Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-28


same subject He maintained TIM, the minis
ter of finance was prohibited from paying on,
moneys collected as taxes for objects mentioned
in the loan fund. Gentlemen, my opinion Is,
il is no mans business TO take money out of
the treasury and put il back into another
treasury. That money is on, Of your reach,
and don't see how you can get control Of it
again. 1t IS opt Of your control. and the min
isters spend it as they Ike
MIR. Dole 81 offer resolution that the
committee rise and adopt the report with the
following amendments That the assembly
express its want OF confidence in the present
ministry. Every time the ministers got upon
their feet they sank deeper in the mire. Like
assocd bulocks. the more they wrggled and
squirmed to get away from their captors, they
only drew the rope tighter round their necks.
! do not see that they have made any progress
whatever As to what the attorney general
has said about money having been drawn from
the treasury, ior which there was no appro.
ptiaiion, the explanation is no explanation.
The FIRST day the members OF the cabinet
barely alluded TO the more serious charges NJ
the report. The second day the minister of
foreign affairs does not think that they have
misappropriated public funds. The third day
the attorney general frankly admits that there
is no power under the sun whereby money can
/ be legally drawn from the treasury save the
l legislative assembly and the priVy council
| by their own mouths they are guilty. Mr.
/ Hitchcock has quoted from the finance report
OF 1873, when Mr.. Gibson was on the com.
mitee He, the loyal servant Of his majesty,
/ IN his report, did not conclude with God save
! the King The minister Of foreign affairs
may thank himself that the clause for transfer
Of public funds was not punishable crime, or
/ he might now he working on the roads in a
] emit b.t h,1
made an ingenious explanation about the
| 81 200, | leave ii to the house whether it goes
down OF not lie opposes the heaviest charges
| by saying tha, the appropriations made by
cabinet resolutions were made under the
authority Of the loan act. Why, then, did
they call cabinet council to authorize their
action Legal appropriations require no cabi.
net resolution. They all knew lha, what they
were doing was Illegal, but they dared to take
the consequences. As to the Appropriation
Bill Of 1889, the only reason all the appropri.
ations has not been spent was because they did
not have the money, and had not sufficient
credit for borrowing it. An eternal gobble oi
turkeys had been heard from beginning to
end of this discussion, until this might very
well in future be known as the turkey cabinet.
inasmuch as they have shown such dis.
position to gobble up public funds. II Mr..
Gibson had attended as well to the interests oi
the country as he has done TO the interests o
his son.in.law, we would be all right to-day.
When Mr. keau got up here and tried to ride
two horses at time | felt sorry for him. II
can be done, as ] once saw boy in circus
do it, and he did it we'll Bu, the honorable
member was trying to ride two going in OPP
positc directions, and so failed. When the
attorney gencralship is vacant there will be q
chance ior Palohau. | don't understand tn,
rules of promotion here, they are. too nike
up. MIR. Gulick was chief clerk Of the interior
department in 1873, now he is a the head
Is il to be wondered the accounts are III such
staie2 Mr. kapena was raised from post
master general to minister OF finance becaus,
he could no, master the workings OF the post
office money order system Will the hous,
vindicate such carelessness as has been shown
Minister Neumann means well on the whole
but has not been here long. He doesn't car,
kaakaua dollar for the natives. lie is
very good lawyer, but an extravaeant one
After six or eigh, years he will make frs
, class cabinet officer, bu, he is not one now
can show that these intelligent men hav,
: violated the oaths of their offices, which they
swore to the king They have defended them
selves ilogcally, say they haven't stole any
: thing and | am glad they haven't. The,
totally ignored the superintendent, Of public
; works, most disreputable thing to do
These men are not fit To manage the hnancia
: interests Of this kingdom. $S4,6S2.63 70
y buildings and hospitals has been spent 70
/ other purposes. This drawing of money with
I out the legislature on cabinet council authorit
l is revolution. II is an insult 10 the countr
o and his majesty. The white man is increisn
e and let the native look out. II this kind q
+ thing is allowed to go ON the native will go t
& the wall. The gentlemen Of this cabinet NJ
q ieyolutionists. | cannot Sit here for the ncs
!. few weeks and work on an appropriation bill I
n think il will be but the football OF this cabinet
If call upon you all to vote with sound prime
pies. This house wants honest and capabl
n men to run these affairs, we don't care VIII
:, they are.
d strong and rather violent harangue on n
1t foundation at ALL This house is divided b,
| tween Office holders and those who are seckiu
II office. The action Of the ministry Is befo
d the members, mobiles and the whole counlr,
N and they have nothing to he ashamed Of. II
d would now leave il 10 the vote Of the repr
er sen,atives. lie has presented a state Of thin,
IF that the wish is father to the thought Th
is is his own natural thought When he came
e this country he engaged in discussing thinl
IS opposed to monarchial government He h;
ot tried TO draw contrast between the conditio
~ Of the past and the present"
Il
ID rise. !" Carried by IL To ~, and at 6:2o p ,
d the house adjourned.
N MONDAYS SESSION. THIRTY NINTH DAY,
Il The following petitions were presented
~ by Mr.. kamakele, that line Of steame
W W be established between Kaepoispo, Ma,
- and san Francisco
;s BY Mr.. Dole, from Chinese merchants
!, Honolulu protesting against the act reauiri
:" them to keep their books in English and II
waiian.
A number Of petitions were also present
g against the bank bill.
Report Of select committees
" BY MI G.. Brown, relating to the bill
" amend section 46S Of the Civil Code,
" change the boundaries in the district OF w
!, alua and koolauloa tha, the same be laid
u table. Report adopted.
BY Mr.. Aholo, asking for further time,
u !, lating to the bill to faciaie mail communicate
l., between Hawaii and San Francisco. Granit
=, ~ BY Mr. Bishop, as chairman Of education
3. committee, relating to the bill to endow a CHI
~ ~ OF chemistry and national science in Ga
u College, the committee rccomend It's passal
~ ~. Report adopted.
a Bills and resolutions were presented
/" follows
., by Mr.. Hitchcock, that the minister
~ finance lay before the house the amount
h taxes collected for the past year in each d
~ :. trict, Carried.
~ =, BY Mr. Phlipo, That the appropriate
". !" bill be referred 10 printing committee 10
p" s reprinted, Carried.
III by Munster Neuman. Ito prevent unlaw
w. secret associations
sa !. The order of the day was as follows
.,s Consideration Of the appropriation bill,
/. President Rhodes; "Thc original bill i, n
y in the house"
hss Minister kapena, ~ believe ii is still in ,
~ ~ printers hands"
|" MI. Nawahi, This is another instance Of I
~, loose way the ministers transac, their busine
=" ~ We had better adjourn and give time to Il
J the original copy"
.a Mr. Dole, "There is an error also in I
-. .,s date, il would be ridiculous to 60 on w,ht
" ~ II, We doub, that II Is correct copy ! 81
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