The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-08-07

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morning that the resolution was prepared by a
person not a member Of this House. yet the Hon.
member supports it. He knew who prepared it.
He would say that is is not right that His Males
ty should be restricted in making appointments
from one class of individuals. Since the death OF
Kamehameha V. there had not been a Cabinet,
but what the Hon. member for Lahaina opposed
He is a practical Ishmail. He is against every
man and every man is against him. There had
been more SANDER in the last hour than he ever
heard before. He would now throw 1t back in
his teeth. He has no more chance of being Min
lister of Foreign Relations than he has of going to
heaven this night. He had prolonged this SEES
sion and cost the Government SIS 900.
Mr.. Gibson made a brief reply.
Mr.. Castle read a statement 10 support of the
Ministry.
Mr.. Kalua followed with a long speech.
MIR. Rhodes said his ideas on this subject were
pretty well known as he ventilated them at the
opening Of the session. He supported the resolu-
ton, and for reasons that he had already ex-
pressed. He had a few words to say about the
remarks that had been made in this Assembly on
the subject of .srings." Since the death of Ka-
mehameha V one ring has had charge and evil
IDENTIFY existed now in this Government, and bad
ly have they managed affairs. 1t is because the
Ministers are supporters of that ring that he had
to find fault. The reasons that he had for not
supporting the Ministry are a thousand times
deeper than anything that has been said. The
truth must be told and he would tell it. He
would ask the gentleman who had Just sat down
what the Chief Justice had had said to him YES
terday.
Mr.. Kalua said IN reply, that he had visited
the Chief Justice on business. He asked him if
be did not think frequent changes in the Minis
try tended to weaken the Government. He also
asked on what grounds he opposed the Govern
ment, and be replied the grounds are stated in
the resolution.
Mr.. Kaulukou interrupted.
Mr.. Rhodes said, that gentleman is a district
judge, and they are all under the influence of the
Chief Justice.
When he was through he could call him what
names he liked. He had a few words TO say to
Mr.. Castle. A few years ago, he (Mr. Castle)
publicly expressed a wish that the United States
should take these islands and fortify them. Mr..
Castle belongs to the party. and he is one who
signed the document relating to the Minister of
the Interior. He respected the Minister of the
Interior as a business man, also his ability and
his generosity in dealing with poor people. 1t is
his policy that he was opposed to, and not his
person. The game is like a game of check to
your King. Such measures as these and the in
dependence of the country is gone. A statement
had been made that We are dependent upon the
United States, and that if they desert US, then we
are broken down. The reciprocity treaty has
done a heap of good to those possessed of pro-
perty, and those who profit by it are the owners
OF plantations and not the bulk Of the community
Are a few hundred to become immensely rich at
the expense of others? The policy of reciprocity
has been a mistake. 1t has drawn us nearer and
nearer to the United States. until we are gra-
dually falling into their hands. The policy of
this Government should have been to treat all
nations alike. But it is the feeling of some few
to add everything to their country for the sake of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. If people receive public money
and at the same time are trying to break the
country down, he would ask if the name of Ben
edict Arnold would lot pale before such acts.
Regarding the coronation he thought it was a
political movement to defeat the objects of the
party in power. He had been opposed to meas
ures that had been brought forward by the Minis
try. The Attorney General has done heaps of
work more than has been done by any Attor-
ney General before him. Nothing has. however,
been done for the suffering poor. He had spoken
of two of the Ministers and now he would speak
OF the third,-the Minister of Foreign Relations.
de had sense, If he were not Influenced from out
side. He made reference to imperfect reports
that had been ubmitt to this House. He
would take his seat and vote, not against the
gentlemen, but against their policy.
Mr.. Castle replied to the personalities made by
Mr. Rhodes. lie had been Inexperienced.
Forty-three years last April he came to Honolu-
lu, and he had always desired the perpetuity of
the Kingdom. AT that time there were 10000
inhabitants. Kamehameha ~ said, there is a
time when the independence of this country
must cease, and that is when the population goes
of. They have fallen from liz, 900 to SO, 1000.
1t is very sad to think of, and unless checked the
time will soon come, and if it does come the
country to which we should be allied is that of
the United States. Mr.. Wyllie had often said
the same thing to him, also Lord Clarendon.
The United States by their geographical position
is the land to which these islands should pass.
1t that time should come let them go where the
Lord sends them, and where their prospects will
be best cared for. The article referred to by Mr..
Rhodes was written and published in a New
York paper in 1873.
Mr.. Pilipo spo1e at considerable length in sup
port of the ministry.
The Minister of the Interior said he would
make a few remarks in answer to the member for
Labaina as his policy was well known. The minds
OF this Assembly were no doubt made up, and he
was ready to have them vote, but the Hon. men,
Der for Lahaina had treated him with such IN
fairness and falsity that he challenges him to
bring forth his proof. The word ring insinu-
tates dishonesty, and he says that | am the CEN
tire OF it. He also brings up the name OF W. L..
Green, a member of the Board of immigration, in
connection with the purchase of the Pomare. 1t
was also an injustice to mention the name of
Hackfeld & Co. He received his commission as
Minister OF the Interior on July 3rd, 1878, and
the hrst thing he did was to advertise for tenders
for lumber, and on three different occasions have
tenders been sent in. and on each occasion had
Wilder q Co. obtained the supplying of lumber
by their tender being the lowest. Had the mem
Der for Lahalna one spark of justice in him he
never could have made such charges as he has,
and he challenged him to prove that he was the
centre of a 9 ring" as implied in the United
States. He challenged him to prove that be had
bought goods at a dearer market than other
purchasers. When he proves that he had acted
wrongly he would present his check to the
Queens Hospital for So, 900. Hon. Mr.. Rhodes
is against the policy of the Government. Why?
Because they will not go for East Indian coolies.
Any one who insinuatee that he was not at heart
with the people and the country was never more
mistaken in his life. The United States do not
want this country, and we do not want them to
take us. He had not heard the word " annexa-
ton " made use of except by the Hon. Noble.
Every interest he had in the world was here.
He had been successful in life. He put his
money in steamers and employed many men and
paid high wages. He had made his mark in this
country. and he was not ashamed of it. He in
tended to make more of a mark. He never
sought the Office of Minister, and it was only
at the solicitation of His Majesty that he &C
cepted it. Can the Hon. member for Lahaina
or any other man find a man with cleaner hands
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