The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-08-09

A.tA VIZ Asilt taft'~s'-itttt Z tON0l G,tt n
>rectfd petition sC Hi> Majesty. bcinS ,,
thc Constitution authorized and iuSiitO
iu SD dong, :" People who shAll a8gs..
Tf r-reeag ~ hego-v the kinS,~ etc
Shall Ne net r'Ssgd these - Oppo>
I er>, SS ttEEslS ~
I The writer u this Is nov HIS MAJESTY,
pripcipsd Siyf>cr, It Is WILL o. know bs
I tcUhsDj Whist Stivice wouid bc Offerai Cr
the >cbieSt 20 RsN q Pes shoulj
it evcr hs sought foy. whilst the prcs,,ui
I Ministry i in power,
I'm Legislature Of lSSs has 81 lsst tcci
/ pr1rossei and then, Is probNbly No crs III
/ theeoURtry who doys nc; take q long byestl
/ ari sSy thSnk HeSveu The Ministry
must sss,yry,ily 10 -, for their lcodcrshil
! q the House has bcsn ON the plan Of the
usn whose dog chSSed shc besr 1t was ,
capital ioS tor hear hunting and vOult
I chase It's game an unlimited distance, ths
! dogs secret Of succeSs lay IN the fast Ol
7 slwsys keeping fts r,-s tiar3 = tis ,al-
I The country st lSrge brcatheS uorC frcely
I for no enc knew what irSsh folly what ab
sy1rJbty might not BE- brought Up, discuss
I gi In sol,er earnest and then passed IN
! spite Of anything that the few well in
I formed might >Sy, and which when passed
/ might be q detriment 30 the country
/ Looking hack upon the session We may
I fairly ask what goCd has It done Has II
/ been fruitful IN 0ny great uedSureSi Has
/. shown u that We have In cur midst
any rising men who VIII prove themselves
good 3ebSterS, who understand the nevis
7 1t tks country. who Uro desirCus Oi htls
I bautiu.- it. rsSo urCeSa We msy >ay en-
rLarieIllv. No. A few there Nre Of old
7 hands. whose voices have been drowned by
7 the csckling drivel of a number ct bows,
/ for the bulk ot the lste legislators we've
I but that. bsinS as Lord CGStlsyesgh once
>Eid men IN aee and ststurc, but children
I In intellect. What would he more absur.l
I thzE for such men as Lihkalani and LShi
I Lain 90 Srayely 1ppruach questions which
involved deep financial kuOwledce. Whist
ever the private worth uf those gentlemen
might be, there Is no one who can say that
either of them had the faiuteSt slimmeT
m- Cf the priuciplgS Of political economy,
Cr that they even could keep the accounts
| az Cue-L0rse store correctly, and we have
merely named those gentlemen Is types.
the house was full u men Of hkc lack %
culture II was such men thai were call
Il upon 10 vote upon and pass a loan bill
Of S30out0O. 10 >Jy whether the country
cuuld atfori large votes for military pyr
poses The session wa> @ farce. o very
I laughable one to the On-loCkgrs. but the
+ fsrce turns % tragedy when one considers
tie results that the idiotic legislation of
the past session may have upon the Ha-
ysaiiau race Into the hands Of four Or
i've men the means have been put 10 sci
that race body and homes. that l. the long
and sLOrt % glArgs loan bill.uf these absurd
expenditure when such an insignificant
country o. rEls / II question
The temper Ut the house and its calihre
were leaned early in the session On the
lsh day they passed their extra pay
without any debate and IN like manner
uustuorei the consideration Of raising the
franchise In this connection we may
draw attention % the utter iucapacIty Of
the house flT understanding what Is con
s-itE-i11al and what Is not In other coun-
.ri=s there Is nothing that body Of men
called together for legislative purposes,
cIiu- more firmly g. than constitutional
fl-lls AMI precedent Yet when the pay
u tbe house had beeu raised direct at
tempt was made 20 override The coustItu-
ton aud obtain the extra Eay at once.
We can hardly blame the members fUr
this fur they were evidently absolutely Oh
lIvilus ~ Whist cuus-Ituticnalism means
b1t tEe attempt was severe comment up
On Uur s1-ealIed constitutional form Of
government. a form which we shall he
sL Irtiv prepared t0 shJwd0es ug; exist
The salient feature of the session has
been tie Appropriation Bill this has Re
cslTsd only a one sided consideration after
al II al ClheT countries II Is the custom
% consider the question Of i7esas a. wei
ss Ct expenditure. In our house the ques
tidL 0f income has never been considered
flr q moment The ez- Minister q Finance
A[r Walker. made al estimate Of the IL
come for the ensuing two years. but the
present Minister llr J L Bush appears
never % have given il q thought the e.
ti-lsts may OF may not b. what the pres
eut Ministry would make il no one knows
there has been no statement on the mat
tsr- We doubt whether they are prepared
f1T r. Well the Appropriation Bill is IN
i1ubtedly fs gsdT bill Of the session i =
czrtsiuIy large enough il has the distinct
ion 0f being the largest u auT that has
ever passed our LJuse. No man. who has
o. earn Lis bread By trade U planting can
look upon It Eith1yst feeling 0f great IN
asziuezs the trader OF planter. no matter
il how small a way b. conducts his bust
Eass must know that BE- vii eventually
have % make up the large deficit which i
wanted bF tins evil bill To meet CuT eI-
peuditure 0f s3-599J356 s. with the income
q S1-7sl1eV a Is 10 pleasant thing to
contemplate. The country al large can
I1t thank the Legislature for that
OF the other measures which haVe been
passed only three 0r four need special
mention the ts1 bill the auditor ILL. the
Iiguor hiI and the passport Law are the
only ones really worthy d notice. aTe the
only laws which may BE- tired for the good
" Otherwise. 0f the nation Three Of them
are deciie,ily good neasuTes the fourth
the llqu1r law & pr0blematical- Il was very
evident b al that unless the I'D law were
better canned cut It Was a dead letter
though the new law. VII take away
some u tie restrictions yet IL provisions
are Tery strct- and It " b. f0Ind b w0rk
zdvzutszeously While 0u the subject Of
the llqu0r law. we would like 10 reIu0ve
one FETy erTDle0us impression which J.
airad Il j. a general opinion that the
whites ~ l1i=sl0uarIes Imp0sed this pro
ait5tcrT law On the native This IL not
the ease II was imposed b. the authority
and the desire u The old chiefs after great
dis0rrier sl10ng Themselves and their pe0-
pie The EnI=zionzries had no power at I
.he tine % f1rzs any s1ch law The old /
slazs d chiefs, HOF an almost extinct race. [
.hozgh ulaecustoIaed y put any restraint /
spol fheIlselTes. did Try to set = noble ez /
ample In this direction and though many |
FIJI aFsy from this resolve q few maintain 4
II L throughout theiT lives. We merely 1
Tish 10 correct an iupEsssiOn- however. /
lot b make a. argument
The egaufEF then IA Locking back Hpon
La legislature Il I55z esn only see at nost
-1-lr important measures and gigantic
.pr.ofEIstion bin a. fheresuit of the work.
Tils : trulT an unzatisfsetoFy termina
50u ~ q sessiol- bat 4 Is nj an unnatu
-zl fssHlf Il the system u gDFgTnleut M
Ier which ~ I've. The house nOt only
.id MT properly represent the country,
,gt it vas over AMI above fairy captured
, shat nzy b styled tie palace facti0n
I'd 10 thOuglf EhstsTer was given b IL
erssts outside that faction save where
lere farce q Circumstances rendered Il
see41y.
The only thug thzt the iexislatzre II
~ fazT b. hzuded down n cur little his-
~ Ia. = ToEsei01s appetite. i stteEded