The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-18
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Y. JAN. -.
THE MINISTRY.

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sense, for during that week the work begun by
the people at the polls on New Years Day was
finally concluded, and the peoples King formally
and publicly inaugurated into bis oGce, on
Thursday the 9th, amidst the congratulations
and r~ejoicings Of the entire population Bot the
important question remained 10 be determined a.
TO who were to be selected to fill the grave and
delicate positions Of constitutional advisers Of
His Majesty. Very naturally IA well AZ properly,
a-great degree Of solicitude was felt in the CON-
munity on the subject, and opinions were widely
divergent as 10 the qualifications of quite i num-
Der Of names Of prominent persons that were
urged in different circles as fitted for the posts of
Cabinet Ministers 10 the new King. And in
this connection 1t may be remembered that His
Majesty, unlike the two last occupants of the
Throne, has had little or no actual experience in
public life or governmental affairs, and doubtless
was therefore the more inclined to move with a
great degree Of caution and deliberation, and
under the advice Of mature experience that was
available, in the choice Of his Ministers. On
Monday il was generally made known, and on
Tuesday officially announced in the Assembly,
that His Majesty's Cabinet was composed as
follows:
Minister of the Interior-E. D. HALL.
4 Minister Of Finance-ROBERT STIRLING.
Attorney General-A. FRANCIS JUDI.
Dir. BisbOp,-wbo as Minister of Foreign
Affairs may very properly be considered the head
kOf the Cabinet,-is we'll known as a capitalist
and head of The banking house of Bishop & Co.,
long established in this city. lie is a gentleman
of refinement and education, and throughout n
lengthy residence on the islands {since l847, we
believe) he has maintained n high character for
honor and integrity, combined with eminent pru-
dence and conservatism.
Mr.. Hall, who occupies the laborious post of
Minister Of the Interior, as a merchant and a
Christian gentleman Of wealth and position, is
dcseryedly popular with all classes, both natives
and foreigners. He is a resident Of many years
in the islands, having arrived here in 1885, being
at that time connected with the Missionary Board
Of Boston, and at one period held Office under the
Government Of Kamehameha Ill. Like Mr..
Bishop, he is a person of the highest moral char
acter, and noted for the qualities of prudence
and conservatism.
OF Mr. Stirling, who retains the position Of
Minister of Finance, to which he was advanced a
few months previous to the close Of the late
reign, we had occasion to speak in terms of COM
mendation at that time. We know Of no cause
now to detract from the good opinion then enter
tanned of him as u careful and safe public officer,
who stands well in the public confidence.
Mr.. A. Francis Judd, who has been called
from the Bar and from his seat ne a Representa-
tive for Honolulu to fill the high and responsible
Office Of Attorney General of the Kingdom, is as
yet comparatively a young man-which fact, so
far as We can Judge, is about the principal fault
that can be found with hin-atnLessaA--Ms -
familiar with the native language and character,
and has obtained a large practice and earned a
good reputation as q lawyer during the eight
years that he has practiced in the courts of the
country.
While it would be neither courteous nor Just
to critIcise closely in advance the political merits
of the gentlemen who have just taken Office, it is
but only stating a fact when we assert that the
general impression is one of disappointment at
what may be termed the extremely conservative
complexion of the Cabinet. Conservatism, to a
certain extent, is undoubtedly an excellent quality
in public men, but it is oftentimes liable TO de-
generate INTO timidity and a lack of enterprise,
that may prove in the end as injurious to the
best interests of the state as the other extreme of
aggressive, radical progressiyism. There is con-
fessedly little fear that the present Administra-
ton will recklessly involve the Government in
unauthorized expenditures after the fashion of
the Hotel Bonds, or that they will urge the cree
ton of huge and costly public buildings that
shall serve to bury the country in debt they are
indeed of a vastly different style of men in this
respect from those who have preceded them in
Office, and for the sense of security which this as
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theless, there is a very general fear entertained
and expressed that the new Ministry will, in the
present depressed and stagnant condition of all
kinds of business which prevails throughout the
islands, especially in agricultural pursuits, be
found lacking in the requisite qualities of origin
ality, enterprise and activity that are deemed
positively necessary in order to bring about q
change for the better.
But we trust that the prognostics thus hastily
uttered may in the end prove to have been
groundless, and that the new Cabinet of our new
King, after due trial, will be found not only pru-
dent and economical managers of public affairs,
but earnest men, capable of originating and
carrying out a public policy that shall be wisely
liberal and farseeing enough to suit the needs of
the country and the spirit of the times.
In this hope then, and with an abiding faith
in the broad views of public policy and generous
impulses of the Peoples Choice who occupies the
Throne, We shall watch with lively solicitude the
course to be pursued by the Ministry, prepared
always to fulfill our duty as independent jour-
naiists-ro commend and support whenever they
shall be in the right, and as promptly to warn
and condemn when in the wrong.
IT IS EARNESTLY to be hoped that the days of
close corporation Governments are over. The
ring who for the past few years have managed the