The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-11-08
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1886.
WHERE is THE ADVERTISER

TOT SOiuc tltuC past lHS "tyH COW-
meyt7aI Advertiser has been discussing
public affairs in very uncertain, vacil-
lating, and somewhat unique style.
Whether that paper processes to be an
exponent or an educator Of public
opinion, its position in relation to mat
tiers of public interest ought, at least, to
be clearly defined. While holding the
attitude of rampant apologist of every
act of the Kings Ministers and Of the
Legislature of which the King formed
the charger part" it was entitled to
some respect for the persistency and
boldness with which the interests Of
the ruling clique were maintiined. OF
late, however, it has been oscillating in
its views, so that it is impossible to tell
what particular purposes it means to
serve. The truth is that AduerkiSe,-
literature has changed into sort Of
milk and water compound, so that
readers preferring milk are nauseated
by the admixture of water, and those
desiring water are disguised at its being
clogged with milk.
The Adavy7;sey leader of November
and on the Registrar of Conveyances
is case in point. After denouncing
in plain terms, on previous day, the
threatened appointment of Mr.. Kaae,
the appointment being made our con-
temporary slides down from the giddy
height to which the expression Of an
independent opinion had raised it, and
''hopes for the best" The horrors q
one day became the hopes of another,
and the appointment for which there
could be no justification on Friday be
came quite tolerable on Tuesday.
Chameleon-like, the Aaleytise, changes
color so readily that it has almost be
come subject Of quarrel among care
full observers OF passing events whether
il is trying to whltewash its record OF
to change the color of its spots. In
the matter referred to, our contempo
rary solemnly quotes the Constitution
to fix the responsibility on the MIN
listers, adding that ''the public only
know Ministers in the matter" If the
appointment was, as our contemporary
intimated, an outrage, what matters ii
TO the public that the responsibility
should be thrown on the Minister'S TIC
whom are the Ministers responslblei
Have the public any voice, directly Oh
indirectly, either in the appointment OF
designations of Minister'S Suppose the
public do fix the responsibility on Min
isters, what them The Ministers have
nothing to do with the people except
to tax them, ignore the Constitution
uCBOlldlC lOdliS iOi tlS puDnS ~
liquidate, and provide indemnity bills
for the public to pay. Apart from all
this, however, the statement of the
A6oertss,, that "the public only know
Ministers in this matter" looks like
the result either of moral weakness OF
of inexcusable ignorance. Any journal
even of less pretensions than the
Ad0erfiser, is supposed to knew prett,
well that the opinions of the public or
this, as we'll as on many other matters
are not expressed in so occult fashion
as not to be thoroughly understood
These opinions are in brief that the
Ministers are responsible for nothing
except for the contemplate position
they occupy in being mere politica
machines, and that when they cease tc
be machines they cease to be Ministers
Where is the AdaertiSey with regarC
to the "National Party" it so vigor
ously doomed ten months ago1 Gu