The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-16
GREAT REVELATIONS.

Yesterdays issue of our respected
morning contemporary makes two
remarkable revelations of an un-
commonly startling nature. Intelli-
gent readers must have felt sudden
commotion in the external of their
craniums while their hair abruptly
bristled straight on end. The first
of these revelations is conveyed in
the following language: "Mr. Dole
knows, in common with everybody
in the kingdom, that the public
credit Of the Government has been
higher during the present Admins
tration than it ever was during any
previous one. The advertiser de-
monstrated this during the cam
paign." Now, we have always con-
sidered Mr.. Dole good-sized man,
Intellectually as well as physically,
for small community. Although
we are bound to say the impression
was not gained from the columns of
the advertiser, because it never be-
fore had the magnanimity to admit
that this courageous and consistent
political opponent knew anything or
was anything but grumbler But
even our high estimate of Mr..
Dole's mental capacity and intellec-
tual requirements was not equal to
the conception that he possessed the
wonderful knowledge ascribed to
him by our learned contemporary,
and possibly Mr.. Dole himself is
astonished to be informed that he
knows so much
Mr.. Dole knows, in common
with everybody in the kingdom" "
There is mistake here. every
body" includes us small fry, and
speaking for ourselves, candor COM
pels us to confess we do not know
that the public credit of the Gov
ernment has been higher during the
present Administrator than ever it
was during any previous one." Yes,
we know that more borrowing has
been done by the present Admins
tration than by any previous one,
and this proves that the Government
credit was good, but not that it was
better than formerly. If previous
Administration did not borrow so
freely, it was not because they could
not, but because they aoOuid not.
Everybody" who knows the past
decades history of this country,
knows that our contemporary has
constructed an exaggerated state
ment on mythical bottom, which a
ray of truth knocks into a bag of
moonshine.
But what shall we say of the
following? "The advertiser demon
strated this during the campaign" "
We feel as if cloud of Bishop's
illuminated dust had fallen on the
city! Such valuable piece OF
local history should be forwarded tc
the Social Science Association, as s
subject for eulogistic remark at theil
next meeting. We had regarded
the " campaign notes" as politica
squibs, emanating from STUART
politicians whose consciences wer'
not circumscribed by narrow preju
dices in favor of truth, and merely
intended to hoodwink the ignoran
and betray the unwary, and neve
for one moment imagined that the,
demonstrated" anything but
total disregard of candor, veracity
and fair-play. We still retain som
indistinct remembrances of referenc
in the notes to comparativ
government credits, but do not re
member ever to have stumbled acros
the " demonstration" and canno
outrage our feelings by believing
possible that anything but joke j
now intended.
The other revelation above refer
red to is, that the u. G. n. ha
killed the Opposition as party!
Is this another joke, or is it mean
seriously? If the former, it become
our duty to rake up grin; if tn
latter-well, the advertiser must b
put down as fine specimen of in
fiated vanity and bombastic iliosyn
Grassy. Having in mind the fate O
former influential local paper, W
trouble for the safety of our con
temporary. About two years age