The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-10-22

HALF u loaf is better than no bread. butt
half truth is worse by far than down
right lie. The plan of using half truths
in company with yeritable fctions has al
ways been favorite one of the supporters
of the Government, and last Thursday
morning the Government organ treated
fits readers to specimen of its skill in this
particular branch of political defense
The P. @. l., forgetting the position it as
sumed while since of being the Govern
ment organ, plunges wildly into an at
tempt to whitewash the Administration.
To start with it takes up two of the state
ments made in the GAZETTE and brands
them rs deliberate untruths,' and goes
on to say that the Government owes
nothing to any one that is now due which,
bit cannot pay at Il moments notice" Wei
do not wish to use the language which the
Government apologist INDUCES in, butt
from our knowledge we must say that if
his statement is not " deliberate untruth''l
he has been singularly misinformed; and
we must repeat, and that emphatically,
that the Government does owe money andl
does not pay it. Only last Saturday al
gentleman made application to one of our
citizens for a small account. and told him
that the application would not have beenI
made if the money due him by the Govern
ment had been paid. His remark was
I'VE can't get anything out of them" Will
the Government apologist tell us how longI
BIT Is that Thomas Square has been run onI
private funds, or how long the Public
Nursery?
People to whom the Government owes
money do not like to come forward andI
give their names; they think it will injureI
their chances of getting something onI
account" If the Government is in so good
IA financial position, how came it that onI
September LIST the sum of $4,000 or there
abouts, which fell due for bonds, was notl
paid; that the bonds We're -enered for pc
rlod of six months, and by that means AMI
illegal loan was made. Men who are sound
do not do these things, andl
we unhesitatingly pronounce the fnan-
cial doings of the present holders OF
office as Unsound, and as certain to bring|
disaster upon the nation.
Now we will refer to the specific defensel
set up by the Government in the matter
of Messrs. Wilder q Co. We made mol
mention of the firms name, it was reserved
for the Organ to drag it into the news
paper columns. We win at once say wei
meant Messrs. Wilder & Co, and that curl
knowledge was nearly accurate, the sunni
being $4,000 instead of $4,000
We are authorized by Mr. Wilder toI
state, and II Is with extreme reluctanceI
that he allows his name to come intoI
the papers, he never having engaged
IN newspaper controversy since his dis
missal from the Cabinet, but we are au-
thorzed to state that the remark made in
the ldrc1isey, that the lumber was bought
for the coronation ION the stipulation that
they Wilder Il Coz should await an APP
from the Legislature for pay
ment" IS not corTect-no such stipulation
was made. Further, that the indebtnessI
Of the firm for rent of the Marine Railway
does not cover the amount of the account,
but that there is a balance due to them
As to the wharf matter it is true that
.he wharf is free wharf to the Company
al present, but the Government, even ac-
cording to their own showing, intend to /
take 1t over The firm, if it is to be paid
At alLcan make better use ofmoney nor than
when II may suit the convenience of the
Government to pay them From expe-
Renee the convenience" is apt to be
ong time coming BY the use of half the
truth the p. C. 4. apologist has made out
4 case, which tumbles like pack of cards
when the truth is told. The firm OF Wilder
4 Co have made several efforts to have
their accounts with the Government closed
and their Indebtedness written off against
ihe Indebtedness of the Government to
hem, but they have been unable to obtain
even this satisfaction. and the fact remains
hat our statement of last week is correct.
With regard to the matter of the Judd
and the RdlUsd, which was not the case in
our mind, the statement of the apologist
shows that Mr.. Cooke claims S1.700, and
hat the ministry are long time in " con
as to whether they will pay or
not.
Enough has been here shown to make
hose who are outside the charmed circle
If officialdom understand that there is
something very rotten indeed in the finan
,ial state of Denmark" that the heads of
he Government are incapable of manag
ng our finances: that confusion reigns
where there ought to be order; that if
UGH things leak out bit by bit rs we have
rot them, there is something behind the
'urtain which is likely to be worse than
What we already know; and, in fact, that
he Government, like the typical beggar