Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-03

best friends affirm that he is tired OF
Mr. Gibson. We shall see what we shall
see
| WISE AND OIHERUISE
"To betray any trust is disgraceful
To betray public trust is both a dis
grace and a crime. No just man, nc
man of honor, none indeed but q
wretch, forsaken of God and accursed
of men, can falsify his vote for money
or personal advantage. He to whom
the father intrusts his daughter for pro
lection, and who abuses his trust b,
corrupting her, is accounted a monster
of depravity but his crime is less thar
that of the legislator who, intruste1 b,
his constituents with the great function
of representing them in the making ol
laws, abuses that trust by selling OF
bartering or giving away his vote"
So spoke one OF the most brilliant o.
Americans. The truth has its applica
ton here, and now
To the brazen shamelesness of the
prlestly premler-primate, any base enc
justiiies every base means. To pro
long his uncanny clinging to king ano
country, he would stoop to anything
So it is not surprising that he invite.
Legislators to meet under his dishon
cred roof and break with him the dis
honest bread of his disreputable pro
vision.
| Bribery is alw ays one of the most ef
fective tools OF corruption. 1t has as
many shapes as Proteus, as many heads
as the hydra 1t does not follow that
the clever political corruptionist mus,
brlbe with hard coin. That is usually
last resort. His favorlte bribe i:
"tahy." That is cheap and, often
effective. "My dear fellow" says the
astute plunderer of the public till, ".my
tear fellow, you can assist me greatly
and at the same time serve your con
stituency and the nation, by helping me
roll my little log. Don't you see .
Sometimes the hattered Salon does
"see."
The tactics Of Gibson & Co., in try
ing to manipulate the present legisla
ture fortheir questionable ends, are as old
as political knavery, older than the
Mosaic law, as old as Cain and Abel
THERE'S not even gllmmer of original
ity in the "premire's methods. Tha,
shameless political outcast - with
nothing to lose by dishonor and at leas,
shekels to gain by dishonesty-is play
ing the old game in the old way. Di
rectly or indirectly he has put his price
upon every legislator that he think:
purchasable Here a favor, there {
compliment here a promise there {
consideration. What does he care
for shame? The sheep folds of Lanai art
mortgaged. He has no social standing
to lose. He has no friends on the
islands. His social acquaintances may
be counted on the fingers Of both hi.
hands. So far as society knows he ha'
no intimates save Mr. Van Giesen ane
Mr.. Fitch. Why shonld he care ?
You, gentle conservative, who woulo
fain the ship OF state went smoothly OF
DER smiling seas, with spicy breeze
pulled from cherubic cheeks fannin,
the snow-white sails and coaxing tn,
prismatic waves you, timorous man o
"peace, peace" when there is "nt
peace .; you, punctillious gentleman o
exquisite breeding, who never speak o
a spade as "spade," Of thief as ;
"thiei," or Of Gibson as he really is
you, special attorney for the Colder
Rule, who believe the Hawaiian natiol
ought to love its enemies, Gibson s
Coz bless them who curse it, (Gibsol
x Co.,) do good to them who hate it
Gibson & Co.. and pray for them VIII,
despitefully use and persecute it, (Gib
son & CO.. you, lukewarm sirs, are re
sponsible for the cancer of Gibsonism
You do not like hard words" gen
tlemen; you deplore harsh language
you deprecate "vituperation ." yol
abhor "abuse' And yet, gentlemen
/ on the fence, who ought to be homes
workers in opposition TO imposition, no,
/ else can such creature as Walter Nun
: raw Gibson be truthfullv written aboul
$50
Was or was not Gibson a iillibuste
and disturber of government in Java
Was or was not Gibson a Mormon Mis-
sionary for dishonest reasons' Was o