Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-13

autonomy of Hawaii. Otherwise, Mr..
Editor, | see no reason why present
affairs should continue to exist.
AN ON-LooKER.
EDITOR Honolulu DAILY Press
Sir. Captain Abingdon has left
great many friends in Honolulu,
and, so far as / know, only one
enemy. Amongst his friends there
will be but one feeling, on perusing
your comments this morning; and since
Capt Abingdon confined himself to
denying the truth of a statement made
by you, which you do not even behind
his back, summon courage to repeat,
his friends may safely leave your origi-
nal statement to its fate.
Ii is undoubtedly an astute stroke on
your part, to take refuge in some
what ungenerous and possibly equally
untruthful slur on every man-of-war
that has touched here for the last two
years. But as no bond is stronger
than the obligation of hospitality, and
no sentiment more sacred than that OF
loyalty to absent friends, fear few of
your readers to-day have escaped the
feeling that both bond and sentiment
have been rudely violated-and against
this violation l respectfully protest
There is also the question of good
taste involved, but upon that point it
is perhaps unnecessary to trouble you.
am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
THEo H. DAWES.
Honolulu, Oct. roth, 1885.
In regard 10 the above letter from
the British Vice-Consul we wish to
state: The nationality OF the vessel
had nothing to do with our publication
of the facts. We would have published
the same thing about an American man
of-war if the facts had warranted it as
they have in the past. AS to the item
published in the Press of last Thurs
day, we received the item on good
authority and since investigation we
believe it to be true. As to the drunk
enness of the sailors and officers of the
Satellite, we are now forced to publish
the following facts: AT the cricket
game at Makiki several sailors were
drunk and one fell off his horse in con-
sequence, which fact was smoothcd
over by the Press at the time. Last
Thursday morning two sailors in Brit
ish uniform we're seen by prominent
citizen early in the morning, near the
lumber yard on Fort street in the last
stages of drunkenness, being piloted by
saloon hanger-on to the wharf Last
Monday morning week ago, about
halt past one o'clock three men in
British uniforms came to the window
Of the Press on Merchant street in a
beastly state of intoxication looking for
room and insisted that the PRESS
Office was a hotel. Last Wednesday
night about eleven O'Clock a gang ol
officers and sailors came from the EN-
pire Saloon to cigar store on Hotel
street and raised merry time. The
: whole crowd were jolly full. One nigh
last week an officer of the .Satelhk
S woke people up at house on Hote
street trying to engage room for
. drunken sailor. He was accommodated
and afterwards went off without paying
the woman fifty FIVE cents for the
sailors bed as he promised to do
) On another night one OF the proprietor:
of this paper saw number of these
sailors in their uniform gathered at the
Empire Saloon carousing and some o.
them dancing in state of intoxlcation
Other instances can be found but these
are sufficient to establish our charge o.
; drunkenness against the sailors of the
Satellite The items above charged
will be verified by affidavit from re
sponsible and well-known citi
zens of this city if the British
, Vice-Consul wishes to pay the no
tary's fees otherwise we shall drop q
disgraceful and disagfeeable subject
, which we have been forced to publish
by the denials of men who have moi
taken the pains to investigate the facts
! If veritication of the facts are wanted
they must be called for before Thurs.
day as one Of our important witnesses
leaves for the coast at that time. Ed
PREss.]
Since writing the above We have
seen Mr.. Davies letter published il
the Bulletin Of last night. We had nc
intention Of suppressing the communi
cation and assure Mr.. Davies that his
( letter was already in type when the
: Bulletin was issued. The writer Of the