The daily gazette., 1874-12-16
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V"V rags IO7'i fhe COat0?''
Secretary Of the Navy Robson evil
IDENTIFY takes o very lively and particular
interest in .he visit of King Kalakaua to
The United States. He it was who put a
United States vessel Of war at the ser
him at reduced rate OF speed indeed.
but without any draught on the Hawai-
ian civil list, from Honolulu to San Fran
CISCO. 1t Is not usual, we believe, for
european potentates to make long sea-
Journeys in vessels belonging. to other
powers; and when the sovereigns of Eu-
rope extend this kind of courtesy to their
colleagues, even on tho most moderate
not the public vessels Of the State, for
that purpose. We fear that there would
be some tall talk" in the British Par
Lament II the First Lord Of the Admiral
ty should send British iron clad to fetch
over the King Of Denmark on visit to
his daughter, the Princess of Wales, or
the Emperor of All the Russias ON visit
to his daughter, the Duchess Of Edin-
6urgh. 1t would be curious to know un-
der what authority the Secretary of the
Navy performed this pretty little piece
OF politeness to His Hawaiian Majesty.
We beg that we may not be understood
to object to the display OF any sort OF
politeness In reason by our own Govern
ment to our neighbors. Politeness is
good thing and we can't have too much
Of it. In fact, under President Grant
we can hardly be said always to have had
quite enough Of it. There was some lack
OF the article at Washington, if we re-
l member Alright, when the son of our
faithful ally, the Emperor OF All the
Russias. went all the way thither. leav-
ing the lovely balls aud jovial dinners OF
New York behind him, to pay his res
poets to the President. We can hardly
be mistaken. either, in our impression
that President Grant found his supply
| Of civilities quite Inadequate when his
great and good friend" President Baez
OF Santo Domingo turned up here yeal
Or 50 ago: and although Arsene Hous.
saye. in a book remarkably sloppy and
eiily even fop him. which he has plst ia
sued in Paris. declares that President
| Gnardia. Of Costa Riea. waa urged by
President Grant TO accept the most
suniptuous hospitalities during his brief
sojourn here two years and u half ago,
We believe il to Le the fact that Presi-
dent, Grants sumptuous hospitalities
were administered in the simple form of
u visit from one Of his mysterious mill
tary household" who came to a hotel to
invite the Central American dignitary to
take 4 little run to Long Branch On
i board of one of Mr.. James F'i5k's festive
and popular ferry boats.
II is not therefore, because we are
aory to see King Kalakaua politely
treated that we are little anxious to
KNOW precisely who is treating" him,
4 and who is to foot the bills and whys
A story has just come to US over the At
} lantic about the Emperor OF Austria to
J this effect: One of His Apostolic Males-
ttys imperial war steamers, it seems, ran
into Constantinople, whereupon His
Apostolic NIaiesty's Imperial Envoy
near the Sublime Porte thought it a
neat thing to get up Il pleasant excur,
sion on board of the vessel, aud invited
J ksome of his colleagues, together with
number OF Turkish dignitaries, and no
donbt a sprinkling of the lovely Greek
and Armenian ladies of The Ottomon
metropolis to join him in delightful
promenade about the Golden Horn. Ali
went merry a. i marriage bell, or as one
OF Tom Murphy's neltcst rovenne-cutter
picnic. under tho Custom House flag OF
the United State. But when the account
of this brilliant affair was laid before
tae imperial and royal ruler OF the Aus
Z tro- Hungarian realm, Francis Joseph
brutally and blundy wrote on the mar
: gin with a pencil this plump query :
l"Who pays for the coals!"
IL certainly cannot be wrong for a Re-
e publican rnember Of Congress TO take at
: least as much interest in the public
c funds and their expenditure as an Aus
) | trian Emperor. We used to hear goc d
; deal about the Grimes Of the House OF
2 Hapsbnrg' II cannot be osc Of these
!. crimes TO keep an eye on the junketlngs
Of pubic fnnctionlrics ut the public eX-
L Ip-nse. ii it IL not, who in the House of
t Representatives will initiate tranci-
a Joseph in our behalf. and invite Presl-
! dent Grant and his truly liberal Secre-
ta~y of the Navy 10 LET the country know
I at the earliest CONVENIENT moment, tirst
Il ly, why the King of the Sandwich Is
: lands was sent for 10 Honolulu III d Uni
y ted States steamer, and secondly, WHO
D pays for the coals:'