The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-17


to uplift and broaden and improve the
people, just as anxious to carry sun
shine, rather than sorrow and grief
| into the families they visit as the same
| number of men in any other profess
sion or any other line of business
Mr.. Logan was called upon to answer
for the Press, and he fulfilled his duties
well. Among other things, he referred
to the struggles for the liberty of the
press which had their focus in the
prosecutions of John Wilkes, editor of
the North Briton, from 1862 to 176S,
eliminating in the attainment of that
| boon, and with it other valuable rights
of the people in the British constitu-
ton, to which America and other
countries were the heirs. In 1880 no
man, not authorized by the Crown, had
the right under the common law to
publish political news Some interest
ing facts of early journalism were
given by the speaker from a pamphlet
issued by the Aberdeen Journal, issued
on entering the 150th year of contin-
uous publication last January. 1t be-
gan a regular weekly issue January s.
174S. which has never had break al
though daily issue began in 1876
Started by James Chalmers. a fellow
apprentice of Benjamin Franklin, it
remained in the Chalmers family fOr
$50 years. Its original conductors bore
an exciting part in the romantic rev.
olution of 1745. There was evidence
that the paper had been issued April
49, 1916. with an account of the battle
of CullOden by an eyewitness two days
after the event There was ONLY one
advertisement in the first regular issue,
offering a reward for lost prom
isary notes and no questions
asked" There are Just four daily pa
pers in the United Kingdom having
weeklies older than the Aberdeen
Journal. although there are several
weeklies unconnected with dailies old
er than any of those. The famous let
tiers of Junius began TO appear in the
Public Advertiser. then Is years old.
on April %, 1867. and that the last one
was published January p. 1872. The
London Morning Post was the first
daily paper still existing. having been
q regular morning paper in 1775. There
was a Sunday paper in 1878. Johnson's
Sunday Monitor. The same year the
first evening paper. The Star appeared.
The editorial we was early adopted.
and until 1740 communications were
addressed ITO the printer" The La
dies Mercury February 49, 1892 would
seem to be the pioneer of wOmen'S
journals A comic paper appeared No
vember %. 100. called The Merry Mer-
curry or a Farce of Fools. The Daily
Courant. at the beginning Of the 18th
century was the first daily paper. It's
editor left comments alone giving
facts only. "supposing." as he said.
''other people to have sense enough to
make reflections for themselves" The
quaint puffery bestowed on advertisers
by the editors of that time was illus
trated. In concluding. the speaker
briefly referred to the immense devel-
opment of Journalism in our days
helped about by inventions in printing
and by the electric telegraph.
The Hawaiian press was represented
by J. NJ. Poepoe, editor of the Kuokoa
He spoke in English and gave cordial
welcome to the journalists from Japan,
afterwards he spoke of the success and
failures of the Hawaiian newspapers
and the influence of the press upon
Hawaiians.
In introducing John NJ. Vivas of the
o Luso, the only Portuguese paper pub
lished in Hawaii. Mr.. Atkinson re-
ferred to the fact that together with
Mr.. A. Marques he had started the
first Portuguese newspaper published
in the islands.
I'm speaking for the Portuguese
press said Mr. Vivas. 81 wish to say
that I represent the only paper in Ho-
nolulu published exclusively in the
Portuguese language. There have been
others but they are not working. To
have the Portuguese of Hawaii united
under one flag and one newspaper has
been my aim for ten years past and my
efforts were rewarded a few months
ago in so far as the newspaper is con-
cerned when \ Sentinella. journal
of which had the honor of editing was
merged into the o Luso Mr. Akin
son said something about his Portu-
gllese paper having been printed in |
gold. That was before nv time for we
have not had enough gold among our |
people. since I have been editor. 70 |
get out such high class publication. |
There is a charm about newspaper |
work not equalled by any other profess |
sion and I remember. when. as a bow. |
I ran away from home and sought |
work among the ill smelling presses
in a small printing office and it is this |
charm. perhaps. which cOmpensates us
for our otherwise poorly paid efforts
To the gentlemen of the press from
far off japan and to Counsellor Aki-
wanna. I extend a cordial greeting and |
as the banquet progresses. I hope the
band will play on
Mr.. Shiozawa of the Hawsii Shinpo
answered for the Japanese press in
Hawaii. He mentioned the recent mis-
between the two Gov