The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-09-27

THERE was time when Mr.. Gibson
used to be very virtuous upon the subject
of sending ENJOYS abroad, when the pow
er of his whitening sarcasm was used with
considerable effect upon those who took
unnecessary junketing" trips abroad.
Mr.. Gibson's eloquence or smart writ
ing used to convince people of his, Mr..
G's, patriotism, and point him out as ad-
mirably fitted for the position of Minis
ter, who would do away with any such ne
farious jobs.
Mr.. Gibson is now Premier and among
the earlist acts of his administration is the
sending of ENJOYS broadcast. The envoy
to Washington was a necessary appoint
ment, the envoy to Portugal may also be
necessary, but there is that about the Por
tuguese mission which certainly requires
explanation. Mr.. H. A. p. Carter is in
Europe and available for service in Portu-
gal, it may be that the present Cabinet
finds that Mr.. Carter has not succeeded as
well automatically as they would wish,
under such circumstances they would be
quite justified in sending a new man to
Portugal, but when they do so, they should
certainly recall Mr. Carter indeed Mr..
Carter's position in Europe seems some
what anomalous he went to negotiate a
treaty with Portugal, he has made the trea
ty, now it is found necessary to have further
diplomatic relations with that country
the sending of new man shows that the
government have not confidence in MIR.
Carter to carry out their business query,
what Is Mr.. Carter doing in Europe if
there is no confidence in Mr., Carter for
Portuguese matters, there ought to be no
confidence in him for any other matters
and his official connection with the Ha-
waiian Government should cease. That
seems to us the plain state of the case.
When we come to Mr. Kapena's appoint
ment, there is no doubt that Mr.. Glib
son and his Cabinet deserve the gravest
censure, that this act of theirs only shows
too plainly, how completely they have for
feited the confidence of what few support
ers still cling around them. Mr.. Kapena
has not the ability to fill such post, and
the astute japanese, trained as they are
in the arts of diplomacy on the model of
Metternich. would be able to twist him
round their fingers, throw dust in his
eyes, turn him inside out, were they so
minded. The Ministry however did not
mean to run any such risks, Mr. Kapena
was only to go as figure head, the real
business was to be conducted by Mr.. IF
win, Consul in Japan. Then why send Mr..
Kapena abroad, why spend heaven knows
what sum of money on foolish junketing
trip. 1t is for folly like this that the hard
money of the toiling population is voted.
If Mr.. Irwin is depended on to do the
work, why should another man, and that
a VIGOROUSLY incompetent one, be sent at
all. There is far more damaging argu
ment than any that we have yet used
Colonel Spreckels had himself promised
to go to Japan. if possible, and had further
promised that if he could not go he would
send Charles Wolcott Brooks, a gentle
man well known and of great aptitude for
the particular business in hand, TO look
after the interests of our labor question,
that most vital of all questions to the pros
perity of our Planting Interest, and there
fore to the whole population. This is the
real state of the case the organ may
gloss it as much as it pleases,. these are
facts, incontrovertible facts. and they put
the Ministry in the very worst light that
they could be placed. They are not only
laying an undue burden on the people of
this realm by sending useless man
abroad, but they are also preventing, or at
least throwing obstacles in the way of men
going who would have been of the great
est service to the interests of the state
This is fair betrayal of the trust which
the King has imposedin them. But stop
the ministerial organ, speaking semi-offi-
cially, has propounded the doctrine that it
is not the Ministers but the King that
ought to have and has influence in all
and therefore we have been alto
gether wrong in blaming Mr.. Gibson and
his Cabinet Mr.. Gibson mas chosen to
shelter himself under the @gis of King
Ealakaua, to thrust the King forward in
to the foremost part of the political fight Z:
this is the logical result Of Mr.. Gibsons
and as far as the King is con
cerned it cannot be a very pleasing one
TO him personally. To this then does the |
of the organ bring us, that |
Mr. Gibson and his associates cannot fair |
Iy be blamed for any act, but that in every |
act King Kalakaua must pleasing view |
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