The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-16
MISREPRESENTATION OF THE "BUL
LETIN EXPOSED.
VindicatiOn OF The n. II. and Y. Asso-
HFafInIl

VindieatiOn OF The n. r.. and Y. AssO-
& eiatIOn.
The Bulletin" OF Saturday resumed
its attacks upon the Rowing and Yacht
ing Association, and challenged the
ADVERTISER to state particular in
which the Association had been misrep-
resented by it. This is an easy matter
! to do, seeing that the Bulletin con-
tanned more or less misrepresentation in
/ every issue in which the Association has
been referred to since November 9th, at
which date the campaign OF abuse and
detractiOn began. In an editorial in the
Bulletin" Of that date a very G:oss
I charge eli unworthy conduct was i'm
puted TO the Association, when it stated
in reference to the senior and junior rule :
Honolulu will be sadly discredited if
those who are willing to adopt Interior
means Of gaining victories should prove
themselves masters of the situation in
aquatic sports, meaning the majority of
the Association, which carried the rule
in question against a minority OF the
delegates. Now, there is no pretense of
justification in fact for the seandalous
imputdtion conveyed in the foregoing
extract, any more than there is for the
further statement in the same article
that it IS reported that the resolve of
the Myrtle Club to withdraw is not en-
tirely due to the above rule [senior and
juniOrl but owing to its representation
being outvoted in other matters where
there was abundant room for difference
of opinion" The truth IS, the Myrtles
were not outvoted upon any other ques-
ton. No-confiict of opinion at all arose
except upon this question, although one
of the delegates from the Myrtles, and
who has mainly been the cause of all
the trouble and annoyance, was dis
appointed because he could not carry out
his own view in regard to the races and
prizes. He was in favor of rowing for
money, in which he was not even sus-
tanned by his feIlow-delegates from the
Myrtle Club.
! These are two very distinct misrepre-
sensations, at once mischievous and
misleading, the former PROFESSIONALLY
imputing dishonorable motives to the As
sociation. November 9TH the Bulletin
continued in its local columns its Eolicy of
misrepresentation. What pu-ports to
be a report of a meeting of the Associa
ton, OF the previous night is simply
tissue of misrepresentation, carefully
prepared and published to that end, be-
cause our contemporary had the same
facilities for acquiring accurate inform
alton the ADVERTISER had, an officer of
the Association having gone to the ''Bul-
letin" office and stated that the reporter |
of that paper would be informed of what |
took place at each meeting if he took the |
trouble to make inquiries. Instead of |
awaiting itself of this offer, it relied upon
hearsay information. or upon such scraps |
of gossip injurious to the Association it |
could pick up.
In the report in question it states:
d" Last night the Honolulu Rowing and |
Yachting Association undertook to legis-
late for the whole aquatic fraternity, |
with only six members present, namely; |
His Majesty the King, presiding; Colonel |
c. p Iaulzea, Colonel Purvis and three
delegates from the Honolulu Club"
The fact is that OF the original seven
clubs represented in the Association,
four were present by their delegates, and |
there was a full representation of these |
clubs. In other words, there was ma
jority of clubs, constituting the Associ- |
alton at its formation, represented |
at the meeting-foUr out of seven
as well as majority OF the dele
gates, eight, instead of six, as the "Bul-
letin " states, being present. The clubs
were IOlani, Honolulu, Kaiu
lani and Knickerbocker. The Myrtle,
Kapiolani and Eclipse Clubs We're not
by delegates, the two former
having withdrawn and the latter having
sent letter stating that it did not con-
slider itself member of the Association,
as it was not in a position to enter a
boat, and wished to postpone the act of
joining it, Therefore the entire AssOci-
alton in good standing was present at the
meeting in question, and it was entirely
to legislate for the organi-
zation.
Starting with a deliberate misrepre
sentation regarding the constitution of
the meeting in question, the 3 Bulletin "
followed this up with one still more
offensive 1t said: 8" A motion to re-
consider the rule allowing defeated
seniors to enter as juniors was rejected,
the Honolulu delegates were
to the contrary and were the
majority" What was the object of this
Misrepresentation? Was it
made simply to crafty the private pique
Of its informant, or was it done to bring
he Honolulu Club and the Association
nto public contempt? In either case
he motive was unworthy. As we have
llready shown, ignorance of the facts
cannot be pleaded, because the Secretary
vas prepared to furnish accurate in 4
ormation if asked for it. At the meet
ng in question the Honolulu delegates
,beyed the instructions OF their club, I