The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-12-03

In the Olago Wifpcss. published at Dunedin New
Zealand, under date of October 18th, the follow
inc references are made to the journalistic ameni
tus IN vogue between two newspaper editors of
this (HOnolulul city as shown forth in the edito-
rial columns of their papers. The language used
has attracted considerable attention for the orgi
nality, If not purity of expression and the Witness
gives the Advertiser glance into Natures mirror
it we're. "Heye iH Honolulu, journalists generally
hare GUoided his sort Of thing, kJtOtUitg that tie
tastes Of teir patrons too refined, their Of
'rjaf right aud proper too strong, 10 permit Of
their seeing IN print unnecessary disclosures Of
things secret rite' Quote from AdreiRses criti-
cism of GAZETTE, November 20th.) o
Following are the extracts from the Oiago VT
ness >
Oliver Wendell Holmes, in the Professor has
a remark about what he calls the "parallax of
truths" III you wish to get the distance of a
heavenly body, you know that you must take two
observations from remote points of the earth's
Orbit-its midsummer and midwinteA fof inst
ance." So in politics and religion-we get the
'parallaI of truth by comparing observations
made from opposite points of view. On tins prin-
cipe quote an estimate of General Gordon which
hnd IN the Pacific Commercial AdrcrtiseT, a paper
published in Honolulu :
Chinese Gordon is illibuster of the first water,
and il he meets a illibuster's fate we cannot see
why any fraction of the world should be sorry.
He went among people 70 kick up Robbery, to-
tally unauthorized by the British government and
If Mr.. Gordon is soragged it will be nothing more
than this fate he has courted. There is a lot of
mock sentimentality about Gordon, principally
from those who have made no study of the situa-
ton"
II is very sad to reflect that in our admiration
Of the chiValrous heroism of Gordon we may. all
Of US have been indulging in Knock sentimental
ty," and are thus exposed 10 rebuke from the en-
hghtened Press of the Sandwich Islands. re-
buke from such quarter is a rebuke indeed.
Il is reassuring, however, TO read local con
temporary's estimate of this exceedingly plain
spoken critic. The HavdiiaH, another Honolulu
tlpet he iaply no
doubt correctly, as "a filthy sewer As may be
inferred from the choice English of the extract
quoted above, the Advertiser, at game of what
called Journalistic amenities, can give quite
good as il gets 1t refers in every other column
10 the HdicaiiaH rs the 'Dismal Bladder and re-
tOrts 20 the FILTHY sewer" argument as follows:-
Our sepulchral contemporary, the Dismal
Bladder, having calked up the holes we punched
in il some weeks ago, crept out of its mud hole
last evening and squaked against this journal
We call this oadayer- scented journal the Dismal
Bladder because il is dismal, and because il is
bladder-all wind, buncombe, and ghoulishness
-. We propose through the latter part of
this month, and tho first two weeks in September
10 discuss the "Dsmal Bladder in a calm. Chris
tian-like and logical manner, showing, according
10 our light, why it is dismal, why it is bladder
and why, like of our finest horses tits hurry
ing TO an early grave"
This is about the stage at which a newspaper
controversy grows really interesting. Further
developments between the "flthy sewer" and the
Their dispute is of the kind which one naturally
expects TO end with verdict like that returned by
n coroner's jury in Nevada Sudden death,
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