The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-16

VIII take iInmediate steps to firmly secure
our interests Ill the Sandwich Islands, and
use necessary measures to foster kindly !
feeling toward annexation among the Ha- |
waiian people 1t Is absolutely necessary
to the building up and maintaining of our |
Pacific trade that American influence |
should predominant in the Sandwich
Islands"
Our opponents will admit that the
Ministry of 1873 was the strongest repre-
sentative Government their party ever
had in office The Hon c. r. Bishop
was at the head of that Ministry as Sec
rotary for Foreign Affairs, and he had
associated with him gentlemen of high
character, intelligence and business
capacity. His own position and stand
ing in the financial world was tower of
strength yet it was under his Admins
tration that the Admiral commanding
the Pacific Station reported to the Score
tary of the United States Navy, and
| through that Cabinet Officer to Congress
/ itself, that the national interests of the
! United States were being prejudiced
! through 1.-The approaching bankruptcy OF
! the present Government ana the cOnse-
! quent necessity Of foreign loan" This,
! be it understood, WAS an official declar-
ton by high officer of the United
States, not the unauthorized allegation
of an anonymous writer Can the indie
| pendent Opposition lay it, finger upon
such u damaging statement in any
| official report to any foreign government
| regarding the Gibson Administration
If not, its newspaper organs should con-
fess that they have done the present
Government an injustice.
Now, we do not cite this by way of
censuring the Government of 1873, or to
prejudice it in any way. Our object
simply is to show that the tactics of the
Opposition papers lay them open to I'M
pleasant rejoinders The Government
of 1873 did not become bankrupt, neither
has any OF its Successors, and there is
not the slightest ground for supposing
ming the country into financial ruin.
1t is quite true that the Government Dor
rowed money under the Loan Act OF
1884, and expended it according to law
This was \ per cent loan negotiable al
par, and had it not been for the legal
steps taken by the Opposition, so good
was the credit of the country that the
entire loan might have been raised. Il
is also true that this Government Dor
rowed money under the loan Act o
1876, although their predecessors found i
impossible to raise a dollar OF thu
million loan of 1874, despite the fact tina
! the late Judge HaExis was authorized t.
sell the bonds in London. This LOaI
Act placed mo- restrictions upon the prict
the bonds were to be sold at yet JudgC
; Harris, s.H able financier, failed to boz
row dollar. The financial status of tn
country Is therefore very considerabl.
higher, and its public credit better nov
. | than at any previous time in the histor.
: of the country.
: Ieauers VIII recall with pleasure
the presence in Honolulu of Fryer's Cir
Gus. As it is not always customary now
| adays for people to remember those VIII
have extended courtesies and acts @
kindness to them, we take very grea
/ pleasure IN quoting the following extrac
from a letter addressed to Mr.. w. P
Davenport, General Passenger Agent TO
the Oceanic Steamship Company, bv Mr.
, j. Is. Gaylord, the head and shoulders O
Flyers Circus. Mr. Gaylord SAYS: "W,
gave great satisfactSolt at Honolulu. On
our arrival at Auckland, owing to a lat,
law prohibiting tlas landing of all steel
from America, OISe stock was placed il
| quarantine, and ne we're obliged TO pro
coed to Sydney, where the laws are no
so prOhibitOry. We opened here In
Sydney one week ago, and have turneC
people away every night with prospeci
of continuing many days | wish to ex-
tend to you my sincere thanks, in which
am joined by the other members O
the firm, for your kindness and favors
shown us. We were very pleased to hear
that the Oceanic Company's steamers
would soon take the place of the old line
between Sydney and San Francisco. We
are all doing our level best for your line,
and are putting in Il word Of praise fol-
the Alameda and Maripoea whenever we
get an opportunity. The John Elder Co.
viii keep the Zealaxsefta and Australia
running direct, stopping only at Homo
lulu, until Parliament meets. This is
only bluff, ami is done simply for spite
You will soon have it all your own way.
We will prohably be in this country for
five or sax years and will enlarge our
show from year to year, bringing every
thing from America. We caught on
here much better than the big concerns
CT Cooper * Bailey or Cole The per
forming animals astOnished the natives. :"