Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-07

$I4, goo, STOLEN FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
1t is a painful task which falls upon us to be
constantly exhibiting before our people the
evil and rascally deeds, the obliquities and sins
Of the public administration of some of our
cabinet officers at the present time and it will
perhaps be said Of us by the enemies of the
truth, that they have been inyented by us.
Blu, let the truth speak for itself. The follow
ing exposition Of fraud will be read with feel
ings Of pain, disgust and grief.
When Mr.. II. A. p. Carter was cabinet
officer, an agreement was made between the
Minister of the Interior, who was also the Pre-
sident of the Board Of immigration, and the
planters, that the Government should import
Portuguese laborers at its own expense, and
when landed here in Hawaii, each planter who
took laborers, was to pay $Ioo for each man,
and $50 for each woman, while the Govern
ment was to pay $50 for each woman to make
up the sum of $Ioo for the cost of each.
When the Portuguese (sif) steamship Mon
arch arrived, Gibson was the Premier, and the
terms of the agreement were carried out with
those who took the Portuguese.
But the second steamship bringing Portuguese,
the HaHSa, arrives with 1907 Portuguese pass
sengers, only $50 Of whom are women. And
now the Government undertakes, under the
guidance Of the Minister of Interior, counselled
by his own wits. to pay the whole expense,
and to excuse the planters from paying their
half Of the expense for the women, $50 apiece,
as according to the first agreement.
| The planters have not asked the President
Of the Board Of immigration, that is Mr.. Bush,
to free them from their half Of the expense 70,
the women, i. c. $50, and that they should
should bear all the expense for the women OF
its own shoulders, thus trampling under foo
the agreement made by previous minister
which this cabinet carried out in the case o
the steamship Monarch.
The reason for this crookedness is this. Som,
time ago the Planters and Labor Supply Co
asked the Government to accredit Mr.. Samue
T. Alexander as an agent to go and seek Ia
borers Of the government, Of Japan, at the ex
pense Of the Association, without the expend
iture of single dollar GU, Of the publ
treasury in the undertaking, but this cabine
denied the request Of the Association. TIN
refusal Of the Government has resulted in tn
deliberations Of this weighty body being muc
talked of throughout the country.
And when these ministers heard that thi
body Of rich men Of the land was to meet agai
in this month Of October, and that they woul
assemble with the report ranking in the
hearts that they had been treated with indil
nifty, and to this was added the impotence {
the people for the foolish government Of som
of the present cabinet-they (two) though
they had better appease the anger Of tn
powerful body with the alluring and seductiv
proposal that the Government should bear III
: expense OF the Portuguese women out Of III
public treasury, the very thing against whic
the Premier loudly lifted up his lying voice
> the Legislature Not dollar of the Cover
ment shall be spent wiihou, the consent Of Ii
legislature"
= The number OF the Portuguese women in
l
y ported ON the Hansa, was $50, and il the e.
pense Of bringing them was SIoo apiece to Il
Government, then the amount expended G
n them was $aS, 600. tina, is for the women alon
without counting in the children. But il Il
! previous agreement were carried out in regal
J, to the women as was done in regard to Il
" women Of the Mona,sA, thu Goyemme
Is would have only Sl4,3 900 TO pay. Thus by Il
attempt Of these ministers TO appease the ang
&c Of these strong men, the public treasury h
=, y lost, been robbed, Of SIA,3oo.
& DO these ministers think that the thousan
" Of dollars belonging to the public, used
= assuage the wrath Of the planters against tn
heartless and snaky actions, will not cause I