The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-10-13

Nh. EDITOR AS a rule, never answer news
paper articles written against me public man,
and never throw mud, but l am obliged to an
swsr the article of Mr.. Gibson, published in the
Express of Wednesday last.
The contract made for sheep, if the Board Of
Health needed sheep, is good one, and the paying
in advance no heinous crime. The President, with
funds at his command, had perfect right to use
the funds for the best advantage of bargain |;
but Mr.. Gibson having made the best of the bar
gain there is no use in stating that natives are
fond of mutton, or the price as low as beef. The
present price for beef is, allowing Mr.. Gibson's
credit for hides and tallow, less than cts. per
pound, allowing the facts, less than cts. Mutton
Is over cts per pound, provided the guarantee of
IS pounds each IS kept. Mr.. Gibson s statement
that l sold hides and tallow for less than their
value is not correct. He had some cause for crti-
cism upon the detail figures made in the Board of
Health's report, in which there is an error.
There purchased ,lo7 head Of cattle, l,2lO
hides were sold. The difference being cattle
raised on the place, with all the tallow saved The
hides sold to Brewer d Co., at the highest
market rates, and the gross sum received, without
deducting any charges or commissions, was paid to
the credit of the Board of Health. MIR. Gibson, or
any other party, can lind in the Interior Depart
ment full proof that every dollar that could have
been claimed for the sale of hides and tallow was
passed to the credit of the Board of Health.
Mr.. Gibson claimed that my firm sold lumber,
and never delivered il. l gave my firm an order
for certain lumber for the plank road. When the
lumber was all piled on the Esplanade, subject TO
the order of the government, paid the bill, and
not until then. Some weeks after, Messrs. Levers
d. Dickson desired to buy some 1000 feet of the
plank there being none of the size III the market.
As had not commenced the plank road and ships
were due at hand with plenty of the SIZE gave
my firm permission to borrow and return 1t from
the first received. Before the arrival of the lumber
vessels Mr.. Bush took Office. He at once decided
to build an earth road at Waikiki, and not plank,
and began tramway for rail cars to bring dirt, at
the same time took delivery and measurement OF
the pile of plank. The amount short was 2l.OOO
feet, of which Mr.. Hart, the party taking delivery
was notified; also notified them that the same
size they could have by the first vessel, or
having decided not to build a plank road, they
could have other lumber, or the money returned.
Mr.. Hart chose to take other lumber, which he
did, and previous to Mr.. Bush retiring from the
Government, as Minister, Mr.. Hart had received
2O305 feet to replace the u 600 feet loaned by
as Minister, to Wilder d. Co., and all of which was
used in the plank road tramway.
Mr.. Gibson will kindly remember that took
Office Minister ON the 9th of July, 1878 that he
was heard in his seat on the morning of July 9th
to that he trusted the Minister of the Interior
being connected with lumber firm, would adver-
tise for sealed tenders and he was answered it
had already been done; and every dollars worth
of lumber sold by my firm to the Government
during my holding Office sold under sealed
contract made after advertisement for tenders,
and awarded my firm.
b1I. UlDson says tnat \ "nuerJ, "ueH munster
of the Interior, paid him in advance for the
medical work. Mr.. Gibson was the chairman of
a committee, authorized to draw upon the Min
lister of the Interior for the of fifteen hundred
dollars, appropriation made by the Legislature.
MIR. Gibson drew it as right, and had nothing
whatever to say in the matter as to what use
made of the money. knew not the immediate
use when drawn.
Mr.. Gibson saw fit, in the Legislature, to class
me as the head of ring, intimating that the Gov
eminent had lost by my management. chal-
lenged Mr.. Gibson them and l again challenge
him to show any act on my part that caused the
loss of cent to the Government that should have
been secured. SAMUEL q. WILDER.