The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-18
NO MISREPRESENTATION.

birthday the Adoeriser devoted
over two columns of space to an
alleged exposure of the "misrepre-
sentations Of the BULLETIN, re-
speoting the Honolulu Rowing and
Yachting Association. The force
of the exposure" may be judged
from the fact that the BULLETIN is
made responsible for the utterances
Of members Of different clubs and
of the Association itself, faithfully
reported in this paper. We cannot
reply to that style of attack. How.
ever, the main charge against this
paper is that its criticisms Of the
Association were suggested by one
particular member of the Myrtle
Boat Club, also member of the
Association, when certain member
Of another club and of the Associa-
ton had volunteered to post us in
oil matters relative to the transac-
tions Of that organization. AS to
this complaint, it is enough to say
that we claim the right to choose
our sources of information. Yet we
may add that our contemporary is
altogether astray as to where our
facts were obtained. The gentle
man who has become the cynosure
of its displeasure only had his views
presented once or twice in the con-
troversy, and then in the course Of
interviews had by reporter with
boating men Of several organiza-
tions. 1t is very irregular to SUBJ
ject paper to attack for giving, as
matter of news, the sentiments of
persons not connected with it.
Even worse than that is for the i'd
uertiser to blame this paper for
taking one man as a guide in dis
cussion, and then itself take another
man as its own supreme authority in
the case. Its article of Monday
bears internal evidence of inspira-
ton by gentleman who has had
more or less part in the doings
of the Association to which we
have taken exception. The editor
lends himself to an uncalled-for
attack upon gentleman of whom
he has no personal knowledge, with
out deigning to discuss that gentle
mans views upon matters in dispute
upon their merits. We have nothing
to withdraw respecting the acts done
in the name of the Association, as
we have as much confidence in our
own sources of information as any
that have been prescribed to us.
Some members of the Association,
we believe, have taken offense at our
criticisms, who are themselves un-
aware of certain unworthy transac-
tions purporting to have been author
lied by that organization. For
instance, members of the Honolulu
Club were approached with proposals
to organize dummy" crew to
row against the Iolani six-oared
crew, after the Myrtle and Kapiolani
Clubs had withdrawn from the Asso-
citation. This attempt to fool the pub
lie with bogus race, in the leading
event of the regatta, surely could
not have been part Of the " affairs
of the Association conducted
squarely and above-board," as the
AdUertiser boasts. Our contem-
porary, in its misguided zeal, has
laid itself open to a charge of mis-
representation. When it says a
certain delegate from the Myrtle
Club to the Association was in favor
of rowing for money, it commits the
| offense that il yainly tries to bring
home to this paper. The gentleman
referred to, according to statement
he has made to us, simply contended
that money prizes should not bt
absolutely forbidden, because cir
cumstances would probably arise
where it would be difficult to secure
races for trophies. Another con
tention of the same delegate, against
separate stake boats, has proved by
the events of the regatta to- have
been not so unreasonable as hat
been SO hastily assumed by bis