The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-02-11
III fLa -H,f,coiioo Gazeife

TO dc HapaiiGq Gazette
Itis evidently the purpose in certain quarters
to draw the members Of His late Msjesty's Cabi-
nstintoa discussion. and TO makei il appear as
though they had assumed partisan attitude re-
garding the succession t0lhs Throne. Such nc
ton is unwarranted by facts You will oblge my
colleagues and myself BY publishing the foIO"ing
record Of The verbal statement made by me iUtbe
Prvy Council on the 9th irst., which was not,
when made, intended to be made public; nor was
it intended to be an answer 70 anything that had
been published.
z His ExceIlency the Minister Of Foreign Affairs
made the following statement 4 |iti
at is quite probable that various reports re-
garding the appointment of successor by the
late King will be spread abroad. think it
quite proper that you. gentlemen, who occupy
responsible position. should know just what was
done about that important matter by the members
of His Msiesty's Cabinet. In September last, on
more than one occasion. urged upon His Maj
esty the great importance and desrableness Of
appointing bis successor. My colleagues also adj
vised strongly the same way. Again. after his
late return from Kaiiua, the Minister Of the lnte
ror aud myself, The Attorney General also being
present, advised him with every argument that we
could command. and appealed to him to make an
appointment. stated to bin repeatedly, that
whenever be desired TO name bis successor, it
would be the duty of his Ministers to summon the
Mobiles without delay and that would make it
my special business to attend TO 1t. now say
for myself, and am also authorized to say on be-
half Of my colleagues that HIS Majesty never said
to me, or to either of them that he was ready TO
make an appointment and wished to have the
Mobiles Summoned; nor did he ever name to me
or to either of them. any person whom he wished
to appoint. His right to make an appointment
and the method we're clearly explained to him,
and perfectly understood by him and he knew
that when he was ready to make an appointment,
the MOBILES would be called and the name sub
mitted to them" e.s
Several of the Councillors having stated that
it seemed to them desirable that this statement
on the part of the Ministers should be publicly
known, Mr. Bishop added:
81 have no objection, and my colleagues seem
to have none, that what have said to you should
be repeated publicly. The members of the Cabl-
net are perfectly aware, that it is their duty in
their official capacity to treat all candidates for
the Sovereignty with impartality and they will
do so.
In Justice to ourselves and all concerned, l
thought il proper to make this statement to you,
so that you might know the truth. We the
MInisters) do not prstend to know what the King
may have said to others, but we speak for our
selves only"
In the advice to His Majesty to appoint sue
cessor, no conditions were included and when
the subject was last referred to by His Ministers
be was assured by two of them, that whenever he
should signify his readiness to make an appoint
ment, no time would be lost in calling the Mobiles
together, without any reference to whom he
might appoint. CnAs. R, BIsaoP.
Foreign Office, Honolulu, Feb 9th, 1874.