Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 184, 1 May 1891 — ON DIT. [ARTICLE]

ON DIT.

Tiiat two of the *ihl raenibera._/>S Board of Hea.Ua had »ot ihe, courwsge to «o to tiie Molokai Leper SfUlemeai, uouliiKlh: fear'»ng a war«aer r«ceptioa tban would *be pleasmt from those wbom they had Ul-tre&ted. , That Oiileial siaught«r was promised to take plaee on thu Mav day—a rather inappropriate e?asoiv to die, even if its or»ly an cfiicial death.

That all the tf on dits" cf the%!a are mad« up at the Eriiish Club, the i.keiy pkeo to find Her Majesty's Oihinpl. nnd where apjK>intnientß acd di«mij*.als «u-e discnfised heioie haadThat rresi;ī«nl Dayton, of the Kalaupapa Eep'ihiie, intenda to split a hpuse in-t'.vo arul to huild an additioa in the raidtfie» This is another examp!e ~of I)aytoirf? capabilitiea, and !s *vfoont to old (iov. Kauoa's recorumendatirn when l">fc afc sea, to go haek to Kauai and niake a fresh start. Tbat Sam \vas g.ulled by līenry Peter \vhen the lattcr told him thatheaioire could hold the administration ih office on Maui. By Jove ! This saved Teter, but the next crowd will probably nōt be 8o easily guliēd, and they propose to crucify him head dowmvards. That the Lunalilo Pooj llouee Fund is ptill the nest egg for the poor unfortonates cf our relatīons, who often get bitten wlien they try to rise to the level of"our nutuieg brethren ai:ross the poneh That the War Minister wa» as inild i\f* a lamb under the sweet infinence of the maaonie rose buds, whose siaterly attentions made him forget the cares of his office and promises.

That the Manhal has up hiii work, sn he thinkB, esDecially, when Mr. Tv'hit!ng: and Creighton, Crown Prosecutors r.re eeen in close confab in a quiet nook with Messri?, Keumann and Peterson/ exCrown nrosecutore. That a garnishee \vas madc 011 the halanee duc Mr. Evans as an employee cf the Board of Hea!th. But a note gtven for the anaount of the garnishee endorswl by an ex-Attorney General sufficed and the matter was droppe<L * The way of the transgre?sor is liard. Thāt partnership in the Qpium em«£» gling ■ hit-« high and hits lov/, t»king pillars ol churches and pillars of the i>ar. That one of the bondsmen of :\lr. Evans. \vishes to \vithdraw. That a large firm heie—who has the "I ♦ ara" in its employ-—appeirs to have had pome imluenee in placing Mr. Plaee in his plaueAt Kahului. Thaf. the Attorney General says the of Assessors cannot lxt made with6ut due cause. How fortnnate for our coasins. But how about the fact« brought out before the Appeal Boai*d f in the eaae of Jas. eamplwll. Esq., and the difFerence of aBsessment between !ands belonging to the Asses«or and that of Mr. Campbell adjoining, and how about the Legislative CommiUee's Eonort in r«jfevence to the Assessor and his «eputy Āsseseor. That it is all very fine to say this and to saV that, but there is a day of reckoning coming when some ol iheee selfconstituted defenders will have to don the maro and take to the taro patch« especially as Unnele Sam's eow does not give free milk any more. That it is a matter of satisuiction to us when ev&r we leam ol inst#noes where young Hawaiians show an independent spirit.—We haA*e and with good reaeon severely blamedthe three lastadminki trations for the treatment whu:h they have ueed towards the young llawaiians eapahle of holding office. —We «re now made to understand that thct Pcet£naster Gencralehip has been offert)d to CoJ, C. P. laukea but that this gentlemvn ha«? devlined to atx*pt the ofhc« preferrin{? to make his living in a private oeeupalion to t>eing the football of a lot of imheeiU-? wl;ose c«prices ean kiek him heivt :r thereat anyminute. If the ru:nor ie true, Col. lankea has greatly riBen :n j our estimation and w#hooe other \-ou«sr } Ha\vaiians will (ollow his cxampk\