Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-10
SATURDAY PRESS.
Supplement for Feb. 10.
THE NA7IpE PRESS.
A JUST COMPLAINT.

complaining because the government carpenter
work is given to one individual seemingly on
account of favoritism to this person. There is
great deal of government work of this sort,
and large sums of money are spent for houses
and bridges here in Honolulu, and throughout
the Islands. II we are not mistaken, the law
points out the course to be persued in such
matters, viz. by first advertising for bids from
the contractors, who are to furnish bonds, and
then the Minister is to select from among the
bids such seem to him the best. BY so
doing the different firms will have an equal
opportunity to put in their bids; and the
government in turn will have the advantage
of choosing from among the various bids that
one which offers the greatest advantage. That is
the fair and honest course in the sight of all men,
But if the complaints Of the different firms, as
reported, are true, then the action of the
government in its carpenter work at the
present time is very slack, and not only slack
but decidedly culpable.
The work of building the new insane asylum
was merely put into the hands Of one man
without previous public advertisement. The
same also with the construction Of the bridges
on the other islands they were given to the
same man. Why is this? 1t is said he is an
intimate friend of one of the ministers. This
is clean proof of the injustice and of the
wrong doing of the minister who has these
matters in charge. This is sort of work
that will bring discredit to the government.
1t deserves condemnation
THE CORONATION PROCESSION
The committee on the procession for the
coronation have just published the order of the
procession, and it is something astonishing to
see. This proposed procession is principally
made up of secret societies and of school
children.
The procession is to be seasoned however
with lump of Utah salt, that is, band of
people OF the Mormon faith from Salt Lake,
Utah. This lump of salt is to be placed
midway in the procession. OF all the religious
faiths in this country, "our brother Mormons"
are the only ones who are appointed place in
this possession as religious body. People
greatly wonder and ask, why is this2 Some
say there is Mormon element in the committee
and they wish the procession to be seasoned
with their salt. Some also say, sit was to
found and establish the Mormon faith that our
premier came to Hawaii mel, and for this
reason they are placed in the middle of the
coronation procession, this is the key stone of
the arch," etc.
Perhaps other faiths do not wish to enter the
procession as religious bodies; il that is the
case, it shows their wisdom.
Good people and the true friends of Hawaii
are grieved to see the good name Of the
country furnished, as is being done at the
present time.
Voices Of condemnation are coming to us
from abroad, and what can we say1 The
grounds Of condemnation are true and there
fore we are perplexed.
God save the King and Queen and the sub
jects from the hands Of corrupt guides, and
preserve Hawaii through the right.--hnokoa,
FEB. 81.
The Cabinet have long been thinking Of
fit excuse for calling special session of the
Legislature before the coronation, for various
reasons, it having been one Of the bats which
one Of them displayed to the time-serving
members that they should receive $500 add.
tonal, which was greedily snapped at by these