The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-30
THURSDAY, JULY 80, 1885.
THIS EVENINGS D0lNCS.
Yosemite Skating Rink z.
Central Park Skating Rink, Z.
Mystic Lodge, X. of p, 1880.
PARTY HACKISM.


dependent itself that it cannot re-
cognize Independent opinion any
where else. This disposition it
showed, in a very unretned manner,
short time ago, by the unwarrantcd
and untrue reflections it cast upon
this papers discussion of municipal
incorporation. The offense was re-
peatetk by that journal the other
day, when it charged to partisan
opposition the criticism of this paper
upon the Governments action in
regard to q certain foreign mission
and commission. 1t will be very
fortunate for the kingdom if events
do not prove the unwisdom of the
policy pursued in those cases. There
was no partisan motive in our show
ing the danger of the kingdom ap-
pearing in false position from par
ticular acts of the executive. That
the kingdom has been so placed will
be admitted when it is known that
the policy in question has been
made matter of concern to a
friendly Power. Again our con-
temporary flies off at a tangent over
an item of news and comment in our
columns yesterday, regarding the
cause of the visit of a Special Com
missioner from Japan to this coun-
try. In this case the advertiser
has to resort to the device of giving
q gratuitous Interpretation to our
language, to make it bear any
amount of irrelevant comment. Our
paragraph did not assert that the
Special Commissioner came here to
"verify" anything. Neither did
it imply that that official came here
in anything but a friendly spirit.
Our contemporary, moreover, is
whacking at man of straw of its
own architecture, when it denies the
charge that no one made, that either
the Government or the system was
blamable for an evil " discovered
by the Commissioner. Nothing is
proved contradictory of the Japan
news that further emigration was
prohibited, by the fact that about a
thousand immigrants came with the
Commissioner. Not man would
have been sent to plantation until
the injurious reports had been inves-
tigated and found baseless. Had they
been found otherwise, doubtless the
whole lot of immigrants would have
gone back on the same steamer, and
there would have been nice claim
of damages against this country, on
the ground of enticing japanese
from home on false pretences. We
believe the news item from Japan,
referred to, to be substantially cor
rect, and published it as hint to
all concerned that the price of fur
ther supplies of labor from Japan,
and of the retention of those already
here, was the good treatment OF
laborers from that country. That
the advertiser writer believes witt
us regarding the origin of the Com
missioner's visit is shown by his
own words, namely: "He the
Commissioner found that there was
no justification whatever for the in
furious reports that had been sen
from this country, except in singl
instance, and even there he wa
satisfied that steps were being takel
to correct the evil" The Govern
ment might have a more discreet, i
not more Jealous trumpeter of it
sublime virtues. To fly to its de
Tense when no assailant is in sigh
is suggestive of too great anxiety t
exhibit subserviency in return fo
sustaining favor,