Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-21

We give, herewith, the very able a'lircs' ui apt
Mist, delivered at the request oi the Trustees of the
Planters Labor and Supply Company, before them,
vt their meeting ON Monday last, the roth inst, ON
the present situation
Mn pRrstnrNr ANp UtSrLrarS II have been
invited 10 address oyou to-day a few remarks on
events In this Kingdom, more particularly refer
ing 10 those affecting the welfare OF our staple IN
dustry. the cultivation and manufacturing OF
sugar and how thia has been subjected b. hin.
dornnccs and difficulties Ia It's most tcndcr points,
the providing and maintaining sufficient supply
~ suitable labor unskillol labor moro particularly
when hy different courso ~ action the present
Ministry might have saved money to the public
purse, and time which " money to the cultivation,
aud manufacturer
Aud here must explain that must bnao my re-
marks an the standpoint of the information aud
experience Of m ordinary Englshmhn. Many of
INV coUnttymeu are intorcetcd Ia the industrial
welfare ~ these Islands, and hope to point out
an,so of tho difference between the methods Of
Parliamentary Governments na ptNcticcd hctcnnd
In Great britain,
Bnt propose Ia rofor 10 the position of the
present Ministry In liz relation To- the Planting in
tercata Of the Kingdom, n little farther ON ~ the |
circumstances Ut which occasionrd the formation
Ut the Planters Labor aud Supply COMFY the nee. |
csaitics which drew together the Representative |
mon now In the room, aud the able way IN which I
they have hitherto carried ON their organization, u
would be presumption on my part Ia speak, aud
find my undertaking rendered the more difficult
hy the thoroughly exhaustive manner III which
tho topics on which proposed to sponk hive
been treated Ivy your own oilcerH IN reading thor
livery one here knows tho ominons nspcct of
public affairs, the kconly dsguisod hoHtility to-
this Company shown by the Ministry, the exposure
| of the bubble hy which the Premier ondenvorcd
TO cvNdc the responsibility of his action relations
Ia the offer of this Compnny. ia rcnd Trustworthy
aud able agent III whom they had full confidence
| Mt their own expense to Japan TOR the purpose
| of establishing aud maintaining n systematic
stream OF immigration from that country. All
| this was exposed In the indondcnt papofa NJ the
time, aud has been finally put record by the in
torosiing report you have just listened to from
your Secretary Mr.. ". 4. Adams. Az to the i'm
beetle mission which has been sent nj public OK
pensc Ia Japan osiensiyiy on the same orrnnd you
are all of course fully informed.
propose therefore III the first place TO nsk yonr
attention to the political position of this country
M u has taken shape IN the course of the present
reign-in the last three years moro particularly.
II inny. and probably will he said that this IL not
nor ought to he. IN any sense political society,
to this would reply nj once. IL IL IN some sense
unavoidably so that IN nny country professcdly
governed by free representative Institutions II IL
incompetent for any one to ANY To ANY one else,
still less for any one group OF persons To say to
any other group, that the management or. mis-
management Of affairs directly affecting the wei
fare OF every one, who has mn interest, material
, even sentimental in the country he dwella IN,
and which management constitutes that winch we
call politics domestic or foreign, IN not the inalicn
able right of every man or group or company oil
: men.
Indeed were liberty of discussion of public mat
tiers by II meeting such IA this. even called IN
question il would only prove that the questioners
knew not the ABC of free constitutional action.
a Therefore | propose To lay before you some
thoughts the existing rule these islands, not
I, without, hope, due courtesy to the Crown the
Ministers and their subordinates whose conduct
J, may have occasion to call IN question. To pass
briefly the series of events which have led from
earliest days of Constitutional form of Government
in this country to the present day may refer e
the first constitution granted by Kamehnmeha III
who thereby Invested himself of great portion
of his absolute monarchal rights and adopted
system of representative government, with re
sponsible Ministers something after the fashions
of older civilizations. tempered of course with
due regard for many old fashioned Hawaiian Gus
; toms, privileges and lava which 1t would hav
been obviously unjust and inexpedient to revolu
, tonne too suddenly too thoroughly, many %
: which laws especially in regard to Inheritance II
= and the holding of lands, are still in force an'
IL are highly valued by the native people. This Con
ar stilution was abrogated by Kamehaineha an,
II the existing established. With the last brea
Al, of that monarch passed away forever the line o
= Kamehnmeha kings, and with it much of tn
L. old feuda respect for the royal and other nobl
native families. At the death of Lunao the las
of the great Chiefs with any sort of heridItar
claim was gone and it became necessary, in at
cordnnce with the provisions of the Constitution
to seek another family to be invested with royi
- position and which should constitute new steI
u or root whence future rulers should he draw
ly The present royal family selected, and it
H. head David kalakaua was made King not wltho'
-, | serious misgvings amongst a large proportion
e the natives, which eliminated III riot III this CIT
III only quieted by the interposiion of American an
IN British National forces which We're fortunately
l hand and responded To the call of their respectN
y Commissioners. Order being restored and IL
n King fully in posse sson of the Royal rights an
CO functions nothing need be mentioned here unit
or the arrival of cosmopolitan adventnrer of Italia
"A origin named Moreno. II seems to have occurrt
'u TO this man or to Mr.. Gibson about the tin
In that the almost pure manhood suffrage gran
ed ed by the Constitution WAS the most availab
a, means of establishing something close akin
an absolute monarchy, or at most an ollgarcl
-, which should rule Ostensbly through machinery
IL Constitutional government without any reference
va education, intelligence or business or COVER
mental capacity provided they centred in hume
cal minority. Shortly before this the long song
Sc for Reciprocity Treaty had been signed, capt.
rs was attracted, industry advanced with bonn
ri revenue RAPIDLY and every prospect was favo
~ ~ able, when public opinion was aroused by u
Iai sudden dismissal without assigned reason of Il
existing Ministry, this ut a time when no gre
question was before the public, and no ground +
such action, justitiabe by any parliamentary pr
nj cedent was known TO exist Again later on anoth
Ministry shared a similar fate, this time iii q
face of all Constitutional practice inasmuch
Il, the dismissed Ministry had but few days befor
met and defeated in the Legislature direct Va
of want of confidence, in other words had j1
been Assured by the Mobiles and Representatv
ter in Legislative Session, that they had the conden
La of the constituencies of the country! here
no complete breach with the fundamental laws
y. Parliamentary governments i shall have fl
ere quently to refer to parliamentary government
,at practised in Great Britain partly because it a
~ pears to be the most apt parallel, and partly !
pe cause it Is the only system with which can cai
IRE even a very moderate acquaintance. In Engai
Mt the fall oil Ministry can be generally hntlcipat
~ for some time beforehand, and the question viii
he decides its fate il generally one on which pub
lot attention has been fixed and public discissi,
aroused. A waning majority in the House
ra Parliament, n waning popularity and confden
70 out of doors usually precedes the resignation
ny Ministry, frequently indeed the leader Of t
Gu Ministerial.part in the House OF Commons a
nounces that when the debate on certain gu,
ton comes TO be voted on, the Ministry will acce
AN adverse vote as n command to resign while
zoe, the other hand should the Ministry be upheld b,
'oo sound working majority their position will
zen of necessity stronger than before. Rarely is I
us question Of want of confidence brought to I
IN vote, and never l think may confidently say
- least since the resolution of 1858, never has
Dh, Ministry been dismissed by the Crown no imme,
he atey after receiving the highest mark of appro,
VS. that can be conferred by the Legislature, vi
~, defeating a vote Of want OF confidence.
w. In the Dismissal, for II would be idle to talk
the resignation of Mr.. Wilder's Ministry viii
1T was accomplished almost Immediately after /
,r propagation Of the Legislative Session of 1880
= Ministry was amended by the Crown for again
hu il misnomer to say-called into power by /
90. Legislature of whom the head and 'front.' the |
he ginning and the end, was the alien Moreno who
political status debarred him by the provisions
the Constitution from seat in the House
Representatives, though not from seat in I
IL. Cabinet.
"" Mr.. Moreno being installed M practical Jaciof,
OF under the Crown, the other Cabinet portfolios we
the assigned 10 men who either desirous Of
holding Antocratic rule, OF incompetent 10 oppc
~ IL Al