The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-06-17


with the Islands, and was received in
a most hospitable manner by several
prominent people, who, at his earnest
request, gave him their views on the
situation, one at least in writing,
besides granting hun exceptional fa-
yors otherwise. The recipient of
these various kindnesses affected to
be deeply grateful before leaving,
and expressed great satisfaction with
the quality of the interviews he was
carrying away. They were conser-
vative and moderate statements of
the situation. Therefore, it would
seem, they must be suppressed by
the esensation-mongerling journal. The
Examiner instead of them displays
in the space Of a page or more the
report on the situation of another
representative altogether, gentle
man from the business end OF the
paper by the name of Fred r. Som
ers. This representative had also
been treated with the utmost courtesy
and consideration by officials and
citizens. In return he mingles with
statement of the facts obnoxious
gossip of stale variety respecting
some of those who helped him, and
wherever he can work in fling at
the authorities, or sneer at Hawai-
ian institutions about which he knows
nothing but names, he does not fail
to embrace the opportunity. This
sort of journalism may be thought
the essence of enterprise by its auth
ors, but it is scarcely decent, much
less honorable. If the Examiner de-
sired to win the Hawaiian people to
annexation, it could not adopt more
unfortunate method than that de-
scribed.
One amusing feature of all the
comments so far seen on the late un-
pleasantness IN San Francisco is that
mostly all use the phrase "opera
bouffe revolution" in its designa-
ton. Whatever there is Of opera
bouffe in the matter is, however, to
be found in San Francisco news
paper reports of it. They certainly
are good at joining in chorus Of epi-
thets. When their song is ended,
however, the fact remains that the
Hawaiian community has thus far
been able to take care of itself in a
manner that ought rather to be sub
ect for praise than one for ridicule
on the part of the people in CalifOr-
MIA. 1t might be more commen-
dable sight to see the San Francisco
press crusading manfully against
stage robbers and other abounding
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it tacitly taking the part of tilibus-
tering factions abroad, as it does by
lampooning the Hawaiian authorities
for their maintenance of law and
order, whereby they spoil the sen.
sations of blood and rapine for which
ghoulish journalism in San Fran
cisco huugers and thirsts.
The Examiner has an editorial
based on its sensational reports.
There is only one point in the article
worthy of comment. In advocating
the annexation of the islands it uses
this argument, "The all-powerful
foreigners will not consent to re-
public ruled by the more numerous
natives" Well, now, what will an,
nexation bring US if not republican
government controlled by ''the more
numerous natives? If not that, il
will be territorial government con.
Quoted by carpet-bag politicians who
would be tumbled out, bag and bag
gage, after each presidential election
just when they would have begun tc
find out something about the require
ments of the group. The mos
ardent annexationist in the islands
recoils at the thought of such al
arrangement. There is at this mo
ment, however, no necessity for any
change in the status of this king
dom. Its government and leglsla
tion are going along decorously anc
serenely enough to be the envy o.
many a more pretentious nation
Give us a rest from foreign misre
presentation and we will be happy.
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The best sDTlng medicine is o dos