The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-11-02
INVOLVED" +"

s. Cleghorn and Hon. Godfrey
Rhodes in joint letter, expressed
in very courteous and reluctant
terms, sent their designations to His
Majesty as members of the Board of
immigration. This step was taken
by those gentlemen in consequence
of their being totally ignored with
respect to important business that
had been transacted during the pre-
vious six months without consulting
them, and they naturally thought that
their services were not required.
The published correspondence in
this weeks Gazette shows that
Minister Gibson on 18th September
told Hon. A. $. Cleghorn that his
resignation as a member of the
Beard of Immigration involved"
the resignation of the position as
Inspector General of immigration.
Mr.. Cleghorn was appointed 1nspec-
tor of immigration, ''by order of the
Board of Immigration, and conse-
quently his appointment could only
be cancelled by an order of the
Board. Yet no meeting of the
Board was held at the time to cancel
this appointment, and without such
authority, Mr.. Gibson told Mr..
Cleghorn that, ''by authority of His
Majesty his resignation as Inspec-
tor of the Board was 'involved. {"
Mr.. Cleghorn was actually appointed
Inspector more than two months
before he was appointed a member
of the Board, and this was done
when Mr.. Gibson was premier,
clearly showing that it was not
necessary for the Inspector to be
also a member of that Board.
Because Mr.. Cleghorn had shown
his displeasure at the high handed
action of Mr.. Gibson, in the suspen-
sion of Portuguese Immigration and
the admission of Chinese Immi-
grants, without consulting the Board,
Mr.. Gibson ousted him from his
position as Inspector, and quickly
filled Mr.. Cleghorn's vacant position
on the Board. Why has not the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of Hon. j. S. Walker, which has
existed for more than seven months,
been filled ere this? Why has not
the position, of the Hon. Godfrey
Rhodes, made vacant at the same
time as Mr.. Cleghorn's, been filled?
Shall we answer these questions? 1t
is because MIR. Gibson has some
petty, personal spite against Mr..
Cleghorn and because he was an
xious, having done his utmost to
ALLEVIATE the friendly feelings of all
His Majesty's true friends; to
ALLEVIATE also those of His Majesty's
own relations.
Since his appointment as Inspec-
tor, Mr.. Cleghorn had made the
entire circuit of this group of islands
to see into the condition and re-
quirements of the immigrants. He
also settled many disputes and
minor matters every week, or more
frequently, and exerted himself al
ways on behalf of the immigrants.
The true facts of the case having
been placed before His Majesty,
who did not wish to be alienated
from his relations, the Premier found
himself "involved," involved" by
his auto cratic letter, and ''involyed"
by the Noncompliance of His
Majesty, and further "involved" by
the interference of another power
behind the throne. The combina-
ton of these powers caused it to
devolve upon the ''involved" Premier
to descend from the lofty pedestal
on which he had placed himself and
to re-instate the Hon. Mr.. Cleghorn
in the position from which he had
been illegally ousted.