Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-08-26
The Native Press.
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duced by Knunamano, road before the leg
islature and passed as n law, which relates
to the choosing of district judges, is one of
tho evil deeds of the Inst Legislature, mud
the bad effects of this INV will doubtless bc
felt in the future Heretofore, the district
Judges have been appointed by the Govern
: prs, with the approval, however Of the
Judges of the Supreme Court. This was
right, because the Supreme Court was the
head of tho judiciary department. mud the
Judges Of this court are tho ones best fitted
TO decide who arc I'll to act rs district JUS.
tees. Also, there are many perplexing
questions that come before the district JUS
tees, in their administration Of Justice, and
there are no Others TO whom they can go
for answers to their questions on points Of
law save the Judges Of the Supreme Court.
The Governors of the islands nre not, as n
class, educated in the law, they are not able
to instruct tho Judges properly il tho duties
OF their office, for they nrc not versod ia
them Again the Governors are not com.
petent TO select men fit for the office of dis.
trict Judge for this same reason, that they
are not versed In the law.
For these reasons, the former law was q
very good one, which directed that the mp.
proval of the Judges Of The Supreme Court
should be necessary to the confirmation of
the district judges. But in the bill passed.
which Kaunamano brought in, the part of
the Supreme Bench in the mntter is done
away with. Now, the appointment of the
district justices belongs solely to tho Gov
crnors, regardless Of the approval of The
Supreme Bench. What is tho reason for
this !? Did kaunamano not know what he
was doing2 Did the Members Of The House
not know the mischief aud great evil that
would spring out of this bad ennctmenti
1T 1t be 3d. this is another illustration Of the
misfortune that lights upon land when it's
legislative work is entrusted TO incUmpe.
tent hands. But tbero is something pc
culiar connected with tho passage Of this
bill, that it was delayed until very neIr the
time Of proroguing ne Legislature, and ii
was then passed reckiessy, with prccpitaie
haste, as if, perchance, it were feared thai
it should meet with the light before it be.
camo a law. This is n law that an en-
lightened Judgment cannot approve Of, and,
rs We have said before, evil will come from
this statute.
The kuoKoA has been notified by the
Minister of the Interior to discontinue The
publication Of the laws that have been
passed by the'late Legislature, and the P"e
dina and SATURDAY Press have received
the same warning. The Government has
acted crookedly in this, because thcro was
an agreement made between The two par
ties1as to Publishing the laws and as to the
pay for the same. Wewerc told to publish
the laws at the price formerly agreed upon.
" Il Rn \, lao, 4
Minister of the Interior, one of his first acts
was to disregard the agreement entered into
by his predecessor, Simon Knai, regarding
the publication of the laws, and 10 tell US
to stop. We are sorry for the Minister,
that he should do such an act as this, for
he has disgraced himself and his Office.
The trouble he has thought to bring upon
the KUoKoA and the other papers and their
numerous readers has failed of its mark.
Tho Government or tho man who lends
himself to do sncb contemplate things ms
this makes himself to be despiscd But the
Minister of the Interior says this is not his
work, it is something he could not help;
sit was the work of the Cabinet" says he.
II this is true, il is mark Of the extreme
chidishness of the Government, and it
ought to be changed speedily, before it goes
on to utter good-for-n othingness.
tFrom no Hdirdu Pde dina, Aug. 10. 1891
During the many years we have been
engaged in the newspaper business, the
most surprising thing we have known has
been the wickeduess and folly Of our pres.
Cabinets direction Of affairs. Their drst
act after assuming the helm Of state wat
to conduct the nation into the deep slough
of on insane debt, the means of embarrass
ing and running our beloved country nnC
Of cutting short its independence. Hawai
(nei) is a rich land, blessed with temperate
brsszes, peopled by a brown skinned race
surrounded by great ocean.
The Premier of this Cabinet is not ma
noted fer his understanding and skill i
governing well. His very 6rst acts toward
some of our race on the Island of Lnn'
were treacherous. For many years afts
that, he was sheep raiser at Panwai.
the Government is in the wan. of WOOL the
let him DO head Of the Wool Raiser
Board, not the Premier of the Cabinet {,
the conduct Of the Government. He h
proclaimed, through his two.moutbe
trumpet, his love for the ruce, for the lar
aud the King, but his hands are polue
aud his gifts 10 the King are mixed wi
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20 pass a law to drown he race, through
appetite for rum, the sink Of poverty n
Distress, andat the same time he has wrong
taken from the Supreme Cour, The po@
Of appointing district and police justice
If thispis the way our Cabinet Mlniste
carry on the Government, wo would pref
TO calling it way of weakening the sta
and these blind leaders arc heaping NJ
burden Of indignation aud wrath, I
wisest course for them to pursue MS gent
men, would DO for them 10 pass in to
commissions, to Stake their hats and lea
In the name OF the father, who is of 1
blood with this race. we protest against
appointment Of vagran, foreigners, "
have wandered over land and sea to ih
islands Of the ocean. like the chief of
present Cabinet, to be blind guides, 10 L
sstray our beloved land and to despoil
homes.
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