The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-04-23


is hard word, of wide bearing, and nobody has
seen any dangers ahead. There is not single
| state in Europe, none whatever, which has made
50 enormous progress IN the last 20 years as Just
| Norway, having bad peace with the other states,
and full freedom IN the interior full Justice dealt
to every inhabitant, high or low. Where are then,
i the dangers spoken Of? When constitution has
| stood for seventy years, and proved to be an ex-
cellent one, think the dangers will shrink to
| nothing. There are not many states that can
boast of having unaltered constitution for sew
| enty years. What the expressed "hopen concerns,
is also vain; the King will pursue the same course
as hitherto and with right as will try to explain
| to you.
The Ministry III in number is accused of the
| following;
Ist Councilling the King to veto against thssal-
teration in the fundamental law that the Ministers
/ be compelled to take a Seat in the Parliament.
2nd. Councilling the King not to allow anything
to be paid to support the People in Arms, vol
unteer sharp-shooter party, and here he has only
| used his suspensory veto once.
/ 3rd. Councilling the King not to allow the Par
lament to elect the directors for the railroad here
| also, he used his suspensory vote only once.
/ Ad. l. From time to time during many years
| the Government or what is the same. the King
proposed to the Parliament that the Ministers
/ should have I seat in the same, but was always
! refused. When be saw that he could not gain the
| case he withdrew his proposal. TempoTU mHfdH-
tuT, ct hos BiHtdHHr ~ lis and so il came 10 pass
/ that the Parliament would have the Ministers "a
Il
| would have guarantees, protecting the crown
from being overrun by \ casual majority, as right
to dissolve the Parliament, and pensions for tie
Ministers. This would be necessary, Just because
| we have only one House in Norway, and the Min
/ listers consequently not having any House o.
/ Lords to support them. If the Parliament would
agree to this, the King sad he would sanction the
l alteration in the fundamental law. As II nov Il
the King has no right to dissolve the Parliament
i and as 1t now is the Ministers have pensions
which the majority hereafter when the law wa'
altered, would not agree to, and that the King We
afraid would cause the casual majority to dispense
| with the Ministry wheneverthey so choosed and h'
thought and thinks, and many with him, that tina
| would do more harm than good, in causing an un
certainty in governing the country, wnggling vii
call it. The Independent or Left party as we cal
| it. told the uneducated and ignorant voters, whe1
| the King repeatedly used his absolute veto, tina
| be was trying TO take all the power from the Par
Lament and that the liberty, that word which o
all is most misused, was in danger, aud that hl
would make them slaves, ETC., and they believed it
Before he used his absolute veto the last time hi
consulted the legal faculty and that body saiC
unanimously, that he had n right to use it, ant
consequently he did use 1t. Besides he was en-
couraged to do so by many of the voters, not onl.
of the Government party, but also by many of thu
Le, after they had learned the difference between
the absolute and suspensory veto, and he also say
that the Government party fast gaiped ground
and am convinced that they will be in the ma
iOrity by the next election, in 1885. Wonder i
they will punish the present leaders! think not
when their cause has fallen they will fall too
and sOou be forgotten. Now, they have openl
confessed it, they will make Norway a republic
That is well enough, but Norway must then frs
separate from Sweden, then bear all expenses o
consus, foreign minister residents ETC., alone, o
which expenses Sweden now pays three-fourths
and Norway is too poor q country to do that
When 1t is then, clearly seen that 1t Is better as
is, why not act accordingly? The intellect, RICH
and truth is on the side of the government, ant
| the result will show that am right
Ad- . In lSlal there was started a society il
Norway, called the Central Society for usin
Arms, and Athletic exercise" lthadin 1873, 1890
Misunderstanding not cOunted-and was sup
ported for long time by voluntary contributions
The members practiced mostly in rifle shooting
In later years it has had subsidies from the gov
eminent. The Left party then started simila
society for the same purpose III 1873, and calle
the Society for arming the people," The admin
istration of this was given to single Tlan, an
the Parliament voted contribution of abou
$1,000, and for the of which he should no
account nor be responsible! The society also sait
that it would need 10Ocwt. powder and lead enough
to make the required amount Of balls. 100 cwt Q
powder will exactly make 30, 600 cartridges BE
sides they advertised for provisions, etc. VIVA
use could they make of all that powder? VIII
erect depots of proyisonsI Noenemies threatene
. to invade our country. To what purpose was
then? The old society had worked satisfactorily
why start a new one? think the King was RICH
in vetoing that resolution.
AID. 3. In our fundamental law is pointed OF
what officials to be elected by the parliament
and by the Grown. Now the Parliament woul
elect two railway officials, and the King vetoed i
The Parliament elects bank officials Bank of No
way etc but has not the power to elect railwa
officials. The King did Just what he had right I
, do, in fact, he could not do otherwise withoU
, breaking the law; the fundamental law would hay
to be altered first.
l will not discuss this further. and not troub
you any more about it, but l could not help givin
t my view of it. l remain, Dear Sir, yours etc,
d.