The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-21


done so, and made both positions
clear to any ordinary comprehension.
It is now in order for Mr. Davies to
deny that any report whatever from
the Committee on Legislation is in
existence.
AEr. Thee. h. Davies and the Adver.
ttser"-A Question Of Veracity.
We owe an apology to Mr.. T. II. Davies
for the apparent discourtesy of neglecting
to notice his letter in last Fridays " Bull
Ietin," attacking the ADVERTISER - but
he is determined that we shall not forget
him, for he has renewed his attack in the
last issue of the {" Gazette " with increased
virulence. We did not forget him, how
ever, but having principles to demonstrate,
we preferred dispOsing Of them before touch
ing upon the side issue raised by Mr..
Davies, which is that of his own personal
veracity and honor. Discussions Of a per-
sOnal character are always distss teful to US !;
but in this case Mr.. Davies leaves US no al
tentative. He forces the issue upon US by
imputing falsehoOds and dishonorable mo-
tives and methods to the ADVERTISER"
and we therefore propose testing whether
our accuser and assailant is himself a wit
ness whose unsupported testimony would
be accepted by gentlemen sitting as q court
of honor, with the proofs which we shall
furnish before them.
In making this analysis we shall not go
outside the record furnished by his
own pen. with such words of COM
ment rs shall make the quotations intel
ligibie nor shall we garbls quotations to
make point against him, as Mr.. Davies
himself does against US in his letter in yes
terday's Gazette" By this process we
shall fully justify our own criticism, to
which objection has bsen taken.
This controversy originated from an
article in the ADVERTISER, October 14th,
commenting upon the report of the Com
mittee on Legislation, presented to the
Planters Labor and Supply Company over
the signature of Mr.. Theo. II. Davies and
Mr.. s. B. Dole. This report was accepted,
ordered printed as part of the official record
Of the association in the planters Month
ly.' and was acted upon by that association
to the extent Of adopting resolution pray
ing the King to give effect to it's recommen-
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inquire into the status of the District and
Police Courts of the Kingdom. We make
this point in limine because Mr.. Davies, in
his letter to the Gazette" endeavors to
create the impression that the associa ton 8
reports bind none except those signing them.
His words are: 1.-The ADVERTISER ought to
know, and probably does know, that neither
the accepted (but unadOpted reports Of
committees, nor the speeches of members
bind any but those who make them, and the
votes and acts Of the association are the
declarations by which they must be judged"
This is precisely the point the ADVERTISER
and Supply Company in its articles
Of the 18th and 18TH and in more
explicit terms in that of the Goth
instant. We thus have the report of the
Committee on Legislation presented by
Messrs. Davies and Dole accepted by the P.
L. & s. Co., and acted upon to the extent of
indorsing all its statements by a formal
resolution giving effect to its recommends
ton, postulated upon the truth and
accuracy OF those statements. And the
point at issue is, are those statements, de-
liberately put forward in public document
BY Mr.. Davies and his associate committee
man, true or false; and does the report in
substance and effect say what the ADvEK-
TEsER of the 14th averred it did say, and
which we now again declare it does say,
If its language aud reasoning are to be.
accepted in their literal and natural sense.
Mr.. Davies, who, we have BEEN given to
NJ tho Panorf
gives as the lie direct in his letter TO the
s'Bulletin," in the following categorical and
.sgentlemanly" manner:
''It is not true that the report claimed
s1-That the official relations of the IA
waiian with any other Government were un->
cordial.
ss2-That the present international status
Of the Hawaiian Kingdom was lower than
formerly.
..S-That the inspectors of Immigrants
had any judicial power.
.4-Tkat the administration of justice in
the minor Courts is not as good as it was.
.s5-That q Royal Commission was re-
on;rad to take the minor courts out of the
reach Of corrupt political influence
This generalization is not by US. 1t is
Mr.. Davies own work; but we shall accept
Il subject to verbal amendment in con-
eormity with our article, except in regard
q paragraph 3. which is wholly incorrect.
We shall make that point clear anon.
Now. as to paragraph 1 of the
.t.9oricaI denial, s. that the official
.a.s,sna of the Hawaiian with any
- aoyernment were uncordial,'' we
nat the report of the Committee on
-;sI.aiou. acted upon and adopted. init
mates that and nothing else as the follow
-; :, paragraphs from the report Numbered
s = usl show in the cIearest possible manner;
1--we are aware that frequent or IN