The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-10-07
EDITORIAL ARTICLES.

From the Daily Pacific Commercial Adrertiser. }
THE HaaOaiian Gazette, a journal pub
Iished weekly in this town, and usually
reliable as to its information, has so far
lowered its tone in its last issue as to copy an
impudent and entirely untruthful contra
diction of certain statements made in these
columns last Thursday. This endorsement
of statements which carried no weight
where they originally appeared, lenders it
desirable that we should reiterate our
"pOint 6L0nk' denial of their truth. Be
fore doing so we have placed ourselves in
communication with all the parties con-
cerned in the several matters referred to in
the statements in question with the eXcep-
ton of Mr.. j. III. Patty, who was out of
town yesterday. That gentleman's name
has been used in the article in question,
but we have no reason to believe that it
was so used with his authority.
L. We again say most emphatically that
no order for 800 900 feet or any other guam
tity of lumber was given by the Govern
ment to any one, as stated. We are very
much surprised to find such a barefaced false
1000 reiterated, No order was given here
no order was sent abroad-therefOre, there
could be none to withdraw. The whole
fabric of falsehood is based as W. have be-
fore stated on some enquiries for quota
tions of prices made by the Minister with
the view of informing himself before issuing
notice for tenders for the lumber, which
has since appeared.
2. There was no difficulty whatever in OBJ
tanning credit required for expenses of the
envoy to Japan. 1t was granted at once
on being asked for. We may add that Mr..
Patty was not applied to for the money"
or for the credit. With about 100000 at
the time in the Treasury, it is preposterOus
to suppose that there could be any diff
culty-or any asking twice for such a
credit as was required in this instance.
3. Our statement about the credit nf $780,
600 for immigration is not explicitly contra
dicted, but AN inSinuation that there was
trouble i'm raising the money is made in the
words /" several important restrictions were
madev lin the letter If credit. There was
no hesitation about the credit but in the
form, which was adj listed satisfactorily.
4. The statement tl:at "a large order for
piping was sent forward To Scotland" is
reiterated with the addition that instruc-
tions went forward 10y tire City of New
York, to countermand the order by tele-
graph" We again point blank deny that
any such order was given, and equally that
any order was countermanded. A large or
der amounting to about $4,000 was placed
i'm the hands of Mr.. MacfaI lane When he
left here in the City of New York, and his
instructions were distinct, that ifthe piping
could be had in the United States at even
some considerable advance oil What it
would cost in Glasgow, the purchase was to
be made there. If however, the differ nee
were found to be very large in favor of
Scotland, then the order was to go there.
And this for two unassailable reasons; rSt,
because no excuse could be offered To the
public for such an unjustifiable waste of
public money as giving an excessive price
would involve; and second, because at such
a price the mere first cost would absorb the
whole of the appropriation, leaving moth
ing for placing the mains in position.