The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-04-16

Az o1y On he 9th February, a; CHRIS
:izu.z The ozp==tal Of No-E4y. the Supreme
Cout q TIE Realm delivered Judgment II
the case q M Sslme-. The Prime Minis
ter. who with zen others hiss been in
peachei tc- givingUnconstitutioaal advice
70 the King The Prime Minister has
been found guilty Of high mi<deneaao-s
oath1ee different counts N the Indictment.
and Is sentenced 70 De dismissed the pub
lie service, a2d 70 pzy q fine. ~ Q proper
non q the expenses q TIE prosecution
which amounts 70 s sum q S5ull
Il : well known. tLa: for several yezrs
paSt the KING hsS maintained an attitude
Il opposition - the repeated decisions Of
the StC--LlcC. OF Representative body. and
that agsiE and sCain has he lullitei BY
veto the votes q the two Chambers. and
this on very important constitutional lueS-
tlo-S- The question q the veto i there
ture naturally the one On which the uupO-
sI5lo2 took their s-sod- and each q the
three counts n the impeachment on which
the Ministers have been found guilty, re
ters 70 an unconstitutional Use u the veto
The Sio-thinE had determined 70 con
pei the Ministers - st n the House and
therefore 10 become Teally responsible 70
the House and or the LIST occasion the
bill VAS carried by % vOaeS against II
Three f1C-ths 3. least q the electors were
known 70 be On the side @: the majority.
and YET II spite q this immense weight
q publicly expressed opinion. the Minis
J-y q NJ Se.ne- advised the King 70 II
ts-pose his veto
The real p5th q the question seems to
De whether the kings veto : SususnS1ry
OF absolute. whether he can reslly stop
legislation " only delay II Singularly
enough II aqpsars that while an over
wLslnInC majority q the legal profeSsiC-
II Norway. declare that under the existing
constitution the veto i 10. susue-s1ry
only. but absolute, their decision though
practically unsniuo Ils,is Of no avail against
the popular c-y sE11sI the absolute veto
on which every election has been fought
Tor some time psSt-
The hing. II i said i sill personally
popular. and vas lately very veil received
ID ChrlS;izniE- and now that lie ! to7cei
u dispense with the dangerous services
Of this Minister tu- the tutrre. Il : Luuei
that be VII not ind II difficult 20 come 70
terms with the StorthirE
IEe power and efficacy Of the ROYAL veto
U1is-Ess. q necessity. the whole structure
q Constitutional Monarchy II I BE
granted that g Sovereign ruis.sd by IN
--plnclple1 y incompetent Minister :
able Of his own VII 10 .rr-si5 the placing
q The statute book q any enactment duly
passed Uy the Representative Of oour-
t-y- I : p-sln 10 the Uesness capacity that
Legislative Assemblies gre q No Use. and
PsrhzDe1tar.y|aGUve-nne1 has re e1is-
ts-ca
In tie lev constitution. framed in'I790
tu- the government Of France. the TO De
OF Iot 20 be q the veto was the NOS
keenly contested point II was. says
Alison. the subject q furious debate: and
the passions q the multitude ithe msjCr-
IT % whom were ignorant whether tins
obnoxious phrase implied . tax privilege
OF a person. were excited 70 the utmost
In England the Te-O q the Crown has
been used but once since the death OF WI
ham III. and II seems very unlikely thz-
i VII ever Be- called o-r again
In the United States q America elzbo-
rate machinery : provided enabling rht
- r-A4az- u 2l-G-t> % . -t--S-lEE-Le % DN q
rde the veto Of a Governor OF even Of tbs
President.
Here N Hawai- the veto : only suspeE
s1-y and nOs absolute a. the constitution
provides that N the case Of the Cr0wr
disappuoving Of any Act Il shall not b
brought forward thereafter during ths
sane session
HIS present Majesty placed his veto OF
the rum and opium bis Of 1880 but sp
proved similar Acts under The sdYice ..
the present Cabinet
A 70 impeachments they are but rars
nowadays and aTe liable 70 fall through
Inc last II England was nearly eighty
yesrs ago and resulted n ao4uiz1al- Tht
attempt 20 mpesch President johnson L
1855 was lost BY single vote
Il does not now. N countries governed
by RepresslIatlve Institutions sndreSpon
slble Ministers need an impeachment L
parish eTt-avzgant q unpTlncipled Min
lsters, after their cyl deeds have b0-ns
fruit Prevention : better than cure
Resolutely withhold supplies whilst griev
anoes remain unredressed- This Is The
good old way the simple plan 10 which
the attention Of out legislators l. recon
mended-