The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-10-22
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The Adrertiser, 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 still more obvious fib than the other.
1t is sad and discouraging to think that SO
much ingenuity and mental ability must
go for nothing, but that is probably its
only result. The Ministry is something
like the Deacon's zone boss 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 a kind Of har1
mony which some persons, particularly the
Ministers themselves, mistake for strength.
But when the machine goes to pieces, it
will go all at once, like the zone boss shay
and the one weakest spot which is likely
to give way first and start the general
tumble is the financial question. The
Ministers understand this as well as thew
are capable of understanding anything,
and when the truth is told about the finan1
cial status, they rush for their speaking
trumpet-the organ, and yell forth panic
stricken howl, to the effect that the finan1
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
amount of say, fifty thousand dollars, and
forced the holders to an illegal continu
ance; 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 goSi
eminent is III bankrupt condition, if we
apply to it 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 other
countries. They attempted to make Ha
waiian silver worth American gold by a
Privy Council fiat, but that body requires
further judicious additions before it can
be relied upon forpassing fats at the order
of the Ministry. They attempted to food
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 overfowing
with money. Now this is doing very well,
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 certificate over their official
seals and publish the same in the "by au
lthority' column of the newspapers as fol
lows:
"The Ministry have the full confidence
VI the public, based upon their honesty
and ability and an overlooking treasury y
Certified to by (names of its mem.
bers with seals)
Then each Minister might be furnished
with certificate signed by its other three
Ministers, as follows:
:"We hereby certify that name of Minis
teri is an able and honest Minister"
Names of these Ministers and seaIs,) to-
be published in ''by authority columns
Official flats of this kind would look well
and would greatly impress certain minds.
These suggestions are freely offered I'M
the hope that they may assist the Minis
tiers in their difficult work of inspiring the
public with confidence in themselves.