Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-21

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The unaceouuted fot Sio,ooo rcmans still
10y the treasury statement for the
period ending lunc goth. The probabilities
seem against ils explanation until anei the
legislature meets with power to compel an in
tclligiblc accounting In the meanwhile, the
goyrmmen, ,hirks it, plain duty and prints q
" detailed statement that Is not detailed.
In the official organ this week, an authoritative
editorial announced that It was impossible to
make a detailed statement Why1 Let rs
anabse a potion of the "dctailcd statement,
Under the head Of expenses Of the foreign affairs
Office appears the item, "ESpcnscs Foreign
Missions, So, ioi So Below appears =" I'm
yuy at Washington. $4,000 The latter vs.
explicit the formcr Is not. II The bulk Of
that s.. 5ol 81 was tot the special envoy TO
Moscow, and the government feels itself iustt
bed In The expenditure. why me-, stand dhy It's guns
and say so2 IN the same schedule VI expenses
appears the dcHghtuly indefinite item lic.
ctpuons and lncidcntah, SLo7S o. What
receptions What incidentally No, every
little detail Is demanded or expected, but some
faint clue Is surely due the dear people who
pay the bills just enough TO sugn.coat the
pills they ate forced to swallow What Is
meant 10y "Road Tax cstimatcd Si1ISq s6f'
This item appears among the expenses Of the
interior department II it means the amounts
spent on public roads, It ough, to read So
much for this, that and, the other district.
Under the same head appears "Building aud
Maintaining Hospitals, $3.50 "a Does this
mean Kakaako1 II not, what does it mean ?
"Salnry and incidcntals Civil Engineer arc
other items; small items, it is true, but alto
gc,hcr blind and misleading to the public.
Who is this civil engineer2 Is he Mr. Gibson.
under new ttle3 II the sum of S31,76o 81
has been spent for roads and bridges, why not
name few OF those bridges and the amount
each has costp Encouragement of lmmi
grafton. $40, ZOO 49," is not half so clear as a
few words Of explanation might make it. II
spent Tor the passages OF Portuguese why not
SO sta,c3 1.-THE official organ is not willing Ia
give gratuitous space to such necessary eSpla.
nations, why no, print few details as an adj
vcriscmeut The money paid the official
printer will not be grudgcd, il it shall be made
clearer Just where some OF the other money has
gone. |, has cost Si,2,S rs to support the
useless and unornamcntal armed force, tot the
quarter just ending. II the report might give
the number Of men and horses for whom this
large sum was expended, those special tax
eaters might be growled at 10y the taxpayers
more inlclgrntly, and rather more cordially.
But is all such game Of bluff that it
seems almos, idle to discuss it at all. psticnt
waiting fur the day OF reckoning seems all that
the insultcd community has left to fall back
upon-savc those extreme measures which
wise men never resort TO, until all other meas
urcs have failed But the utter disregard OF
law, OF public opinion and of their regulations
and prospects, which SO flagrantly has eharac-
tcrzcd the policy OF the present admnistra-
ton, may work its downfall sooner than many
dare hope. When the chief creditor OF the
| Hawaiian Government shall be obliged, 10y
sellprotoction, to put on the screws and force
an accounting from the powers that be, unless
the accounting be so manifestly Straightforward
that the creditor meant shall be fully satisfied
the end OF the beginning will mean new
policy of government and respectable men Il
carry it out, And who can doubt that ever,
inicres, in the kingdom would be benefited
by having men of character, Of financial stand
ing, of recognized ability, at the head of affairs
II men whe are favorbly known in LondoI
and Liverpool, New York and San Francisco
held the portfolios of finance, OF foreign affairs
and of internal improvements, there would b.
little difficulty in selling Hawaiian bonds at
premium. There is no doubt OF that. Blu
who wants to lend money 10 governmen
controlled by men who can not OF will not pu
forth an intelligent financial statement, wh'
refuse to explain palpable Deficiencies, wh'
are mantestly running the concern" as al
deposition shop'"