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for argument. Independent legis
latures and the responsibility of
Cabinet Ministers to the representa
tives of tho people are the two
essential features of every govern
ment organization, outside of des
potism, in the world. The absence
of these elements is that that pro
duces a universal expression of lack
of confidence in the stability of the
Hawaiian political system. Such a
slate of feeling is inevitable. The
history of two thousand years would
be useless if it did not convince the
present generation of the shadowy
foundation on which any power rests
which is not established in the con
fidence of tho people. Between
over-reaching power on the one side
and aspiring liberty on the other,
the contest has been keen and con
tinuous, the scene of strife shifting
from point to point, and the almost
invariable result of every pitched
battle between the two forces being
the curtailing of power and the ex
pansion of freedom. People will
persist in thinking and acting for
thei.ijelvcs despite all the influences
and schemes which tyranny and
ambition employ to suppress their
audacious questionings. , Taxpayers
whose business turns revenues into
the national treasury, and mechanics
and laborers whose industry makes
a country, have long ago established
their right to bo consulted in the
disposal of public funds and in the
administration of public affairs.
These privileges can not be pos
sessed by the people of this King
dom while the legislature is little
more than a machine manipulated
at the sweet will of Cabinet minis
ters. The national representatives
are practically powerless for any pur
pose other than the levying of taxes.
Whether their legislative acts find
their way to the pages of the statute
book or to the palace waste basket is an
alternative over which, they have no
control. Meekness and submission
are commendable traits in the char
acter of ordinary mortals, but these,
in legislators, should be well spiced
with manly independence, and a
determined assertion of their un
doubted rights. The more public
affairs are discussed in this King
dom, the more prominently is the
truth asserting itself that legislative
reform in the direction of an inde
pendent legislature and a responsi
ble Cabinet arc indispensable to the
continuance of peace and the return
of prosperity.
INTER-ISLAND NAVIGATION.
NO. II.
Two weeks have elapsed since the
return of the steamer C. K. Bishop
from her fruitless search for the
schooner Ka Moi. Tho ollicial re
port of the captain was handed in to
the Minister of the Interior, who
ordered it published for the public
good, and thus endeth the last
chapter in the last Hawaiian tragedy.
It is in no carping or malevolent
spirit that we refer to this sad event
as a tragedy. Tragedy it is and of
u very deep hue. It is a fatal and
mournful event not caused by any
human violence but the result of
culpable negligence. "Would that
the conclusions arrived at were
wrong in toto, and that the Ka Moi
and her crew were in some safe
haven. No one could more strongly
desire, than the writer, that death
from starvation or exhaustion had
not befallen the unhappy nine (some
reports say sixteen) men on board
the Ka Moi.
But what is the natural inference
to bo drawn when it is known that
Hawaiian schooners leave port with
only two or three days' provisions
on board? Death, and that of the
worst kind must naturally follow.
We are not wanting for an instance
of what might have happened on
board a Hawaiian schooner a few
years ago, but for tho timely and,
we might say, miraculous interven
tion of Providence. About ten or
twelve years ago tho Hawaiian
schooner Go-Ahead sailed from Mo
loaa, Kauai, bound to Honolulu. In
addition to her crew she carried a
number of passengers, amongst whom
was one Captain White, the owner
of the schooner. The Go-Ahead
was under the command of a Ha
waiian who had successfully guided
her across the Kauai Channel on
many previous occasions. Ho was
admitted to bo a steady man, a good
sailor and competent person to havo
1 charge of a schooner, ' But events
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proved otherwise. After leaving
Moloaa, light variable winds were
encountered and a fog set in. On
the third day the provisions ran out
and there was leportcd to bo no
more fresh water. Tho fog cleared
off and theie was no land in sight.
The kanaka captain was lost. He
was at his wits' end what to do.
Fortunately there was a navigator
on board in the person of Captain
"White, but still more fortunate it
was on this grave occasion he had
his nautical instruments with him.
Ho was leaving the island with
tho intention of returning no more,
and consequently carried with him
the whole of his personal ef
fects. He solved the question of
"Where arc we now?" Adverse
winds blew at the time, and there
was every probability of several
more days to be passed on board
that vessel before reaching the port
of destination. Now the second and
greatest difllculty of all presented
itself. On what were the fifteen or
twenty souls on board that vessel to
subsist during the ensuing week?
Captain White's instruments and
practical knowledge had solved one
problem, but the next question to
be solved was a vital, one and ap
parently diflicult of solution. There
was still another passenger on board
that schooner who had the good luck
to have some provisions with him.
He had pigs, chickens, sweet pota
toes, bananas and a variety of other
good things, all of which he was
taking to Honolulu as a makana for
his native wife's friends. The law
of self preservation caused him to
"break bulk," as the sailors say.
This person was Mr. Bertelman,
father of our respected townsman of
that name and also of Mr. C. Ber
telman of Kauai. With all these
good things there was still a most
important want. It was water. This
was dispensed from above. It rained
in torrents and the wind blew dirdct
from where they desired to head.
On the fourteenth day out laud was
sighted, the wind was fair and the
harbor of Hanalci on the Island of
Kauai was made, about twenty miles
from the original point of departure.
Such are the vicissitudes of Inter
Island traveling. It may be said
that such dangers are averted at the
present day by the substitution of
steamers for schooners. But even
the former are liable to break down.
Let us hope that such an event may
never happen ; but in the face of
what lias happened, and in the event
of what possibly may happen, there
should be a law compelling men who
"go down to the sea in ships" to
learn navigation and also another
law compelling shipowners to pro
vision their vessels for at least a
fortnight.
On board the ill-fated Ka Moi
there was no Captain White or Mr.
Bertelman. There were nine or
more living souls with a supply of
provisions on board which must
long ere this have been exhausted.
Where are they now? It is a sad
and painful subject to write about,
but as public journalists we deem it
our duty to refer to it.
Let this be the last blot on the
scroll of Hawaiian commerce. Rather
let it be said, that while money is
being spent in educating youths
abroad, there is also money being
spent on educating tho sailor at
home. Do not pooh-pooh tho ques
tion and say nobody travels in
schooners in these days of steam
boats. People do travel in,schooner&
at the present. Large numbers of
our immigrants men, women and
children are transported to their
destinations in charge of unskilled
navigators. It is unhuman, unjust
and barbarous.
THE NEW MAIL CONTRACT.
Papers received by the S.S. Zen
landia enable us to lay before our
readers particulars of the new mail
arrangement between the Colonies
and San Francisco. The following
general particulars are from tho
mail summary of the JSTeio Zealand
Herald, Oct. 12th:
The efforts of the Government to
obtain a mail service, to bo per
formed in eighteen days, between
Auckland and San Francisco having
failed, an extension was allowed to
twenty days, and tho point as to the
terminus was waived, it being found
tha, for several reasons, it was con
venient to maintain the connection
with Sydney. It was found, too,
that Now South Wales was unwilling
to be left out of any arrangement
that might bo.inade for a continu
ance of
America
the mail service through
After some delay and a
prolonged correspondence with Syd
ncy by wire a service has been ar
ranged for. For the (list time tho
Government of tho United States
are to contribute, and althotigh tho
sum is small (1000) still it is a
recognition of tho impoitnnce of the
line, and is a sign that they are
likely to contribute to its mainten
ance and to its improvement as op
portunity offers. The contracting
company is the Union Steamship
Company of New Zealand, which
has shown great enterprise in the
management and extension of its
trade, and which has now a fleet of
magnificent vessels plying on the
coast of New Zealand, between tho
Australian colonics nndNow Zealand,
and between Fiji and New Zealand.
Tho service is a four-weekly one
as nt present. Tho time is 25 days
between Sydney and San Francisco,
and 20 days between Auckland and
San Francisco. This will be one
day quicker than the last arrange
ment. The Union Company will
carry from Sydney to Auckland and
on to Honolulu, and there they will
connect with the boats of the
Oceanic line, belonging to Sprockets
Brothers. There is always a disad
vantage in a transference of passen
gers and luggage from one vessel to
another, but in this case the incon
venience will be minimised. The
vessels of the Oceanic line are of
the first order of passenger steamers.
They ply fortnightly between San
Francisco and Honolulu, and pas
sengeis travelling cither way will
have tho option of stopping at Hono
lulu to see that country and the
many interesting and wonderful
sights there. The cost of the ser
vice will be 30,000, 20,000 to be
paid by New Zealand and 10,000
by New South Wales. These sums
will be reduced somewhat, as the
$1000 to be contributed by the
United States Government will be
divided between the two contracting
Governments and the contractors.
The entire business connected
with the contract is not yet com
pleted, as it is left open to Mr.
Pearcc, the owner of the Zealandia
and Australia, the two vessels which
with the City of Sydney are now car
rying on the service, to participate. If
he chooses to take pait, those two
vessels will still for a time be em
ployed in the service between Sydney
and San Francisco. The Union
Company have, however, a magnifi
cent boat now on her way out, the
Mararoa, whose carrying capacity
would be quite competent for the
trade. It is said that this enterpris
ing company propose greatly ex
tending their present trade by open
ing up commerce between the colo
nies of Australasia and China and
Japan. There are great possibilities
in such a trade. China and Japan
have enormous populations, and it
is believed that an' export trade in
wool and other articles may soon be
established. It is believed that the
change in the service will increase
the amenities of the route, and lead
to a considerable increase in the
passenger tiade between the Austra
lasian colonies and Europe by way
of America.
Despatches from Wellington of
October 12th give details of the
conditions of contract, as follows:
Two vessels shall be employed be
tween Ssn Francisco and Honolulu,
and two vessels between Honolulu,
Auckland, and Sydney. One-half
of the passenger accommodation af
forded by each vessel running be
tween San Francisco and Honolulu
is to bo reserved for passengers to
and from Auckland and Sydney,
and ono half of the accommodation
afforded by each vessel running be
tween Honolulu, Auckland, and
Sydney is to be reserved for passen
gers to and from each of the said
colonies. Every vessel used for this
contract other than Zealandia and
Australia shall be fitted with lefri
gcratois as ice chambers 111 which
fish ova or other natural productions
may be conveyed. On each voyago
between 'Frisco, Honolulu, Auck
land, and Sydney, and vice versa,
the vessels shall call, if required by
tho PostmastcrB-Gencial, off the
Navigator Islands for tho purposo of
lauding and receiving mails, and nt
any other intermediate point. With
the consent of tho Postmasters-General
or their respective officers, the
agents may delay any of the vessels,
not exceeding 30 hours, at San
Francisco or Honolulu, and not ex
ceeding 2 1 hours at Sydney or Auck
land, free of charge for demurrago;
and m order to ensure the carrying
of mails to and from San Francisco
and Honolulu, the contractors, with
out any such notico, shall delay the
departure of any vessel (if neces
sary) at San Francisco and Honolulu,
respectively, for six days to await
tho arrival of mails from London,
and tho same time at Honolulu for
their arrival from New Zealand. For
such delay at San Francisco, but
not-at Honolulu, demurrage at the
rate of 5 per hour shall be paid' to
tho contractor, with tho exception
of the first JIG hours. A. bonus of
5 per hour is to be given on time
saved up to 30 hours, but not be
yond that. Tho Postinaster-Geneial
at New Zealand shall be at liberty
to postpone tho departure of the
vessels from Auckland as formerly.
Instead of n bond of 25,000 being
taken as formerly, the company in
case of failure to perform its con
tract is to forfeit 5,000 to New
Zealand, and 2,500 to New South
Wales as liquidated damages. New
South Wales and New Zealand aic
entitled to retain any subsidy granted
for the mail service by the English
Government or any Polynesian Gov
ernment. Three mail" agents will
accompany each vessel instead of
four. Pilotage, tonnage and harbor
dues are to be abrogated to the con
tractors in New South Wales, light
house, toanago and harbor dues In
Auckland. The underletting of the
Honolulu-San Francisco portion
shall not affect tho liability of the
contractors for tho due performance
of the entire service. Tho period of
contract may bo extended so as to
include additional voyage. The first
boat will leave Sydney on the 3rd of
December, Auckland on tho 8th,
and Honolulu the 21st of the same
month. From San Francisco tho
first boat will depart on November
21st and Honolulu November 28th.
Some of the Colonial papers ex
press misgivings as to the transfer
ling process at Honolulu, and ac
commodation for travelers heic.
These objections will, wc trust, dis
appear under experience of tho
facilities for transfer to bo afforded
at this port, and of the excellent
accommodations, comforts and pleas
ures available to guests of the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Sir Richard Sutton, owner of the
defeated yacht, is said to pronounce
tho "G" hard in " Gencsta." He
doubtless pronounced it hard when
she was beaten.
It is a subject of regretful remark
that the one foreign corps of Hono
lulu cannot be kept up to a respect
able numerical standard, when the
main expenses arc met from the
public treasury.
An offer was received from San
Francisco to purchase 400 carcases
of beef and 1,000 carcases of mut
ton per month to be shipped by the
bi-monthly steamers, in refrigerator
rooms. The supply not being suffi
cient to fill such orders in addition
to the home demand, the offer was
not accepted.
American papers arc confident
that the financial tide has turned,
and that a substantial revival of
business has begun. Hawaii may
anticipate a share of the good times
coining, for with plenty to do the
great American public will consume
more sugar.
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The American D,airymun gives
the cream of civil service principles
when it says, "It is manifestly
common-sense that a public servant
who is sccuro in his position so long
as he is honest and faithful is more
likely to be honest and faithful than
if he is sure of being turned out at
the expiration of the term for which
he was appointed."
By the verdict in tho case of A.
Fernandez vs. The People's Ice
Company, factory chimneys are
tabu wherever the smoke therefrom
i3 an annoyance or damage to the
occupants of dwellings. It is even
already reported that suits arc in
contemplation against some old es
tablished smokers right in town.
The next thing in order will bo for
the Government to designate where
manufacturing industries may smoke
with impunity.
So eagerly has the Oahu coloniza
tion irroject been availed of by per
sons acting on behalf of waiting-to-
be colonists, that it is now believed
by the promoters that tho scheme
may bo respectably floated without
foreign capital. At the same time
representatives and correspondents
of foreign capitalists have sent homo
endorsed piospectuoes that are likely
to bo effective in procuring tho sup
port required for starting tho project
in its entirety.
An American paper, in an article
on tho late international yacht race,
says, "Tho friendly contest between
tho Gencsta and the Puritan was
most agiceable becuuso it. was a con
test of gentlemen." There is a
touchstone in that remark, -which,
if brought into contact with sporting
affairs in this country would save
them from such disagreeable episodes
as have sometimes, characterized
them, Besides, "gentlemanly" in,
the true sense of the term would
preclude the disgraces of jockeying
and the demoralizations of gambling
in our manly sports.
The Prm Is authority for tho
statement that the Russian ninn-of-war
"Massager" may shortly bo ex
pected heie, with her captain com
missioned to dissuade His Majesty
from selling the kingdom to the
United Slates, or, if ho is bound to
sell out, to induce him to give Rus
sia the refusal. This intimation is
based upon an articlo copied from a
Russian bj a French paper, and tho
causo of Russia's action is the
rumor that went round the world re
garding Mr. Daggett's mission from
His Majcst- to Washington.
A practical move is announced on
the part of the Board of Health.
Agreeably to the suggestion made a
long time ago in the Bulletin, the
city is to be parcelled off in districts,
each to be under special sanitary
supervision. Vessels arriving from
Asiatic ports are to be quarantined.
Tho streets arc to be cleaned and, it
is to bo hoped, kept clean. Especial
attention is to be given, in cleansing
operations, to the Chinese quarters.
Sanitary injunctions and informa
tion arc to be printed and ciiculated
throughout the Islands, for the bene
fit of natives. If only the Board
keeps awake long enough to have
all these things carried out, theie
will be still some hope that persons
now living may see Honolulu in a
fairly wholesome condition.
THE PORTUGUESE PAPER.
On the 31st of this month, occurs
the -17th birthday of the King of
Portugal. Our authority on the
matter is the Jiitso Hawaiiano,
whose No. 8, now to hand, makes
its usual good appearance with a
full stock of foreign and local news
of interest to Portuguese readers.
Among the advice given to our
Lusitanian colony, we notice that of
sending for more Portuguese women,
that of more punctuality in the
parents sending their children to
school, and that of having all
children vaccinated with the new
and pure virus just received bj- the
Board of Health. Through the cour
tesy of the Pot-olllee authorities,
the Luso announces that the pro
portion of letters sent from here to
Portugal and the Colonies, is about
19,000 a year, which show that the
Portuguese arc not so illiterate as
sometimes represented, and which
proves that they alone give quite an
income to our Post-ofllce. A fair
proportion of well-selected miscel
laneous items completes this paper,
which is evidently with Mr. Marques
a work of lore. Oct. 27th.
Y. M. C. A.
The monthly meeting of the Y.
M. C..A. was held last evening, the
President, Mr. J. B. Athcrton, in
the chair. Reports from committees
occupied the greater part of the
hour. The reading room committee
reported an attendance of 871 in
tho reading loom for four weeks
ending on Saturday last. 310 papers
and 0 1 magazines were given away
in the same time. On motion of
Dr. Hyde, seconded by Hon. A. F.
Judd, the Library Committeo were
authorized to older three German
periodicals, and also a Portuguese
paper if a suitable one can be ob
tained. A vote of thanks was
passed to the Entertainment Com
mittee and to the ladies and gentle
men who had assisted in tho recep
tion and entertainment to tho officers
and crew of the Satellite, on Friday
evening last. The committee ap
pointed at last meeting to consider
the advisability of affiliating with
thu California State Association,
reported that they did not deem it
advisable to carry out the proposed
affiliation. The report was adopted.
In response to a question by Hon.
A. F. Judd, enquiring what were
the views of the meeting with re
ference to the drinking habits of the
white population, whether there has
been a loss or a gain in tho temper
ance clement, several members ex
pressed their opinion that tho tem
pcranco sentiment is steadily ad
vancing, and tho apparent increase
in the number of cases of drunken
ness is due to the enlarged facilities
afforded by the government for
debauching the population. As
oiidcnce of the progress of temper
ance views the president referred to
the fact that at tho icccnt lunoh
given by tho city members of tho
Planters' Labor & Supply Company
to their colleagues nt tho Hawaiian
Hotel, no intoxicating drinks were
offered or asked for, Mr. Johnson
gave it as the result of his observa
tions that intemperance is on the
decrease, and that he knew several
instances of men formerly hard
di inkers who havo renounced tho
habit entirely. Thu lectin es of Mrs,
Leavitt wcro referred to as having
been productive of much good in
creating and strengthening a healthy
tone of public opinion on this sub?
8
ject. Rev. Mr. Wallaco called at
tention to tho necessity for action in
the line of work engaging tho White
Cross Society and the Church of
England Purity Society, saying tho
exposures of gross licentiousness
lntcly made in England wcro effected
through the operations of these so
cieties. On motion it was resolved
to authorize the Reading Room Com
mttteo to procure as many of the
White Cross Society series as they
think necessary to supply members
with a sufficient number for distri
bution among their friends nnd ac- ,
qtiaintanccs.
Tho collection taken amounted to
SG.78.
The treasurer, Mr. Wm. Clark,
read his report for tho quarter
ending October 15th :
iiKcnirrs.
ISal. us per last licpoit 109 84
Annual Dues S3 00
Pledges CSS 00
Donations 22 50
Three Monthly Collections .. 2S 35
Mr. A. Brown's Lectme, net. ... 43 75
Gross Receipt, three Lectures,
Major Dane 302 0Q
Contribution box 2 75
Total 81,212 19
KXrENIUTUllES.
Telephone.... 6 0 00
J. W. Yarndlcy, music 10 00
Castle & Cooke, bill June ;t0. . . . 18 25
'. F. Burgess 38 00
Pacific Hardware Co 7 50
Tims. Q. Thrum 33 75
C. K. Williams, hire for chairs. . S 00
Major II. O. Dane 150 00
Printing Bills Entertainment
Committeo " 14 00
Sundries forS. D. Fuller 13 05
Gonsalvcs, janitor salary 150 00
S. 1). Fuller, for passage 125 00
S. I). Fuller, on acct. salary -175 00
Ice bills to Sept. 30 28 50
Daily Bulletin 3m 1 50
Stamps and waMilnir towels 1 00
Dally Bulletin, printing 3 25
Total SI, 114 00
The total receipts for the past six
months were Si, 712.41; cxpendi
tuics, 81,584.25 ; leaving a balance
on hand of $128.19. The reports
pnssed as read. Meeting adjourned.
Oct. lGth.
OPIUM FISHING.
On Saturday wc had just time to
mention the bare fact that the opium
fishery, conducted for some time
past and ridiculed in certain quar
ters, had at length been successful
in a pretty good haul. On Friday
night, as on the previous one, two
boats were cruising in the bay in
search of the contraband article.
Deputy-Marshal Dayton and Officer
Marcos, in charge of one of the
cruisers, had a watch set on shore
for suspicious movements on the
water. Late at night, a boat was
seen stealing up tho harbor, and the
officers were notified of the fact by
telephone. The boat came ashore
near the prison, and two Chinamen
stepped on the strand. They were
immediately confronted by the
officers and asked whose boat that
was. Replying thnt they did not
know, they were promptly arrested
for larceny of tho boat. In the
craft there was dredging apparatus,
also a bag apparently meant to re
ceive whatever the grapnels might
hook up. Messrs. Dayton and
Marcos, with two boatmen, after
disposing of tho prisoners, embarked
in a boat and proceeded out nlong
the course by which tho Chinamen
had come, until they reached the
spar buoy. They met Marshal
Soper and Officer Mchrtens in an
other boat, just abandoning the
search for the night. The latter,
laughingly wished the relief guards
better luck than they had themselves
had. So the two parties separated
in the bright moonlight, and the
Deputy Marshal's boat began dredg
ing operations, very soon taking up
from a sandbank, in about six
fathoms of water, a parcel contain
ing about a hundred tins of the pro
hibited drug. Some of thu cans
were leaky, and the package had
been anchored with iron sinkers.
Thus one of tho tricks for which
Bret 'Hnrte says the " heathen
Chinee " is peculiar, proved to be
"vain" when met by tho vigilance
of the gallant commander nnd com
modore of the Honolulu police.
Oct. 2Cth.
DEPARTURE OF THE MARIPOSA. '
There was the usual large gather
ing at tho wharf to-day to hco the
steamer off. Mr. Bergcr and the
Royal Hawaiian Baud played some
lively airs. The passenger list was
unusually small. The meagre dis
play of waving handkci chiefs from
the deck of tho ship was a negative
omen for good to Honolulu. Tho
valuo of the freight taken fell from
the hundred thousands of former
occasions to the ten thousands, being
a little below 870,000. Among the
passengers were Messrs. W. II.
Bailey, a prominent nnd active mem
ber at the recent Planters' meeting,
Mr. D. N. Johnston, well-decked
with lcis, who has been hero closing
up the affairs of tho Hawaiian Bazar,
and Mr. S. G. Fuller, delegate from'
the Honolulu Y. M. C. A. to the
convention at Napa, Cal. The
Post-office despatched eleven bags
of mail, containing G,G1U letters
and papers. Among the bags was
one from tho Satellite, scaled, of
which no count was taken. Oct.
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