The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-06-29

at the time that the I5th Article Of the Consiitn-
! ton was under consideration. that people some
times were very lavish of otaer peoples money,
and this should be guarded against l agree With
him we are now asked 20 come forward and com
pound with those VITO have spent money that was
not their own. / appeal to the common sense ot
the Assembly 10 say whether Article IS OF the
Constitution has not been yiolateds AS 20 TIE
policy OF q hotel as = Government venture, that
has been well urged by my colleague We are
told that the hotel has paid from The Start, i am
not going TO dispute this. has | should have been
better satifed If l bad seen the hgures- The policy
OF running in debs to pay for the hotel Is ont. that
If / were the - INSCRIPTIONS aRnexaiionist that
Ministers have been pleased 70 call me, l should
join issue with them. | would advocate building
another oae. erecting = palace, and expensive
public buildings, for the deeper we get the country
Ia debt the more we shall be at the mercy Of oar
bond holders. Ii the hotel has paid so handsomely
i see no reason for not leaving 1T ia the hands OF
the present bond holders 10 carry IL on. Ii the
project was one that has been popular for twenty
ave years why did not the Ministers 60 before the
last Legislature and gel their approval OF IL be-
cause they knew that that Assembly would Not
sanction the scheme. while if they went ahead aud
built the hotel they were confident that they could
get this House TO pay for IL The Minister OF Tor
eign Relations has said that the influence rXerted
by Ministers was always a just one. l VIII read
Tor you the report of a conversation between d
member of this House and the Minister OF foTelgn
Affairs Question by the Minister" hat Is your
opinion of the New Hotel:f Answer admire
the hotel and its beauty but do not think much OF
it now" The Minister" Well if you think thai
the acts of the Ministers and Board +" (of Education
l suppose though why that was brought in l can't
say) " is wrong, l do not think that il is proper for
you to remain under the Board The member
/ - Well, il you wish to take away my means OF Nv
ing that is q matter that rests with yeu." Is ibis .
just influence j am of the opiAlon that tue MIN
lister OF Foreign Affairs thinks ii Is. The two Min
listers are personally interested in this matter, and
l am of the opinion that this same just influence
will be brought to bear in controlling your votes
If you are in favor Of voting tCr paying this sum
! of 81 rs 600 remember that when YOU do 50 You
vote to tax every man. woman and child Ia the
Kingdom tsno dollars each!
His Ex. the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply,
said He did not intend to trespass upon the House
with anything foreign to the subject, nor vita any,
thing that had passed between DR.. Hutchison and
himself. He did not go to the ceremony OF laying
the cornerstone because he wanted to stay at home.
If there was any difference between DIR. Hutchinson
and himself they would settle it in their Offices If
he did not attend the King on all occasions that was
a matter between himself and the Master whom he
served. ANY conversation that the speaker may
have had with any member IF the House touching
his, the members, duties lay between that member
and himself. in the opinion of the speaker 1t was
perhaps not necessary to speak of the guardianship
exercised by the Hon. Mr.. Carter over the native
member from Honolulu who sit near him in the rear
rank, but His Elk. the Minister of Foreign Affairs
had such an opinion of the native member tafore-
said), as to convince him that it was necessary for
him, the Minister, to have witnesses of any CONVEX
sation that he, the Minister, might have with him.
His Elk. stated that he desired every one TO vote as
they think best for the country. The question In
the mind of His Ex. was, have your agents acted in
good faith to you. And are you ready to support
your agents and take upon yourselves the benefit or
losses that may follow their actsr 1t has been said
that this was a public enterprise. 1t is very easy to
split words and give q forced meaning TO words.
This is a public enterprise undertaken by individuals
in a private capacity. We believe in the integrity
of the Hawaiian nation, and that that confidence
will not be violated by you. 1t has been said that
the hotel bonds have no legal value. Who ever said
they had? Except that they will be paid by ]. Mot:
Smith, and C. A. Castle whose signatures they bear.
aud C. C.sHarris has given his written obligation to
pay his half of the expense in case this House refuses
to accept the responsibility The hour for adjourn
ment having arrived l will close for the day.
House then adjourned after granting leave TO the
Committee to sit again on Thursday.