The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-22
on horseback, are riding the road whittier
the typical beggar is said to so!


The 1drcrtf'er. after petulantly and re
peatedly denying that it IS government
organ, has at last given up trying to make
the public believe such an obvious fib, and
has come out as the regular international
bulwark, in its mastery effort on the pros
porous state of government finances. I'm
fortunately, however, this talented leader
is a still more obvious fib than the other
n is sad and discouraging to think that so
much ingenuity and mental ability must
60 for nothing. but that is probably its
Honlv result The Ministry IS something
bike the Deacon's zone hOss shay" in its
old age. it is weak all around, and there Is
no one feature so very much weaker than
the rest as to be very conspicuous. This
average weakness produces kind OF har-
mony which some persons, particularly the
Ministers themselves, mistake for strength
But when the machine goes to pieces, it
will 20 all at once, like the lone hoss shay,
land the one weakest spot which Is likely
no give way first and start the general
tumble is the financial question. The
Ministers understand this as well as they
are capable Of understanding anything,
land when the truth Is told about the tinan-
cial status, they rush for their speaking
trumpet-the organ, andyell forth apanic-
stricken howl. 10 the effect that the finan-
cial situation Is wonderfully prosperous,
that they can pay all claims upon the gov
ernment; this in the face of facts TO the
contrary. On the first Of September they
dishonered government bonds to the
r 4lg,rr2ar,I f111lnrG nd
forced the holders to an Illegal contlnu
lance; claims for various considerations are
outstanding. some OF which are long over.
due. and are still put off for want Of money
The rose -colored picture exhibited IN the
pages of the organ. is very different from
the piteous official excuses for nOn-pay
ment which the Ministers are in the habit
OF making to the suffering creditors OF thE
government. As matter Of fact the goc
ernment is in bankrupt condition, If We
apply to II the test of our own bankrupt
law. Moreover the government credit has
collapsed. which Is an inevitable result OF
the ignorant and incompetent manner with
which public affairs have been admins
tered
The Ministry rely much upon the sup
port of what are called flats" in othel
countries. They attempted to make Ha
waiian silver worth American gold by {
PRIV Council fiat. but that body require:
further judiciOus additions before 1t car
be relied upon for passing flats at the order
of the Ministry. They attempted to flood
the country with fiat money in supporting
the Banking Monopoly Conspiracy, and
now they are trying to meet the financial
crisis by declaring in their organ the diff
cult fiat. that the treasury Is overtiOwlne
with money Now this Is doing very we'll
but if the Ministry are going to run the
government on flats, they could strengthen
the system somewhat; for instance, they
could ignore official certificates of different
kinds according to subject; the Cabinet
could ignore a certificate over their otfcIa
seals and publish the same in the by au
thority' column of the newspapers rs fol
lows:
The Ministry have the full confidenc,
N the public, based upon their honesty
and ability and an overfowing treasury.
Certified to by (names of its mem
bers with seals.)
Then each Minister might be furnished
with a certificate signed by its other three
Ministers. as follows:
I'VE hereby certify that name of Minis
teri Is an able and honest Minister
Names of these Ministers and seals,) tC
be published in by authority columns.
Official flats of this kind would look wei
and would greatly impress certain minds
These suggestions are freely offered IL
the hope that they may assist the Minis
ters in their difficult work of inspiring the
public with confidence in themselves.