The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-12-28
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
Pledged to neither Sect nor Party,
But Established for the Benefit of Al.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. %, 1892
THE ADVERTISERS vuLaAR1TY.

Yesterday kind of hybrid com
munication was inserted in prom
inent place in the Advertiser, for due
notice of which there was not space
in the BULLETIN of that date. 1t was
written as an editorial, but, no doubt,
the editor was ashamed to assign it |
the place of honor in his paper. The |
writer for obvious reasons refrained !
from signing his name to a scurri-
lous piece of vulgar composition
We cannot hold the editor alto
gether blameless if, even during a
season of unusual happiness, he suf-
fers such offensive utterances to de-
file the journal under his charge.
When illustration is borrowed from
Chinese restaurants or tailoring
shops, it proves the writer to be
thinker of no refinement. When he
speaks of the Queen and her associ-
ates as the "palace gang" he stamps
himself as one who has all the will
to be offensive without the wit to be
severe.
However, the article and its writer
would be quite beneath the notice
of decent journalism; were it not for
the fact that the Advertiser habitu-
ally lends itself to the publication of
malignant indecency. The term
"boodle crowd" is another example
of gratuitous insult hurled, presum-
ably, against all those who differ
from the Advertiser and that small
knot of eccentric gentlemen who, for
purely DISTINGUISHED motives, have
persuaded themselves that, as they
say, the future of Hawaii lies in
closer relations with the United
States. 1t would be very easy task
to sift the patriotism of this little
band of peculiar people. And the
result would be that possibly it
might be shown that the sacred lust
of gold may be found as strongly de-
veloped amongst them as among
those of whom such insolent
mention is made. 1t might be
proved that they have sought
office for personal motives, that
they have left Office when it suit
ed their interests, that they
have exchanged one office for an
other for motives not purely unselfsh.
We will not apply to such conduct
of ''the soundest and ablest mon OF
the country" the offensive epithet OF
boodle-ish, but eccentric gentlemen
should implore their representative
: editor to consider their feelings
2 when criticizing the political con
= duct of the majority.
IS But yesterday gentleman who
has recently returned from the Coas
was asked if he could assign any
Re reason for the great falling off il
II the number of tourists. He did no
/ hesitate to say that it was owing t.
feeling of uneasiness concerning
Ne personal safety in Honolulu; and h
"a went on to say that the articles il
= the Advertiser had wrought mucl
mischief in this direction. Thes,
Or articles are laughed at in Honolulu
ii where the paper is known, but abroad
they are read seriously and are sup
,e posed to reflect the actual situation
We think the Advertiser has don
incalculable injury to this commu
nifty. 1t has spread abroad rumor
of insecurity and grounds for feai
= where none existed; it has lent it
S. support to every movement hostil
. to order. 1t has offered insult t.
be those in authority and held them u
o. to unmerited ridicule, it has strive
hard to pull down and level wit
al the ground all existing institution
Of and has, with an influence springin
from ignorance, deprived this cour
try of a. host of tourists whose arr
val amongst us would have brougE
III thousands of much needed dollars