The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-19
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aIDAY February 10Th.
&C. W. A" AND "FLUNKE YIsM.' -

we owe an apology 10 our readers per-
haps for again noticing &C. w. A" and
his vagaries; but remembering the in
junction of the wise man, "answer a fool
according to his folly lest he be wise in
his own conceit," we advert to the lu-
cubration of the defeated candidate for
Waimea and Niihau, which appeared in
last evenings Bulletin"
And first, let US say that it is first
class specimen of 'flunkeyism, :" emitting
the writer to very subordinate but per-
manent position in the Chamberlain's
Office, whenever selection by competitive
examination becomes the rule in that de-
partment of the Royal household.
We did not say that &C. w. A.'s' OBJ
lection to the word "royaP' meant any
reflection upon the King. There was
nothing in our remarks to suggest it. We
quoted the ipsissima verba of &C. w.
A." and in a mild and good-natured
kind of way showed that he was the
last person in the world to sneer at the
term or things ''royal." Our readers
viii bear witness to the fact that we were
extremely good-natured and considerate
of the feelings of the immature author Of
the &C. W. A." letter. Wherefore we
object to the transparent dodge i'll his
last effusion of hiding under the royal
robe of Hawaii, while expectorating his
imported" spittle over the footstool of
the throne, and upon the skirt of the
man by whose whole-souled favor alone
he has the right to practice his pro-
fession. He says that he is not 'fun
grateful" We doubt the statement.
Let him present the facts in his own
case truly, and take a popular verdict
upon them, and he will discover that
however oblivious he may himself be of
the obligations of gratitude and honor,
the people of this Kingdom are not.
&C. w. A" did not refer directly to
the King in his letter; he did so indi
rectly, however, and most Extensively,
when he said: eve may now expect to
see the vessels which brought hither
the late consignments of election gin for
the Government party, described as the
Royal Gin Clippers Kalakaua.' We
ask, could there be greater insult to
the King than that? An insult, more
over, from a man who owes his position
in the country to the good-natured pref
erence and kindness of the Sovereign to
whom he swore allegiance, and whose
royal name he attempts to degrade and
belittle in public estimation.
But &C. W. A" did attack the Oceanic
Steamship Company, Claus Spreckels,
VIM. G. Irwin & Co., and the ADvER-
TIsER, because the latter reported the
Royal Mail steamers of the Australian
line as Royal Mail steamers. Now,
supposing they were not Royal Mail
steamers, what business was that of his g?
Did it concern him in the least? 1t did
not. But as they were Royal Mail steam
ere, and as his ignorance was placarded,
he attempts to get off on side issue by
saving that he did not insult the King.
We say now, as we did not say so before,
that he did Extensively attack and in
suit the King.
But the defeated candidate for Wal
mea and Niihau says he did not "dis-
tribute gin,' i. e., furnish liquor to the
electors of Waimea during the election. 4"
Perhaps he did not do so with his own
hands, but his agents did, and it was
for this very reason that the respectable
foreign element of the electorate dropped
him after Investigation of the fact, and
told the natives they might vote as they
pleased. and despite his gin or ''iquor,"
they pleased to vote for the National
candidate and he was left out in the
cold. We apprehend he will not pro-
duce a certificate from the respectable
foreign element of the constituency in
contradiction of this statement. If he
does, with the signatures duly attested,
we shall admit that we have been
wrongly informed. And right here We
admit an error: it was fourteen cases
of Opposition gin, not four cases, that
were returned from Waimea after the
election.
And now with regard to the general
denial by &C. w. A." in his letter to the