The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-02
What the People Say.

We invite expressions of opinion from the public ppon
all subjects of general interest for insertion under this
be authenticated by tbe name + thu ~ shonia
rantee of good faith. but not necessarily for pubiica-
Our object is to offer the fullest opportunity for a variety
Oh popular discussion and inquiry.
uEH Oh "a most complete character on any subject in
which they may be interested.l
Mn. EDITOR Pastor Cruzan said at the late
political dinner at the hotel, that he heard s'the
tramp. tramp, of armed mem Not knowing
what was IN the hip pockets of those present, /
cannot say whether they were ''armed' or not.
out what he did hear was the movement of a
hall a dozen sore-headed politicians stealing a
march on conference.-the representatives of a
great friendly nation and others, who were in
V!ted guests to a dinner supposed to be for hos
pltabie entertainment alone. But Mr.. Cruzan is
TOO good a fellow not to be allowed a Figure of
speech If he wants to make one. Jones is the one
one Otter, and I'd like to aSvar as II
I'm aaifsst.any newspaper MP SIX him-as he las
newspaper--ifded. that government that he
wants, and aOiU hd0e-is such a one as per-
mitted Brewer & Co.'S checks to be counted III
as cash on hand in the Treasury? Or whether
he wants that good government back when his
partner Carter, was in power, and not only as
sisted in the passage of the Coronation Act, Dut
expended Sc, 600 out of the $40, 600 appropriated
at that time for Coronation expense IN the pur-
chase of decorations? AS regards my coming
out under my own signature" in order that
may learn Jones notions of IA good government,
[ am content to accept of the proposition con-
tanned in the peroration to his speech the other
night, "we have before us a peaceful, a prosper
Gus and a happy future"
Neither can 1 be coaxed to 8 come out under
my own signature by the promise to have given
me Jones' views on some other things" l
agree with Jones, when he says that he hopes
the "big guns will refrain from making the
night hideous with their noise,' and glad to
learn that he was the first to set the example,
and go home from the dinner quietly ana L
condole with him IN his fears that they may
g fright the Isle (his ileP) from its pro-
prietry." op1o'
MR. EDrroR,-In your paper of this date you
l publish a cOwardly communication from one
who is not man enough to come out under his
own signature, but under that of "Ubiq."
makes the following statement -" 1t has
e always puzzled me to know what called Jones
v on board the Pensacola the day of the riot
t here q few years ago, and what could have de-
[ tanned him there till the town was quiet again.
i This is a deliberate lie, L therefore ask you to
+ furnish me the name of this person.
/ remain, yours, &C..
s Honolulu, Aug. 81. p, c.. JONES, Jr.
e I'VE c~heerfully give place to the above letter
from Mr.. Jones, and shall, probably, be able t.
give . Ubiq's" reply in to-morrow's paper.
Ma. EDITOR IL have read Mr.. P. G. Jones
y letter to you in which he positively denies that h
:! was on board of the 50 Pensacola - at the time o
>, the riots here Il lew years ago and that denia
= is, az n matter of course sufficient in itself to con
vince me that | ought to apologize for using tn
r name :" Pensacola > at all in that connection
II All the more that the . Pensacola > was not her
at the time mentioned. Now If Mr.. Jones wi
DENY that lie was on board the q Portsmouth
or " Tusoarora > at that time, lie will have prove
81 to inc that | have been puzzling myself over
l false report. UBIQ.
& Mr.. EDIToR:-Wil you allow IL kdmaaiGna brit
. space To- express some thoughts suggested by tn
I'd ''tempest in a tea pot which your contempol
IN aries are engaged in trying TO create? | may say
Ie IN advance. that | am an utter outsider 20 far a
id local politics are concerned, having no connectio
rs with either the ''ins' or the "outs." And so, 6
an unbiased luokeF on, l beg to put on recor
H. my opinion (which it will he found is shared b
81. utter uupreiudlced thInkers) that the constsI
d. pickering snarlins and fault finding that fine
he place in some of the newsIa pers Of this cit,
s ostensihly in the American interest. will. K
Id very obvious reasons, tend to the injury of thol
of same interests, when viewed from II distance b
II: people in tic United States While the Go
ge eminent here appears T., be desirous of doir
en- everything necessary towards making provisiC
Tor the continuance of our lone thing icon
~ mercially) needful' the rrealy-Americans then
Il selves here by their premature cry "i wolf a
doing the very worst injury possible to Il
b, Treaty prospectus. They ars trying apparent
55t to bite of their own noses.
of Yours, KANAAINA.