The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-06-27
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From customs duties alone, for 20
years (the terms of our bonds, taken
on above average, will pay the entire
interest on the public debt, together
with the debt itself, and leave bal
ance in the treasury of S731,7O
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
elected first lieutenant, vice J. a. Nc
Candless; and w. c. Wilder, vice G..
T. Wilder. Rev. II. 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 I. B. Murray
from Company A was referred to the
military committee.
Mr.. Emmeluth introduced a resolu-
ton condemning 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 unjust, especially
those made in his Lost leUUefs 10 the
IIcIaIu 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.
Mr.. Tenney agreed with Mr.. Damon.
He did not think any libel uttered by
Nordhoff would do us any harm.
Mr.. Emmeluth said the reason he
had brought the matter up again was
because the councils had taken the
first offense up and now another had
been committed worse than the first.
Insult was added to injury. To escape
the effects of his own act Nordhoff
had appealed to Blount for protection.
He read the head lines in the Herald
of June, l. Mr.. Nordhoff had simply
libeled the councils again. He
thought it sign of weakness to allow
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unchallenged. Further, he wished to
ask if there was any truth in the
statement that the United States
government had reversed the stand
taken by Minister Blount on the
Nordhoff issue.
President Dole replied he had re-
ceived no information on the point.
Mr.. Tenney said from his reading it
was evident that Nordhoff's state
ments were recoiling on him.
Mr.. Young was sorry the matter
had been brought up. It was quite
evident Nordhoff had not acted like a
gentleman should, but he believed in
letting dog eat dog among the news
papers. lThe Star and Bulletin men
looked at each other and blushedl.
Laughter.
Attorney General Smith thought
everybody should be allowed free
dom of opinion even though they did
not support the resolution on final
vote. He thought Mr.. Nordhoff had
acted like coward-certainly not like
a gentleman. That Nordhoff's state
ment's were libelous, wrong and ex-
tremely unjust was true, and it was
but right that members of the coun-
ellis expressed their condemnation of
his course; his conduct merited con-
tempt. He has done us harm, but it
will likely undo itself. We need not
pass the resolution, but should con-
denim the false statements which have
drawn it out. This much is proper.
Mr.. Emmeluth read extracts from
the last letter of Mr.. Nordhoff saying
that what he had said before was true
and adding that after looking over the
lottery petitions, which the royaIists
still retained possession of, he had
found the names of some twenty
Others who where in the governments
Mr.. Denney said there were proba-
bly, twenty or more royalists now in
the employ of the government, whose
names might be on the petitions, or
even others.
The resolution to censure Nordhoff |
was not put on account of having no
second.
Mr.. Tenney offered a resolution
hat hereafter the councils hold but |
me meeting each week, to be held
every Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
Carried.
Nr. Emmeluth made an enquiry
the erection of new