The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-06-07

OhiN uuslIeSS ulsappnlnlmenJ. Now
buildings have been built in plenty,
hut they are empty. The cheap
labor vi Chinese, Jal anese and Por-
tuguese have crowded out the white
man, who is cruelty being driven al
most to starvation, while the Asia
tics climb up and swarm around the
pretty streets of Hilo like the ravog-
ing pests of the fields.
Tie Blue Ribbon L"ague and
oh.rtempcrauce organizations prat.
tie among the children of their
neighbors' faults, and while, posi-
bly,, they may be anxious to do
good, how much have they really
accomplishedY 1t is known fact,
and no one in Hilo w1o can see what
is going on around him will deny it,
that any one desirous of doing so
can purchase all the liquor he wants
from Asiatics and others without
going near licensed saloon, and
just as readily on Sundays as on
week days.
Only last month there was a guam.
tity of liquor seized and publicly
sold at the Court House, and bought
by people who perhaps made i'm.
proper use of it. Why did not the
temperance people have this liquor
destroyed instead of letting Hawai-
ian-make rum and sandpaper gin be
sold to injure bodies and souls.
Now, ] want your permission TO
speak even a little more plainly
about matter in which l have taken
a great personal interest. l may
have misiudged the motives and
actions of the gentlemen of whom
l shall speak, but to me they appear
to belong to those who do much to
keep Hilo back.
The late Mr.. j. d. Mills, we'll
known and respected rs one of the
earliest pioneers of Hlo, was true
friend of mine, and l love his
memory for the many happy days
we spent together, for he had the
soul of an artist. Our daily meet
ings and mutual transactions re-
suited in true friendship. l do not
wish to say that the gentlemen who
had the legal charge of admin
istering bis estate acted illegally,
but L do say that they acted hast
lily and with a want of respect
Tor dead friend and q former
business associate, who was not n
poor man, and l cannot think that
the heirs of this good, kind-hcarted
man who truly loved Ililo would APP
prove of these gentlemen. l do not
think that they would like to learn
that even my dead friends coffin
had not been paid for when l left,
and that faithful nurse who gave
services to the dead that few men
would have cared to undertake, re-
mained unrewarded, and even had
TO remain under the imputation of
having done wrong.
While | do not desire to discuss
the question before the Courts in
regard to Mr.. Loosen, will say l
think he is an injured man. do
say, however, that consider it was
very wrong that the gentlemen re-
ferred to should have disposed of
much property before thorough
advertisement of the sale both in
Honolulu and Hilo, as l desired.
The result of their not dong so
seems to me to have been that many
articles which other friends might
have liked to possess have passed
into the hands of some of these gen.
tlemen or their friends.
l have certainly n right to COM
plain of another matter in connec-
ton with this estate, and that is 1
was taken from my occupation in
Honolulu at great personal inconve-
nience and considerable derange-
ment of my business affairs, upon a
subpoena as witness. but L was not
only not called but was insulted
grossly by Mr.. Lyman.
The following letter is a sample
of the treatment / received and
shows how power in strong hands
can be enforced to private injury
and the public detriment. 1t is
dated from the office of ID. II. Hitch
cock, Atlorney-at-law and Notary
Public, Hilo, May 18th, 1883, and
says:
"MR. j. TAvERNIER,
Dear Sir In the case of Estate j.
ID. Mills VS.. Chas. Loosen, in which
you were subpGnaed from Honolulu,
/ herewith notify you that we shall
not want you as q witness in the
case and that you are at liberty to
return to Honolulu hy steamer of
to-day. 1 herewith hand you the
money for 8 days attendance, So"
| could say much more but | will
not take up any more of your space.
JULES TAvERNIER.