The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-29
SHOULD HAVE coUNsELED TO-
GETHER.

is q well meaning man; everybody
knows that. and OF course he wanted
TO show that rapa Frear in his at
tempt at walking over the hot Goals
Of giving out printing without having
previously called for BIDS. had TO be
remedied in some way First Mr.
Smith in this quite original communi
cauon TO the Morning Organ says:
AT the time OF the taking effect OF
the Organic Act the principal job Of
fees in Honolulu were engaged to do
tie work (which had to be rushed) OF
changing all our forms from Republic
to Territory. Both the Bulletin and
Grieve companies received their fair
share OF the blanks. II was necessary
10 so divide our work owing to the de-
mand for blanks coming from all parts
of the Territory, and the orders had TO
be filed with dispatch"
OF course we now ii was an awful
bitter pin for any one connected with
the family compact, TO be compelled TO
give any printing to The Republican
or Bulleun. or any one else excepting
the Morning Organ. The fact that the
other Offices were legitimate printing
establishments. paying out hundreds
of dollars every week TO laboring men
of this city cut no figure. Why should
they be given any of the public work?
Was there not the Morning Organ and
was II not essential to feed &c with
government pap without the formality
of bids. so that it could charge any
price it saw fit? Indeed it was too bad
that in the rush due to the change to
a Territorial government some print
ing had to be given to The Republican
and to The Bulletin. They should have
been given a cold potato and told to
go.
And then how touching, how very
touching, the following is from Mr..
Smiths letter, as to why he and Papa
Frear were compelled to advertise for
bids for printing the Thirteenth Re
port so as TO conform with the letter
of the law if not the spirit
"Concurrently with the pressing de-
mand lor blanks there was also the
necessity of promptly promulgating
the decisions of the Territorial Su-
preme Cou. {. and there was really no
time to waste over advertising for bids
on account of the increase of printing
caused oy the change of our form of
government Included among the de-
cisions which had then to be promul-
gated may be mentioned the Peacock
and LoYejoy & Co. cases Questions of
customs duties) and the Edwards and
Marshall cases (question of jury trials
involving the liberties of persons), all
affecting the application or non-appli-
cation of the Constitution of the Unit
ed States"
while the printing offices were
then rushing out our blanks it struck
us as unnecessary to advertise for any
tenuers TO print and bind volume Is,
especially as we remembered that only
one bid was sent in for the preceding
volume - rhe foregoing will serve
as a reason why we did not sooner ad-
vertise for tenders to print volume lS;
neither did we think it was necessary
until. quite recently. when the Auditor
called attention TO ,Ae fact that tend
ers should be publicly advertised for.
which has been done. and we have re-
ceived three bids"
Analysed there was no intention to
comply with the law by the Chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court by asking
for bids for the printing of the Thir-
teenth Hawaiian Report -.e simply
intended to let Inc Advertiser so right
along printing it at the same old price,
as though it was nobody's business I'M
til Auditor Austin, in the discharge of
lis duties discovered that the law had
not been complied with and refused 10
audit the bills OF the work presented by
the Morning Organ. Then Papa Frear
went through fake call for bias equal
to the fake walk on hot rocks of Fapa
Ita and had the Clerk OF .le Supreme
Court call for bids for the work. well
knowing that no matter who submit
ted bids or what price was submitted
the award would be made 10 the Al
vertiser because that paper had al
ready done a lot of work before bids
were called for. Was ever such farce
enacted before under an honest govern
mentg And what makes This worse is
the fact that the head OF the Judiciary
of the Territory. the very head and
front of the department of justice
should so ignore justice and right as
Judge Frear has done in this case
When Chief Justice will lower him.
self TO evade the law by making q pre-
tense TO obey the letter of il, il is TO
bring ignomfny and shame and dis
grace upon the courts and upon the
Chief Justice himself. People will very
naturally say that IL a Chief Justice
viii stoop TO this sort OF work who
can expect 20 secure justice in a court
over which he presides.
Mr.. Smith lays particular stress up
on the necessity of promuigating the
decisions OF the Supreme Court in the |
Peacock and Loveioy cases and in the |
Edwards and Marshall cases The
whole idea OF promulgating the darj- |