Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-22

itl We bNittNN Nlidt ilhalHtNot dti dtOn,
the line, is paying all it can afford TO
labor. and all that honest labor has
right to expect.
+ " The use of giant powder for killinl
and capturing fish is strictl,
forbidden. We do not know
the parties engaged in this unlawfu
mode but would recon-
mend that they do not practice it an,
more on account of the common gooe
of all. "-dd5r,TfSer. 1t is pleasant tc
know that the naughty bad fishermen
will not use any more giant powder
And it is gratifying to be assured tha,
if they do it will merely for "cap
turing" and not for killing the deai
little fishes.
" Appointed by vote" sthc remark
able English in which one of the anna
tour writer's of Honolulan daily ESSAYS
to express the word elected. The same
paper has an art critic who writes about
mountain, sea and sky merging to.
gcthcr. Good, that. Another equally
poetic and equally accurate critic
writes Of a near view Of Diamond Head
as "a glimpse of some flmy hills. y
That is even better.
"1f other great cities in the world find
SO many reasons for making fine parks,
surely Honolulu cannot excuse herself
If she neglect to improve her natural
advantages" If the other great writer
in the other great daily had ever been
in any other great city he would take
pride in the real beauty of Honolulu in
4 less ridiculous manner.
SOME SATURDAY REAprNG.
With bacchinal hymn in his bitchelor throat.
Ad. Tiscr was hummng some lines which he
wrote
And this was the strain Of the verses so blank :
81 am stabbed through and through by the pen
Of crank.
My sweet Sunday Reading is voted so thin
No gull in the city will now take il in
Our dear Mrs. Negus to Java.is going
To wait there in quiet until it stops showing. ,
And when I sit down to be howery on
Fashion,
The business. man flies in furious passion.
So nothing seems left for a martyr like 1.
Save to sigh and to cry and to die-or else lie" Z"
The Gazette's suggestion that Mr..
Gibson send one of his many men
Friday to compile material for book
on the South Pacific Islands, is an
excellent one. If the "agent for the
Gazette, Press and San Francisco
Bulletin" could be spared now Per
haps if Mrs. Negus does not go on to
Batavia she can furnish Fashions
Voice. We are confident that the
same talented lady could grind out
nearly as nice Sunday Reading as does
the revcrant "party" who now turns
the official organ.
By the way, it must be consoling
to many earnest and kindly gentleman
whose personal friendship for King
kalakaua makes them anxious that
his name should not be dragged into
newspaper discussion to note how
Mrs. Negus dragged her sovereign into
" a bar-room wrangle." In days that
few have forgotten two notable polti
cal documents were produced - one
signed by not too literate lieutenant
in the Hawaiian army, the other osten-
sibly the the production of a legislative
candidate of not too savory record
Rumor had it - in the language of
Hawaiian inuendo o-that one very near
the throne was the real author of
those precious documents. The com
ment of the unkind to day is His
style has improved of late"
1f-in plain English King Kala-
kaua is the writer of the last Mrs.
Negus letter, he has made very poor
showing of a bad cause There is no
one to blame but the king himself if
he has surrounded himself with coun.
sellors who are either disliked, dis
trusted, or disrespectcd by the white
population generally. If his majesty
were satisfied with fair salary and
would live within an income that ought
to be ample if he would not interfere
with elections, with legislation, and
with executive control of departments,
then there would be no need for either
Christian church or un-C Christian bar
room TO think, talk, or act against the
kings good name or the Kingdoms
quiet.
The king ought to care more than he
seems to care for the good opinion of
his foreign citizens, and for the esteem
of his own people If the king did
more to reach the popular heart there
would be fewer disrespectful utterances
in the native papers and in public
places. There may have been faults
on both sides to widen the breach be-
tween King Kalakaua and majority
of his subjects. 1t is time that some
better understanding were reached, for
without the intellect of the minority
Of brains" as we'll as the muscle OF the
majority Of votes" no government
can prosper and few continue to exist
FURTHER SUGGESTIONS.
EDITOR SATURDAY PRESS. Sir :