Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-15
Things Wise and Otherwise.

A correspondent in the Gazette complains that
during the memorial services at the Fort Stree.
church, certain gentlemen were compelled by the
usher to give up their seats to some ladies. We
are sorry that the usher should have been neces-
STATED to use compulsion in such case but
those who were gentlemanly enough to wish TO
keep their seats while ladies were compelled to
withstood the usher also.
An express wagon, bearing the number 14s was
used in the afternoon of Tuesday last to convey
lepers in an advanced stage of the disease from
the premises King street to the schooner War
ic'ck. Would u not be better for all concerned,
that vehicle for the express purpose of conveying
such as are unable to walk, be provided by the
authorities, than that healthy persons be subjected
- the danger of infection involved in using wagons
that have been previously occupied by lepers
Recent advices from Eilo of the action of the
authorities relative TO their treatment of tho
Norwegian deserters of the Papaikou plantations
indicates u sad state of affairs that naturally
creates alarm. Just fancy fifty-eight discontenis
wandering around for two days unmolested, save
no effort at their arrest Is this the kind of pro-
lection the people of Iilo are taxed for, and ex-
peeted to e u be . satisfied withr 4 correspondent
less the Sheriff shall show himself n man and not
n coward. - Such events need stern measures and
prompt action, else the evil becomes precedent
for similar actions by other plantation laborers
We give place cheerfully in this issue to letter
from the Bishop of Honolulu for what he deems
correction to our statement of last week. While
we do not for moment attribute anything but
good intentions OH the Bishops part in the ad
dress alluded to- we think he will agree with us
in that its delivery at this time injudi-
cious and likely to produce more harm than good
The question is of vital interest to many souls
| and we may say nations; and the only apparent
safeguard lies in the direction of total abstinence
in which at least two eminent Anglican Bishops in
England. have recently taken very firm and de-
cided stand, maintaining that 1t is the only safe
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ing over its shores.
We have strong grounds for the belief that the
writer of the Pae Aiana article-"True Re-
pentence," Of which give translation else
where, wilfuly perverted the truth of the remarks
that were made Mt n meeting n few weeks since
and improves this opportunity to give of those
| sweeping charges at mission work and influence
That one should express, during the recent awaken
ing, regret of not having been more faithful in
Evangelical work among Hawaiians very
natural and proper but it does not follow that
ftsily to, and hatred of, the indulged in
which the writer in question enc eavors to make so
much out of. Neither does it follow that the ad-
mission of dereliction of duty on the part of ono
should necessarily apply to all, or in fact any
other.
| On Wednesday morning two incendiary pa-
cards in manuscript were found posted up in Ho
nolulu, one at the Postoilice and the other near
the Bethel Church. threatening the burning of all
sugar plantations from Hawaii to Kauai, if no
stop be put to the transportation of lepers to Ka-
| lawao They were probably written by kahuHas
or relatives of some of the lepers who we're taken
to Molokai last Tuesday. We cannot think there
| is "A society of Nihilists among our native popua.
ton and do not apprehend that the threat spoken
of will be carried out but n thorough search for
| the persons who concerned in this matter
| should be made by our police authorities, and If
necessary large rewards should be offered for their
| apprehension, and when caught they should re-
ceive the full rigor of the law. There is danger in
| allowing this offence to pass unnoticed. Such
documents will inflame the minds of those who
imagine that they have grievances to be righted,
and will leadto the secret commission of crime.
| This movement must be nipped in the bud or
there will be trouble in store for in the future.