Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-09-20
The Republic and the
Press.

Oue OF tHe most 1Mlt iuE lea
lures in the conduct Of u 2 newly
established republic is he atti-
tude Of the official journals to
wards the opposition Press
From time TO time we are told
that the republican @ govern
ment really orgLt to suppress the
organs Of the opposition and we
are informed that tie excessive
charity aud nderf1l kindness Of
the ministers are the sole causes
which save any editor "ou the
other side from punishment Of
the most refined nature.
The republic NAV be awfully
nice; It's officers may be super
naturally v:stuoss and Its Press
mya be above reproach. There Is
one thing they all lack. and that
is consistency.
How oftea. dear reader, have
we been tod That on the 18th Of
January 1898, the heel Of a semi
barbarous tyrant was taken from
the necks Of a nation no better
than slaves Haven't we been.
flied by the -tereotyped phrases
about liberty freedom, manhood
etc. etc. al aqaseaml And yet
the official organs come out spor
adically and advises the govern
ment to suppress all opposition by
means OF force Let the editor Of our
esteemed contemporary go back
over some of the files of the A5Uer
tiser. Let him notice the langu-
age used by the Ga-stie and the
Advertiser during the days of the
monarchy and let him humbly
make his tribute to the royalist
government which tolerated the
insults and sedition Of the reform
party and which proved itself
liberal and advanced in princi-
pies by allowing the fullest liber-
ty Of the Press.
The present editor of the Star
at one time.exhaEsted the English
language at his command in vitu-
pirating the government. the mis-
sionaries generally and Thurston
especially, aud what a howl there
would have been if the authorities
had even suggested to suppress
his paper. Mr.. Armstrong, the
champion of the republic and
the defender Of American princi-
pies not only desires the sup-
preston Of the opposition pgpers
but actually substantiates his
claim for such action by a re-
ference to the procedure in Eu-
ropean countries which princi-
pally are vet suffering under
monarchical ru'e.
In referring to the alleged
abuse of the government here, he
writes In no European country
would it be permitted for a mo-
ment.
We cannot refrain from asking
the learned editor what he knows
about European journals. He is
unable to read any paper not
published in the English lsngu-
age and he has never resided sui
ficiently long in any European
country to become familiar or
even acquainted with the Press.
In the hotels where he sporsed
himselfat the Hawaiian govern
ments expense the socialistic
and anarchistic papers were not
TO be found even II they existed in
the year when he made the tour
of the world. II he could read
French or German or even italian
and Spanish aud had access to
copies Of the blood and-thunder
Press he wouldn't make an ass Of
himself by writing about restrict.
ions of which do not exist
in Europe The most violent
language is used by The radi-
cal papers Of every European
country even including Russia
and the American papers are
simply not "in ii in their efforts
Of injuring their opponents when
compared With til organs Of the
loyal" opposition in Europe.
The Adrsrtisst does not devil
ate from its frner course in
stating that the opposition does
not hurt the republic in Hawaii.