The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-05

was apparently lilteIlutu IOl puoii
cation in the Golden Era, but was
suppressed evidently for reasons
which hereinafter appear. Believ-
ing that its author resents such
unkind treatment by his friends,
and that he would be grateful for
the publication of his appeal in
your columns, [ pass it to you to
be used as you lem best.
VIM. B. OLEsoN.
My name is lottery. | wish to
state frankly just what I am, and
what l want, for there seems to be
some misunderstanding concerning
me in the minds even of my friends.
Their 'over-zeal, indeed. has compro-
missed my character and my motives,
and I must, even at some sacrifice,
J, % the good people Of Honolulu
know just what | am, and what [
want here.
Frankly, then, I am an outlaw.
Since everybody knows this, it is
useless for my friends to deny it. L
am an outcast from Louisiana, where
I fourished for twenty years. 1
offered tempting proposals in the
way of money indemnity for the
privilege of staying there, but the
people wouldn't have me. This was
owing to no change in my character,
for I have always been the same that
I am to day, but rather to change
on the part of the people which
seems unaccountable to nae, consider
ing the vast sums Of money that so
freely offered them. So here I am
hunting up a refuge for myself.
Those who know me best will have
nothing further to do with me. /
can't go where I want to, and so /
must go where I can. May I come
to Honolulu. No other plaUe is open
to me. Some guileless gentlemen in
this Paradise of the Pacific are ready
to guarantee my responsibility, not
withstanding these facts.
To be sure I am a briber I am
forced to admit this. Stern necessity
compels me to bride. I have no
abiding place unless I bride. I must
bride or perish. This emergency that
is on me is my excuse for offering
you such generous propositions. l
feel obliged to admit this much In
order to explain the occasion of such
unexpected and unwarrantable gen
crosby on my part. see no escape
for myself, unless you consent to be
bribed into allowing me foothold
here. What I offer is only sort OF
insular bride, to be sure-not what
would gladly give to stay in Louisi
ana, or to go to Mexico or to Dakota
but you will admit that it is very
discreetly arranged bride, however
and it is only the beginning. After
I get fairly at work you may expect
others. Every man of influence may
count on a bride deity adapted to
his particular calibre. The moral
sentiment that looks upon a bride as
an enormity will gradually pass away
if you admit me, and the land will
be filled with bribery.
Moreover, I am q philanthropist
I am greatly indebted to the guile
less gentlemen who stand as my spon
sors, for though they are not accus
toned to such large sums Of money
as they are at present Offering to the
Hawaiian Legislature. they have
kindly pointed out to me various
channels in which my philanthropy
can exhibit itself. To be sure men
naturally distrust those who claim
to give much for nothing. Small
boys are devoted patrons oil
the prize package industry but
grown men seek to know the motive
which makes corporations generous
beyond measure. 1t is a surprise
when men see any indication of soul
in corporation, and so while I am q
philanthropist, I am not a philan
thropist pure and simple, especially
not simple.
My philanthropy centers in my
self. / do not expect to give much for
little. I am in business, for myself.
and I expect to get back all I give,
with a great deal more to boot. /
wish to pay you literally for the
privilege of residing here. IL you
will only look at it in the proper
light, you will see that for the
money, you give me in return full
compensation. For instance, it will
impair the credit of the country
abroad to have it known that 1 am
here. 1t will efectually prevent
loans, if it is known that / am estab,
Iished in the land It will strain your
relations with the two great English
speaking nations if it becomes known
that you have afforded me shelter
and protection. These are all costly
things, especially just at this june.
ture, and so you must not think that
you are getting much for little. This
is not philanthropy but a purely
business transaction. You sell about
all you have that counts for any
thing, and I give you my price for it.
To be sure, some people may claim
that you give good deal more, in
fact that you give too much
for what [ offer you. They may in
sist that money that comes so easily
will go as easily; that wasteful ex,
penditures and wild cat enterprises
will start up like mushrooms, and
with like vitality; that a nation that
can be bought will sell itself over
and over again individually as we'll
as collectively, and thousand other
things. But do rot come to argue.
am an outlaw [ am briber.
am philaGthropist looking after the