The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-01-22
HONOLULU,
The alleged Dispute over MIR. Gree.
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munication from Mr.. Samuel Sinclair, of
the New York Tribune, and the associate
and personal friend of Mr.. Greeley, which
we publish with pleasure:
NEW YoRK TRIBUNE, n. Y, Dec. u, 1872.
J. g. Bennett, Esq. Editor Of The Herald;
DEAR SIR: Having done all in my pow
er, as all the friends have, to harmonize
the interests in Mr.. Greeley's will, / was
very sorry to see the article on the subject
in this mornings Herald, and particularly
the latter part of it, which inclose:
"Should he (Mr Sinclair) support the
claim advanced by Mr.. Williams, his hon
or may be impeached, for 1t can be said of
him that desire to obtain possession Of or
to control Mr.. Greeley's shares cftEe Tri-
6,me stock is at the bottom Of his desire to
see the provisions of this ,oM carried ont.
Therefore we give these executors warn
ing; for come what may, in this instance,
at least, public opinion will be on the side
of Mr. Greeley's lonely daughters, and we
do not envy those who attempt to stem
its angry current"
/ assure you that there is not word of
truth in what / have underscored, and l
do wonder that you could have published
it. l never saw Mr.. Greeley's will, IN
which l was named as one of the execu-
tors, until it was placed in the hands of
Mr. Manning and myself to be submitted
to the Surrogate, which our simple duty
required On arrival at the Surrogate's
Office we were shown later will. As l
stated at the outset, the friends, so far as
l know, are acting in entire harmony, and
1 trust that you will not publish anything
more which may tend to disturb harmony.
Yours, SAMUEL SINCLAIR.
The family affairs of Mr.. Greeley, like
those of any other citizen, would have
been exempt from comment or criticism,
so far as the Herald is concerned, but for
those peculiar relations existing between
the deceased journalist and the public,
which seemed to make his orphan children
IN a certain degree the wards of the Amer
lean people Mr. Greeley rendered great
service to his countrymen during his busy
and useful life, and just before his death
he was candidate for the highest Office
in their gift, and received the votes of
some three million citizens. When the im-
preston prevailed that Mr. Greeley had
died in comparatively straitened circum-
stances, we only gave utterance to the
thought and the wish of the nation when |
we proposed popular subscription fund |
for the endowment of the children, as |
tribute to the memory of the father. We
were well pleased to hear that the prot
fered aid was unnecessary, and, in COM
mon with the whole community, we ap-
plauded the proud claim of the associates
of the lamented journalist to the privi-
lege of watching over the future interests
of his orphan daughters. When subse-
quentlyit appeared as if the last will made
by Mr.. Greeley in the interests of these
bereaved children was to be contested by
those who had seemed to be his best
friends during his lifetime, we felt that
the championship of the orphans cause
was public duty. We are glad now to
Iearn-indeed we were unwilling at the
time to believe otherwise-that Mr.. Sin
clair and the other personal friends of Mr..
Greeley desire only the advancement of
the children's interest in the settlement of
the estate, and we trust that a harmoni-
ous arrangement, honorable to all parties,
may be reached.-N Y. Herald