Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-06-23
WISE IND OTHERUIsE

What has poor IIilo done that she should be
threatened with the aliction Of a liquor
license Her fair fame has surely suffered
sufficiently from this curse, which has so
recently hurled two of her citizens into
eternity.
The Bulletin thinks that Mr.. IIayselden is
better fitted to be assessor Of this district than
MIR. George Richardson was. SO far as intelli
gence and integrity go, Mr.. Richardson is the
peer Of any man in the same line of public
service on these islands. His record is open
TO all.
Mr.. A. ID. Bell, of the San Francisco Mer-
chant, has an exceedingly apt way of putting
things. Writing recently Of Hawaiian affairs,
he said: cit does not look well for the
ministry that it cannot get good word spoken
for it unless it speaks it itself, nor can it get ii
printed unless it finds the type and pays the
composior."
In last Wednesdays Gazette there was not
one line about "The Day We Celebrate AS
Americans. Yet, il iteration and reiteration
be essentials Of eloquence, there has been no
member of the Fourth of July Committee so
essentially eloquent in the interests Of celebra-
ton as the gentleman representing the Gazette.
1t is now in order for that eminent and pairi,
ouc journalist TO rise and explain.
Hark to the clang of iron-shod feet
The mounted police come down the street,
Their captain riding pace in advance,
| His mettlesome sieed is all a-dance
lie carries his riding whip like lance
His beautiful boots come up 10 his knees;
| To his shapey legs his trousers cling,
And his coat seems pleasantly st ease.
One can't help calling quite the thing
And note the caps that the soldiers wear,
rood 9f cap of hair.
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We reprint from the Advertiser Of last Satur-
day one OF Mr.. Gibson's happiest editorials,
together with a few notes and emcndaions,
modestly submitted by our metrcal editor.
We commend both editorial and comment to
the keen attention OF those promising young
vegetable journalists of Honolulu, whose
growth in journalistic grace is limited only by
the soil in which each is so firmly planted.
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II there had existed here a society for the
prevention of cruelty TO animals, 1t would
have had ample scope for the exercise OF its
zeal last Monday. 1t would be unjust TO
sweepingly characterize the express driving Of
the town as brutal" for, of course, there were
many owners and drivers too intelligent to be
cruel, but the word aptly characterizes the
action Of so many drivers as almost to Justify
those who made !, apply to all.
Has Hotel street no rights that the street
department is bound TO respcctl For more
than week lava bed OF rasping rocks
yawned from Fort street to Richard. The
steam roller had been at Kapolani Park
Whyp II il was necessary To humor those
masteriul sporting gentlemen who " ran the
races Of last Monday, why was the Hotel
street improvement begun until those amialie
promoters Of speed were sufficiently accommo.
dated.
There IS a statute providing that no govern
meni office shall he held BY foreigner, unless
he first become na,uralized Hawaiian. An.
other statute makes tive yeaH residence in
the country, and the ownership Of taxable real
estate within the kingdom, distinct conditions
of naturalization. These statutes ls,ely laued
lawyer from practicing in our courts, but
they have both been set aside in the appoint,
ment OF Doctor Mauri,s, as secretary To ,be
board of health.
l, is no, surprising TO those eonyersan, with
the premier's little weaknesses, that hi, esii.
mate OF the worth Of teachers should be
subordinate TO sea considerations; that his
chisaly should discriminate in favor Of ladies
for the higher positions in schools; bat il IS
altogether ineoneenable, Why the salary Of a
strange lady should be jumped by one.shiId
; lis former amount, while any raise of salary
is denied to one who Is Hawaiian born. has
served longer, and Is equally eompe,en,,