Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-29
CONVERSION OR HYPOCRISY .

The Bulletin is not alone in its ad
miration of an individual or newspaper
that fights fair displays some integ.
rity of purpose however mistaken, and
seeks to attain its declared objects by
reputable methods, with some re.
gard for common decency. Nor is The
Bulletin alone in its contempt for the
newspaper or individual that stalks
through the community with the atti.
tude of the swashbuckler, ruthlessly
attacking regulations, arousing race
prejudice, tanning factional hatred
and then assuming an attitude of yir.
tue and struggling to jump through
halo OF goodness of heart and intent
,aced about the miserable program
We would not question that the
Hest sinner may return while the
amp holds out to burn, We admire
convert who has seen the error OF
lis ways and has a change OF heart,
ut the hypocrite of today is no more
'orthy of respect than in the days
hen the Son of Man preached His
first lessons from the text of the Gold.
On Rule.
A shining example of hypocrisy or
sudden conversion has been furnished
the last few days in Honolulu In the
utterances offered the public In tho
morning paper. Though II has for
months, even years, been preaching a
purely anti.Hawaiian doctrine, split Its
favor on purely race lines, cheered the
hoodlum and the blathersLitc when
working to arouse antagonisms of ra.
cial enmity, shown absolute disregard
for honesty or strength Of character
the morning paper has announced
within the last few days that II has no
feeling against the Hawaiian as such
and. although its course has been
roundly criticised and Justly condemn
! ed, II kisses the rod with which IL has
been flayed and proclaims its especial
love for the Hawaiian people.
The change Is so sudden, the trans
formation from the vicious pirate to
! the meek and lowly fawneT for public
/ favor Is so remarkable that IL naturally
attracts passing attention An insti
tuition that in season and out has been
characterizing people as unworthy
the franchise, as a gang of aborigines
of most questionable and weak char
actor. and then, all of sudden, pro
| Nldluls II mas OIlN pithsdul tHlHBs u
say Of this people as whole has
either seen the light or Is simply
proving its capacity as a natural-born
liar.
one thing Is obvious: The morning
paper has discovered that its cam
paign OF lnnuendo and vicious prac
tices In dealing with local questions
has met with no approving response
! from the citizens of true worth. Its
| attitude toward individuals and on
public questions has been SO thorough
I ly unjust, so absolutely an expression
of personal bitterness and dyspeptiC
gall, that the community has properly
come to regard whatever individuality
II has as the most pernicious influence
that exists. Very naturally, therefore
leading men have repudiated its utter
ances and made plain the fact that
they have no sentiment or purpose In
common with the cause II espouses
Quite as naturally the communil J
raises the query whether the recent
utterances represent a real CONVEX
sion, or are simply the old story Of
hedging to gain some favor or fayors
n scheme so often adopted by
The hypocrite--still morally corrup,
and malicious at heart.