The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-09
CASE OF MR.. CARTER.

Both Of the L. G.. organs have
articles upon the retirement of j. y.
Carter from the house of &. Brewer
n Go. They evince some Of the
sympathy which they acknowledge
is felt by the community for Mr..
Carter in the treatment accorded
him by the corporation. At the
same time both papers make an ct
fort to justify this instance of com
mercial vengeance upon man for
his political views. 1t is charged 10y
the Star that Mr. Carter has used
the name of the house ito produce
and sustain political condition that
has been hurtful to the business
interests Of the group. This is a
false charge. Mr.. Carter is not re-
spousible for being mentioned in
official communications OF United
States representatives here as being
at the head of the house of &.
Brewer y Co. Let his accusers pro
duce au instance where Mr.. Carter
has himself used the name of the
house to promote the political cause
with which he had conscientiously
identified himself. The Advertiser
puts its justification in these words:
1T is unfortunate that Mr.. Carter
should have cut himself loose from
the cause which in this country
stands for all tha, is saving and
good in national life. In having
done So. it is natural that he should
have to bear the consequences.
This quotation is just what one
might expect from its source an
impudentIy pharisaic assumption
that the clique represented 10y the
Advertiser embndies all that is good
and right in the community. 1t is
left 10 be implied that the most dis,
reputable characters giving their
adhesion TO the political schemes OF
the clique are sanctitied by the rela'
ton, aud that any means to the ends
sought 10y the clique, however out,
rageous they may bc in the abstract
are consecratcd by the clique's en-
ploym"ut into the divine instru
mruts of righteousness. Th. my,
thlcal divine right Of kings" wa:
never 50 implicitly held as is tn,
claimed divine right Of the sancti
monious worshippers Of Manmon in
Hawaii, who hold the highest pa,ri.
UtIc aspirations and the most prrci.
Gus rights Of people in contempt
when they are not III harmony witt.
their schemes of sclf-aggrandiz,.
ment. Mr.. Carter has done more
unseliish work for the cause OF good
government IN Hawaii than any oi
those who have now turned TurL
upon him, not excepting the prctcn
tious blusterer who has suppIaut"d
him AT the head Of &. Brewer " Co.
who not long ago shook the dust VI
Hawaii oil his feet, carrying out oI
the country the snug fortune he hao
acquired under the friendly auspire,
Of what he now calls rotten royal
ty.' Mr. Carter stood in the breach
for reform at elections long before
the revolution Of lSS1. When those
who might hav" been expected Il
help him lay low for Government
contracts. However, the corporation
OF {. Brewer " Co. has put itself on
record as suborlinating commercial
business 10 politics, and as sinking
all regard for private worth and gra
titude for faithful services rendered
10 crafty partisan spite. II the ac
tiOn Of the corporation does no,
prove boomerang that will severed
wound itself ou" day, il will only b,
because the eternal law Of justic,
shall have been suspended in the in
forests Of that particular concern
j. .. Carter in the meantime il
richer in both scif-rrspect aud tn,
esteem Of worthy men than any o
the foes uf his own household wh,
have wrought their ignoble reveng'
upon him for having dared to cal
his soul his own