The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-15
It LETS CD
Of RELIGION
Portuguese Paper Stops
Being Catholic
Organ.

Liberdade has ceased to be an or
gan of the Catholic Mission and has
become an Independent newspaper.
Father Beissel will start a new mis-
sion paper.
The story of this change in local
Portuguese Journalism is told in the
A Liberdade as follows:
Monday night, October 1. took place
the regular meeting of the stockhold-
ers of "A Liberdade Publishing Com
pany, Ltd in the parlor of the Cath
Ollie Mission, as it was called in our
preceding number. and at the meeting
thirty-five shares were represented.
The meeting was opened and minutes
of the last meeting were read and ap-
proved.
Mr.. J. F. Durao, the treasurer, re-
ported that he had sold the eight
shares to Messrs. v. o. Teixeira, J.. C.
Souza. A. j. Lopes, J. P. Rego, L. Q.
Rodrigues, Jose Comes da Costa, J. r.
Rosa and J. r. Durao. VINO were pres
ent, except Mr.. Lopes.
After a short discussion Mr.. ]. F.
Durao was elected editor of "A Liber-
dade' and Immediately it was decided
to suspend the English religious sec
ton, and at the same time it was de-
cided to insert the word Imparciap in
the place of 'Catholico' in the preamble
of "A Liberdade.' The change was not
made in the last number, because the
English section was already in the
press.
Many of our readers, principally
those who do not know the reason of
this change, must be surprised in
knowing that this paper has >discon-
tinued to be the organ of the Catholic
Mission.
Last october, at the request of some
of the stockholders of a Liberdade
Publishing Company, Ltd Rev. Faith
err James c. Beissel, who represented
the Catholic Mission in the absence of
Rt. Rev. Bishop Libert, took part in
the management Of this paper. and
through his efforts and those of Faith
er Stephens, eight shares of the six
teen were sold, which saved the COM
pany from its financial crisis, giving
all possible assistance to the company;
but lately the receipts of our paper
have not come up to the expenses, and
some of the stockholders, seeing that
"A Liberdade' was a weekly organ of
the Catholic Mission, were willing to
transfer the material and rights of our
paper to the mission for its proper
value. but all efforts on the part of
the stockholders failed Father James,
representing the mission, offered the
mission shares for sale, saying that the
mission did not want to buy anything
from "A Liberdade' because he had
already bought a printing press to es-
tablish another newspaper for the mis-
sion
AT the preceding meeting of the
stockholders, September 1, Mr.. J. f.
Durao, the treasurer of the company,
was authorized to sell the eight shares.
which he did with great pleasure
1.-The manager as well as the stock
holders of the company feel grateful
to Father James and Father Stephens
for their efforts in trying to assist the
situation of our paper, and believe that
the stockholders now will take new in
terest in "A Liberdade.'
'Mr. j. c. SouZa was elected secre-
tary of the board of directors until
the end of the year.
Mr.. J. F. Durao, who was the pro-
moter of this corporation and one of
the most active writer's of our paper,
now as editor will know how to con-
ouer the sympathy of the Portuguese
colony as well as of our colleagues.
ION entering into the field of impair
tial journalism, it is proper to state
to the readers of "A Liberdade' that
our paper hereafter shall not continue
as a weekly organ of the Catholic Mis-
sion.
Our policy will be entirely different
from what it has been in the past.
1.-The majority of the readers of our
weekly paper. it is true are Portuguese
Catholics. However. they have dislik-
ed the literature they have been read
ing since November, 1905.
THE change of policy, we believe, is
for the betterment of our paper. not
to spread any more dissatisfaction
among our readers and friends.
'tOur paper will continue. if neces-
sary, with an English section, discuss
ing subjects of public interest, but
without religious controversy"