The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-20

Francisco Monitor, Of April Is, 1885, in re
ply to an article w,irh appeared in the
Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser of a
previous date, is published by request:
A subscriber residing in Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, sends us a copy Of the
Paeifr Commercial Register of that place,
which is evidently edited by some English
descendant of Ananias Of old, as from a
sample Of the fearful falsehoods contained
in the article before Us, the John Bull
writer is decidedly one Of the most diabo-
lical defacers Of the truth that ever played
the roll Of free lunch fiend in San Fran
cisco.
Here is an extract that even the infam-
Gus Auanias himself might be ashamed Of
so entirely false Is it in every sentence and
statement:
An appeal 10 Irishmen has been issued by a
number Of gentlemen Of Irish birth in San Fran
cisco. IN which complaint is made that while the
British Government robbed the Irish people Of
their freedom, 'the English press, a body, have
persstentlv sought to rob them even of their good
name Such is the legend in the Alta. Verify,
these gentlemen of Irish birth and breeding have
become exceedingly sensitive Of late We remem-
Der the occasion Of a large Irish Land League
meeting IN San Francisco, during which Judge
T1Ohev, who presided, received dispatch an
uuunCiup the assassination of Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Secretary Burke. il Phoenix Park,
Dublin. When he interrupted the proceedings 20
announce that fact, the meeting rose and cheered
to the echo These protesting gentlemen" were
present and participated IN the uturderOus exulta-
ton OF the moment; and Mr.. To5hey was subse-
Quently elected a Superior Court Judge as an
Acknowledgement Of his sympathy with the Irish
cause.
At previous meetings the most truculent SEN
tiusouts uttered ruE;uriing England, and upon
one notable occasion, Father Rooney an Irish
Catholic priest, urged large contributions TO the
Land League fund, on the ground "that every dol
lar gwen 20 the cause Of Ireland was a bullet
directed 20 the heart Of an Euglshmau." Tins
Christian sentiment was likewise applauded, and
the AZORES nd Irish gentlemen, who sat by, opened
their wallets and flung out the shining coin TO
swell the Irish assassination fund Some Of the
San Francisco papers had the courage to protest
against tins atrociuus sentiment. but the bulk OF
them were mute lest the purse-prpud gentlemen
of Irish birth should withdraw their patronage.
Father Rooney did not modify word or thought,
but minlsered IN holy things from the altar of his
church 60 his sympathetic and approving flock.
The malignant and cowardly calumnia-
tor Of the good name and reputation of
many OF the most patriotic Irish American
citizens of San Francisco publishes the
foregoing falsehoods knowingly and will
fully, as he pretends that he was cognizant
of the truth of what he wrote. when the
fact Is the brazen bigot had not a scintilla
of fact wherein to found his false charges.
1t Is not necessary to 90 into any long
details IN order TO denounce the diaboli-
cal inventions Of this bitter Britisher. as
the following extracts from the Monitor Of
May 10Th. 1882. and the Examiner of the
day after the occurrence Ct the Phoenix
Park assassingtions. are sufficient refuta-
ton of the foul falsehoods Illuminated by
a cowardly creature who well deserves the
contempt Of every citizen as a contuma-
cious concocter Of falsehood:
AT last Mondays meeting of Branch No of
the Land League in Irish-Americsn Hall Judge
Ioohey opened the proceedings with brief peech,
in which he ske:ched the important events which
took place IN England and ireland during the past
week and before the assassination OF Lord Cayen-
dish and Under Secret1ry Burke. He said that
there was something siugularlv auspicious in the
appointment of Lord Cuvendish to be Chief Secre-
try Tor Ireland, the TACT being recognized by Par
nell. Dillon and their associates Taken in con-
nectlou withthe suppDsitipn that the coercion laws
would be suspended, there WAS good reason to be.
heve that Ireland would soon again become a
peaceful country. But on Saturday evening the
news of the most infamous crime of the age came
flashing over the wires. Ireland was not the insti-
gator Of the deed. The speaker believed that Irish
blood did not hOw in the veins Of these cowardly
assassins. The effects of the catastrophe were