The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-03
THE FRIEND EXPOSES SOME OF
THE UNTRUTHS OF HUMPHREYS

YYNDER the heading Missionaries
Sons Slandered" the current mum
" Der of The Friend, Rev. S E.
Bishop, D. D., editor, has the follow
l. ing:
We have not regarded it as coming in
TO the province of The Friend to expose
and denounce the numerous and very
adroit misstatements with which Judge
Abram S. Humphreys has been success
/ full in deluding Attorney General Knox.
| We consider it a misfortune to Hawaii,
! to Mr. Knox, and to the cause of JUS
tice, that no adequate rebuttal was made
of those false statements at Washing
| ton. Mr.. Humphreys was fighting for
! his official life, and We would not judge
I him too harshly for employing the most
! available weapons short of malicious
Islander.
But we fail to see rational motive for
such slanderous misrepresentation as
the following, to which we now confine
our attention:
! does not derive its name, as might be
supposed from the inclusion in that fac
/ ton of the moral forces of the commI-
nifty, or of missionaries residing in the
Islands, but from the fact that the fac
ton is controlled by the descendants Of
| the original missionaries land those who
have intermarried> with them) who have,
by reason of their occupation of tie
Islands, acquired great wealth and con-
sequent influence. The present members
of the so-called missionary element are
none of them engaged in evangelical
work, but in business and political af-
fairs. Astonishing az it may seem, this
so-called missionary faction is the one
which established, protects and upholds
the Infamous and Illegal protection of
prostitution in the Islands, including
child prostitution, and the most bitter at
tacks upon me have been made BY this
element
Judge Humphreys defines the so-called
missionary element as composed of de-
scendants of original missionaries and
those who have IntermarrIed with them.
He states that none of tnem are cngag-
ed in evangelical work but in business
and political affairs
There are now Immediately engaged in
evangelical work in Honolulu six sons OF
missionaries, Rev Messrs. Bingham,
Bishop, Damon Emerson. Gulick and
Parker. Several daughters of mission
aries are also employed in such work.
The wealth and influence of many mis-
sionaries' sons engaged in business is
employed to rare and exceptional de-
gree in religious and benevolent work.
The larger part of the annual outlay Of
the Hawaiian Board of Missions, amount
ing to $30,000 comes from the pockets Uf
! these men. Their annual gifts to such
causes cannot average less than 500, goo.
THERE IS PROBABLY NO DIFFER
ENCE OF SENTIMENT AMONG
THESE RELIGIOUS AND BENEVO-
1 LENT MEN AND WOMEN AS TO THE
UTTER DEMERIT OF MIR. HUM
Il PHREYS AS a JUDGE OR POLITI-
~ NJ III; -l,f
| he has adopted as convenient stalking
1 horse, there Is among them great differ
ence of opinion, with equal conscien-
4 tiousness. A portion of them believe
with a great body of temperance People
Il that all government liberation of sin
8 whether in saloons or .brothels, is wick
Z edness. Others with equal conscientious
: ness, and some of the best and purest
of these people, believe that the system
of regulation and medical inspection OK
listing here for forty years is indispensa
bic to prevent the widespread and de
structive infection of all classes of ma
tives and foreigners by loathsome anC
painful diseases.
1t goes without saying that the latter
is the decided opinion of the great mas
of the community who are not controlled
by religious sentiment. THERE ARR
FEW PERSONS HERE WHO DO NOT
PHREYS IS SINCERE IN HIS OPPO
SITION TO THAT SYSTEM OF REGU
LATION. The question is very Difficult
4 one for persons of religious and nora
! culture. We have already discussed
! it in our article for the New York 'Inde
7 pendent, printed above.
Z The editor has no special resentmen
! against Mr.. Humphreys for representing
! him as LAY preacher" His wellknow'
81 address n
Z The scornful denomination of him as
Z newspaper correspondent may be an
! swered by saying that some fifty of h;
= articles have been published during tn
7 last eight years in The Independent Q
Z New York