The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-28

B[gBANH <A1AAALh ~ ~ L-IAA u NDC LAoAs
member for Hamakua. Did the gentleman who
represents the district of Hamakua go into it ?
Not one out of every ten know him by name.
Was be elected on any platform? He never
made a speech in his district, or wrote an article
for publication in the newspapers, or said a word
about his principles until he got here.
Mr.. BickertOn said he had a circular printed
and circulated In the district.
His Excellency the Minister of the Interior
Did he print that he would oppose the King and
his Ministers ? If he had. we never would have
seen his beautiful presence in this House. The
independent party he speaks Of is not known
among the people. 1t exists only In this House,
championed only by those who lust for Office,
Gnd desire to Gust the present Ministry The
Hon. member for North Kona did have q plat
form he is honest and able, and talks to-day as
he did to his constituents. There has not ap-
peared any sign of discomfort with the King or
Ministry except from a few members of this
| House. And the Hon. member for Lahaina (Mr.
GibsOn) and the Hon. member for Hamakua
(Mr. Bickerton), instead of serving well their
constituents, are betraying them and their coun-
try. The Hon. member for Honolulu said he
had confidence in the Minister of Finance, but
not the other three. Then why censure him -?
A man who through merit has arisen TO a high
! position among his people, commanding their
respect, your course toward him astonishes me.
The Ministry is frequently benefited by the ad-
vice of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and 1t
may be better for the Hon. member to profit by
it than follow the leadership of intriguing per-
sons who hope to make a little credit or some
thing else out ot the proceeding. 1 don't cast
any opprobium on the native Representatives, L
honor them, but regret that they allow them
selves to be led by false lights for. in so doing,
they injure the Hawaiian people and their Gov
eminent. Had it not been for the friendship
and personal ~exertiOns of a native gentleman the
Hon. member for Lahaina (Mr. Gibson) would
never have arrived here. What measure of i'm
~portance has he introduced ? Look at the island
of Lanai, look at its history for the last seven
teen years. and tell me what reason you have to
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have nv sheep taxed, / have no sheep.
Mr.. Gibson-What does his Excellency mean
by these insinuations? Does he wish disorder 2
He will have it.
His Exeellency the Minister of Interior-I am
talking from the record. Hitherto / have handled
the gentleman with gloved hands. Were L to
unroIl his history to this people, i would make
him shiver in his boots. What measure has he
brought into the House causing him to be
trusted ? His visit to the leper settlement, at
great expense, resulted in his suggesting the
publication of a medical book as a compendium
of health. II l were going to suggest "A subject
to the gentleman, / would suggest theology he
is able to write upon that. DR.. Judd who was a
true friend of the Hawaiian people,, Was the
first to make this suggestion-the idea is not
original with Mr.. Gibson-and advocated the
education of Hawaiian youths, qualifying them
to practice medicine, from pare love and phi
lanthropic motives, not personal ambition.
These frequent changes Of the Ministry prevent
the investment of capital to carry on the
| necessary improvements. anu SOme Gay q I OIueI
the Hawaiian people will rue it to their hearts
core. The opposition has not shown good and
sufficient reasons for a change of the Ministry.
At the late hour of IL pm. the Committee
rose without coming to a vote on the resolution,
and the Assembly adjourned till Monday at
10 am.
The session on Monday was mainly occupied
with a continuance of the discussion of the re-
solution of want of confidence. The following
is an abstract of the remarks of the Hon. Mr..
Gibson, the mover of the resolution
when / brought forward this resolution of
want of confidence, 1 reasonably expected some
strength and heat of debate. But was surprised
and / feel assured that many others were sur
prised and panied at the exhibition of un-
governed temper and defective Judgment by one
Of the Ministers on Friday night. / appeal to
YOU. Mr.. President, and to this Assembly to say
whether / have in any instance swerved from
the ~strictest decorum of debate. In my remarks
sustaining the resolution I confined myself
solely to particulars relating to official action
|. and pertinent to the question at issue.
But what have we from Ministers ? We have
On angry disjoined talk, instead of Rrgument
and personal insinuatiOns as the strength of their
discussion something of this 1 expected from
I the Acknowledgement, as it is in consonancs
with his training and the school of thought IN
which he was brought up, to make up for any
: lack Of ability In debate, by raking up something
: about an opponents antecedents. But / die
not expect this from the Minister of the Interior
! he and i were pleasantly associated together
{ during the latter part of the year 1869 in thu
city Of Washington. He then represented Ha
waii before the Great Republic. 1 assisted hin
4 q little in his official duties and 1 now preserve
i many letters from him, and also from his chic
4 in Honolulu, the then Minister for Foreign Al
fairs, and who is now the Chancellor of tn
e Kingdom, in which my services and cooperation
are spoken of in terms of high approval anC
7 warm commentator. And since then there ha
i been no cessation of courteous intercourse be
tween myself and the Minister until last FridA,
night.
V 1t may be said that I broke off intercourse b.
!. nv opposition to his ministerial course. 1 hay,
I seen elsewhere that political sntagonisin did no
> destroy personal relations amongst honorable
q men but il has so affected this Minister.
He says be has handled me with gloves here
v tofore. but now he takes them of, and I mus
e expect the full strength Of his knuckles and al
g the ferceness Of his claws. But i dor propos