The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-06-25

if.it were aud had misstatements the Ministers
would quickly and gladly have shown them
up. They had not done SO. In law, if man don't
deny he admits. believe the people are not proud
of the history of the country during the past two
years. The expenditure for bridges has been dis
reputable and suspicious. The Attorney General
reprOves others of his profession for not taking
office with this Cabinet. This shows how much
he known about constitutional government Did
think that the fault Of improper expenditures
more apt to fail heavier On the Attorney General
than the other Ministers, he being the law ad-
wiser of the Crown. Was sorry to say it, but
judged that in appropriatine money as they had,
had violated the odths of their Office (Applause7l
The Minister of Interiors explanation vas very
weak. Was be not acquainted with the law as
laid down in sections / and ., chapter XIII OF
the Session Laws Of 1897 No business house
could stand week after showing a Report like
this. Right is the foundation OF all constitutional
rights. This Ministry has been weighed in the
balance and found wanting. Their action IS
hostile to the liberty of this Government. The
Ministry in their transactions have been profit
gate The Minister of Foreign Affairs has hun
CRY tenancy, his family have been the gamers
S1o,OUO for newspaper under his control, $1OO00
in fishy contracts for one relative, raised per
! centage in collecting moneys to another. How
can we trust such a man He does not deny II,
therefore it is admitted. Unless could deny such
a report if / were siinisier, 1 could never hold
up my head again IN the community. The COM
mittee has done its duty, If there any mistakes
they are honest ones. My constituents told me
the pipers were true, for me to condemn the
Ministers. l promised TO do 50, and would have
been pleased TO endorse the Ministry, but cannot
do it. Our con stituents will hold as responsible
for our actions. Applause.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs seemed to deem
it necessary counteract the effect of the speech
of Representative Dole he getting up immediately
after that gentleman had ended He said in sub
| stance, that the main charge seemed to be with
reference to the amount Of about $4,000 trans
ferred from one department to another. The last
speaker was night IN surprising he 1.-THE Minister)
had caused the removal OF the clause allowing
transfers, from the Appropriation Bill. In the
last Period about I million OF dollars had been
transferred.
Representative Smith, " Will the Minister state
the Departments that these transfers occurred in
| doubt the statement"
Minister of Foreign Affairs, "Oh In the Bureau
of Roads and Bridges in the Interior Depart
ment."
Representative Smith, ''The Minister is quib
bling, those amounts were from one appropriation
to another, not from one Department to another"
Applause.
office to another, all the thing" (Laughter.)
Continuing he said, the Minister is charged by
| one of the lawyers III the Assembly with having a
hunger, "dHTT sacI.i tdDfSs; IL the Minister has
that hunger for gold he has also an aptitude fer
| spending it. He enjoyed no part in the profits of
certain contracts given out to connection of his
The man TO whom they were gwen was a skillful
| man thought the action at the time was hasty.
| " But am silent, silent because know nothing
| about them, also because tho man who was the
most interested in it,, the man who had the most
advantage OF 1t, the man whose family IS, 1 sup
pose, now enjoying the benefits of it, that man. is
| dead. No applause. There was multitude of
things to speak of that would occupy many hours,
many days, 10 touch upon all the points One
item shows the dHiBiHs of the report, that at the
foot of page % of the Report, where after men,
| tioning some articles of furniture, unaccounted
| for, the Committee say, 1t may be presumed
that these articles are still in the safe keeping of
the articles missing, are in some wrong place but
| the Committee did not want the true information.
| Representative Smith, 81 desire TO say TO the
Minister that he is making misstatement Speci-
hc enquiries KeTe made by members of the Com
mittee, especially regarding the carriage, which
was said to have been in use by the Minister'S. u
Applause.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, NO inquiry was
made of me -
| Representative Smith, . The Secretary of the
Foreign Office, your Secretary, could not tell u.s.
| We could obtain no information relative to its
| Whereabouts
Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Ministers
could have told you If they had been asked"
Representative Smith, The Ministers did not
| eyince desire to have any dealing with the Com
| mIttee."
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thotiy) "By a note
which have Just received, am Informed that nc
inquiry vas made of the Secretary, as stated
Representative Rowell | wish to say to His
Excellency that am member of the Committee
on Finance, did ask the Secretary of the Foreign
Office relative TO the carriage also asked him
other questions which he noted down and said he
would ask you. Hearty Applause.)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Well we will pass
that by" Continuing he mentioned that the
carriage in the Palace stables, the mattresses
were sold with the beds, the table linen had been
cut mp into napkins and table cloths and sold
The SIX light chandelier now graces the inside Of
the Finance Office. Tho ice pitcher and tub were
sold with other plated articles. Blankets he
thought were sent to the branch hospital. The
dressing cases were the only things that were not
accounted for. The speaker felt convinced, and
his colleagues felt convinced, that the Committee
was partisan, and the speaker closed with insinua
tory remarks directed at the President of the As
Psembly and TRADE upon the Committee person
ally, ending at $40 pm.
Hon. II. Widemann moved that the COMMITTEES
rise report progress, and ask leave to sit again.
Representatives Nawahi hoped that the Com
mittee would settle the matter Tonight.
The motion of Hon. Mr.. Widemann was put AMI
carried, and the Committee rose, Hon. J. Mot
smith reported the action of the Committee to tn
House. approved aud at $40, ON notion the As
sembly adjourned until 10 a. m. on the morrow.