The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-10
The DAILY BULLETIN.
Pledged to neither Sect nor Party,
But Established for the Benefit of Al.
MONDAY, OCT. 10, 1892.
THE TRUTH is NOT IN 1T.

The Advertiser invites a lash. to
its back. 1t wilfully misrepresents
the position of the BULLETIN in order
to excite prejudice against this paper.
The BULLETIN did not use the Sack
ville-West incident for a justiica-
tion OF assaults on the American
representatives, but to show that
foreign representatives are not above
criticism in the country to which
they are accredited. The Advertiser
lies in stating that the BULLETIN
committed assaults on American re-
presentatives. This paper opened
its columns to Americans who were
| displeased with the conduct of their
representatives, for the utterance
of their displeasure, but for itself it
had no opinion on the question,
further than crediting the Hawaiian
Legislature with the sending out of
the Boston to look for the ship
VIM. A. Campbells missing boat,
and expressing qualification over
the expedition of the cruiser.
Americans can still have the use of
our columns and, in the case of
anonymous letters, neither will their
authors identity be betrayed nor
their respectfully written opinions be
apologized for. 1t takes thing like
the Advertiser to give publicity I'M
hesitatingly to an anonymous ex-
preston of honest public opinion
and then, for the double purpose of
electioneering capital and to clear
the way for the prosecution of a
contemporary, get down on it's face
and eat dirt by apologizing for the
publishing of free Americans
views. Our contemporary empha-
sizes it's SANDER by repeating it four
or five times in little over a score
of lines, charging this paper with
assaults" insults" assaults :"
again, and "malignancy of
attacks" on the American represent
atives. Let the Advertiser produce
a single instance of anything such as
its strong language indicates, in the
editorial columns of the BULLETIN, or
else let it accept the brand of a
downright falsifier in cold blood.
When the BULLETIN has taken such
liberties with American representa-
tives as have been taken by the Ad-
vertiser and its friends, it may be
callous enough to take no notice of
such venomous attack as that of
this morning If the Advertiser
desires the record of an assault" or
"malignant attack" on an American
Minister, it can procure it nearer
home than in the BULLETINS columns
Perhaps it is too modest to give the
record in question, and is therefore
trying to force this paper to divulge
| the facts of the not remote incident.
| Then there was a case few months
ago when the Advertiser published
letter addressed to the American
Consul General, before it had come
into the hands of that official. The
Advertiser is great champion of
American representatives! Its ser
vices will doubtless receive suitable
recognition at the earliest possible
moment from the Department of
State at Washington! The BULLETIN
is satisfied with affording medium
for the legitimate expression of
grievances to American as well as all
other residents. 1t is because it
never betrays the most humble con-
tributor to it's columns-once his
communication has been accepted
but bears the brunt of all the conse-
quences itself, and will not for the
sake of political capital or under
any pressure apologize for giving
honest opinion hearing, that the
BULLETIN holds its own as the paper
of and for the people-a position
the Advertiser can never attain by
its present slavish character and
cOWardly tactics.