Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-21

those, however, who trusted him with
ont reserve, who believed in him un.
besiistingly and entirely Among those
few but ardent parlisans Of Mr. Ncu.
mann was the editor Of this paper. We
have not lost confidence IN Mir Neu.
mann's personal honesty We believe n
firmly rs ever that he would not know
ingly touch dishonest money but We
are forced to recognize that lie is unlor
tunately careless Of the right use of
public funds, and that he is apparently
blind to the eXtravagant and wastcful
administration Of his department
Fortunately this journal has been 80
generally just IN It's estimate Of the
officials II has criticised that il can
afford 10 acknowledge Us mistakes.
We have no sympathy (nor has the
public with the iacit assumption Of in.
iallibIlity which tharactcrizes the
current criticism of many journals OF
opinion, the world over Newspapers
and individuals that make no mistakes
rarely say anything. Men or journals
that dare not or will not acknowledge
their errors are unsafe eXponenls or
rcncciors OF opinion. But we are
rather proud OF the Press record OF
public criticism during the past two
years II has been right as events
have proved about Mcssrs. Gibson,
Bush, kapcno, Gulick and Walker
Concerning Mr. Gibson the intelligence
Of the nation holds only one opinion
the one FIRST voiced by the Press We
characterized Mr. kapcna as an ami
able incompetent We characterized
Mr Bush as corrupt events have
proved us right Those officials may
be dismissed with the curt comment
above made; neither has been sustained
in office by the especial quality We are
now considering the friendship OF
good citizens We come next TO the
name OF &. 7. Gulick. We trust our
readers remember what we said about
Mr.. Gulick when he took charge OF
the interior office. Our charges may
be expressed in a sentence We be.
leved him, by endowment and in
heritance, to be incapable TO fill the
most important Office in the Hawaiian
civil service. We believe so still, and
the Indictment OF the finance committee
sustains our belief Yet Mr.. Gulick is
a man for whom strong personal friend
ship is expressed among all classes OF
the community. He is liked generally,
and trusted by many-M Sbffe o/ epery.
MiAg Htat has bSeu Nged, nay b,o1ed,
against him. 1t is brave, nay noble,
for Mr. Gulicks friends to continue his
friends. But it is opposed to good
government that they continue to sup
port him as an official No far sighted
citizen permits his friendship to blind
him to friends incapacity. We have
never urged worse than incapacity
against Mr.. Gulick. But he holds the
most important Of all the public Offices
"a post that needs to be filled by Z
man of thorough business training, o
inherent administrative ability, and o
deep knowledge of human nature Mr.
4 Gulick possesses none OF these quail
tiles. Failing to possess them he i
unfit for his post He has i, in him Il
serve the country faithfully in a mino
capaclty-a small office to which h
might devote all his powers and time
like that Of the secretaryship Of tn,
board of health. But he is unfit 70
his present position, and the efforts o
his friends ought not to be exercised
to keep him there. We believe his in
tentions to be honest, but honest inten
ton can never be more than half o
official fitness.