The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-30

assembled here to-day had the same
information as we have, they would
not be long in saying what to do
with this Cabinet. The affairs of |
this Government have not been
properly conducted. l haven't any
confidence in these Ministers, they
have got into too many difficulties.
What induced the United States
Government to send n special COM
missioner about the Pacific Mail Co?
Why it was on account of some
blunder made by Mr.. Gibson. Is
there not cause of alarm when the
Ministers are continually getting into
blunders? Mr.. Gibson's platform
was the love of the people, and yet
he has had more to do with extrava-
gance than any of the others, They
have incresed the public debt during
the past two years nearly 81 100000
which is to one person in California.
They have violated the Constitution.
L suppose nearly every member has
made up his mind how he will vote.
1t is right to suppose all those who
hold Government offices will vote q
certain way. | hope if there is any
independence left in them, the fact
Of holding Office will not influence
them. The bestowing of q paltry
office ought noto, we ought all to act
independently for the interests of the
country,
Mr.. Nawahi said, as it was get
ting rather late and would soon be
dark he would move the previous
question. The motion was lost
Attorney General Neumann said,
there are two questions that have
been touched upon which the Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs has requested
me to reply to viz: the Madras case,
and the resolutions passed by the
Cabinet Council. l will now refer
to the resolutions. If I did not mis-
understand Hon. Mr.. Widemann
had said the Cabinet had no right to
make Cabinet Appropriations. I
have denied this before, 1t has
been said that by the resolution of
Feb. 10th, the responsibility rested
with me. The Hon. Noble said, he
had read in the papers that the
Minister of Finance said there
was 100000 to the credit of the
loan fund, and that the Minister of
Finance had made q mistake. If that
was a mistake of the Ministers, the
Cabinet had made a mistake itself.
I know nothing about the system of
bookkeeping in the Finance Depart
ment, but / suppose the books are
we'll kept, as nothing to the contrary
had been said on the Finance Com
mittee's report. A statement was
made in Cabinet Council that funds
to the extent of S360,000 were avail
able. When the Minister of Interior
stated the necessity of prosecuting
certain measures, the resolution of
the Cabinet Council was passed.
(The Minister then read the resolu-
ton, and also Sections /, and 3 of
the Loan Act.) / took the position
when / advised the Cabinet Council,
that Sections 2 and 3 were an Al
preparation Act. The purposes for
which the money was used were
given in Section 2, and therefore ap-
plicable. Power was given to the
Minister to spend from the loan
fund, to be reimbursed when the
loan was placed. The Government
was given three years to place the
loan, showing the uncertainty the
Legislature had of placing the bonds.
l claim that his action towards the
Cabinet was no violation of the law,
as contemplated by the Legislature.
The Minister next referred to the
Madras case, particulars of which
people are pretty well acquainted with.
In this action the Board of Health
deserves the praise, rather than the
condemnation, of this community.
After certain time, while prepar-
ations were made to receive the
passengers, new cases Of smallpox
broke cut. The Board of Health put