Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-02

agement assumed control of the pap
Many readers of the Evening llullc.
tin are doubtless familiar with the fact,
that one OF San FrancisCOs leading pa
pcrs had its origin in the gratuitOus
hand bills of the City's theatres. Some
rivals occasionally refer. tauntingly to
its humble origin lest II become so in.
ilatod with its successful growth as to
forget so important matter as its
birth. Others, again, refer TO 1t hope.
fully, that success might crown their
labors in the journalistic field in sim
liar manner.
The maxim Of early school days that
tall oaks from little acorns grow" was
certainly eXemplihed in the case men
toned. but, no more 50 than has been
experienced under our own eyes in this
modest city of the mid-paCifiC. as | re-
call the genesis of the daily press Of
Honolulu. Of which the Evening Bui'
lCtln Is the legitimate offspring, and In
a double sense rightly claims pioneer
ship in the field.
Those now connected with this pa
per have come to their labors since It's
establishing and save the cditOr-in-
chief all within comparatively recent
period. though the journal only claims
TO be- in its fourteenth year. II Is not
their province. therefore. to tell OF the
hands that planted the acorn" that
itug an IaUaInngI IL "a npAInan thI-
tree whose branches of knowledge. ~
found in this holiday issue, AFFORD sat
isfaCtion to numerous readers. nor the
peculiar conditions Of soil which germ
mated the seed.
The origin OF the Evening Bulletin
property antc-dates its printed issues
by many years, and In as humble way
az can well be imagined. Editor Logan
gave brief history Of this paper few
years ago. but said little or nothing OF
the circumstances that led to its estab-
lishment: doubtless for the good and
guniCicnt reason already mentioned.
The advent of the Commercial Ad-
vertiser as daily newspaper was al
mUst simultaneous with the appearance
OF the Daily Bulletin. so as to give the
former journal n sembance OF claim
to Premiership in the daily field, as has
been asserted on several occasions.
facts. however, will not bear
out the claim. since its first issue as a
daily was on May LIST. 1882.
1t will interest some readers and in
struCt many others to learn the genesis
and evolution of HonOlulu's dailies, as
he particulars may be gathered from
the following reminiscent sketch.
Few residents. probably. see any con-
Eccti0n between the daily Post Office !
showing the arrival Of vessels |
md time Of the closing Of mails, and !
3ur daily newspapers. yet It Is SO di-
rect that but one connecting link, as
will be shown, completes the chain.
TO fully understand the origin and
auses leading to the evolution Of our
laily newspaper, II is to be stated that
IrlOr to the erection of the present Post
jfnce building, the adjoining structure,
honolulu Hale. was used Jointly by tho
'ostal authorities, and by II. NJ Whit
ICY A partition assigned the Eva or
Iorthorn side to the Post Office and the
Waikiki or southern side TO MIR, Whit
.ey's stationery. news and book bust
Tess, as also the Office of the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser. which he cs.
July ?. 1856. These circum-
tances naturally led to its recognition
9 the central point to which all bust