The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-22

propria,ed 10 Il 1874 for the expenses of the buFs.n of
Water Works. and s26. 900 for water surfJ Of W
nolula. making $4,000 for wafer works ~ the
ministerial report. si2.2T2 have been expended ior
mi, Department.; what becomes Of the balance Of
sls,72if Well. II Is pretty evident u has bss" ca
PENDED for some other purpose. for u - not IN "s
treasury. II the different suns appropriated but not
expended for the purposes designed had remained In
the treasury, The ministers would not perhaps have
borrowed slsO,OO0. some $4,000 Of which they
have expended. Now if this state Of aaairs 70 allow
"A 10 10 on, Mr.. President. would Il not be a. vel
40 ..x A once 70 the ministers" Proceed. and ran
the country 10 debt, api expend the money 10 suit
yourselves; II Is Unnecessary 10 have any more ses-
.iOns Of the Legislature. for yoa dOn't pesasd rs
authority"
Again. in regard to money misApplisd. The re-
oeip,s from government lands were Ses.4eo. ~
the law Of Jan. !, 1854. these receipts were Get apart
for paying the government bonds now Mr. Presi-
dent. have the ministers % applied them. as required
by the law The answer Is. they have net. bot
have applied the money to ether purposes' iDsseaa
Of decreasing at aIlby these means by Law provided.
the public debt Is Increasing. Had thsse diversions
Of money from their legitimate purposes been done
ON account Of some pressing demand. or snne I'm
pending danger 10 the country. the Legislature
might fud therein an excuse for the minister's but
the expenditure Of large sums for purposes Of more
Than questionable utility, and in fact Of no possible
benefit 10 the country. appears 10 my mind In the
nature Of q serious crime. the commission Of q eOun-
,erpart Of which In private life would cOnsign the
guilty party to a lengthy imprisonment with hard
labor.
Let me ask. Mr.. President. by what authority
have these ministers incurred q debt Of Sl80.OoO In
the name Of the government Aud wha, Legislature
gave them permission 10 expcnd $4,000 OF that
sunni The only authority Is that Of their own Wills.
and therefore the responsibility Of payment should
be theirs alone. But some one may say" there's
no use in crying for split milk" That may be true;
but Il is evident that we can have no confidence In
these ministers In the future. II they are allowed 20
20 on unchecked In the way they have. n very brief
time will suffice to ~bankrup, the government The
$4,000 borrowed by them 10 now lying In the treas
ury, with interest accruing TO swell tho public debt
still more. with no benefit resulting. The only rcs-
son that can DO given for borrowing that money 10
that IL was for the purpose Of making good that
which had been squandered by ministers.
Look at the huge bill Of appropriations TOT the en-
suing two years. which ministers have submitted,
apparently with the reckless intention OF putting the
government under the obligation OF debt that can
never be removed; for they have not proposed or
suggested any means by which the deficiency 10 10 be
6upplicd, Whother from uuttts rectpFocltys OF Otuct
resources. They propose TO appropriate S7b,02b
more than the sum total Of the bill Of 1874, bat this
sum, which 10 US appears 40 large. 10 doubtless n
mere trihe In their eyes. seeing that they can borrow
more without our authority ;-thsy don't need any
authority from US. and In fact, the authority Of the
Legislature Is no more.
Ia regard 10 the deprecated coins. the question 10
be asked 10, what business had the ministers 10 re-
ceive money which they knew was not q legal fenderf
The table Of valuations OF foreign coins was before
them; what could the Minister Of Finsnoe mean By
taking those coins Into the treasury, knowing 40 he
must have known (for he 10 an experienced mer-
chant) that they were not currentf THIS transao-
ton has n bad look, Mr.. President. az though money
was to be made by somebody through the govern
ment's loss For the treasury was not short Of good
coin, that this uncurrent money should be taken 10.
by this transaction. the government win probabi,
lose some four or FIVE thousand dollars; but the loss
that falls upon the poor man will be felt the most
severely. The law Of 1874 (Aug. -, provides that
the minister may receive on deposit sums Of not less
than fifty dollars. and issue certificates therefor. the
money 20 received 10 be held ~ q special deposit for
the redemption OF such certificates. The minister
thus had no authority 10 use these deposits; bot we
lind Mr.. President, that the bank Of Bishop 4 Go.
deposited with the minister $4,000. under the act
Of August, 1874, and that The minister proceeded 20
open the bags and mixed the money with that al
ready In the treasury. This was clearly a serious
in~fraotion Of the law; and for this and the reasons
before stated. / support the resolution u want OF con-
fadence In the present advisers Of His Majesty.