The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-17

in question are so advertised in English
and Colonial papers. The same rule was
observed when the Pacific Mail Com
pany had the Australian mail contract,
and we have now before US the "Otago .
Daily Times" January 29th, advertising /
the sailing OF the steamers Mariposa, /
Mararoa and Alameda of the Royal /
Mail service, under contract with the |
New Zealand, New South Wales and
United States Governments. And the
New Zealand Herald" reporting the
arrival of the Mariposa, says: The
ROYAL Mail steamship Mariposa came
into harbor January 9th = = with the
English and American mails" The own
ership of the mail steamers has nothing
whatever to do with it. Contract steam
ers carrying the British and Colonial
mail are "Royal Mail steamers" This
every person of average information
knows, although &C. w. A" apparently
does not. Now, where is the 'funkey-
ism run Wild in calling anything by its
right name? What is there Contempt
BILE" in it?
But this ill-informed and splenetic
writer proceeds to add cumulative proofs
of his ignorance. He says:
Other examples of the mania find ex-
/ preston in the misnOmer of the Music
+ Hall as the Royal Hawaiian Opera House;
/ the Royal Hawaiian Band; Royal Ha-
/ waiian Agricultural Society etc, etc, and
| the craze has even extended to the giving
| of the Royal appellation, in an ADVERTISER
/ report, to that innocent and unotfendlng
! fraternity, the Hawaiian Masonic Lodge.
Now, there is no such title as the
'Royal Hawaiian Opera House." Mr..
VIM. q. Irwin, owner of the building
known originally as the Music Hall,
changed the name to the much more APP
propriate one of Hawaiian Opera House,
and we presume he had right to do with
his own as he pleased.
The Royal Hawaiian Band is not a
''misnomer" or 'mania." Being the
Kings band, it is properly styled the
Royal Hawaiian Band.
Neither is it craze to style the
Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society by
its right name. This title was formally
adopted by the citizens OF Honolulu
when they founded the society. The
term Royal was opposed by Mr.. S. B
Dole, but as he stood alone, his opposi
ton to the Royal appeHation was un
availing. &C. w. A" concludes as fol
lows:
We may now expect to see the vessel:
which brought hither the late consign
ments of election gin for the Government
party, described as the Royal Gin Clip
pers Kalakaua," etc, etc. The furthe
prospects of having an early introduction
to the Royal Hawaiian Bootblack Soar
and Poi Companies case nothing occurs
to reduce this Royal fever-must intensity
) the desire of our residents for an early
visit from the fool-killer.
Considering that &C. w. A" is gener
ally understood to be the defeated can
didate for Waimea and Niihau, this abuse
of the royal style and allusiOn to election
gin is specially unfortunate. He was in
debted to "ROyal Mandate" for letter
of denization in 1888, and but for thi
special Royal favor" in his case he would
not have been qualified to stand as
!, family before the election he was no
averse to "royal favors" if they could b.
obtained by ''fiunkeyism" or any Other
means, and the methods adopted on hi
behalf, to secure his recognition or
, place on the Government ticket, would
qualify him or his alter ego to carry OF
the honors in a field of competitive
toadyism. These efforts failed, however
and he was ANONYMOUSLY defeated
while four cases of Opposition gin cam,
back from Waimea and were returned t,
the obliging storekeepers, who took then
back, we understand, thereby les
SEEMING the cost of defeat Thest
little facts may shed some ligh
upon &C. w. Al" attack upon tn,
Royal Mail steamers of the Oceani,
Company, on the ADVERTISER, and upor
everything "royaP' or above the common
herd. When "the fool Killer makes hi.
rounds, &C. w. A" should be in hiding