The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-20
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Will show that the in

| FROM customs duties alone, Tor II
years (the terms OF our bonds, taker
on above average, will pay the entire
interest OH the public debt, together
with the debt itself, and leave a bal.
ance in the treasury of 1871, 700.
On motion of Mr.. Waterhouse the
report was accepted and placed on
file.
President Dole said he had the re-
ports of Colonel Soper, which he
would read. Mr.. Julius Asch had been
Candless; and w. G.. Wilder, vice G..
i. Wilder. Rev. III. w. Peck had
formally introduced his successor, Mr..
COrbett. A salute had been fired from
the shore battery in honor of the en-
trance of the steamer China into the
harbOr. 1t was recommended that
the old muzzle- loading brass cannon
be sold to the Honolulu Iron Works.
The reports were referred to the mis-
cellaneous committee.
The resignation of Il. 3. Murray
from Company y was referred to the
military committee.
Mr.. Emmeluth introduced resolu-
ton coudemning Charles Nordhoff,
correspondent of the New York Her
aid, and asking that the councils de-
clare his statements relating to men,
bers of the councils and government
to be untrue and uni lust, especially
those made in his last letters to the
Herald received here.
Minister s. NJ. Damon said the
statements were undoubtedly untrue,
yet he for one was in favor of letting
the newspapers have full swing. He
did not think the matter with NOrd-
hoff should be kept alive, as that was
just what that mendacious gentleman
wanted. No matter what course a
newspaper took, the truth was sure to
come out. 1t had done so in this case.
He did not think the matter should be
noticed further.
AIR. Ienuey agreed with Mr.. Damon.
He did not think any libel uttered by
Nordhof would do Us any harm.
Mr.. Emmeluth said the reason he
had brought the matter up again was
Iecause the councils had taken the
hrst offense up and now another had
been committed worse than the first.
Insult was added to injury. To escape
had appealed to Blount for protection.
He read the head lines in the Herald
of June, l. Mr.. Nor'ihoff had simply
libeied the councils again. He
i. a sign of weakness to allow
such statements to he made and go
uncha!lenged. Further, he wished 10
ask if there was any truth in the
statement that the United States
had reversed the stand |
taken by Minister Blount on the
NOrdhof issue.
President Dole replied he had re-
ceived no Information Oh the point.
Mr.. Tenney said from his reading it |
was evident that Nordhoff's state
ropnrs yvero roanilinD On him
Mr.. Young was sorry the matter |
had been brought up. 1t was quite |
-vident Nordhoff had not acted like
gentleman should, but he believed In
letting dog eat dog among the news
papers. The Star and Bulletin men
ooked at each other and blu7hedl. |
Laughter.
Acknowledgement Smith thought
very body should be allowed free
iom of opinion even though they did
lot support the resolution on fiji al
'ote. He thought Mr.. Nordhof had
tcted like a coward-certainly not like
gentleman. That Nordhoff's state.
nent's were libelous, wrong and eX-
remedy unjust was true, and it was
,ut right that members of the coun-
ills expressed their condemnation of
lis course; his conduct merited con-
empt. He has done us harm, but it
will likely undo itself. We need not
Ass the resolution, but should con-
emn the false statements which have
rawn it out. This much is proper.
Mr.. Emmeluth read extracts from
he last letter of Mr.. NordhOf saying
hat what he had said before was true
nd adding that after looking over the
1ttery petitions, which the royalists
till retained possession of, he had
)und the names of some twenty
theirs who where in the governments
mploy.
Mr.. renney said there were proba-
ly twenty or more rOyalists now in
ne employ OF the government, whose =
ames might be on the petitions, or
ven others.
The resolution to censure Nordhoff
as not put on account of having no
.cond.
Mr.. Tenney offered q resolution
nat hereafter the councils hold but
ne meeting each week, to be held
very Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock.
arried.
Dir. Emmeluth made an enquiry
,ncerning the erection of new
uilding at the quarantine grounds,
J published in the ADVERTISER.
Mr.. Smith entered into an extended s
xplanation as to the necessity of the
oard's action, as already explained I
this paper. I
At $500 the Councils went into
,ecial session. &