The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-08-16
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FROM Che nok01. Aux. i2 l--s
Probably no assembly of Representative tiat
has met in Legislatur,. In this Government, from
the time that Legislatures were drs. constituted
here till now, has exceeded tins eao IN lac Of siIl
and in the real badness Of its enactncuts Lei M
harvest Of the acts that have lately been enacted
testify ae 30 The Truth of what yrs us.u-s..--ri.
Either they weru blind 10 their own deeds uf disc
they sold themselves o. do evil and 60 bltray the
interests entrusted 60 their hands 10 d uunrliod
and preserved. There remains however d small
minority Of this Housl. o. whom this caudemua-
ton does not apply And they have returned 30
their homes with the appreciation OF thoughtful
people They carry back n clean hi story 20 fhe
constituencies that elected them,
One Of the peculianues of the session thai has
just closed was that tho members were go often
entertained, either a. small lunches or az luaus.
There Is no harm IN inviting a uau 90 9 lunch or
10 a dinner but when tho feast bycuncs I'M price
paid 20 buy the conscience aud 90 purchase tic ,
tegrity Of the man. 10 blind his judgment then e
least becomes means Of corruption. This Legs
lutive session has become notorious throughout
Honolulu for the frequent feeding Of IFS Members
a little entertainments and these entertainments
have been popularity termed "thc bait 10 e. i
Representative Il Is common expression in
the mouth OF the citizens oi Honolulu, iSo-aud-so
has been SHARED, Cntanclcd through his greed" It
really seems rs If ihe multitude had more sense
than these who have been chosen us Rcuraseutives
account Of lhcir imagined distinction In wisdom
for To- They arc easily ensuarCd like sensclcsE
things.
Here Is another feature Of this House. and ID is a
matter for all OF Us 30 bC concerned about Is Is
that seemingly, nll Of tho important measures
were paused upon outside Of the House. and they
we're merely ratified in the House when brought up
for a vote. The thoughts Of the Members had pre-
yiously beer expressed. tho matter had been az
ranged and carried beforehand oni-idC the House,
and the show u hands within thc HousC was
merely the formal ratification Of what had boon
been passed ut some other meeting. This seems
to be the case % those uhu have observed the
doings Of the late Legislature. Ouu Of the indie
pendent Members Of thc House plainly told Us, 1T
Is Of no use 10 make any effort tho Representatives.
have voice in the HOUSE; the doiugs are all cut
and dried beforehand outside. This has a bad
outlook and the result Of such doiur these will
not be good.
Here is another thing yer, evident s portion
Of the Representatives Of this term. aud TO this
number must be added some other who sit IN the
House, are not ashamed TO lot their evil deeds be
publicly known. On one Of the last davs of ihc
session, whilst the House was Disgusting The cues
tlon Of increasing the pay of one Of the Gown
ment officers, the discussion had ceased and thg
taking of the vote tho only thing left when up
jumps Lilikalani and utiers these words Mem
bers please bear This fact In mind, that this Is tho
one whose food We arc NOW eating. aud 90 whose
house we are now in the habit of Assembling TO ID
fed" Then the appropriation luF this one whose
food was feeding Lilihaiaui and his follows was
immediately increased. This is u shameful thing.
and we would rciuicC III ID were not true But ID
was told Us by one who uug sitting IN the House.
and who distinctly beard the above words
Passing appropriation for money In Thought
less way was onu Of the Ticcuiaritios OF On, late
Legislature We have spoken of Tins iuniter be-
fore.
some Of the doiugs Of this l.o1islaiutt au really
excellent but we iudec tha thg evil done ouiwcgbs
the good.