The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-03-25
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
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Commercial A0Oertiser
Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN Francisco, March 1lth, 1882

DAN FRANCISCO, Nlarcu lltD, 1907.
The House Committe has devoted several
sessions of late to considering the Reciprocity
Treaty and the statements made have been some
thing startling. The Representatives of the
Eastern interest have spared neither expense,
pains, nor conscience in preparing statistics and
statements of alleged facts which would read like
fairy stories if published in Honolulu, but which,
rehearsed thousands of miles from there to people
uniformed and to representatives who have no
means OF arriving at the truth, answer every pur-
pose that the abrogating party desire. In fact
the opposition is better. industrious and vigorous
while the friends of the Islands and of the
Treaty seem to be doing very little per contra.
The impression prevails largely in Washington
that tie Pacific Coast is being deeply injured by
the Treaty and is very anxious for its abrogation.
This impression has arisen from the fact that the
Chronicle has had full sway here and has fulfilled
its duty to its subsidiZers in the East by peryert-
ing and distortIng everything detrimental to the
Treaty which it could discover and eking out a
barrenness of fact by that ingenious and indus
trious style of faisehoOd which has ever been the
choicest ability of that irresponsible Journal.
The controversion of it's arguments and state
ments. by the Merchant, Wasp, and Nelcs- Letter,
it has thoughtfully paid no attention to, not de-
string to attract attention TO them. Both the
papers named have done good work. Macfarlane
the proprietor of the Wasp balls from the Isl
ands and feels personally interested in their wei
fare. His advocacy has consequently been active
and vigorous, md backed by a large circulation
among all classes, such as an illustrated paper
always gains, has done much to right matters.
The political weight which his journal carries
through its cartoons has been brought 30 hear
upon the Reciprocity question and the mis-state-
ments of the Chronicle have been set right as
fast as made The two papers named, how
ever, have been entirely unaided by the re-
mainder OF the Press, and it is a little singular
that SO broad a question and one affecting 30 un-
timately the people of the Coast should arouse
90 1EftIa Inforost ~, Tho alitnrioI no1r,nru ~ tho
other papers. The friends of the Islands here
have manifested some apathy IN the contest and
their side of the difficulty has been badly
managed before Congress. Except IN the d-
rections named there has been little effort to COM
bat faIsehood with fact and present the truths of
the matter at ashlngtOn as the case should de-
mand. The matter is in stdtu quo in Congress at
present. 1t is in the hands Of the Comittee and
they have not finished their investigation nor any
sign of a coming report upon it. Congress is so
pressed with business and there are so many de-
deferred subjects demanding consideration and
attention that the progress of the events ls ne
cessarily slow.
QUEEN VICTORIA Snor AT.
The merry merry '' crank " has been at work
again and this time it is England's Queen, who
narrowly escapes assassination. The startling
event took place on the evening of the 2nd
of March. The Queen had been in London
several days, having given a drawing-room re-
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who is to marry Prince Leopold. \ large
crowd was gathefed at the Windsor Station,
awaiting her arrival, and the Royal train arrived
at 5.25 PIN. She walked across the station plat
form to the carriage and took her seat, John
Brown taking the seat in the rear. At this
instant a man standing at the entrance to the
station-yard, a few PAGES distant whipped out a
revolver, pointed it at the carriage and fired. lie
attempted to shoot again but the pistol was
knocked from his hand and he was seized by a
crowd of men and Eton students and roughly
handled before the police could get hold Of him.
The Queen was driven rapidly away, and was un-
aware Of the cJmmotion until she arrived at the
Palace. The would-be assassin was taken in a
cab to High-street. followed by a large mob who
manifested a strong desire to lynch him. He was
a miserable looking object and appeared to be
mildly demented. He gave the name Of Roderick
Mclean, but would give no account of himself or
bis reason for his act. The affair created a ire
mendous sensation. Resolutions Of horror were
passed at various meetings both in England and
the provinces, including a mass meeting of Irish
men in London. The Gar Of Russia, Emperor
William, the Empress of Austria and other
rulers telegraphed messages of sympathy, the
least affected person over the event being the
Queen herself, who held her dinner party that
evening as usual. The bullet did not strike the
carriage but passed over it, striking some hard
substance and glancing to the ground where 1t
was found, slightly imbedded Mclean IS a
man q years old, and has worked as a grocer's
assistant. Fourteen ball cartridges were found
on him. He only said that he was hungry and