The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-12
Landlord Macfarlane Wishes to DO
Heard Regarding 1t.
BLAME PLACED ON A STEWARD.
He Says Certain Guests Were Allowed
Too Much License and That Their
Excessive Hnarity Was INDUCED
In without His Knowledge.

There was a dance at the Ha-
waiian hotel ON Monday night. All
Honolulu knows that and all Homo
lulu ia talking about it. Names
are being banded about as if they
were shuttlecocks and the people
speaking them battledoors. The
innocent are catching it as well as
those who misbehaved themselves.
In an afternoon paper yesterday
appeared the following, which was
given undue prominence by being
placed in the editorial columns:
The series of scandals resulting from
the late dance at the Hawaiian hotel
are without a parallel in recent social
history of Honolulu. 1t reminds one
very strongly that the social influences
and practices of the monarchy still
prevail in certain circles.
In view of this article and of
current talk, Landlord George Mac
farlane requests that the true story
of the affair should be told.
The dance, 80 he says, was not
given by the hotel, nor was it given
by club, although Mr.. Macfarlane
was told by Mr.. FREEMAN that it
was a club affair.
Certain persons" he said last ev-
ching. caused to be printed a num-
Der of tickets which were sold
about town to the parties who cared
to buy them, and some of the
guests also purchased the paste
boards.
"Then Mr.. FREEMAN, who has
acted as assistant manager, told
me that the members of the club
wished the dance to take place on
Monday evening in the hotel din
ing room and / informed him that
he could rent it for that purpose.
AS he has the general management
of the dining room naturally al
lowed him to attend to this matter
in detail.
1.-THE day after this dance, which
/ did not attend, various stories
reached me and several complaints
were registered by guests who were
not participants In the affair. L
investigated and found that the
conduct of several people had been
rather boisterous and they had been
allowed to go beyond proper bounds
by Mr.. FREEMAN.
''This in itself was a surprise to
me as Mr.. FREEMAN has always
been a sober, industrious man, and
a splendid steward. / spoke to
him about it and warned him that
the occurrence must not be re-
peated, and he promised it would
not be.
'But since then the stories have
multiplied and the scandal has
grown so that / hear it on all sides.
And to cap the climax out comes
this editorial article In which the
hotel management is held respon-
sible and that cannot allow to go
unchallenged."
At the time Mr.. Macfarlane
made this statement he was at his
brothers. office discussing the mat
ter with him, and the following
conversation took place, Mr.. Z. G..
Macfarlane who is interested in
the hotel said:
"I regard Mr.. FREEMAN as clearly
at fault. He allowed the people at
the dance to have all the wine
they wanted and caused a
punch to be brewed that would
: knock out an OK. /, for one, de-
mand his instant discharge. His
own conduct, I am told, was not
above reproach."
When Mr.. George Macfarlane
left his brother, it was with the
understanding that this should be
done, but later he said to the AD-
yERTIsER reporter:
"Iam inclined to give Mr.. Fret
man another trial, as my brother S
demand is rather a severe one
besides a number of guests have
requested me to do so. Still, l
have not come to final decision IN
the matter. -,
al am sure Mr.. tombstone did
not write the editorial above
onoted. but that it was supplied
him by some one who desired to
stab NV hotel interests because OF
INV supposed royalist leaning
wbich is unfair, as have carefully
beld myself aloof from all polite;
since the death of King kala
kaua."