Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

drawn on for gold Establish the basis
and those who have exports to sell will
be Obliged to pay their debts here in
/ gold. Gold would then he the standard
gold notes and gold would be the cur.
rcncy aud Hawaiian or American silver
a subsidiary currency Happily, the
intelligent minds Of The business com
munily arc practically unit on the
currency question What they under
stand Is that Hawaii even with trade
largely IN her favor cannot bc sub
stantally prosperous with any less
stable currency than gold. What they
demand IS that silver shall not be a
legal tender here for more than FIVE (or,
At the mosD ten dollars
.SooH3 After the currency question
Is settled, a scarcely less important one
pre- cnts itself The auditing act needs
amending so that the auditors duties
may be- more clearly defined and his
powers enforced The auditor ought
to have the clearly defined right To
constrnc the appropriation bill SO rs TO
prevent mlscun3truction on the part of
others, to the end that public money
may not be expended illegally.
7Hid The loan act should either
he repealed or so amended that the
purposes for which money that is Dor
rowcd may be expended more clearly
may be defined Ind the terms on
which the loan may be negotiated
particularly as to the currency for which
bonds may he sold more clearly may
be set forth.
/6NrM The tax bill ought to be
revised, so that the burden OF taxation
more equilably may be divided
nm The internal Improvements
and health measures advocated in part
by all the newspapers and partIcularlzed
IN recent numbers Of the Press, iberalIy
and explicitly should be provided for
| .SirM-lhe Chinese question should
be settled 50 far as legislation may
settle it, And some effective effort
made TO solve the labor question for the
good of all
| .ScaeHM - The Appropriation bill
ought 10 be rlgdly scrutinized and its
provisions carefully compared with those
OF former years, to the end that no un-
wise expenditure creep in, and that no
real need OF the nation is ignored
II there be time for further legisla-
ton, there are many pressing questions,
not even hlntcd at, which deserve, nay
demaNd, attention but the questions
enumerated above are vital and it will
be vastly better to do those questions
full Justice and leave many Others
untouched than to fritter away the
session in the consideration of innumer
able questions, TO the accomplishment
of nothing.
Wher is Trippr Where is Tripp
Where is zufpa
Mr.. L. J.. Clarke has returned from
the primate- -protestive jaunt. He re-
turns sans everything. His report is
published in the court journal. Its
chief value consists in the announce
ment that Mr. Clarke gathered some
plants-which were lost.
Satan rcbuking sin is always an in
structive spectacle. 1t reminds one that
life is real earnest, that thirgs are not
what they seem, and that reform in
Hades is a devilish sure thing-if one
waits long enough.
The foregoing is respectfully dedi
Gated to a writer in last Thursdays Bul-
)etin-a critic of Mr.. i. l.. Clarke's
account of the Julia's voyage and loss.
Mr.. Clarke's account was well written,
modest and to the point-so far as it
went The carp Of his critic was a still
hunt for typographical errors, a perver-
sion OF Mr.. Clarkc's language and a
wholesale sample OF dismal humor, wit
less wit and bad writing.
AS an example of writing rs good as
the Clarke criticism is bad, read the
"No Sophist" in the same issue.
BY the way, the Bulletin is about to
lose its editor of all work, Mr. Charles
K. Buckland. He will probably 90 to
San Francisco by the Alameda Mr.
Buckland will be missed. He was
genial, obliging and industrious, was
always ready to do Il fellow scribbler a
good turn We wish Mr.. Buckland
well, and believe he will make good
friends and good living anywhere in
Christcndom.
| Mr.. Wray Taylor takes position on
the Bulletin to-day He viii report the
proceedings of the Legislature. Mr.,
Taylor is practiced writer, a gentleman
and good fellow Mr. Taylors ac-
ceplance of the Bulletin position will
probably prevent the accomplishment
of the project to open school in Kau-
makapi!i Church.
| Mr.. Daniel Lyons has returned and
the Daily Hawaiian is said to be a
flower OF next May Days blossoming
Mr. Lyons is resolved that it shall not
blush unseen.
i With Mr. Lyons comes Mr.. d. W. c
| Nesfield. In Frisco, his Bohemian
iamiliars call him "Davc" Nesiicld
For the past eleven years he has been
one OF the mos, valued contributors Of
the San Francisco News Letter, 1t
has been one OF his phenomenal excel