against this small loss"
Upon which they make the following
comment:
"To do so we must run in debt ourselves, for .
as the necessity seems to have arisen for borrow
ing money 10 erect public buildings, every dollar
spent on steamship lines. for our present benefit /
will add to the load that our children viii have I
to carry in the future
And again they say in the same article:
We are advised to step forward now, whilst /
the contracts are yet unsigned by the Aus.
traIian GoveTnments)-a help establish the line.
Just how that is to be managed we can not see.
Mr.. Webb is now probably negotiating with the
Australian Governments
And again:
We are led to the conclusion that Mr.. Webb
left here with the assurance that this Govern
ment would be prepared to grant him the sum
appropriated, in the event of his securing the
mOneyed aid Of the Governments with whom he
intended TO negotiate"
On the 25th of December it is true the
" Independent "weakens somewhat"
and if we did not have the utmost reli-
ance on their unlimited and disinterested
devotion to the public interests, and con-
slider them worthy of residing in some
other section of the world than in this
favored land, we should say that they had
seen Sam" for they have the following:
"As to the subsidy from this Government
which was voted by ;he last Legislature, amount
ing to $4,000 for two years,-we were informed
some time since that monthly payments of $1,000,
out Of that appropriation, were begun to be made
to the boats of the Hall line, aud were continued
until they ceased running. The natural inference
is, such having been the case, monthly payments
are still continued TO the boats Of the Webb line;
for whatever reasons existed for the payment in
the first instance must of course continue to
be operative now. The discussion that was re-
Gently had as to a subsidy, was as we understand
it, whether this Government should incur debt
in order to pay permanent subsidy for ten
years, as has just been voted by New Zealand
and Victoria"
Though there had been no discussion or
anything said, in fact, about paying
subsidy for ten years,-certainly not in
this paper
On the 10th of December, they were
led to the conclusion that Mr. Webb left ;
here with the assurance that this Govern
ment would be prepared to grant him
the sum appropriated, Ia The ereNt Of lbs !