Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-03

! "P'h'on OF MI rlght.minded people, IT.
vonOmous attacks have been stigmatized I,
journalistic outrage. The k.cchonge o
n recent date has this TO say on the sub
ject; though it does not cover the entir
| ground:
F" Tho Chronicles attacks upon tn,
business and business standing of Clan
| Spreckels are indefensible from any stand
| point person chooses to view it. The,
are revival of that System of persona
and vindictve journalism which, undei
the late Charles de Young, made th,
chronicle SO despised, and which created
snch public feeling against the paper and
Its proprietors, that when one of them was
murdered the ASSASSIN was not only nc.
Quilted but was gwen an ovation in the
public streets. Though nominally made
against the Reciprocity Treaty with the
Hawaiian Kingdom, it is patent to the
dullcst understanding that Mr.. Spreckels
Is the real and sole object of assault. In
all tho chronicles TRADE it fails to furnish
single justification of the attacks. IL
makes broad and sweeping charges which
1T fails to bnck up with single word of
proof. IL does not even give the name of
single merchant MS substnntating its as.
sertions, but pushes forward m Anonymous
clerk as authority for it's ISLANDERS npninst
respectable citizen. The figures it gives
MS Jusfiiying its attitude against Mr..
Spreckels arc in some instances tho widest
tabricntious and in others the grossest OK.
nggerations. The statement that the Rail.
way Company are in league with Mr.
Spreckels to rob the community is nm i'm.
pudcnt SANDER, put forth without n
shadow of warrant or authority. The
statement of Mr. Spreckles' supposed gains
from his alleged sugar monopoly are alb.
snrdly false-too ridiculous to even at.
tempt to refuto. In fact the whole assault
is unwarrantcd, unjust and so mnnifestly
vInd'ctive as to merit really no notice from
the respectable press were it not that it is
Just such crusades as this against private
persons and private property that have
lowered tho tone of journalism in San
francisco and made the profession n by.
word, aud its conductors contemplate in
the eyes of the community. We hope Mr..
Spreckcls will take such means of vind.
eating himself and his business interests MS
will teach the culprits in this class of
Those who are familiar with the dis.
reputable antccedeuts of the Chronicle
assert this outrageous warfare against
Hawaiian interests was started Mt the in.
s'igation of Eastern sugar monopoists
who are working to defeat an extension of
the present Reciprocity Treaty, and ms is
the customary policy Of that disreputable
sheet, that good round sum was secured
to carry on the fight. There is but little
doubt in the minds of orr business men
and others with whom / have converSed
on this subject, that the operators of the
mud-mnchine are going to extremes in
vilifying Hawaiian officials, sugar-plant-
ers, missionaries and others, in tho antici-
patton of being bought off. In fact, it was
at one time asserted during temporary
exhaustion of the usual amount of venom,
that Clans Spreckes had subsidized the
mud-machine to the extent of $25, 900, to
ensure it's silence, and occasional news.
paper squibs appeared in this connection.
Although the Chi uncle has not exhibited
ana ngnres OF Iate, u ~ uuuUtIui DIr.
Spreckels has put his coin to any such use
as an occasional bilious attack on the
same well.worn subject would indicate
otherwise. The attempt of the Chronicle
to make cheap capital for itself by profess
ing to sympathize with the people of the
Pacific Coast in connection with the pres
ent price of sugar is very amusing when it
is taken into consideration that, Judas.like,
it betrayed the interests of the people when
it received its price for advocating the new
Constitution since the adoption Of which,
and through its direct fundamentally, the
business interests of California has been
Frustrated. The Chronicle itself even was
among the first to reap the benefits of its
own troacherous work, owing to the con-
sequcnt business stagnation that immedi.
ate followed, and in their financial dilemma
Mt the decrease in their revenue, the pro-
prietors cut down the wages Of its om-
ployees to make ends meet, aud attempted
to crush those who objected to part with
their manhood by accepting employment
from them. The Ch,vnicie, among its
other sins against tho best interests of CAL
ifornia and the Pacific Coast, was RESPONSE
bic for the outgrowth of the Sand.lot elc-
ment, which became frightful power for
n time and brought about the framing of a
Constitution that eventually drove capital
ont of the State that would otherwise have
been invested here in building up new in.
dustries and advancing tho interests of all
classes. To still further it's own despicable
ends it would suit the Chruuicie's immedi.
ate purpose to add greater injury to tho
business interests of San Francisco, if its
influence could bring about the abrogation
of the Reciprocity, which it never was in
sympathy with because Sargent, while IN
the Senate, was its greatest advocate, aud
Sargent always had supreme contempt
for the Chronicle and its proprictors. In
my next letter l shall interest myself mora
in this subject. In this connection, Mr..
Edward Macfarlane, the bright young
editor and proprietor of the San Francisco
lPusp, n cleverly-couduoted and popular
weekly, which Publishes some excellent car.
toons on the topics of the day, has cham
pioned the cause of tho Islands against the
Chronicie's warfare, and has done very
effective work IN representing the peculiar
modos operundi of the mud.machiue and
its matchmaking schemes, and am sure
his Forts in this direction will be appreci-
ated by those who knew him in Honolulu.
THE FATE on THE JEANETTE.
Nothing definite has been ascertained
regarding the ./stD,i,ette. although the