Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-05-16

IN mercantile pan ana pontiCaI poi,
"Where has the fool killer gone to 7"
asks Mr.. Spreckels' paper Of yesterday.
Indications point towards the no-news
shop just opened on Merchant Street,
east of Fort.
Mr. Spreckels' Paper aye lie"
The Independent Papers: Thou
sayest So"
And now comes the Hawaiian
Gazette with its little pot of incense
POSSIBLY purchased at the auction sale
of the effects of the late Daily Ha-
waiian), and proceeds to burn it before
the face of the great sugar god that we
are all expected to bow down to and
worship Bah
On April 18th the same paper editor
tally said "Now, for any journal to
undertake to conduct an opposition
" = by trying one week to show
up possible good qualities, = =
would be successful method of failure
in the only object Of opposition"
The jewel consistency does not
glitter conspicuously in the cases above
cited. But what is consistency to an
editor who believes the Hawaiian
cabinet is morally spoiled egg and
that Mr.. Spreckels is a person of un-
assailable integrity. Either one belief
or the other is false. They cannot be
both true.
The real king of these islands is
Mr.. Claus Spreckels the virtual cabinet
of this kingdomis--Mr. Claus Spreckels;
the past legislature was and the present
privy council is dominated oy-Mr.
Claus 'Spreckels. If we have patriotic
and virtuous king, an honest cabinet, a
public spirited majority in the privy
council, then Mr.. Claus Spreckels is a
person Of unassailable integrity. If
not, not.
Two years ago, Mr.. Spreckels had
not shown his colors. He was not the
Hawaiian Ishmael-his hand against
every honest Hawaiian and every
honest Hawaiian's hand against him.
Two years ago, even a year ago, Mr..
Claus Spreckels had not shown himself
to be what every one now knows him
to be-the thick-and shin upholder oi
a government at once extravagant and
illiberal-detiant Of the peoples wishes
and regardless of the peoples rights.
1t is now in order for the Gazette tc
rise and explain that it didn't NEAR
what it said.
| Mr.. Spreckels on himself: "Ths
most enterprising and public spirited
man that ever set foot on these islands,
Mr. .Sp,eektls' Adts,hissy, x5M in
staNk
Once upon time Dunghill cOcl
found grain mine and toiled indus
triously until he had accumulated
large store. Some OF it he planted
some Of it he sold; some OF it h,
gave away. He fed the poor hens ant
the halt and lame and blind Bantams
He was an industrious, sagacious,
just and generous Dunghill-for h
could afford to be. And many peopl
said: "Lo he is Thoroughbred !
Blu, after while his prosperity begal
to wane. Some OF the grain he plante,
on barren soil, and it yielded only tare
and taxes some OF it was put in b
such bad farming that the crop turne,
out to be Irish dividends some Of
was cast upon the waters, and afte
{ many days il did not come back. The
the Dunghill began to consider how h
should recover his failing fortunes, an
S his decision was that he should emil.
in his service an army Of Dunghill
and take by might what he could nc
+ win by right So he did, and chos
: tor his lieutenants chickens skilled i
|. controlling" legislators, managing
! kings and manipulating" markets
5 Then the Game cocks put on the
n spurs and said they were ready to die,
S needs be, in defense Of individui
liberty and the Plymouth Rocks an
the Dorkings and the Hamburgs an
even some Of the Cochin Chinas sal
they would stand in to see the thin
through. And, al the present writinI
it looks as if it was going to be vel
pretty fight, Moral Human Thorougl
d breds are as just and as generous
! hard times as in flush times-at leas
in spirit.