The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-26
THE BISHOPS RAID.

Bishop Willis has declared his inten-
ton to revoke the license TO preach
which he granted to the Rev. Mr..
Macintosh. The reason alleged is,
that Mr.. Macintosh has violated a
rule of the church, rule that has
been with the Bishops consent, a dead
letter for many years-that the Bishop
shall have one weeks notice OF an in
tention to perform the marriage SER
vice.
There have been recently some
symptoms OF the Bishops purpose TO
enter on the warpath. AS an eccIesi-
astical savage, his instincts for com
hitting "cussedness" have been in
fervent activity. For some days con-
siderable quantities Of red ochre, and
other lurid paints, used in the orthodox
decoration OF the stalwart warrior
have been transported in numerous
grocery wagons to the residence of this
spiritual req man, with the significant
address on each parcel, For the Holy
man who-throws-g grass" as he is
known in the tribe. The small boys
of the school, at his command prepared
an arsenal of weapons composed Of
pellets of grass, in lieu OF the toma-
hawk; Capt. Berger corrected the
score of the latest thing out in the
way of a death song especially adapted
to the voice of this ferocious warbler;
the Bishop museum loaned for the
ominous snake dance, one of the snakes
preserved in a bottle of alcohol for the
instruction of youth the Bishop prac-
ticed in the upper regions OF Nuuanu
valley the most authentic war whoop,
repeated out of a gramaphone. And
then, following faithfully the rules OF
the Indians rubric, the Bishop touch
ed his nose with Peacock blue, his
brow with saffron yellow, his cheeks
with Spanish red, mounted in his hair
such variegated feathers as could be
gathered in the back yard of Chinese
restaurant, armed himself with the
deadly bundles OF grass, frantically
danced the snake dance, disturbed the
still air of the lower valley with his
war whoop, and raided Rev Mr.. Mack
intosh with intent to butcher his repu
tation.
He has made his raid, and the pellets
of grass are knee deep around the per
son of his victim, and one bears his
cry of defiance, Behold the vengeance
of the Holy-man- who-thrOws-gr grass!
We assume that the charges made by
the Bishop against the Rev. Mr.. Mack
intosh are chiefly made in order TO get
rid of him. The reasons given seem
to be too frivolous to be seriously con-
sidered They have the flavor of the
VOLTS charge against the lamb for dis
turbing the stream.
The charges made are of the kind
that the Bishop would naturally devel-
OPP out Oh the capacious resources of
his innocuous maligntty.
1t is useless TO discuss them here.
It is like fighting stink with
rifle
When it comes to the serious bust
ness of revoking Mr.. Mackintosh's
license to preach, We hope that Mr.
Macintosh will promptly ask a court
of equity to interfere, and put It's
powerful, searching hands around the
Bishops throat.
Since the act of annexation, the An
gIican Church probably comes under
the system of American Jurisprudence.
Under this system, churches, denomi :
nations. corporations, religious and
secular. come within the supervision
and control of the far reaching powers
of this court. Time and again, the
courts of equity in the States have re-
versed the action of the officers and
trustees of religious bodies, because
their action, was not just. The court
breaks through rules and conditions
and strikes, with the power OF the
State behind it, at inequity. 1t permits
no man, however high in office he may
be, to iniure another, under any form
or pretense whatsoever unless there IS
express law for so doing.
Therefore we hope that Mr.. Mackin-
fosh will not fail to test his rights
IN the matter.
AS for the Bishop, he will always he
comforted with the fact that he has
behind him that moral tower of
strength, the Independent.