The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-02-14
His Maiesty's Accession.

The sixth anniversary Of the accession of His
Majesty King Kalakaua to the throne, as ruler Of
the Hawaiian Islands, was appropriately celebrated
on the occasion Of the occurrence Of that event by a
dinner given By His Exce!lency Attorney General
Preston, ut the Hawaiian Hotel. on the evening Of
Thursday the 18th inst. The invited guests present
comprised His Majesty the King, Chief Justice
Harris, His Excellency Samuel G. Wilder, Minister
Of the Interior; His Excellency S. K. Kaai, Minister
Of Finance; Governor John o. Dominis, Hon II. 4.
Widdemanu. Hon. Charles II. Judd, Marshal W. C.
-Parke, Mr.. Justice L. McCully, Police Magistrate
". c. Jones, C. AdOlphe Low, Esq. "a visiting Cali
fornian) and NIessrs. Hatch, Cecil Brown, Jas. NJ.
Monsarratt, r. z. Bickerton, W. r. Castle, W. L
Holokahiki, W L. Wilcox, S. B. Dole, and Frank
Godfrey. The dinner was one Of those recherche af-
fairs which the landlord Of the Hotel usually pro
yides on such ausPiciOus occasions, and aided by the
sweet strains Of music discOursed by the Band, under
the direction ofProfessOr Berger, agreeably assisted
to ill up the interim between the ''feast Of reason
and the flow Of soul" After the sinner man" had
obtained a safety of the viands displayed. His Ex-
celIency Attorney General Preston, proposed the
first toast-His Majesty the King, which was duly
honored. The next toast. "The Cabinet. - was res
ponded to by His Excellency Samuel G. Wilder, Min
lister fthe Interior. who, in the course of his re-
MARKS saA4
81 am pleased, and we'll pleased, to be enabled to
express before you tonight q few Of my views on
the necessary measures which IN my humble judy
ment will conduce to the benefit Of the community at
large. As far ss appropriations are concerned, gen.
tlemen, 1 must say that am strongly In favor of
Iarge,-very large appropriations if you wi!l-but
all such must tend 10 benefit the general public by
being placed TO the credit Of increased sanitary meas
ures, and not to the increase Of salaries. The Board
of Health has been blamed for not foreseehng the
occurrence Of this or that event, but l would say in
defense Of that body that they have not as yet been
advised to adopt any measure looking toward the
benefit Of the public health which had not been fore
stalled by previous action on their part. With re-
gard TO the election excitement, through which we
have Just passed, 1 can only say that my u%ppermost
wish was to obtain the election Of two foreigners to
represent the city of Honolulu in the next Legisla-
ture. Through delay on the part Of the gentlemen
whom 1 hoped would accept the position of candi-
dates, the desired representation was lost, and dis
claim oil responsibility in regard to the election as it
went. To borrow money from foreign powers is en-
tirely against my Wish, and not only mine alone,
but l can assure you, gentlemen, that the entire
Ministry have the same view, believing with me that
all monies necessary for the proper administration
of this Government can be obtained by just
taxation. No excessive appropriation for military
purposes is required. Al the meeting of the next
Legislature 1 would favor the making Of two new
laws-One, that the production OF the tax receipt