Spreckles ' royalist slant in his editorial articles were deplored by most American businessmen then residing in Hawai '' i. Revenue at the newspaper suffered as a result , forcing Spreckles to eventually sell the '' Pacific Commercial Advertiser '' .
Spreckles ' royalist slant in his editorial articles were deplored by most of the American businessmen residing in Hawaii at the time . 
 Revenue suffered as a result , forcing Spreckles to eventually sell the '' Pacific Commercial Advertiser '' .