Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-02-28

fcu,cuee pn,iieed by ruler regarding the rc
suit, NJ their secret councils. many people oI
pose profound reserve respecting the whispered
cancellations 9f parties interested io ,he main
question of the hour whatever IL may be- Al
secondary and moro undesirable result Be- ih,t
p,rons lacking tn moral and mental balance,
falling 10 obtain material or discussion ol
,he merit, oC the question. bu, desperately dc
icrminrd 10 display more than ordinary dcvo
iion of the public interests, attack with intsm
pcrte bitterness. W even sruuility. ever, per
app whom ihcy can connect with the actions pf
policy that tbey Jts,pprove. II thus Gequenlly
hammer. that the responsibility or what /.
wrong BE- placed upop ahouIdcr that have no
ripht co. bear IL. and that o. good cause is In
iure,l H., it. being advocated In the language
oftbe slurp. Why cannot such "a question.
for instance. a, that NJ the currency be dis
,u,.cd upop h., merits. without recriminltion
OF person. who are only Indirectly connected
with the matter Apoiopisls f1r the govern.
urpt Tor defenders or cypopcnts Of ns cur
,rn,y poligy. or want Of pplicy. ID ha. had
popc ar, prirparily tespon,ible for the nasty
tbipgs that have been said upon that question,
in having ,,igmati,cd a, "conypirator," some
ofthe foremost business men Of the country.
and abused them for having got the better Of
the government in its admittedly illegal a..
nnpemenis with them. All the unplcasanlncss
cngcndered by the currency question might
have been avoided had the government from
the outset taken the public into It's confidence.
As the r., oC December approached and the
merchants were Obliged to vet their house, in
order fot the Inauguration oi the gold standard
they were left in doubt as to the government s
own prcpatc4ncss for the change. Consc-
qucntly their arrangements were OF necessity
founded upon conjecture, and their decision
eyincc a reasonable desire 10 cary ont the
law, provide gold deposit approximating to
the amount OF certificates redeen'able in gold,
ana engage 10 preserve the equilibrium DC
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,.,de, n, ,,ld and ,s.;., a. r,, a, ,,,s;tle ,b.
execution Of the law" Tha, was the decision
Of the chief private promoters Of The currency
act ana we ,h'nk II was a'ten uP'" 50 ''"g as
'"e'' % 'V'V' ~ ~" -, any P,1"''',Y " Wv ,o' @
cast nnon the fidelity of the Government, did
the government attempt to show that the
what its intentions were in the tnattcf2 , II does
not appear so. Instead ITS apoIe'S's 'ried 10
'''o" at '"' ''"'''e ''' '"e '','"','" ,""' 'a''
,,.,sn,v mon c.,,,ir hn,irc,, firms uerc,
the scrimonp and irrelevant personalities oil
the past few days. Verify, there is need for
The breath Of freedom to course through the
P"'''' ''''''' u '''' ''''''''
man who Smpresses those who meet
him as sincere. His newspaper expert
cnce has been considerable and his
talents are evident in the conduct o
/ his journal But we think the editorial
printed above evidences lack Of judg
mcnt, lack of consistency and lack o
generous journalistic dealing. We write
this in the full belief that Mr. Logar
will meet our criticism in the spirit O
its utterance
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The first hve sentences OF the edl
torlal are eminently sound. We have
advocated the doctrine therein Ialt
down-not onIyin regard to government
tai affairs, but IN regard TO such semi
public affairs as the deliberations OF The
chamber OF commerce. We think thu
doctrine cannot be gainsald.
49,
The sixth sentence, beginning 80
secondary and more undesirable result,
is what from another pen nigh
seem a cowardly attack upon tn,
Morning Guide. We think Mr.. Logai
wrote it, or permitted it to appear
without due consideration. The cal
does not fit it is labelled for one wh,
does not purpose to wear it; but tn
application to the Guides castigatio
of the registrar is so plain that he VIII
runs may read. Whether the writer c
the Guide article is or is not perso
'lackine in moral and mental balance
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