The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-08-12

ing lhat III mas Decn maue 50 ny
the extravaganza and thieving of
the royalists under the monarchy"
Such an assertion without an iota of
proof in its support-although the
Government organs have been chal-
lenged over and over again to prove
similar statements simply demon
strates one fact, which is that the
author of the assertion is graceless
falsifier. Being equal to such an ef.
fort at his favorite occupation, it is
not surprising to find him growing
bolder as he proceeds. He refers to
the royalists as having had "ten years
of spending without economy" The
people he calls royalists have not
had ten years of spending, either
with or without economy. For more
than halt of the six years succeeding
the revolution of 1887 the Reform
party-now comprising the head
and whole skeleton of the revolu-
tionary party-had all the spending
power in its own hands. Besides,
while the Reform party as such was
not in possession of the government,
/ one of its members was at the head
of the chief spending department
most of the time. What is moro
important, however, is the fact that
while the Reform party held com
plete sway there was greater in
crease of the public debt, with less
to show for it, than during the
whole remainder of the six years un-
der the Constitution of the Reform
party's own making. There was
more extravagance, favoritism and
boodling under the Reform admins
tration than under any other from
the beginning of the period in ques-
ton until the advent of the Pro
visional Government. Some of the
particulars have often been given
and never confuted, and it would b"
waste of time to repeat them il
this connection.
In answer to further bombastic
rhetoric from the Advertiser, we
may remark that we have never
questioned the truth of the financial
statements and figures of the Minis
ter of Finance. What we have as
sailed has been the condition Of
things laid bare by those statements
and figures. In that connection we
have called attention to the chief
cause of the Advertisers zeal III
abusing the critics of Government
expenditures. When we comment
ed on the Minister'S lament oves
the enormous" outlay for public
printing, it was then that a silence
that could be felt came over the daily
piping of the treasury's prosperity
by the Advertisers bugler. Some
body connected with the Gazette
| uDii'hihS company, WHICH o"h'
and issues the morning organ.
had doubtless put flea in the
editors ear. Now, to test tn,
true quality of the Advertiser
denunciations of "extravagance anG
thieving," and of the crime of "hand
ling the cash." which becomes vir
tue when done by those not royalists
we would request that the Ministe'
of Finance make return to the
Councils of the whole amount oI
accounts against the Government. il
all departments including the judi
ciary, paid and unpaid, of the Ga
zette Publishing Co. from January
/, 1893, to date of return. If thi;
simple request, regarding an extra
yagance the Minister has alread,
deplored, be complied with, it i;
dollars to doughnuts that an exhibit
of boodling will be the result whic'
will make the Advertiser ashamed t.
say anything about thieves, if theI
is any shame in that fraternity.