The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-27
AWARDED TO HIGHEST BIDDER,

I printing OF the tnuteentn Ha"diidl
I Report to the highest bidder insteal
OF to the lowest. Perhaps II he were
TO write such a letter the Learned
Chief Justice OF Hawaii, who held that
parts of the Constitution of the United
States extended over this Territory
after annexation but other parts did
not. could tell in that second letter
why he was anxious TO spend over
Three Hundred Dollars of the peoples
/ money for work, over and above the
price he could have had it done.
/ Several days ago the Clerk OF the
/ Supreme Court asked The Republican,
among others. to suomit a bid COR
! printing the Thirteenth Hawaiian he-
I port. The specification said that the
/ volume should consist of not less than
I 500 pages, the work to be executed in
/ similar style TO that of previous vol
umes of said reports. Bios were re-
quired to be at so much per octave
page. covering PRONUNCIATION in a
newspaper in columns 90 inches long.
putting in book form after promulga-
ton, and delivering twelve copies q
supplements or papers containing de-
/ cisions and tweuty-fnur copies of each
/ form. as put in book form from time
( to time as decisions are rendered. and
binding and delivering ave hundred
bound copies of completed volumes
Bidders were required to submit with
bids. a sample page showing type 81
running title, syllabus and text of the
book. and samples of paper to be used
stating weight
In accordance with these specifica-
tions bids were submitted by The Re
publican. the Bulletin and the Adver-
tiser as follows:
Advertiser, s1.77 per page and 81
per running column in newspaper.
Bulletin, s1.65 per page and 81 per
running column in newspaper.
Republican, s1.64 per page including
the publishing in the newspaper.
As three pages equal one running
column in newspaper it will thus be
seen thai Ie bid of the advertiser
was $40 PEI page. that of the Bull
lcttr SIS per page and The Re
publican's bid was s164 per page. IN
stead of Clerk Henry Smith being
permitted to award the bid to the low
est responsible bidder. as he would
very naturally have done. Judge Frear
ordered that the bid be awarded TO
the Advertiser, the highest bidder
When asked by the Bulletin yester
day why he had so instructed the
Clerk, Judge Frear said that already
$500 worth of work on Volume 10 had
been done by the Advertiser ard to
change now would cause Increased ex-
pense.
This is a most remarkable stare
ment Coming from the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court. man who isl
supposed to stand as the chief repre-
sentative of justice and fairness this
statement is indeed remarkable Why,
we would like to ask. was SSGa worth
of this work permitted to be done by
the Advertiser. in advance Of the
opening and awarding of bids for the
same. II ii had been allowed. ana
Judge Frear must have known that
il had, then why did he try 20 make
a fool of the Clerk of the supreme
Court by having him ask fnr bids
which The Chief Justice knew could
only be allotted to one firm regard
less of the bids that might BE sub
mitted. Furthermore we would like
to know at what price per page this
$500 worth of work has been done by
the Advertiser The Republican is
reliably informed that the price paid
for printing the Twelfth hawaiian Re
port by the Advertiser was se.25 per
page and 81 per running column in
the newspaper. In the absence of any
subsequent bud, il is but fair TO pre-
sumo than any work done on the Thir-
teenth Report by The same Office. IN
advance of any bids being asked for. |
was at this extortionate rate. Is not
that true. Judge Frearg
The cost of printing and promulgat-
ing the Thirteenth Hawaiian Report
at the figures at which il was awarded
TO the Advertiser will be sI,es0 in |
round figures. which IL ii had been
awarded 10 The Republican at its bid |
would have cost, the people sl.3l2. or
sSeS less than viii be paid 10 the Al /.
vertiser for the work. We would like
TO ask Judge Frear. il it was his money |
he was spending would he award a |
contract OF the sire OF this TO a bid |
der at sl.6S1 when he could get the |
same work done. identical in every
respect as to quality and workman
ship. for sses less than that amount. |
Never in the history of concentrated |
government. oligarchic or otherwise,
has there been baser exhibition Of
official favoriiism at the expense OF
the public than this Men in public |
life in the states. where sealed bids