The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-10-16
MONDAY, OCT. Is, 1898.
MOVING FOR ECONOMY.


1t is significant commentary on
the violent zeal of the slavish anti
national organs in their support of
the z, q. and its bureaucratic vaga
ries, that their liegos the Ministers
and Councillors are compelled to
institute checks upon their voracity
for treasury pap. The fact is that
since the halcyon days of the old
Advertiser when it was owned by u
member of the Cabinet, and those
of early in the career of the new
Advertiser when it was run to
chalk line laid down by Mr.. Thurs
ton, there has never been such a
bleeding of the treasury to sustain
servile press as from the 18th of
January last under the Provisional
Government. We have before chal-
lenged a comparison of the advertis-
ing and printing expenses of the
Provisional Government with those
of any recently preceding admins
tration. Such an exhibit would show
that the Hawaiian Gazette Company
Owner of the Advertiser) simply
lives and moves and has its being
from the public funds. Besides the
drain on the treasury to keep the
partisan tone of the Advertiser up
to concert pitch, the Provisional
Government has indulged in extra
vagance of press subsidising never
before practiced here. Before its
time Government notices were not
duplicated in one language except
ing on rare occasions when the
widest publicity was deemed to be
in the public interest. The publica-
tion of the laws was given out to the
lowest bidder regardless of party,
for one paper in English and one in
Hawaiian. Under the highly econo-
mical new order of things, every
description of Government advertis-
ing is given to two English papers
the Z. G. laws, diplomatic formali-
ties, appointments of all kinds from
heads of bureaus to poundmasters,
all go into the Star in addition to
the Advertiser. The Star is crea-
ture of the Annexation Club, and
the Government is afraid to get into
bad favor with that organization.
Therefore, the public money has TO
be wasted in subsidising the evening
organ, started as it was to down the
BULLETIN and thus extinguish in.
dependent press criticism of the
new and irresponsible rule. 1t il
nothing that this object has miser
ably failed, and that the evening
organ has gained neither hold no
standing in the community. SO Ion
as its owners have grip on the fear
of the Councils, of which they ar
not slow to boast on the streets, tn
thing must be sustained at the ex
pense of the taxpayers. These fact
will show how futile is the propose,
scheme of economy in public print
ing likely to prove if confined, as ap
pears the case, TO mere regulatin;
OF the forms of ordering service
under that head. From the natur
OF the reform projected, it woul,
appear that the organs have bee
obbling up patronage without au
thorization-perhaps appropriatin
it from each others columns an,
trusting to their pull with head,
and their powers Of blackmail owe
subordinates, to get their pay a
right. Possibly it is a great re
form to require that hereafter thes
leeches on the treasury shall dra
their fill only through sucking tube
provided by their nurses. The pul
lie would have more assurance {
economy being the object, howeve
if the Government began to cut O
useless advertising and stopped a
wasteful duplication of advertisin